Underwood, Steven2023-04-132023-04-132022-12https://hdl.handle.net/11299/253736University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2022. Major: Chemistry. Advisor: Christopher Douglas. 1 computer file (PDF); xi, 178 pages.A summary of work developing and studying the mechanisms of new transition metal-catalyzed acyl transfer reactions using substrates at the ester oxidation state. New methods discussed include steric-controlled arene acylation via sequential C–O/C–H bond activation and a Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling using N-pyridylimidates as acyl equivalents.enBond activationOrganic synthesisTransition metal catalysisThesis or Dissertation