This dissertation endeavors to delineate practical paradigms for crystal engineering based upon the understanding of supramolecular chemistry and self-assembly, i.e. the design and synthesis of novel functional crystalline materials. Two basic metal-organic building units, Zn(RCO2)2(py)2 and (L2)M2(RCO2)4 (M = Zn, Cu), as well as nano-scaled secondary building units (nSBUs) that are constructed from Cu2(RCO2)4 are researched and discussed. Design strategies have been developed to propagate these metal-organic synthons into predictable coordination polymer networks. A series of crystal structures, as well as their syntheses and characterization, are presented. This work demonstrates that supramolecular structures can be designed from pre-selected molecular precursors with the consideration of chemical functionalities and geometrical arrangements. The design strategy represents a practical paradigm for the construction of porous materials as well as interesting networks with special topologies. The modular nature of these metal-organic building units introduces a broad impact on the discovery of novel coordination compounds with potential useful properties.

A química dos complexos de bis(ter-iminas) de ferro(II) contendo os ligantes tridentados fenilterpiridina (phtpy), piridilterpiridina (pytpy), fenilterpirazina (phtpz) e piridilterpirazina (pytpz) foi tratada nesta Tese. Os complexos exibem configuração de spin baixo, exibindo coloração violeta intensa decorrentes de transições de transferência de carga do ferro(II) para a ter-imina, dπ − pπ*. Suas configurações lineares rígidas mostram-se adequadas para a realização de montagens supramoleculares com íons de metais de transição, explorando a ligação entre os grupos piridina e pirazina, e este aspecto distinto foi especialmente focado neste trabalho. A química sintética dos ligantes, obtidos a partir do método de Kröhnke modicado, e dos complexos bis-substituídos foi aqui elaborada com excelentes resultados. A caracterização dos ligantes e dos complexos foi realizada a partir de análises de CHN, espectroscopia eletrônica, RMN e Raman, espectrometria de massas e voltametria cíclica. Os estudos teóricos foram realizados utilizando métodos semi-empíricos ZINDO/S. Todos os complexos exibem forte efeito Raman ressonante associado ao cromóforo ferro(II)ter-imínico. Os grupos piridil e pirazil (L) podem ser protonados em soluções fortemente ácidas, e também podem atuar como ligantes pontes formando uma série de sucessivos complexos de bi à heptanucleares, com o íon pentacianidoferrato(II). Tais complexos exibem novas bandas de transferência de carga no visível, refletindo as propriedades eletrônicas do cromóforo periférico {FeII(CN)5L}. Seus espectros de Raman ressonante foram investigados em comparação com os complexos mononucleares correspondentes. Na presença de íons de metais de transição, Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) e Fe(III), os complexos supra-moleculares de pentacianidoferrato(II) formam uma série de compostos análogos ao Azul da Prússia, produzindo filmes moleculares de grande interesse como novos materiais poliméricos e eletrocatalíticos. / The chemistry of bis(ter-imine)iron(II) complexes containing the phenylterpyridine (phtpy), pyridylterpyridine (pytpy), phenylterpyrazine (phtpz) and pyridylterpyrazine (pytpz) tridentate ligands is dealt with in this Thesis. The complexes exhibit low spin configuration, displaying strong red-violet colors arising from iron(II) to ter-imine, dπ − pπ* charge-transfer transitions. Their rigid linear configurations proved suitable for performing supramolecular assemblies with transition metal ions, by exploring the bridging pyridine and pyrazine moieties, and this distinct aspect has been specially focused on this work. The synthetic chemistry of the ligands, obtained from the Kröhnke method, and of the bis-substituted complexes was here elaborated with excellent results. Characterization of the ligands and complexes was carried out based on CHN analyses, electronic, NMR and Raman spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and cyclic voltammetry. Theoretical studies were carried out using ZINDO/S semiempirical methods. All the complexes exhibit strong resonance Raman effect associated with the iron(II) ter-imine chromophore. The pyridyl and pyrazyl groups (L) can be protonated in strongly acidic solutions, and can also act as bridging ligands forming a series of successive, bi-to-heptanuclear complexes with the pentacyanidoferrate(II) ion. Such complexes display new charge-transfer bands in the visible, reflecting the electronic properties of the {FeII(CN)5L} peripheral chromophore. Their resonance Raman spectra have been investigated in comparison with the corresponding mononuclear complexes. In the presence of transition metal ions, Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Fe(III) ions, the pentacyanidoferrate(II)-supramolecular complexes form a series of Prussian blue type of compounds, yielding molecular films of great interest as new conducting polymeric and electrocatalytic materials.

Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Erschließung eines neuen, synthetischen Zugangs zu linearen und makrocyclischen Systemen, die als Strukturelement eine Cycloheptatrieneinheit besitzen. Hierbei kann das Cycloheptatrien aufgrund seiner zahlreichen Transformationsmöglichkeiten als ein molekularer Schalter angesehen werden. Durch photochemische Reaktionen könnte auf diese Weise der Informationsgehalt supramolekularer Systeme verändert werden. Um eine verbesserte Photoschaltbarkeit zu gewähren, werden bisarylsubstituierte Cycloheptatriene benötigt. Verbrückte Aryltropyliumsalze werden durch Umsetzung mit Anilinderivaten in verbrückte Bisarylcycloheptatriene überführt. Die Makrocyclisierung mit verbrückten Carbonsäurechloriden führt, unter den Bedingungen des Verdünnungsprinzips, zu amidischen Ringverbindungen. / The object of the following thesis is the development of a new synthetic approach to linear or makrocyclic systems, which contain cycloheptatriene as a structural element. Cyclohepta-triene could be used as a molecular switch, due to the fact that there are several possible transformations. Using photochemical reactions there could be an easy change of order and involed information in supramolecular systems. Bisarylcycloheptatrienes enables the photo-active system to switch more easy. Bridged arylcycloheptatrienylium salts react with anilines to bridged bisarylcycloheptatrienes. Makrocyclisation under high dilution conditions with bridged chlorocarbonacids leads to cyclic systems containing the needed structural element.

The recently discovered cucurbit[n]uril are a range of macrocyclic hosts which have enormous potential in industrial, medical and academic applications. Cucurbit[n]uril have a rigid repeating structure of methylene bridged glycouril, which give cucurbit[n]uril their gourd like shape of a cavity with two carbonyl fringed portals. In this thesis the host-guest binding abilities of three cucurbit[n]uril (n = 6, 7, 8) have been examined for a range of potential guests. These guests ranged from simple alkyl amines through globular alkyl and carboranyl amines to bipyridyl systems. In total 45 guest molecules where examined. Most of the guests examined where either cationically charged, capable of hydrogen binding, contained a substantial molecular dipole, or a combination of these. Furthermore, all of the potential guests examined had some solubility in an acidified aqueous sodium sulfate solution within which the host-guest properties were examined. It was generally found that the larger guests did have selectivity for the larger hosts. However, when the host became too large weaker complexes would form and for the range of materials examined here cucurbit[7]uril was found to be the 'best' host system. In one example, p-xylene diamine, a 2:1 complex with cucurbit[8]uril was observed. While not the focus of this work a new rapid purification method was developed for the cucurbit[n]uril using different metal ions to either solubilise or precipitate the different cucurbit[n]uril. In the second part of this work these same guest molecules where used as potential templates in the synthesis of cucurbit[n]uril. Surprisingly the guests that bound strongly to an individual host did not seem to template the cucurbit[n]uril synthesis at all. Rather these strong binders inhibited the reaction such that little or no cucurbit[n]uril formed under the reaction conditions studied. However, several examples provided excellent template results. Indeed the results indicate that guests which bound with intermediate rates of exchange are the best templates and using templates under these conditions we have been able to produce cucurbit[7]uril as 46% by mass of the total cucurbit[n]uril product. This is the highest yield ever recorded for cucurbit[7]uril and it is the first example of cucurbit[7]uril being the major product of this condensation reaction. In an another example cucurbit[8]uril formed 18% of the product an increase of 150% over the standard reaction conditions. While studying both the template reactions and the host-guest binding properties of the cucurbit[n]uril a new supramolecular form, an 'inverse rotaxane' was discovered. Inverse rotaxanes are not held in place by large blocking groups, rather the molecular structure encapsulated by the cucurbit[n]uril host prevents decomplexation of the axle.

<p>Molecular recognition via noncovalent interactions plays a key role in many biological processes such as antigen-antibody interactions, protein folding, the bonding and catalytic transformation of substrates by enzymes, etc. Amongst these noncovalent interactions, electrostatic interactions, hydrogen bonding, π-π interactions, and metal-to-ligand bonding are the most prominent. Exploring noncovalent interactions in host-guest systems that range from small hydrocarbon systems to more complex systems is the main motivation of this thesis. The present study involves the design, synthesis and characterization of clip-shaped molecules as host structures, and an examination of their binding properties with a variety of guests using NMR spectroscopy. </p><p>Several clips with a hydrocarbon or glycoluril backbone were synthesized. The binding of cations to small, hydrocarbon-based clips suggests that binding is enhanced by the rigidity and cooperativity between the two sidewalls of the clip. Binding is also very much dependant on the solvent properties. </p><p>Glycoluril-based clips built with aromatic sidewalls provide a deep cavity for binding guest molecules. The binding properties of these hosts were studied with several guests such as cations, Lewis acids and Lewis bases. Lewis basic binding sites in the acenaphthene-terminated clip were dominating in guest binding. Complexation-induced conformational changes in the wall-to-wall distance were observed for this clip.</p><p>In contrast, for a porphyrin-terminated clip with metal centers, very strong binding to a series of Lewis basic guests of various sizes into the clip cavity was observed. Conformational locking of guests with long alkyl chains was achieved, suggesting that, this clip could be useful as a potential molecular tool for the structural characterization of acyclic molecules with several stereogenic centers. This porphyrin clip was also shown to bind substituted fullerenes in the cavity.</p>

Molecular recognition via noncovalent interactions plays a key role in many biological processes such as antigen-antibody interactions, protein folding, the bonding and catalytic transformation of substrates by enzymes, etc. Amongst these noncovalent interactions, electrostatic interactions, hydrogen bonding, π-π interactions, and metal-to-ligand bonding are the most prominent. Exploring noncovalent interactions in host-guest systems that range from small hydrocarbon systems to more complex systems is the main motivation of this thesis. The present study involves the design, synthesis and characterization of clip-shaped molecules as host structures, and an examination of their binding properties with a variety of guests using NMR spectroscopy. Several clips with a hydrocarbon or glycoluril backbone were synthesized. The binding of cations to small, hydrocarbon-based clips suggests that binding is enhanced by the rigidity and cooperativity between the two sidewalls of the clip. Binding is also very much dependant on the solvent properties. Glycoluril-based clips built with aromatic sidewalls provide a deep cavity for binding guest molecules. The binding properties of these hosts were studied with several guests such as cations, Lewis acids and Lewis bases. Lewis basic binding sites in the acenaphthene-terminated clip were dominating in guest binding. Complexation-induced conformational changes in the wall-to-wall distance were observed for this clip. In contrast, for a porphyrin-terminated clip with metal centers, very strong binding to a series of Lewis basic guests of various sizes into the clip cavity was observed. Conformational locking of guests with long alkyl chains was achieved, suggesting that, this clip could be useful as a potential molecular tool for the structural characterization of acyclic molecules with several stereogenic centers. This porphyrin clip was also shown to bind substituted fullerenes in the cavity.

In this research project, reduction or complete elimination of organic solvents is explored in the synthesis of cyclic imides using a technique that brings reagents into favorable position to react. Cocrystal Controlled Solid-State Synthesis (C3Sy3), takes advantage of supramolecular interactions such as hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking to form a cocrystal which can sequential be heated to complete the condensation reaction and produce a desirable product. Twenty-five successful condensation reactions result in high and clean yield. C3Sy3 of cyclic imides with auxiliary hydrogen bonding moieties like carboxylic acid, carboxylate or pyridyl groups are amenable to form additional solid-state materials. These moieties are useful in forming coordinate covalent bonds with metal cations. Using these C3Sy3 synthesized molecules as ligands, various Metal-Organic Materials (MOMs) are self-assembled. These MOMs offer unique qualities owing to the properties of the cyclic imides. With the addition of accessible carbonyl groups, they may participate as hydrogen bond acceptors or hydrophilic groups. Various degrees of rotation of N-phenyl substituents around the imide plane allow for structural flexibility as a route to supramolecular isomers in MOMs. The ease in imide synthesis may allow the fast scale-up of these ligands for industrial application. Similar ligands are generally synthesized by cross-coupling or substitution reactions that require expensive catalyst and various organic solvents. Metal-organic materials are a class of compounds amenable to crystal engineering owing to the directional coordinate covalent bonds between metal or metal clusters and organic ligands. They are characterized by X-ray diffraction, spectroscopy, volumetric and gravimetric analysis. The C3Sy3 imides were used to construct various MOMs, from discrete nanostructures to extended 3-periodic frameworks that possess viable internal space for applications pertaining to porous materials. Structural characterization by single crystal X-ray diffraction and structure-function relations are addressed. Gas sorption experiments show that many of these materials are structurally robust and retain crystallinity after evacuation. Ion exchange and guest uptake experiments using the synthesized materials demonstrate their potential as agents for sequestration. The bottom-up synthesis of metal-organics materials is leading the field of crystal engineering with built-in properties, showing promise by combining attributes from both inorganic and organic components.

Enantioselective indicator displacement assays (eIDAs), was transitioned to a high-throughput screening protocols, for the rapid determination of concentration and enantioselectivity (ee) of chiral diols and α-hydroxycarboxylic acid. To improve the design of our previously established receptor based on o-(N,N-dialkylaminomethyl)arylboronate scaffolds for eIDAs. The rigidity of the receptor, which pertinent from the formation of an intramolecular N-B dative bond was investigated. o-(Pyrrolidinylmethyl)phenylboronic acid its complexes with bifunctional substrates such as catechol, [alpha]-hydroxyisobutyric acid, and hydrobenzoin was studied in detail by x-ray crystallography and ¹¹B NMR. Our structural study predicts that the formation of an N-B dative bond, and/or solvolysis to afford a tetrahedral boronate anion, depends on the solvent and the complexing substrate present. To simplify the operation of eIDAs, we introduced an analytical method, which utilize a dual-chamber quartz cuvette, which reduces the number of spectroscopic measurements from two to one and introduced artificial neural networks (ANNs) which simplifies data analysis. In a second example a high-throughtput screening protocol for hydrobenzoin was developed. The method involves the sequential utilization of what we define herein as screening, training, and analysis plates. Several enantioselective boronic-acid based receptors were screened using 96-well plates, both for their ability to discriminate the enantiomers of hydrobenzoin and to find their optimal pairing with indicators resulting in the largest optical responses. The best receptor/indicator combination was then used to train an ANN to determine concentration and ee. To prove the practicality of the developed protocol, analysis plates were created containing true unknown samples of hydrobenzoin generated by established Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation reactions, and the best ligand was correctly identified. The system was extended to pattern recognition for the rapid determination of identity, concentration, and ee of chiral vicinal diols. A diverse enantioselective sensor array was generated with three chiral boronic acid receptors and pH indicators. The optical response produced by the sensor array, was analyzed by two pattern recognition algorithms: principal component analysis (PCA) and ANNs. The PCA plot demonstrated good chemoselective and enantioselective separation of the analytes, and ANNs was used to accurately determine the concentration and ee of five unknown samples. / text

Supramolekulinė chemija – tyrimų kryptis, nagrinėjanti struktūras, sudarytas iš riboto ir neriboto skaičiaus molekulių (tektonų), sąveikaujančių tarpusavyje silpnosiomis nekovalentinėmis sąveikomis. Žinoma, kad medžiagų savybės užkoduotos ne tik molekulių struktūroje, bet ir jų tarpusavio išsidėstyme. Savo ruožtu, chirališkumas yra vienas iš faktorių, leidžiančių vienoms molekulėms atpažinti kitas. Pagrindiniai disertacijos tikslai: nustatyti 1) chiralinių, konformaciškai suvaržytų bei labilių junginių, turinčių biciklo[3.3.1]nonano fragmentą, chromoforų prigimties, tarpusavio orientacijos ir atstumo įtaką chiroptinėms savybėms, 2) chiralinių tripakeistų aromatinių, turinčių biciklo[3.3.1]nonano pakaitus, ir kompleksinių paladžiociklinių junginių chirališkumo ir struktūros įtaką formuojant įvairaus lygio tvarkias supramolekulines struktūras. Naudojantis apskritiminio dichroizmo spektroskopijair teoriškai atliktais ab initio skaičiavimais charakterizuotos molekulės, turinčios įvairios elektroninės prigimties chromoforus, bei jose vykstantys elektroniniai šuoliai. Susintetinti tripakeisti aromatiniai junginiai, turintys išorinius biciklo[3.3.1]nonano ir įvairių dydžių aromatinius fragmentus. Ištirta tokių save atpažįstančių chiralinių tripakeistų aromatinių junginių struktūros įtaka supramolekulinei asociacijai tirpale ir ant paviršiaus. Nustatyta, kad susintetinti V formos chiralinis ir raceminis dialkinbiciklo[3.3.1]nonenil- ligandai, turintys koordinuojantį piridino pakaitą... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The supramolecular chemistry of assemblies composed of a limited or infinite number of the molecular tectons interacting with each other via noncovalent interactions was investigated with a special emphasize on the chirality of the building blocks. The following objectives were pursued in this work: 1) to determine the electronic structure of both conformationally rigid and labile chiral bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane compounds, the mutual orientation and distance of the chromophores and its impact on chiroptical properties, 2) to study the influence of chirality and structure of palladacycle and trisubstituted compounds, containing external bicyclo[3.3.1]nonanyl- and aromatic fragments of different size on the formation of various supramolecular structures. The chiral bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane compounds with chromophores of different electronic nature were synthesized. The possibilities of exciton interaction and charge transfer phenomena were studied in the obtained molecules. The influence of chirality and structure of trisubstituted compounds containing external bicyclo[3.3.1]nonanyl- and aromatic fragments of different size on supramolecular association in solution and on the surface was investigated. In solution, the trisubstituted compounds exist in the form of nanoparticles with regular supramolecular structure. It was shown that the V-shaped chiral and racemic dialkynbicyclo[3.3.1]nonenyl- ligands having coordinating pyridine moiety, form rhomb-shaped palladacycle. The racemic and... [to full text]

The supramolecular chemistry of assemblies composed of a limited or infinite number of the molecular tectons interacting with each other via noncovalent interactions was investigated with a special emphasize on the chirality of the building blocks. The following objectives were pursued in this work: 1) to determine the electronic structure of both conformationally rigid and labile chiral bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane compounds, the mutual orientation and distance of the chromophores and its impact on chiroptical properties, 2) to study the influence of chirality and structure of palladacycle and trisubstituted compounds, containing external bicyclo[3.3.1]nonanyl- and aromatic fragments of different size on the formation of various supramolecular structures. The chiral bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane compounds with chromophores of different electronic nature were synthesized. The possibilities of exciton interaction and charge transfer phenomena were studied in the obtained molecules. The influence of chirality and structure of trisubstituted compounds containing external bicyclo[3.3.1]nonanyl- and aromatic fragments of different size on supramolecular association in solution and on the surface was investigated. In solution, the trisubstituted compounds exist in the form of nanoparticles with regular supramolecular structure. It was shown that the V-shaped chiral and racemic dialkynbicyclo[3.3.1]nonenyl- ligands having coordinating pyridine moiety, form rhomb-shaped palladacycle. The racemic and... [to full text] / Supramolekulinė chemija – tyrimų kryptis, nagrinėjanti struktūras, sudarytas iš riboto ir neriboto skaičiaus molekulių (tektonų), sąveikaujančių tarpusavyje silpnosiomis nekovalentinėmis sąveikomis. Žinoma, kad medžiagų savybės užkoduotos ne tik molekulių struktūroje, bet ir jų tarpusavio išsidėstyme. Savo ruožtu, chirališkumas yra vienas iš faktorių, leidžiančių vienoms molekulėms atpažinti kitas. Pagrindiniai disertacijos tikslai: nustatyti 1) chiralinių, konformaciškai suvaržytų bei labilių junginių, turinčių biciklo[3.3.1]nonano fragmentą, chromoforų prigimties, tarpusavio orientacijos ir atstumo įtaką chiroptinėms savybėms, 2) chiralinių tripakeistų aromatinių, turinčių biciklo[3.3.1]nonano pakaitus, ir kompleksinių paladžiociklinių junginių chirališkumo ir struktūros įtaką formuojant įvairaus lygio tvarkias supramolekulines struktūras. Naudojantis apskritiminio dichroizmo spektroskopijair teoriškai atliktais ab initio skaičiavimais charakterizuotos molekulės, turinčios įvairios elektroninės prigimties chromoforus, bei jose vykstantys elektroniniai šuoliai. Susintetinti tripakeisti aromatiniai junginiai, turintys išorinius biciklo[3.3.1]nonano ir įvairių dydžių aromatinius fragmentus. Ištirta tokių save atpažįstančių chiralinių tripakeistų aromatinių junginių struktūros įtaka supramolekulinei asociacijai tirpale ir ant paviršiaus. Nustatyta, kad susintetinti V formos chiralinis ir raceminis dialkinbiciklo[3.3.1]nonenil- ligandai, turintys koordinuojantį piridino pakaitą... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]