Mechanisms for charge transport in organic electronics allows them to perform with disordered internal morphology, something which is not possible for traditional crystalline semiconductors. Improvements to performance can occur when the materials change their relative positions to each other, resulting as a different spatial dispersion with lower electrical loss over the device area. A numerical method has been developed using interaction models for molecules from colloidal self-assembly. Colloids are rigid particles with a volume which is embodied by their shape and their collective behaviour depends on its density. The self-assembly mechanism used is condensation, which increases the density by removing the spaces between molecules while they lose thermal energy due to the increasing steric interactions with neighbours. The molecular chemical structure determines the spatial probability of electron orbitals that (for a given energy) outlines their geometric shape. Because these shapes are localized onto the molecule, their intermolecular positions determine how close these orbitals can be to each other which is important for electron charge transport. During operation, the organic active layer may have thermal energy to cause molecular reorganization before cooling, which increases the probability to find disordered states within the device. A comprehensive suite of tools has been developed which can classify disorder in the physical characteristics of morphology; such as density, internal spacing, and angular orientation symmetry. These tools where used to optimize the experimental preparations for depositing nanoparticle dispersions on surfaces within organic electronic devices. These have also been used to quantify the statistical variations in structure between configurations produced from our Monte Carlo method and a similar molecular dynamics approach. Simulated self-assembly within highly confined areas showed repeatedly sampled microstates, suggesting that at thermodynamic equilibrium confined particles have quantized density states. We conclude with morphologies resulting from non-circular shapes and systems of donor-acceptor type molecules. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

In this work, a new condensed matter approach to the study of excitons based on crystalline thin films of the organic molecule phthalocyanine is introduced. The premise is inspired by a wealth of studies in inorganic semiconductor ternary alloys (such as AlGaN, InGaN, SiGe) where tuning compositional disorder can result in exciton localization by alloy potential fluctuations. Comprehensive absorption, luminescence, linear dichroism and electron radiative lifetime studies were performed on both pure and alloy samples of metal-free octabutoxy-phthalocyanine and transition metal octabutoxy-phthalocyanines, where the metal is Mn, Co, Ni, and Cu. Varying the ratios of the metal to metal-free phthalocyanines in all of these studies, as well as looking across a temperature range from 4 Kelvin up to room temperature is essential for quantifying the exciton wavefunction delocalization in crystalline thin films. A comparative study is performed across organic aromatic ringed molecules of different sizes in the same family: phthalocyanine, naphthalocyanine and tetra-phenyl porphyrin. In an analogy to nanocrystals and their size effects, variations in pi-conjugated ring sizes imply an altering in the number of delocalized electrons, impacting the wavefunction overlap between pi-pi orbitals along the perpendicular axis of neighboring molecules. Finally, complementary measurements that assess crystallinity of the in-house deposited thin films, including individual grain absorption, small angle x-ray scattering images, polarized microscope images and a new unique linear dichroism microscopy dual imaging/luminescence technique are also discussed.

Comportamento oscilatório manifesta-se em diversas escalas da experiência humana estando presente desde sistemas vivos, como no caso dos ritmos biológicos, até estruturas artificiais como a evolução de preços na bolsa de valores. Em eletroquímica e, em particular, na área de eletrocatálise, oscilações de potencial do eletrodo ou corrente que flui através deste são facilmente observáveis, requerendo apenas condições simples de controle experimental como a aplicação de uma corrente constante ou a utilização de uma resistência externa. Diversos trabalhos na literatura exploram as especificidades do comportamento oscilatório durante a oxidação de moléculas orgânicas importantes para a tecnologia de células a combustível, como metanol, ácido fórmico, etanol, entre outros, algumas vezes fazendo uso de simulações com modelos específicos. Por outro lado, é interessante o uso de modelos gerais para que se possa entender como propriedades comuns a todos os sistemas oscilatórios como frequência oscilatória e amplitude estão relacionadas, por exemplo, com o envenenamento do eletrodo e a recuperação autocatalítica de sítios livres. O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido tanto no âmbito experimental investigando as propriedades da oxidação oscilatória de metanol e etanol, quanto com o uso de simulações utilizando modelos generalistas e avaliando o resultado da introdução de efeitos específicos como o bloqueio da superfície por um veneno catalítico e respectiva liberação através da oxidação da espécie. Determinou-se, especificamente para o estudo de simulação, que o aumento das constantes de bloqueio e oxidação relativas ao veneno produziu duplicação no número de bifurcações encontradas em regime potenciostático, e levou ao aumento da frequência e diminuição da amplitude oscilatórias em regime galvanostático. Ferramentas numéricas foram propostas e validadas para avaliar a velocidade de envenenamento e o grau de harmonicidade das séries temporais. Os experimentos oscilatórios com metanol e etanol revelaram que a primeira molécula apresenta oscilações de maior frequência e menor amplitude. Esse comportamento foi explicado pela maior velocidade de envenenamento observada para a reação de metanol e os resultados demonstraram experimentalmente os achados de simulação numérica. Finalmente, o efeito do bloqueio da superfície por ânions foi estudado através de análise numérica. Determinou-se que a diminuição do tempo total oscilatório quando da adição da espécie é função da maior velocidade de variação do potencial médio e uma expressão relacionando concentração do ânion e tal velocidade foi encontrada. / Oscillatory behavior can be seen at several levels of the human experience stemming from living systems, in the case of biological rhythms, to artificial structures such as the evolution of prices at the market stock. In electrochemistry and, particularly, in the field of electrocatalysis, oscillations of the electrode potential or current can be easily observed and requires only simple experimental control conditions such as applying a fixed value of current or through the use of an external resistance. Several studies found in the literature explore the specificities of oscillatory behavior found during the oxidation of organic molecules that are important for the development of the technology of fuel cells, such as methanol, formic acid, ethanol, among several others, some of those studies even making use of numerical simulations for specific models. On the other hand, it is interesting to explore general models that can embrace oscillatory properties that are common to several systems such as how frequency and amplitude relate to the dynamics of surface poisoning and the autocatalytic recovery of free sites. The work presented in this thesis was developed on an experimental basis with the investigation of oscillatory properties for the reactions of methanol and ethanol, as well as theoretical one, with the proposal and use of general models and the evaluation of specific effects such as surface blockage by a catalytic poison and surface recovery through its oxidation. The simulation study determined specifically that increasing the rates of surface blockage and poison oxidation would duplicate the amount of oscillatory regions found in the bifurcation diagrams for potentiostatic conditions. For the galvanostatic one, it was found that the increase in the rate of those velocities would increase the frequency of oscillations and decrease their amplitudes. Numerical tools were proposed and validated to evaluate the velocity of poisoning and the degree of harmonicity of the time series. Oscillatory experiments employing methanol and ethanol revealed that the first molecule display oscillations with higher frequency and lower amplitude than for ethanol. This behavior was explained by the greater degree of self-poisoning observed for the methanol reaction and the results were comparable to those found in the numerical study. Finally, the effect of a surface blocking anion was studied with the use of numerical analysis. It was determined that the decrease in total oscillatory duration when the anion was added was the result of a greater rate of change of the average potential. An expression relating both quantities was devised.

Comportamento oscilatório manifesta-se em diversas escalas da experiência humana estando presente desde sistemas vivos, como no caso dos ritmos biológicos, até estruturas artificiais como a evolução de preços na bolsa de valores. Em eletroquímica e, em particular, na área de eletrocatálise, oscilações de potencial do eletrodo ou corrente que flui através deste são facilmente observáveis, requerendo apenas condições simples de controle experimental como a aplicação de uma corrente constante ou a utilização de uma resistência externa. Diversos trabalhos na literatura exploram as especificidades do comportamento oscilatório durante a oxidação de moléculas orgânicas importantes para a tecnologia de células a combustível, como metanol, ácido fórmico, etanol, entre outros, algumas vezes fazendo uso de simulações com modelos específicos. Por outro lado, é interessante o uso de modelos gerais para que se possa entender como propriedades comuns a todos os sistemas oscilatórios como frequência oscilatória e amplitude estão relacionadas, por exemplo, com o envenenamento do eletrodo e a recuperação autocatalítica de sítios livres. O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido tanto no âmbito experimental investigando as propriedades da oxidação oscilatória de metanol e etanol, quanto com o uso de simulações utilizando modelos generalistas e avaliando o resultado da introdução de efeitos específicos como o bloqueio da superfície por um veneno catalítico e respectiva liberação através da oxidação da espécie. Determinou-se, especificamente para o estudo de simulação, que o aumento das constantes de bloqueio e oxidação relativas ao veneno produziu duplicação no número de bifurcações encontradas em regime potenciostático, e levou ao aumento da frequência e diminuição da amplitude oscilatórias em regime galvanostático. Ferramentas numéricas foram propostas e validadas para avaliar a velocidade de envenenamento e o grau de harmonicidade das séries temporais. Os experimentos oscilatórios com metanol e etanol revelaram que a primeira molécula apresenta oscilações de maior frequência e menor amplitude. Esse comportamento foi explicado pela maior velocidade de envenenamento observada para a reação de metanol e os resultados demonstraram experimentalmente os achados de simulação numérica. Finalmente, o efeito do bloqueio da superfície por ânions foi estudado através de análise numérica. Determinou-se que a diminuição do tempo total oscilatório quando da adição da espécie é função da maior velocidade de variação do potencial médio e uma expressão relacionando concentração do ânion e tal velocidade foi encontrada. / Oscillatory behavior can be seen at several levels of the human experience stemming from living systems, in the case of biological rhythms, to artificial structures such as the evolution of prices at the market stock. In electrochemistry and, particularly, in the field of electrocatalysis, oscillations of the electrode potential or current can be easily observed and requires only simple experimental control conditions such as applying a fixed value of current or through the use of an external resistance. Several studies found in the literature explore the specificities of oscillatory behavior found during the oxidation of organic molecules that are important for the development of the technology of fuel cells, such as methanol, formic acid, ethanol, among several others, some of those studies even making use of numerical simulations for specific models. On the other hand, it is interesting to explore general models that can embrace oscillatory properties that are common to several systems such as how frequency and amplitude relate to the dynamics of surface poisoning and the autocatalytic recovery of free sites. The work presented in this thesis was developed on an experimental basis with the investigation of oscillatory properties for the reactions of methanol and ethanol, as well as theoretical one, with the proposal and use of general models and the evaluation of specific effects such as surface blockage by a catalytic poison and surface recovery through its oxidation. The simulation study determined specifically that increasing the rates of surface blockage and poison oxidation would duplicate the amount of oscillatory regions found in the bifurcation diagrams for potentiostatic conditions. For the galvanostatic one, it was found that the increase in the rate of those velocities would increase the frequency of oscillations and decrease their amplitudes. Numerical tools were proposed and validated to evaluate the velocity of poisoning and the degree of harmonicity of the time series. Oscillatory experiments employing methanol and ethanol revealed that the first molecule display oscillations with higher frequency and lower amplitude than for ethanol. This behavior was explained by the greater degree of self-poisoning observed for the methanol reaction and the results were comparable to those found in the numerical study. Finally, the effect of a surface blocking anion was studied with the use of numerical analysis. It was determined that the decrease in total oscillatory duration when the anion was added was the result of a greater rate of change of the average potential. An expression relating both quantities was devised.

Orientadores: Angelo Malachias de Souza, Eduardo Granado Monteiro da Silva / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T18:22:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pauli_Murielde_M.pdf: 18020420 bytes, checksum: ea0b8509035e788d8af363ac04130ca2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Esta dissertação trata do estudo estrutural e termodinâmico de sistemas orgânicos auto-organizados utilizando diferentes técnicas de espalhamento de raios-x. Multicamadas autoorganizadas de dois tipos de moléculas de ácidos fosfônicos foram analisadas: para o OPA [Ácido octadecilfosfônico - CH2(CH3)17PO(OH)2] e para o OcPA [Ácido octilfosfônico - CH2(CH3)7PO(OH)2]. Utilizando a fonte do Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS) realizamos um conjunto de experimentos para investigar a organização lamelar e planar destas moléculas em função da temperatura. Medidas de difração convencional permitiram introduzir modelos de empilhamento capazes de identificar a coexistência de diferentes configurações de ordenamento e modificações nas mesmas em função da temperatura. Uma vez estabelecidos estes modelos fizemos uso da técnica de difração de raios-x dispersiva em energia, ainda pouco utilizada no Brasil, para obter informações detalhadas sobre o volume relativo de material ordenado com cada uma das configurações encontradas, identificando aquelas que são termicamente mais estáveis. O padrão de organização das moléculas no plano foi também investigado realizando-se medidas em geometria de transmissão de raios-x. Reunindo as informações descritas acima construímos um diagrama de fase ilustrando o ordenamento lamelar e planar das moléculas em função da temperatura. Além disso, fizemos um estudo do comportamento crítico das configurações de ordenamento nas vizinhanças da transição ordemdesordem para cada tipo de molécula e acerca da organização de curto e longo alcance das moléculas nas multicamadas. Os resultados preliminares são apresentados no fim deste trabalho / Abstract: This thesis comprises structural and thermodynamic studies on self-assembled organic systems using synchrotron x-ray scattering techniques. Multilayers obtained from selforganization of phosphonic acid molecules were analyzed for two different compounds: the octadecylphosphonic acid [OPA ¿ CH2(CH3)17PO(OH)2] and the octylphosphonic acid [OcPA ¿ CH2(CH3)7PO(OH)2]. Using the source of the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) we have performed an ensemble of experiments to investigate their lamellar and in-plane order of these molecules and their behavior. Conventional angle-resolved X-ray diffraction measurements were analyzed using kinematical models and allowed to verify the coexistence of distinct lamellar configurations as well as to track changes as the temperature rises. Once structural parameters were determined from the established models, detailed information about the relative volume of each lamellar configuration was retrieved using energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction, a technique still poorly explored in Brazil. This allowed identifying the most stable configurations at high temperatures. The in-plane order of molecules was also studied using x-ray transmission geometry via a wide-angle x-ray scattering setup. Gathering the above mentioned information we have built phase diagrams depicting the lamellar and planar packing of OPA and OcPA molecules as a function of temperature. Finally, we have performed a study of the critical behavior of the ordered configurations in the vicinity of order-disorder transition temperatures for each molecule. The preliminary results explained in the final chapter of this work shed light into the short- and long-range order behavior of the two systems / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde das hochgeordnete Wachstum von großen organischen Molekülen auf kristallinen Substraten mit Hilfe der Quaterrylenderivate QT, QTCDI und QTCMI untersucht. Um derartige Schichten herstellen und charakterisieren zu können, wurde eine Organische Molekularstrahlepitaxy (OMBE)-Anlage aufgebaut. Allerdings stellt OMBE bisher nur ein Standardverfahren für die Präparation hochgeordneter Schichten bestehend aus kleineren Molekülen dar. Im Zusammenhang mit größeren Molekülen ergibt sich die Frage, ob auf Grund der höheren Sublimationstemperatur diese unzersetzt aufgedampft werden können. Optische Spektroskopieexperimente haben gezeigt, daß dies im Fall von QT möglich ist. Andererseits beginnt die Zersetzung von QTCDI bereits unterhalb seiner Sublimationstemperatur, wobei als eines der Produkte QTCMI entsteht. Ein wesentliches Anliegen dieser Arbeit bestand darin, die Frage zu klären, inwieweit diese großen Aromate epitaktisch auf anorganischen als auch organischen Substraten aufwachsen. Organisch-anorganische Schichtsysteme wurden durch Aufdampfen der Quaterrylenderivate auf einkristalline, rekonstruierte Goldoberflächen erzeugt und anschließend mit LEED und STM charakterisiert. Trotz der eingeschränkten thermischen Stabilität von QTCDI konnten sowohl hochgeordnete QT als auch QTCDI Monolagen auf Au(111) hergestellt werden, die jeweils aus flachliegenden Molekülen bestehen. Im Falle von QTCDI konnte dieses Resultat durch eine Optimierung der Probenherstellung erreicht werden. Im Unterschied zur Anordnung der QT Moleküle in Reihen, bilden die QTCDI Moleküle eine dazu deutlich verschiedene brickwall Struktur, die durch die Bildung von Wasserstoffbrückenbindungen zwischen den Randgruppen der QTCDI Moleküle erklärt werden kann. In ähnlicher Weise zeigt sich der Einfluß der Substituenten auf die Anordnung der Moleküle in der Schicht an den gefunden QTCMI Strukturen. Im Unterschied zu QTCDI Monolagen auf Au(111), konnten keine reinen QTCMI Proben erzeugt werden. Die Ursache dafür ist, daß QTCMI zwar in der QTCDI Knudsenzelle angereichert werden kann, aber beide Moleküle ähnliche Verdampfungstemperaturen besitzen. Selbst die Präparation einer reinen QTCMI Probe nach vollständiger Umsetzung aller QTCDI Moleküle in der Knudsenzelle erscheint schwierig, da bei diesen Temperaturen auch die Zersetzung der QTCMI Moleküle stattfindet. Des weiteren wurden QT Monolagen auf Au(100) Substraten hergestellt. Die QT Moleküle besitzen auf dieser Oberfläche dieselbe Anordnung wie auf Au(111). Auf beiden Oberflächen wurden nur bestimmte Domänenwinkel beobachtet, die die Ausrichtung der Moleküldomänen im Bezug zum Substrat beschreiben. Da die rekonstruierten Au(100) Oberfläche typischerweise nur eine Phase je Terrasse ausbildet, entsteht eine ausgedehnte QT Domäne bereits durch eine einzige Adsorbatstruktur. Andererseits erfordert das homogene Wachstum einer ausgedehnten QT Domäne auf verschiedenen Rekonstruktionsdomänen der Au(111) Oberfläche die Existenz der drei beobachteten Adsorbatstrukturen, die sich durch unterschiedliche Domänenwinkel auszeichnen. Weiterhin wurden Anzeichen dafür gefunden, daß die rekonstruierten Au(111) und Au(100) Oberflächen durch die Adsorption von QT Molekülen verändert werden. Während dieser Effekt im Fall der Au(111) Oberfläche auch bei anderen organischen Molekülen beobachtet wurde, ist unseres Wissens nach in der Literatur eine Veränderung der Au(100) Rekonstruktion in Folge des Aufdampfens einer organischen Molekülschicht bisher nicht beschrieben worden. Darüber hinaus können alle beobachteten Adsorbatstrukturen der Quaterrylenderivate auf Au(111) und Au(100) im Rahmen des point-on-line Modells erklärt werden. Das Wachstum der zweiten Monolage QT auf Au(111) wurde als Beispiel für organisch-organische Homoepitaxy untersucht. Die Moleküle der zweiten QT Monolage bilden wiederum Reihen, die entlang der QT Reihen der ersten Monolage wachsen. Als unmittelbare Folge existiert nur eine mögliche Domänenorientierung im Bezug zur ersten Monolage QT. Im Unterschied zu den ausschließlich flachliegenden Molekülen der ersten Monolage QT wurden in der zweiten Monolage alternierend stehende und liegende Moleküle beobachtet. Die resultierende Struktur ähnelt dabei der QT Kristallstruktur. Diese Resultate zeigen, daß die Au(111) Oberfläche einen vergleichsweise starken Einfluß auf die Struktur der ersten QT Monolage hat, während sie sich deutlich weniger stark auf die Struktur der zweiten QT Monolage auswirkt. Einen weiteren Aspekt der vorliegenden Arbeit stellen organisch-organische Heterostrukturen bestehend aus QT-HBC Schichten auf Au(111) dar. Im Zusammenhang mit der Untersuchung dieser Schichten sollte geklärt werden, ob der kürzlich gefundene Epitaxytyp line-on-line das Wachstum organisch-organischer Heterostrukturen generell beschreiben kann. Im Gegensatz zu typischen STM Bildern von organisch-organischen Heterostrukturen aus der Literatur, konnten hier Bilder aufgezeichnet werden, in der beide Molekülsorten deutlich voneinander unterschieden werden können. Dabei wurde eine QT/HBC Heterostruktur gefunden, bei der flachliegende QT Moleküle Reihen bilden. Im Unterschied zu QT auf Au(111) sind diese Reihen nicht dicht aneinander gepackt. Diese Beobachtung deutet darauf hin, daß die QT Struktur durch ein energetisch günstiges Packen der QT Moleküle auf den HBC Molekülen bestimmt wird. Darüber hinaus wurden zwei weitere Adsorbatstrukturen mit deutlich verschiedenen Gitterparametern gefunden. Hochaufgelöste STM Bilder legen nahe, daß diese beiden Strukturen alternierend aus stehenden und liegenden Moleküle bestehen. Die Experimente liefern Anzeichen dafür, daß die jeweilige Anordnung der QT Moleküle in der Schicht von der Dicke der darunterliegen HBC Schicht bestimmt wird. Demnach liegen die QT Moleküle auf einer Monolage HBC infolge der stärkeren Wechselwirkung zur Au(111) Oberfläche flach, während die bei dickeren HBC Schichten schwächere Wechselwirkung mit dem Gold eine Struktur aus stehenden und liegenden Molekülen ähnlich der Kristallstruktur zur Folge hat.

With the emerging interest in nanoscale materials, the fascinating field of surface science is rapidly growing and presenting challenges to the design of both experimental and theoretical studies. The primary aim of this dissertation is to shed some light on the physical and chemical properties of selected nanoscale materials at the interface. Furthermore, we will discuss the effective application of cutting edge theoretical and experimental techniques that are invaluable tools for understanding the systems at hand. To this effect, we use density functional theory (DFT) with the inclusion of van der Waals (vdW) interactions to study the effect of long-range interactions on the adsorption characteristics of various organic molecules (i.e. benzene, olympicene radical, and sexithiophene) on transition metal surfaces. Secondly, the detailed analysis of x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements will be presented. These investigations will be dedicated to the study of (i) the effect of pre-treatment on the coarsening behavior of Pt nanoparticles (NPs) supported on ?-Al2O3 and (ii) deconvoluting the intrinsic (size effects) and extrinsic (ligand effects) physical and electronic properties of Au NPs encapsulated by polystyrene 2-vinylpiridine ligands.

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Les composés organiques et organométalliques représentent des matériaux prometteurs pour leurs applications dans divers domaines tels que l'optique non linéaire, l'optoélectronique, la photonique et le stockage des données par voie optique. Dans ce travail,nous avons étudié les propriétés optiques non linéaires(ONL) de deux familles de composés à savoir des molécules organiques à base de BODIPY et des complexes organométalliques à base de ruthénium (II)et de fer (II). Pour cette étude nous avons utilisé un laser pulsé en régime picoseconde qui délivre deux longueurs d'ondes : 1064 nm et 532 nm. Nous avons utilisé 1064nm pour les techniques de la génération de la seconde harmonique (SHG) et la génération de la troisième harmonique (THG) et 532 nm pour celle de Zscan.Les résultats obtenus sont intéressants et originaux et montrent bien que la réponse non linéaire dépend du nombre de groupements donneurs d’électrons pour les molécules organiques à base de BODIPY. Le même comportement a été observé dans le cas des complexes organométalliques à base de ruthénium (II) et de fer (II) mettant en évidence la modulation de la réponse optique non linéaire en fonction de la nature du métal de transition utilisé(Ru(II)ou Fe(II)) et de la nature des ligands auxiliaires autour du fragment organométallique (Ru(II)). / Organic and organometallic compounds represent an important potential in many fields such as optics, optoelectronics, photonics and optical data storage. In this work, we have studied the nonlinear optical properties of two types of compounds; organic molecules based on BODIPY and organometallic complexes based on ruthenium (II) and iron (II). For this, the experimental techniques used were based on SHG, THG and onZ-scan techniques. For this study, we used a pulsed picosecond laser delivering two wavelengths: 1064 nm and 532 nm. 1064 nm for SHG and THG techniques and 532 nm for Z-scantechnique were used, respectively. The results obtained are interesting and original and show that the nonlinear optical response of organic molecules based on BODIPY depends in particular on the number of electron donor groups. The same behavior has been observed in the case of organometallic complexes based on ruthenium (II) and iron (II), highlighting the modulation of the nonlinear optical response as a function of the nature of the transition metal used (Ru ( II) or Fe (II)) and the nature of the ancillary ligands around the organometallic moiety (Ru (II)).

The synthesis of a series of 2-chloropyrimidine derivatives is described. The synthesis began with a nucleophilic addition of lithiated heterocyclic molecules to the 4 position of 2-chloropyrimidine to give dihydropyrimidine intermediates. The intermediates were oxidized to the pyrimidine ring using the DDQ method. This was followed by an addition-elimination reaction of an amine to the 2-chloropyrimidine derivative. The structure and properties of the final compounds were analyzed by melting point, combustion analysis, and 13C-NMR and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Biological activities in vitro of the synthesized compounds as antagonists of the 5-HT2a and 5-HT7 receptors were determined by an independent laboratory.