One of the main goals of computational methods is to identify reasonable geometries for target materials. Organometallic complexes have been investigated in this dissertation research, entailing a significant challenge based on transition metal diversity and the associated complexity of the ligands. A large variety of theoretical methods have been employed to determine ground state geometries of organometallic species. An impressive number of transition metals entailing diverse isomers (e.g., geometric, spin, structural and coordination), different coordination numbers, oxidation states and various numbers of electrons in d orbitals have been studied. Moreover, ligands that are single, double or triple bonded to the transition metal, exhibiting diverse electronic and steric effects, have been investigated. In this research, a novel de novo scheme for structural prediction of transition metal complexes was developed, tested and shown to be successful.

The tetraruthenium cluster H4Ru4(CO)12 has been studied for its reactivity with the unsaturated diphosphine ligands (Z)-Ph2PCH=CHPPh2, 4,5-bis (diphenylphosphino)-4-cyclopenten-1,3-dione, bis(diphenyphosphino)benzene and 1,8- bis(diphenyl phosphino)naphthalene under thermal, near-UV photolysis, and Me3NO-assisted activation. All three cluster activation methods promote loss of CO and furnish the anticipated substitution products that possess a chelating diphosphine ligand. Clusters 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been characterized in solution by IR and NMR spectroscopies, and these data are discussed with respect to the crystallographically determined structures for all new cluster compounds. The 31P NMR spectral data and the solid-state structures confirm the presence of a chelating diphosphine ligand in all four new clusters. Sealed NMR tubes containing clusters 1, 2, 3 and 4 were found to be exceeding stable towards near-UV light and temperatures up to ca. 100°C. The surprisingly robust behavior of the new clusters is contrasted with the related cluster Ru3(CO)10(bpcd) that undergoes fragmentation to the donor-acceptor compound Ru2(CO)6(bpcd) and the phosphido-bridged compound Ru2(CO)6 (µ-PPh2)[µ-C=C(PPh2)C(O)CH2C(O)] under mild conditions. The electrochemical properties have been investigated in the case of clusters 1 and 2 by cyclic voltammetry, and the findings are discussed with respect to the reported electrochemical data on the parent cluster H4Ru4(CO)12.

The reaction of the chelating ligand 4-[4,6-bis(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]-N,N-diethyl-benzenamine, L, with pentacarbonylchlororhenium by conventional heating method produces the complexes fac-[ReL(CO)3Cl2] and fac-[Re2L(CO)6Cl2] in a period of 48 hours. The use of microwaves as the source of heat and the increase in the equivalents of one of the reactants leads to a more selective reaction and also decreases the reaction time to 1 hour. After proper purification, the photophysical properties of fac-[ReL(CO)3Cl] were analyzed. The solid-state photoluminescence analysis showed an emission band at 628 nm independent of temperature. However, in the solution studies, the emission band shifted from 550 nm in frozen media to 610 nm when the matrix became fluid. These results confirm that this complex possess a phenomenon known as rigidochromism.

Orientador: André Luiz Barboza Formiga / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T11:05:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santos_SabrinaGraciados_M.pdf: 7184130 bytes, checksum: a334f9344fec73d7b0af53f37a86c3f1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Foram sintetizados dois ligantes 5 fenildipirrometeno (2) e 5-(4-piridil)dipirrometeno (4) através da oxidação de seus respectivos intermediários (1) e (3). Um terceiro intermediário, bisdipirrometeno (5) foi sintetizado e oxidado resultando no ligante bisdipirrometeno (6) parcialmente oxidado. Essas moléculas foram caracterizadas através das técnicas de 1HRMN e MS. Realizou-se a síntese com complexo [CulL24]que foi caracterizado por FT-IR, espectroscopia no UV-Vis e MS. Comparando-se os dados de UV-Vis com os resultados de TD-DFT, um modelo de quatro orbitais moleculares de simetria "Pi" foi proposto para a interpretação dos espectros eletrônicos dos ligantes (2), (4), e (6) e do complexo, similar ao já existente para porfirinas. Também foram estudadas via modelagem molecular três supermoléculas distintas derivadas dos ligantes sintetizados, duas lineares e uma em forma de grade. As estruturas e distâncias entre os centros metálicos (entre 12,6 A e 20,2 A) foram então comparadas / Abstract: Abstract: In this work, three ligands and its intermediaries were synthesized and caracterized (5-phenildipyrromethene (2), 5-(4-pyridil)dipyrromethene (6) and bisdipyrromethene (4)), aiming a future complexation of each one of them with transition metals to form metallic complexes. The ligands (4), (6) and its intermediaries have two coordination sites in their structures, making them interesting for coordination polymers and metal organic frameworks synthesis. The intermediaries were synthesized and caracterized by hydrogen nuclear magnetic ressonance (1H NMR) and mass spectrometry (MS). The ligands (2), (4) and (6) were obtained through the oxidation of their respectives intermediaries, with (2) and (6) being known in the literature, while there are no reports of the ligand (4). The final products were caracterized also by 1H NMR and MS. With the ligand \pyreno \ caracterized, we performed the complexation of this ligand with copper, originating the complex [Cu(4-pyrdpm)2], caracterized by infrared spectroscopy (IR), UV-Vis spectroscopy and MS. All the analyses confirmed the complex. We studied the ligands, complexes and coordination polymers with Density Functional Theory / Mestrado / Quimica Inorganica / Mestra em Química

Ce projet de recherche porte sur la formation de nouvelles liaisons C-C et la production de produits chimiques valorisables grâce à l'utilisation de complexes de nickel chélatés. La première partie de cette thèse est dédiée à des complexes bis-phosphines de nickel employés comme catalyseurs pour le couplage croisé de Negishi. Le précatalyseur [(dcpp)Ni(n2-toluene)] (dcpp = 1,3 bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)propane) permet de coupler efficacement des chloro-arènes avec des organozinciques en utilisant de faibles charges catalytiques (0,2 mol% - 0,1 mol%) et des conditions douces (THF, 60 °C). Une étude mécanistique fondée sur des réactions stœchiométriques et des calculs DFT prouve la présence d'intermédiaires Ni(0)/Ni(II) au cours de la catalyse et exclut tout passage par un mécanisme de type Ni(I)/Ni(III). La seconde partie de ce travail porte sur le couplage oxydant entre l'éthylène et le CO2 sur des complexes de nickel chélatés par des bis-phosphines ou des bis-NHC. Une étude cinétique de l'équilibre entre [(dcpp)Ni(C2H4)] et [(dcpp)nickelalactone] a été réalisée. Le complexe [(dcpp)nickelalactone] peut ensuite être réduit et fonctionnalisé en dérivé du propanol en présence de pinacolborane. Des études mécanistiques et catalytiques préliminaires ont eté menées. De plus, de nouvelles méthodologies de synthèses ont été développées afin d'obtenir les premiers complexes [(bis-NHC)Ni(C2H4)] et [(bis-NHC)nickelalactone]. / The aim of this research project is to promote the formation of new C-C bonds and the production of valuable chemicals by using chelated nickel complexes. The first part of this thesis is dedicated to [nickel(bis-phosphine)] complexes employed as catalysts for Negishi cross coupling reactions. Designed Ni(0) precatalyst [(dcpp)Ni(n2-toluene)] (dcpp = 1,3-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)propane) promotes efficiently the Negishi cross coupling between aryl chlorides and phenylzinc chloride derivatives at low catalyst loadings (down to 0.2 mol% - 1 mol%) under mild conditions (THF, 60°C). Mechanistic investigations relying on stoichiometric reactions and DFT calculations prove the involvement of Ni(0)/Ni(II) intermediates rather than Ni(I)/Ni(III) species during the catalysis. The second part of this work deals with the oxidative coupling between ethylene and CO2 at bis-phosphine and bis-NHC chelated nickel complexes for the production of value-added chemicals. The equilibrium between [(dcpp)Ni(C2H4)] and [(dcpp)nickelalactone] has been investigated by kinetic studies. The subsequent cleavage of [(dcpp) nickelalactone] by pinacolborane leads to its reductive functionalization into a propanol derivative. Preliminary mechanistic and catalytic investigations have been undertaken. Moreover, new methodologies are provided for the synthesis of the first [(bis-NHC)Ni(C2H4)] and [(bis-NHC)nickelalactone] complexes.

Les ARN constituent des cibles thérapeutiques extrêmement intéressantes bien qu’encore assez peu exploitées. En effet, les obstacles pour la conception de ligands spécifiques de ces cibles non traditionnelles, polyanioniques et très flexibles, sont encore loin d’être levés. Les aminoglycosides, utilisés depuis longtemps pour leurs propriétés antibiotiques, sont souvent décrits comme des « ligands universels » d’ARN. Leur structure constitue donc une architecture favorable pour l’élaboration de nouveaux ligands spécifiques des ARN.Le but de cette thèse a été de développer une méthode systémique originale combinant chimie organique et microbiologie pour synthétiser de nouvelles molécules de structure analogue aux aminoglycosides, se fixant de façon spécifique sur des cibles ARN. Ce travail repose sur la compréhension récente des voies de biosynthèse des aminoglycosides permettant leur ingénierie rationnelle selon une stratégie de mutasynthèse. Cette approche expérimentale s’appuie sur la conception de mimes de métabolites naturels pouvant être transformés par des bactéries génétiquement modifiées. Le développement de méthodologies novatrices en ingénierie métabolique, synthèse organique et chimie analytique nous a permis de concevoir des analogues d’aminoglycosides fluorés qui se sont avérées être d’excellentes sondes dans l’étude des ARN par RMN du fluor. / Pas de résumé en anglais

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease which results from the irreversible loss of neurons in the brain. The disease is characterized by progressive cognitive impairment with recurrent short-term memory loss. AD is the leading cause of dementia and 4th leading cause of death in the elderly. Success in the treatment of AD has been limited, with drugs only treating it at a symptomatic level due to its pathology being complex and poorly understood. However, it is known that the cholinesterase and MAO-B enzymes play an important role in the disease through their association with production of amyloid plaques and oxidative stress respectively, two mechanisms associated with cell death and the symptoms seen in AD.

The study of the binding between estrogen receptors (ER) and their ligands in vitro has long been of interest mainly because of its application in anti-estrogen drug discovery for breast cancer treatment as well as in the screening of environmental contaminants for endocrine disruptors. Binding strength was conventionally quantified in terms of equilibrium dissociation constant (KD). Recently, emphasis is shifting towards kinetics rate constants, and off-rate (koff) in particular. This thesis reported a novel method to measure such binding kinetics based on fluorescence polarization complemented with total internal reflection fluorescence (FP-TIRF). It used tethered receptors in a flow cell format. For the first time, the kinetics rate constants of the binding of full-length human recombinant ERα with its standard ligands were measured. koff was found to range from 1.3 10-3 to 2.3 10-3 s-1. kon ranged from 0.3 105 to 11 105 M-1 s-1. The method could also be used to screen potential ligands. Motivated by recent findings that ginsenosides might be functional ligands of nuclear receptors, eleven ginsenosides were scanned for binding with ER and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR). None of the ginsenosides showed significant binding to ER, but Rb1 and 20(S)-Rg3 exhibited significant specific binding with PPAR.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第22457号 / 工博第4718号 / 新制||工||1737(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科物質エネルギー化学専攻 / (主査)教授 大江 浩一, 教授 中村 正治, 教授 中尾 佳亮 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第22702号 / 工博第4749号 / 新制||工||1742(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科物質エネルギー化学専攻 / (主査)教授 大江 浩一, 教授 近藤 輝幸, 教授 中尾 佳亮 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM