Phillips, Martin Blake2013-01-252013-01-252012-09https://hdl.handle.net/11299/143356University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. September 2012. Major: Medicinal Chemistry. Advisor: Dr. Lisa A. Peterson. 1 computer file (PDF); xvii, 206 pages.This work describes the characterization of the chemical properties of intermediates in furan metabolism using techniques derived from the fields of analytical and physical chemistry, toxicology, and cancer biology.en-UScis-2-butene-14-dialFuranLC-MS/MSNMRThesis or Dissertation