Ce travail, effectué dans le cadre d'une convention de recherche avec la Société ISOCHEM, a pour objectif la mise au point d'un nouveau procédé de synthèse de la pyrazolidine par la voie Raschig directe et par voie indirecte, en transitant par la 1 et 2-pyrazoline, suivie d'une hydrogénation catalytique. Cette hydrazine suscite un grand intérêt en raison de ses nombreuses applications dans l'industrie pharmaceutique et des cosmétiques. Cette thèse a été financée par le Centre National de Recherche Scientifique dans le cadre d'une bourse doctorale ingénieure/PED. La première partie est consacrée à l'étude du procédé Raschig direct qui résulte de l'action de l'hypochlorite de sodium sur un excès d'amine. La définition du process a nécessité la détermination des cinétiques et des mécanismes réactionnels afin de déterminer les rendements, les temps de séjour et de simuler numériquement l'ensemble des opérations de synthèse. Les conditions d'extraction ont été établies en exploitant les particularismes des équilibres entre phases impliqués afin d'élaborer le flow-sheet correspondant. La seconde partie est relative à la voie indirecte. Elle est basée sur l'élaboration de la 1- pyrazoline par une double déshydrohalogénation du N,N-dichloro-1,3 diaminopropane. La pyrazolidine est ensuite obtenue par hydrogénation catalytique du groupe azo. Un modèle global d'élaboration de la pyrazolidine a été établi qui nous a permis de déterminer les conditions optimales et de définir les segments synthèses et extractions ainsi que les différentes opérations unitaires du procédé ainsi que les bilans matière et énergie / This work, conducted as part of a research agreement with the Company ISOCHEM, aims to develop a new synthesis of pyrazolidine by the raschig method and by indirect way via 1 and 2-pyrazoline followed by catalytic hydrogenation. This hydrazine is very important, because of its many applications in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. This thesis was funded by the National Center for Scientific Research as part of a doctoral fellowship engineer / PED. The first part is devoted to the study of the direct Raschig process resulting from the action of sodium hypochlorite in an excess of amine. The definition of the process involved the determination of the kinetic and reaction mechanisms to determine yields, residence time and to simulate numerically the overall operations of synthesis. The extraction conditions were established by exploiting the peculiarities of the phase equilibria in order to developed the flow-sheet. The second part relates to the indirect way. It is based on the synthesis of the 1 pyrazoline by double dehydrohalogenation of N,N-dichloro-1,3-diaminopropane. The pyrazolidine is then obtained by catalytic hydrogenation of the azo group. A global model for developing the pyrazolidine was established which allowed us to determine the optimum conditions and to identify segments syntheses and extractions as well as various unit operations of the process and the mass and energy balances

The main objective of the present thesis is to deepen the understanding of the mechanisms involved in catalytic growth of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and related processes, such as the catalytic hydrogenation, and to use this knowledge to optimize the experimental approaches in order to gain better control in the synthesis and modification of carbon nanomaterials. Controlled growth of the CNT is achieved using gas-phase prepared catalyst particles (Fe, Co) which serve as individual catalytic nucleation sites in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. These studies highlight that the controlled preparation of catalyst particles is a crucial step in order to control the CNT morphology. The resultant CNT diameter and the CNT density are found to increase with increasing nanoparticle diameter and density, respectively. The number of walls of the CNT also increases with increasing primary catalyst size. The experimentally derived correlations between the particle diameter on one hand and the CNT diameter and the CNT number of walls on the other hand are attributed to an increase of the catalyst's volume-to-surface area ratio with increasing particle size. While the availability of carbon dissolved within the catalyst at the point of nucleation is determined by the catalyst volume, the amount of carbon required to form a cap depends on the surface area of the catalyst particle. Electron microscopy studies of the catalyst/substrate/carbon interfaces of CNT grown from Fe nanoparticles reveal that the CNT walls are anchored to the oxide substrate which contests the general argument that the CNT walls stem from atomic steps at the catalyst. It is argued that after nucleation, the substrate itself provides a catalytic functionality towards the stimulation of ongoing CNT growth, whereas the catalytic activity of the metal particle is more restricted to the nucleation process. Selective hard-magnetic functionalization of CNT tips has been achieved in a plasma-enhanced CVD process. Hard-magnetically terminated CNT, i.e. CNT with a FePt nanoparticle at each tip, are directly grown using FePt catalysts. Fe/Pt thin films with a strongly over-stoichiometric Fe content in the starting catalyst composition yield CNT with a significant number of particles in the hard-magnetic phase. Anisotropic etching of graphite through Co catalyst particles in hydrogen atmosphere at elevated temperatures (i.e. catalytic hydrogenation) is reported. Catalytic hydrogenation is a potential key engineering route for the fabrication of graphene nanoribbons with atomic precision. While in previous studies the etching of zigzag channels was preferred, the present investigations reveal preferential etching of armchair channels, which provides a means to tailor graphene nanostructures with specific edge termination. Further, detailed morphological and structural characterization of the Co particles provide insight into the hydrogenation mechanism which is still a matter of controversy.