L'objectif de cette thèse était d'évaluer quelques Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), choisis en fonction de leur taille de pores, de leur volume poreux et de leur stabilité thermique, en adsorption et séparation des hydrocarbures. Pour étudier le comportement général des MOFs nous avons choisi des MOFs avec des centres métalliques insaturés, des MOFs à charpente anionique et des ZIFs neutres et avons étudié leur sélectivité en séparation de trois familles d'hydrocarbures, à savoir alcanes, alcènes, aromatiques. Les MOFs à centre métallique insaturé se comportent généralement comme des zéolithes polaires, les ZIFs comme des zéolithes apolaires et/ou comme des tamis moléculaires. Les adsorbants les plus prometteurs sont testés sur des séparations d'intérêt industriel telles que la séparation des isomères de xylène, la séparation des paraffines linéaires, monobranchées et di-branchées et l'adsorption sélective du thiophène en vu de l'évaluation de ces adsorbants en désulfuration des essences.

A new tool (Infrasorb-12) for the screening of porosity is described, identifying high surface area materials in a very short time with high accuracy. Further, an example for the application of the tool in the discovery of new cobalt-based metal–organic frameworks is given. / Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.

This Thesis explores the role of structural defects and disorder and their relationship to experimental data, with a particular emphasis on molecular framework materials. The question of how we can build atomistic models of amorphous materials from experimental data without needing to make system-specific assumptions is addressed. The role of 'structural invariance', <i>i.e.</i> the limited range of distinct local atomic environments within a material, as a restraint within reverse Monte Carlo refinement (RMC) is investigated. The operation of these invariance restraints operate is shown to be system-dependent and the challenges associated with effective refinement, <i>e.g.</i> configurational 'jamming', are also investigated. A generalisation to the 'structural simplicity', <i>i.e.</i> the simplest model, holding all else constant, is most likely to be correct. Three new metrics of structural simplicity are proposed: two intrinsically three-dimensional measures of local geometric invariance and one measure of local symmetry. These metrics are shown to robustly quantify the configurational quality. The ability of these metrics to act as effective restraints for the RMC refinement of amorphous materials is demonstrated by the construction of the first data-driven tetrahedral models of amorphous silicon. The role of defects and disorder within metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) is investigated through the canonical MOF UiO-66(Hf). Through a combination of techniques, including X-ray diffuse scattering, anomalous diffraction, total scattering and electron diffraction measurements, the existence of correlated metal-cluster absences in UiO-66(Hf) is demonstrated. Furthermore the ability to synthetically tune both the interactions and concentration of defects is shown. The thermomechanical properties of defective UiO-66(Hf) are also examined. UiO-66(Hf) is shown to rapidly densify by up to 5% (ΔV/V ) on ligand elimination. The resultant densified phase exhibits colossal (≥100MK^-1) volumetric negative thermal expansion (NTE); the largest reported value for any MOF. Finally, the capability to tune the physical properties of MOFs through defect incorporation is demonstrated through the defect-dependence of both the densification and the NTE.

Ce travail de thèse s’inscrit dans un contexte d’explosion des nanoparticules et de leur très grand potentiel pour des applications en cancérologie. Ainsi, deux classes de nanoparticules ont été étudiées afin de valider et de caractériser biologiquement ce potentiel. Premièrement les Nanodiamants hydrogénés (H-NDs) dont l’interaction avec les photons de l’irradiation comme générateur de stress oxidatif était au cœur du postulat physico-chimique. Nous avons non seulement validé cette hypothèse dans plusieurs lignées cellulaires de cancer du rein et du sein notamment, insensibles aux doses d’irradiation étudiées ; mais également identifié la sénescence comme étant la voie activée par le double traitement H-NDs et irradiation. Les Solides hybrides poreux sont également des matériaux prometteurs grâce à leur haut pouvoir d’encapsulation de molécules actives. Nous avons ainsi démontré l’absence de toxicité de ces composés seuls dans quatre lignées de cancer du poumon et du foie, élément essentiel avant d’envisager leur utilisation, chargés avec des principes actifs. Enfin, à l’heure où la réglementation internationale encourage le développement et l’utilisation de modèles alternatifs à l’expérimentation animale, nous avons mis au point un modèle de culture tridimensionnelle d’adénocarcinome mucosécrétant de poumon. Il est utilisé pour l’étude de la progression tumorale ainsi que pour la découverte de nouvelles molécules de chimiothérapie. / The present work focuses on nanoparticles and their great skills for oncology therapies. Two kinds of nanoparticles have been studied in order to biologically validate and characterize their features. The use of hydrogenated Nanodiamonds (H-NDs) as radio sensitizer is based on a physic-chemical postulate where they act as oxidative stress generator through interaction with irradiation. Thus we validated this hypothesis in radio resistant kidney and breast cancer cell lines and identify senescence as the main pathway after co-treatment with H-NDs and irradiation. Metal organic frameworks are also of particular interest for drug delivery because of their very important loading capacities. Here we demonstrate the biocompatibility of the empty compounds in four lung and hepatic cancer cell lines, a main point before their involvement in drug delivery strategies. Finally, following international guidelines encouraging to make animal testing more ethic, we developed a new 3D cell culture mimicking mucinous lung adenocarcinoma. This well characterized model will be used for the study of cancer development and drug screening.

This work investigated the synthesis, characterisation and properties of known and novel scandium carboxylate Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs). The first part reports the performance of these Sc-MOFs as Lewis acid catalysts. The porous MOF scandium trimesate MIL-100(Sc) and the scandium terephthalates such as MIL-101(Sc), MIL-88B(Sc) and MIL-68(Sc) (prepared as the Sc-analogue for the first time), and scandium biphenyldicarboxylate MIL-88D(Sc) were prepared and tested as Lewis acid catalysts. Chromium MIL-101 and MIL-100 and scandium-exchanged zeolites were prepared for comparison. Moreover, successful encapsulation of the phosphotungstate polyoxometalates (POMs) in the cavities of MIL-101(Sc) enhanced the stability of this material. These scandium and chromium MOFs, POM-MOF composites and scandium-exchanged zeolite were tested as heterogeneous catalysts in the carbonyl ene reaction between α-methyl styrene and ethyl trifluoropyruvate. This showed that MIL-100(Sc) was the best catalyst for this reaction, achieving a conversion of 99% to the desired product. The stabilized MIL-101(Sc) was also very active, but less selective for this reaction. Acetalisation of acetaldehyde was also studied, and in this reaction the isoreticular MOFs MIL-88(B) and MIL-88D(Sc) were the most active and selective catalysts. For this reaction, the activity of MIL-100(Sc) was low, which was attributed to reduce pore size and blockage. Functionalisation of the range of scandium terephthalates such as MIL-101(Sc), MIL-88B(Sc), MIL-68(Sc), Sc₂BDC₃,and MIL-53(Sc) particularly with –NH₂ groups, made up the second main part of this research. Solvothermal synthesis were performed at lower temperatures and using mixed solvents to synthesize these amino-terephthalate MOFs, often for the first time, and their adsorption properties were studied, particularly for the adsorption of CO₂. The synthesis of pure Sc₂(NH₂-BDC)₃ and Sc₂(Br-BDC)₃ was achieved for first time by a solvothermal route, lower temperatures, and mixed solvents. This approach yielded large crystals suitable for single crystal diffraction and microcrystal IR spectroscopy. Post-synthetic modification (PSM) of Sc₂(NH₂-BDC)₃ was explored by incorporation of NO₂-groups into the framework by solvent-assisted ligand exchange. The adsorption properties of functionalised and post-modified materials were compared with those of Sc₂BDC₃ and Sc₂(NO₂-BDC)₃ for methanol and hydrocarbons This study demonstrated that Sc₂BDC₃ and Sc₂(NH₂-BDC)₃ give the higher uptakes while the –Br and –NO₂ forms display shape selectivity for n-alkanes over iso-alkanes. Amino-functionalised MIL-53(Sc) was prepared for the first time using a mixed ligand approach, so that 10-20% of a second functionalised terephthalate ligand (NO₂, Br, -(OH)₂) was required for successful single phase synthesis in addition to amino-terephthalic acid. The materials were characterised using PXRD, TGA and gas adsorption, which confirms the samples show a range of behaviour for CO₂ adsorption. Notably, the `breathing´ behaviour is strongly dependent on the type of functionalisation. Finally, the exploratory synthesis of novel scandium MOFs, using isophthalic acid (IA) and its amino and nitro- derivatives, 2,5-furandicarboxylate (FDA) and the porphyrin tetra(carboxyphenyl)porphyrin (TCPP) as linkers was carried out and six novel materials were synthesized, three of which gave crystals large enough for their structure to be determined by single crystal diffraction. Further characterisation was carried out by PXRD, TGA and solid-state NMR. Some of these materials have been shown to be porous to CO₂ and N₂.

L'objectif de cette thèse était d’évaluer quelques Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), choisis en fonction de leur taille de pores, de leur volume poreux et de leur stabilité thermique, en adsorption et séparation des hydrocarbures. Pour étudier le comportement général des MOFs nous avons choisi des MOFs avec des centres métalliques insaturés, des MOFs à charpente anionique et des ZIFs neutres et avons étudié leur sélectivité en séparation de trois familles d'hydrocarbures, à savoir alcanes, alcènes, aromatiques. Les MOFs à centre métallique insaturé se comportent généralement comme des zéolithes polaires, les ZIFs comme des zéolithes apolaires et/ou comme des tamis moléculaires. Les adsorbants les plus prometteurs sont testés sur des séparations d’intérêt industriel telles que la séparation des isomères de xylène, la séparation des paraffines linéaires, monobranchées et di-branchées et l’adsorption sélective du thiophène en vu de l’évaluation de ces adsorbants en désulfuration des essences. / The aim of this thesis was to evaluate several Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs), selected based on criteria of pore size, pore volume and thermal stability, in adsorption and separation of hydrocarbons. For studying the general behavior of MOFs in hydrocarbon adsorption, we have chosen MOFs with open metal sites, MOFs with anionic frameworks and neutral ZIFs. The MOFs with open metal sites behave similar to polar zeolites, the ZIFs behave like apolar zeolites and/or like molecular sieves. Finally we selected the most interesting MOFs and tested them in several separations with industrial interest: xylene isomers, paraffin isomers and selective adsorption of thiophene for the purpose of fuel desulfuration.

Ziel der durchgeführten Arbeiten war die Etablierung neuer Synthesestrategien zur Gewinnung chiraler metall-organischer Gerüstverbindungen (engl: Metal-Organic Frameworks, MOFs). Hierfür wurden drei verschiedene Ansätze verfolgt. Zunächst sollte die Einbringung einer chiralen Dicarbonsäure mit einem 2,2´-Spirobiindan-Gerüst in ein MOF-Netzwerk untersucht werden. Im Rahmen einer Kooperation wurden neue mit chiralen Oxazolidinonen substituierte 4,4´,4´´-Benzol-1,3,5-triyl-tribenzoesäuren H3ChirBTB-n (n = 1, 2) entwickelt, die ebenfalls zur Synthese neuer chiraler MOFs dienten. Die Modifizierung bekannter nicht-chiraler metall-organischer Gerüstverbindungen mit koordinativ ungesättigten Metallatomen durch Anbindung chiraler Amine stellte die dritte Synthesestrategie dar. Im Rahmen der letztgenannten Syntheseroute wurde für MIL-101 (MIL = Matérial Institut Lavoisier) eine sehr hohe katalytische Aktivität in der Cyanosilylierung von Benzaldehyd nachgewiesen. Die Umsetzung mit chiralen Aminen führte jedoch nicht zu einem enantioselektiven Katalysator. Im Gegensatz dazu konnten die ersten beiden Synthesewege zur Gewinnung neuer chiraler metall-organischer Gerüstverbindungen erfolgreich beschritten werden. Durch solvothermale Reaktion von (S)-2,2´-Spirobiindan-5,5´-dicarbonsäure ((S)-H2Spiro-BIDC) mit Zinknitrat in N,N-Dimethylformamid (DMF) wurde eine neue chirale metall-organische Gerüstverbindung namens DUT-7 (DUT = Dresden University of Technology) der Zusammensetzung Zn4O((S)-Spiro-BIDC)3 dargestellt. Neben einer unerwarteten, zweifach interpenetrierten Netzwerkstruktur mit hexagonalen Kanälen weist DUT-7 eine für MOFs bislang noch nicht beobachtete temperaturinduzierte, reversible Strukturänderung auf. Die zweite neue Strategie zur Gewinnung chiraler MOFs beinhaltete die Umsetzung der chiralen Tricarbonsäuren H3ChirBTB-n, die entweder (S)-4-iso-Propyl- (n = 1) oder (S)-4-Benzyl-1,3-Oxazolidin-2-on-Substituenten (n = 2) tragen. Die beiden gewonnenen Verbindungen Zn3(ChirBTB-1)2 und Zn3(ChirBTB-2)2 weisen trotz gleicher Zusammensetzung völlig unterschiedliche Kristallstrukturen auf. Beide Materialien wurden erfolgreich in der Mukaiyama-Aldol-Reaktion von Benz- bzw. 1-Naphthaldehyd mit 1-Methoxy-2-methyl-1-(trimethylsiloxy)propen eingesetzt, wobei ihre katalytische Aktivität mit verschiedenen Referenzkatalysatoren verglichen wurde. Die erzielten Enantiomerenüberschüsse (ee) liegen zwischen 6 und 16%. Auf der Suche nach neuen, für die Einbringung der ChirBTB-n-Liganden geeigneten MOF-Strukturen wurde auch die Umsetzung der reinen, nicht chiralen 4,4´,4´´-Benzol-1,3,5-triyl-tribenzoesäure (H3BTB) untersucht. Die Reaktion mit Nickelnitrat führte zur Bildung einer neuen hochporösen Verbindung namens DUT-9 mit der Zusammensetzung Ni5O2(BTB)2(DEF,DMF)4(H2O)4. DUT-9 weist neben den auf dem Gebiet der MOF-Forschung bislang unbekannten Ni5O2-Clustern eine noch nicht beschriebene dreidimensionale (3,6)-Netzwerktopologie auf. Das neue Material zeigt zudem exzellente Speicherkapazitäten für Wasserstoff, Methan und Kohlenstoffdioxid. / The present work aims on the search for new synthesis strategies towards chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs). Three different approaches were pursued. Initially, the integration of a chiral dicarboxylic acid with a 2,2´-spirobiindane backbone into a MOF network was investigated. Within a cooperation, new 4,4´,4´´-benzene-1,3,5-triyl-tribenzoic acids H3ChirBTB-n (n = 1,2) with chiral oxazolidinone substituents were developed which were also used for the assembly of chiral MOFs. The third synthesis strategy involved the tethering of chiral amines to coordinatively unsaturated metal atoms of known non-chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks. Within the last-mentioned approach, the very high catalytic activity of MIL-101 (MIL = Matérial Institut Lavoisier) towards the cyanosilylation of benzaldehyde was demonstrated. Treatment with chiral amines did not lead to an enantioselective catalyst. In contrast, the first two synthesis strategies could be performed successfully. A new MOF named DUT-7 (DUT = Dresden University of Technology) with composition Zn4O((S)-Spiro-BIDC)3 was obtained by solvothermal reaction of (S)-2,2´-spirobiindane-5,5´-dicarboxylic acid ((S)-H2Spiro-BIDC) with zinc nitrate in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF). Besides an unexpected, two-fold interpenetrated framework structure with hexagonal channels, DUT-7 shows a temperature induced, reversible structure transformation not yet observed. The other new strategy to obtain chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks involved the conversion of the chiral tricarboxylic acids H3ChirBTB-n bearing either a (S)-4-iso-propyl- (n = 1) or a (S)-4-benzyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one substituent (n = 2). Though having the same framework composition, the new compounds Zn3(ChirBTB-1)2 and Zn3(ChirBTB-2)2 exhibit completely different crystal structures. Both materials were tested in the Mukaiyama aldol reaction between benzaldehyde or 1-naphthaldehyde, respectively, and 1-methoxy-2-methyl-1-(trimethylsiloxy)propene and their catalytic activity was compared to different reference catalysts. Enantiomeric excess values (ee) between 6 and 16% were obtained. In search of new MOF structures being suitable for the integration of the ChirBTB-n linkers, the conversion of the pure, non chiral 4,4´,4´´-benzene-1,3,5-triyltribenzoic acid (H3BTB) was investigated. The reaction with nickel nitrate lead to the formation of a new, highly porous compound Ni5O2(BTB)2(DEF,DMF)4(H2O)4 named DUT-9. Besides Ni5O2 clusters which are a novelty in MOF chemistry, DUT-9 exhibits a three dimensional (3,6)-network topology not yet described. In addition, the new material shows excellent storage capacities for hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide.

Five new coordination polymers, namely, [Zn2(H2O)2(BBC)](NO3)(DEF)6 (DUT-40), [Zn3(H2O)3(BBC)2] (DUT-41), [(C2H5)2NH2][Zn2(BBC)(TDC)](DEF)6(H2O)7 (DUT-42), [Zn10(BBC)5(BPDC)2(H2O)10](NO3)(DEF)28(H2O)8 (DUT-43), and [Co2(BBC)(NO3)(DEF)2(H2O)](DEF)6(H2O) (DUT-44), where BBC – 4,4′,4′′-(benzene-1,3,5-triyl-tris(benzene-4,1-diyl))tribenzoate, TDC – 2,5-thiophenedicarboxylate, BPDC – 4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylate, DEF – N,N-diethylformamide, were obtained under solvothermal conditions and structurally characterized. It has been shown that compounds DUT-40, DUT-41 and DUT-44 exhibit 2D layered structures with large hexagonal channels. Utilization of additional angular dicarboxylic TDC linker led to the formation of the DUT-42 compound with the structure consisting of three interpenetrated 3D networks. Using the linear co-linker dicarboxylic BPDC, DUT-43 was obtained which forms a complicated 3D architecture arising from the polycatenation of triple-layered 2D building units and 2D single layer units. The pore accessibility of the synthesized compounds in the liquid phase was proved by the adsorption of dye molecules. / Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.

Most of the computer simulations of molecules in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) to be found in the literature are done with rigid framework. But, Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations of the self-diffusivity, Ds, of ethane within the one-dimensional 4.5 Å channels of the MOF type Zn(tbip)(H2 tbip = 5-tert-butyl isophthalic acid) presented in this work have shown not only quantitative, but also qualitative, differences in the Ds values for fixed and flexible lattices. Particularly, the dependence of Ds upon the concentration of molecules, c, is strongly influenced by the lattice flexibility. The reasons for this influence are investigated with the aid of probability density plots, free energy landscapes and barriers, along with a determination of the structural changes accompanying increasing c. It is found that for flexible lattices, the tighter, more constrained parts of the channels become wider at higher c; this allows more molecules to diffuse in the central region of the channels. The investigations for Zn(tbip) have been extended to three equimolar mixtures of ethane/ethane, CO2/ethane and CO2/methanol. The simulations take into account the lattice flexibility. The diffusional characteristics are discussed in relation to molecule properties and lattice geometry. The results show that Zn(tbip) may be a useful material for separating methane/ethane and CO2/ethane mixtures at low concentrations, and CO2/methanol mixtures at high concentrations. The temperature and concentration dependence of the self-diffusivity of propane diffusion in Zn(tbip) have been investigated as well by performing normal MD and hyper-MD with bias potential simulations. The obtained temperature dependence of the self-diffusivities is analyzed using an Arrhenius relationship, yielding the activation energy to be 9.53 kJ/mol and the pre-exponential factor to be 4.48×10-9 m2s-1. Using this hyper-MD method, interesting mechanisms of the propane molecules able to pass each other and exchange their sites in the channels can be observed. Because of mutual hindrance of propane molecules, the propane self-diffusivities decrease with increasing concentration.

Im Hinblick auf eine spätere Anwendung als Katalysatorträger in Hydrierungsreaktionen wurden in dieser Arbeit Adsorptionseigenschaften von Metall-Organischen Gerüstverbindungen (MOFs) in der Flüssigphasenadsorption untersucht. In den Experimenten wurden Materialien gegenübergestellt, bei denen entweder freie Koordinationsstellen am Metallatom (MIL 101, DUT 9, HKUST 1) oder eine abgeschlossene Koordinationssphäre (MOF 5, Zn4O(btb)2, Zn2(bdc)2dabco, ZIF 8, DUT 4, DUT 6) in der Struktur vorlagen. Die Substrate und Lösungsmittel wurden hinsichtlich auf die spätere Verwendung als Edukte in der Hydrierungsreaktion ausgewählt. Neben dem polaren Zimtsäureethylester kamen unpolare Substrate wie Styrol, cis-Cyccloocten und Diphenylacetylen zum Einsatz. Die Materialien wurden desweiteren auf ihre Eignung und Stabilität in der Flüssigphasenhydrierung getestet. Da die untersuchten Metall-Organischen Gerüstverbindungen selbst nicht hydrieraktiv sind, wurden sie als Matrix für die Synthese von Palladium-Nanopartikeln (mittels Incipient Wetness Infiltration) verwendet. Als Referenzkatalysatoren kamen kommerziell erhältliche Pd-Trägerkatalysatoren (Pd@C, Pd@NoritA) und Pd@MOF 5 zum Einsatz. Bei den Experimenten erwies sich Pd@MIL 101 als besonders stabil gegenüber den Reduktions- und Reaktionsbedingungen, sowohl in Gasphasen- als auch Flüssigphasenhydrierungen. Die erzielten Ergebnisse zeigen den starken Einfluss des spezifischen Porenvolumens, der Form der Pore bzw. des Poreneingangs, der Polarität des Substrates und des verwendeten Lösungsmittels auf die adsorbierte Substratmenge. Sie verdeutlichen die Relevanz von Adsorptionsuntersuchungen an neuen Materialien. Das Verständnis der Wechselwirkungen zwischen den verwendeten Lösungsmitteln, Substraten und Adsorbentien ist ein entscheidender Faktor bei der Optimierung von Adsorptionsprozessen und bei der Verwendung von MOFs in heterogen katalysierten Reaktionen. Diese Arbeit zeigt das hohe Potential von Metall-Organischen Materialien im Bereich der heterogenen Katalyse. Unter Verwendung dieser Verbindungen als Trägermaterialien für Palladium können sehr hohe Aktivitäten in Hydrierungsreaktionen erreicht werden, welche z.T. auch industriell genutzte, Aktivkohle basierte Pd-Trägerkatalysatoren übertreffen.