Dans ce travail, nous nous sommes intéressés à la synthèse et à la caractérisation de matériaux à base d'argiles naturelles en provenance d'Algérie et de Tunisie, pouvant être utilisés en tant que catalyseurs dans l'oxydation de polluants organiques par les réactions Fenton et photo-Fenton. Nous avons également optimisé les paramètres réactionnels (quantité de catalyseur, concentration en polluant...) dans le but d'améliorer les performances catalytiques de ces derniers. En effet, l'oxydation de polluants organiques récalcitrants par des réactions de type Fenton est considérée comme l'une des techniques les plus performantes parmi les procédés d'oxydation avancée (POA). Elle permet d'aboutir dans certains cas au stade ultime de l'oxydation qui est la minéralisation (transformation en CO₂ et H₂O). La caractérisation des argiles à l'état brut par différentes techniques physico-chimiques montre qu'en plus des matériaux argileux, il existe quelques oxydes métalliques dans toutes les argiles étudiées, avec des proportions plus ou moins variées. En particulier, la smectite a montré une contenance assez importante en fer. Les argiles synthétisés montrent une très bonne performance catalytique en un minimum de temps (2 heures de réaction). Le catalyseur à base de smectite calciné à 450°C et tamisé donne le meilleur rendement catalytique. Cette activité peut être expliquée par la forte teneur en fer ainsi qu'à la combinaison entre le choix de la taille des particules et la température de calcination de la smectite. La caractérisation de ce catalyseur a montré que ce matériau mésoporeux contenait une quantité de fer (III) stabilisée dans la structure par le fait de la calcination. / In this study, we are interested to the synthesis and charaterization of materials based on natural clays from Algeria and Tunisia, usable as catalysts in the oxidation of organic pollutants by the Fenton's and photo-Fenton's reaction. We have also optimized the reaction parameters (amount of catalyst, concentration of pollutant...) in order to improve the catalytic performance of these catalysts. Indeed, the oxidation of recalcitrant organic pollutants by Fenton-type reactions is regarded as one of the most effective method amongst the advanced oxidation process (AOPs). It can lead in some cases to the total mineralization of pollutants (conversion into CO₂ and H₂O). The caracterization of the raw clays various physicochemical methods shows that, in addiction to clay minerals, there are some metallic oxides in all studied clays, with varied proportions. Especially, smectite showed a fairly significant iron capacity. The synthesized clays show a good catalytic performance in minimum of time (2 hours of reaction). The smectite catalyst, sieved and calcined at 450°C gives the best performance. This activity can be explained by the high content of iron as well as the combination of the choice of particle size and the calcination temperature of the smectite. The caracterization of this catalyst, showed that this mesoporous material contains an amount of iron (III) stabilized in the structure by the fact of calcination.

The current method for estimating wood failure is highly subjective. Various techniques have been proposed to improve the current protocol, but none have succeeded. This research aims to use deep learning/semantic segmentation using SegNet architecture to estimate wood failure in four types of three-ply plywood from mechanical shear strength specimens. We trained and tested our approach on custom and commercial plywood with bio-based and phenol-formaldehyde adhesives. Shear specimens were prepared and tested. Photographs of 255 shear bonded areas were taken. Forty photographs were used to solicit visual estimates from five human evaluators, and the remaining photographs were used to train the machine learning models. Twelve models were trained with the combination of four image sizes and three dataset splits. In comparison to visual estimates, the model trained on 512 × 512 image size with 90/10 dataset split had a mean absolute error (MAE) of 6%, which was the best among the literature.

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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Este trabalho descreve o estudo fitoquÃmico de Solanum campaniforme (Solanaceae), visando o isolamento e elucidaÃÃo estrutural de novos constituintes quÃmicos bioativos, bem como o estudo do padrÃo de fragmentaÃÃo por espectrometria de massas seqÃencial com ionizaÃÃo por electrospray (IES-EM/EM) dos alcalÃides obtidos. A investigaÃÃo quÃmica realizada com o extrato etanÃlico das folhas da referida espÃcie, atravÃs de mÃtodos cromatogrÃficos, incluindo CLAE (fase reversa), resultou no isolamento e identificaÃÃo de dezenove substÃncias, sendo quatro derivados fenÃlicos: Ãcido cafÃico (SC-1), Ãster etÃlico do Ãcido cafÃico (SC-2), canferol-3-O-rutinosÃdeo (SC-3) e tiramina (SC-4), e quinze alcalÃides esteroidais: 22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-ona (SC-5), 22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4-dien-3-ona (SC-6), 3,9-dihidroxi-22,23-epoxi-9,10-seco-solanida-1,3,5(10)-trieno (SC-7), 12-acetiloxi-(25S)-22N-espirosol-4-en-3-ona (SC-8), (25S)-2N-espirosol-1,4-dien-3-ona (SC-9), (25S)-22N-espirosol-4-en-3-ona (SC-10), 22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4-dien-3-ona (SC-11), 22,23-epoxi-10-epi-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-ona (SC-12), 12-hidroxi-(25S)-22N-espirosol-4-en-3-ona (SC-13), 22,23-epoxi-solanida-4-en-3-ona (SC-14) e 22,23-epoxi-solanida-4-en-3-ona (SC-15), (E)-N-[8â(4-hidroxifenil)etil]-22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-imina (SC-16), (E)-N-[8â(4-hidroxifenil)etil]-22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4-dien-3-imina (SC-17), (Z)-N-[8â(4-hidroxifenil)etil]-22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-imina (SC-18) e (Z)-N-[8â(4-hidroxifenil)etil]-22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4-dien-3-imina (SC-19). Com exceÃÃo dos alcalÃides SC-9 e SC-10, os quais estÃo sendo relatados como produtos naturais pela primeira vez, todos os demais sÃo inÃditos. As substÃncias isoladas tiveram suas estruturas elucidadas por mÃtodos espectromÃtricos (IV, EM e RMN 1H e 13C 1D e 2D), alÃm de comparaÃÃo com dados da literatura. O padrÃo de fragmentaÃÃo dos alcalÃides foi estabelecido com base nos experimentos EM/EM e os dados obtidos foram usados na anÃlise de desreplicaÃÃo destes compostos no extrato etanÃlico bruto das folhas da espÃcie em estudo. O potencial citotÃxico dos alcalÃides majoritÃrios (SC-5 a SC-7) foi avaliado frente Ãs linhagens de cÃlulas tumorais humanas: cÃlon (HCT8), mama (MDA-MB-435), leucemia (HL60) e cÃrebro (SF295), porÃm mostraram-se inativos. Estes compostos tambÃm foram investigados quanto as suas propriedades antiofÃdicas frente ao veneno de Bothrops pauloensis, mostrando significativos efeitos anti-miotÃxico, anti-hemorrÃgico e anti-necrosante. AlÃm disso, foi avaliado o efeito da tiramina sobre o metabolismo de animais com dislipidemia e obesidade, a qual apresentou efeito terapÃutico relacionado à reduÃÃo dos nÃveis de colesterol. / Este trabalho descreve o estudo fitoquÃmico de Solanum campaniforme (Solanaceae), visando o isolamento e elucidaÃÃo estrutural de novos constituintes quÃmicos bioativos, bem como o estudo do padrÃo de fragmentaÃÃo por espectrometria de massas seqÃencial com ionizaÃÃo por electrospray (IES-EM/EM) dos alcalÃides obtidos. A investigaÃÃo quÃmica realizada com o extrato etanÃlico das folhas da referida espÃcie, atravÃs de mÃtodos cromatogrÃficos, incluindo CLAE (fase reversa), resultou no isolamento e identificaÃÃo de dezenove substÃncias, sendo quatro derivados fenÃlicos: Ãcido cafÃico (SC-1), Ãster etÃlico do Ãcido cafÃico (SC-2), canferol-3-O-rutinosÃdeo (SC-3) e tiramina (SC-4), e quinze alcalÃides esteroidais: 22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-ona (SC-5), 22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4-dien-3-ona (SC-6), 3,9-dihidroxi-22,23-epoxi-9,10-seco-solanida-1,3,5(10)-trieno (SC-7), 12-acetiloxi-(25S)-22N-espirosol-4-en-3-ona (SC-8), (25S)-2N-espirosol-1,4-dien-3-ona (SC-9), (25S)-22N-espirosol-4-en-3-ona (SC-10), 22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4-dien-3-ona (SC-11), 22,23-epoxi-10-epi-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-ona (SC-12), 12-hidroxi-(25S)-22N-espirosol-4-en-3-ona (SC-13), 22,23-epoxi-solanida-4-en-3-ona (SC-14) e 22,23-epoxi-solanida-4-en-3-ona (SC-15), (E)-N-[8â(4-hidroxifenil)etil]-22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-imina (SC-16), (E)-N-[8â(4-hidroxifenil)etil]-22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4-dien-3-imina (SC-17), (Z)-N-[8â(4-hidroxifenil)etil]-22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-imina (SC-18) e (Z)-N-[8â(4-hidroxifenil)etil]-22,23-epoxi-solanida-1,4-dien-3-imina (SC-19). Com exceÃÃo dos alcalÃides SC-9 e SC-10, os quais estÃo sendo relatados como produtos naturais pela primeira vez, todos os demais sÃo inÃditos. As substÃncias isoladas tiveram suas estruturas elucidadas por mÃtodos espectromÃtricos (IV, EM e RMN 1H e 13C 1D e 2D), alÃm de comparaÃÃo com dados da literatura. O padrÃo de fragmentaÃÃo dos alcalÃides foi estabelecido com base nos experimentos EM/EM e os dados obtidos foram usados na anÃlise de desreplicaÃÃo destes compostos no extrato etanÃlico bruto das folhas da espÃcie em estudo. O potencial citotÃxico dos alcalÃides majoritÃrios (SC-5 a SC-7) foi avaliado frente Ãs linhagens de cÃlulas tumorais humanas: cÃlon (HCT8), mama (MDA-MB-435), leucemia (HL60) e cÃrebro (SF295), porÃm mostraram-se inativos. Estes compostos tambÃm foram investigados quanto as suas propriedades antiofÃdicas frente ao veneno de Bothrops pauloensis, mostrando significativos efeitos anti-miotÃxico, anti-hemorrÃgico e anti-necrosante. AlÃm disso, foi avaliado o efeito da tiramina sobre o metabolismo de animais com dislipidemia e obesidade, a qual apresentou efeito terapÃutico relacionado à reduÃÃo dos nÃveis de colesterol. / This work describes the phytochemical investigation of Solanum campaniforme (Solanaceae), aiming the isolation and structural elucidation of new bioactive chemical constituents, as well as the study of their fragmentation pattern under electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) of the isolated alkaloids. The chemical investigation performed with the ethanol extract from leaves of this species by chromatographic methods, including HPLC (reverse phase), resulted in the isolation and identification of nineteen compounds, being four of them phenol derivatives: caffeic acid (SC-1), caffeic acid ethyl ester (SC-2), kaempferol-3-rutinoside (SC-3) and tyramine (SC-4), and fifteen steroidal alkaloids: 22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-one (SC-5), 22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4-dien-3-one, (SC-6), 3,9-dihydroxy-22,23-epoxy-9(10)-seco-solanida-1,3,5(10)-triene (SC-7), 12-acetoxyl-(25S)-22N-spirosol-4-en-3-one (SC-8), (25S)-22N-spirosol-1,4-dien-3-one (SC-9), (25S)-22-N-spirosol-4-en-3-one (SC-10), 22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4-dien-3-one (SC-11), 22,23-epoxy-10-epi-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-one (SC-12), 12-hydroxy-(25S)-22N-spirosol-4-en-3-one (SC-13), 22,23-epoxy-solanida-4-en-3-one (SC-14) and 22,23-epoxy-solanida-4-en-3-one (SC-15), (E)-N-[8â(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-imine (SC-16), (E)-N-[8â(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4-dien-3-imine (SC-17), (Z)-N-[8â(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-imine (SC-18) and (Z)-N-[8â(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4-dien-3-imine (SC-19). Except the alkaloids SC-9 and SC-10, which are being reported as natural products for the first time, all others are unknowns. The structure of all isolated compounds were elucidated by spectral) methods (IR, HR-ESI-MS, 1H and 13C NMR 1D and 2D and by comparison with literature data. The fragmentation pattern of the alkaloids was established based on MS/MS experiments and the data were used for the dereplication these compounds present in the crude ethanol extract from leaves of S. campaniforme. The cytotoxic potencial of the main alkaloids (SC-5 and SC-7) was evaluated against the human tumor cell lines (HCT8, MDA-MB-435, HL6 and SF295), however, no one showed any activity. The antiophidic properties of the same compounds were also investigated against Bothrops pauloensis venom, showing anti-myotoxic, anti-hemorrhagic and anti-necrosis effects. In addition, was evaluated the effect of tyramine on the metabolism of animals with dyslipidemia and obesity, which exhibited therapeutic effect associated to reduction of the cholesterol levels / This work describes the phytochemical investigation of Solanum campaniforme (Solanaceae), aiming the isolation and structural elucidation of new bioactive chemical constituents, as well as the study of their fragmentation pattern under electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) of the isolated alkaloids. The chemical investigation performed with the ethanol extract from leaves of this species by chromatographic methods, including HPLC (reverse phase), resulted in the isolation and identification of nineteen compounds, being four of them phenol derivatives: caffeic acid (SC-1), caffeic acid ethyl ester (SC-2), kaempferol-3-rutinoside (SC-3) and tyramine (SC-4), and fifteen steroidal alkaloids: 22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-one (SC-5), 22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4-dien-3-one, (SC-6), 3,9-dihydroxy-22,23-epoxy-9(10)-seco-solanida-1,3,5(10)-triene (SC-7), 12-acetoxyl-(25S)-22N-spirosol-4-en-3-one (SC-8), (25S)-22N-spirosol-1,4-dien-3-one (SC-9), (25S)-22-N-spirosol-4-en-3-one (SC-10), 22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4-dien-3-one (SC-11), 22,23-epoxy-10-epi-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-one (SC-12), 12-hydroxy-(25S)-22N-spirosol-4-en-3-one (SC-13), 22,23-epoxy-solanida-4-en-3-one (SC-14) and 22,23-epoxy-solanida-4-en-3-one (SC-15), (E)-N-[8â(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-imine (SC-16), (E)-N-[8â(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4-dien-3-imine (SC-17), (Z)-N-[8â(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4,9-trien-3-imine (SC-18) and (Z)-N-[8â(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]-22,23-epoxy-solanida-1,4-dien-3-imine (SC-19). Except the alkaloids SC-9 and SC-10, which are being reported as natural products for the first time, all others are unknowns. The structure of all isolated compounds were elucidated by spectral) methods (IR, HR-ESI-MS, 1H and 13C NMR 1D and 2D and by comparison with literature data. The fragmentation pattern of the alkaloids was established based on MS/MS experiments and the data were used for the dereplication these compounds present in the crude ethanol extract from leaves of S. campaniforme. The cytotoxic potencial of the main alkaloids (SC-5 and SC-7) was evaluated against the human tumor cell lines (HCT8, MDA-MB-435, HL6 and SF295), however, no one showed any activity. The antiophidic properties of the same compounds were also investigated against Bothrops pauloensis venom, showing anti-myotoxic, anti-hemorrhagic and anti-necrosis effects. In addition, was evaluated the effect of tyramine on the metabolism of animals with dyslipidemia and obesity, which exhibited therapeutic effect associated to reduction of the cholesterol levels

La réaction de désaromatisation hydroxylante de phénols (HPD) est un outil puissant pour accéder de façon biomimétique, en une seule étape à partir de 2-alkylphénols, aux ortho-quinols, c’est-à-dire les 6-alkyl-6-hydroxycyclohexa-2,4-diénones. Ces synthons peuvent être présentés tels quels par de nombreux produits naturels mais peuvent aussi servir d’intermédiaires hautement fonctionnalisés pour la construction rapide d’architectures structurales complexes. L’acide o-iodoxybenzoïque (IBX), un réactif de type iodane-?5, et sa formulation stabilisée non-explosible (SIBX) se sont révélés particulièrement efficaces pour promouvoir des réactions HPD de manière ortho-sélective. Ces travaux de thèse concernent l’application de cette réaction à l’élaboration d’un intermédiaire ortho-quinolique clé hautement fonctionnalisé pour la synthèse d’un antibiotique de type angucycline, la (+)-aquayamycine, ainsi qu’à la première synthèse totale d’un ortho-quinol naturel non dimérisant, la (+)-wasabidiénone B1. Enfin, le développement d’une version asymétrique de cette réaction a été entrepris. La génération in situ de iodanes à partir de iodoarènes chiraux et de m-CPBA comme co-oxydant permet de préparer soit des ortho-quinols de façon non racémique lorsque des quantités stoechiométriques des deux réactifs sont utilisées, soit des ortho-quinols régio- et diastéréosélectivement époxydés lorsqu’une quantité catalytique de iodoarène chiral est employée. Un suivi de ces réactions par spectrométrie de masse a conduit à la détection d’espèces de type iodanyl-?3 et/ou -?5, et à la proposition d’un mécanisme pour ces réactions de désaromatisation hydroxylante asymétrique. / The hydroxylative phenol dearomatization (HPD) reaction is a powerful tool to access, in one biomimetic step from various 2-alkylphenols, ortho-quinols, i.e., 6-alkyl-6-hydroxycyclohexa-2,4-dienones. These dearomatized moieties can be found as such in few natural products or can be used as highly functionalized intermediates. The ?5-iodane 2-iodoxybenzoic acid (IBX) and its stabilized nonexplosive formulation (SIBX) have proved particularly useful and efficient in mediating HPD reactions in a strictly ortho-selective manner. This PhD work describes the application of our SIBX-mediated HPD reaction to the elaboration of a key ortho-quinolic advanced intermediate for the synthesis of the angucycline-type antibiotic (+)-aquayamycin, and to the first total synthesis of the natural non-dimerizing ortho-quinol (+)-wasabidienone B1. An asymmetric version of this HPD reaction has been also developed. In situ generation of iodanes from chiral iodoarenes and m-CPBA as co-oxidant enables the preparation of either ortho-quinols in a non racemic form when using stoechiometric amounts of both reagents, or regio- and diastereoselectively epoxidized ortho-quinols when a catalytic amount of the chiral iodoarene is used. Monitoring of these reactions by mass spectrometry allowed the detection of ?3- and/or ?5-iodanyl-type species, and the proposition of a mechanism for these asymmetric hydroxylative dearomatization reactions.

Title: Computer modeling of ion protein interactions: Allosteric effects of phenolic ligands and ions on insulin hexamer structure Author: Vladimír Palivec Department: Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry Faculty of Science UK Advisor: prof. RNDr. Pavel Jungwirth, DSc., IOCB AS CR, v.v.i. Advisor's email address: pavel.jungwirth@uochb.cas.cz Abstract: Insulin hexamer is an allosteric protein capable of undergoing conformational changes between three states: T6, T3R3, and R6. Transitions between them, as well as the formation of insulin hexamers, are mediated through binding of phenolic ligands or ions. This thesis presents a molecular dynamics study of allosteric behavior of insulin using empirical force fields. Two effects are closely inspected - cation (Zn2+ , Ca2+ , K+ , and Na+ ) binding to the insulin hexamers and a possible binding of two neurotransmitters - dopamine and serotonin to the phenolic pocket. The results show that high charge density cations (Zn2+ and Ca2+ ) are mostly localized in the B13 glutamate cavity, slow- down diffusion, while preventing other cations from entering. In contrast, low charge density cations (Na+ and K+ ) do not have this effect. Concerning neurotransmitters, dopamine does not bind to the phenolic pocket whereas serotonin binds in a similar way like...

A bench-scale tubular reactor with recirculation was built in order to study the efficiency of the photocatalytic oxidation of phenol on fluidized titanium oxide-coated silica gel beads. A UV-C lamp placed along the central vertical axes of the reactor was used as source of photons. A bed of silica gel beads was fluidized by means of fluid recirculation and forced to follow upward helical flow around the lamp. Anatase was successfully synthetized on silica gel particles of average diameters 224, 357 and 461 µm, as confirmed by scanning electron micrographs, through a sol-gel technique using a titanium (iv)isopropoxide / hydrochloric acid / ethanol precursor. Data was obtained from multiple 8-hours photocatalytic experiments using a determined mass of beads fluidized in an aqueous solution of known initial phenol concentration. Contaminant degradation with irradiation time was measured as COD. Beads that had been subjected to three consecutive coating procedures produced an 8-h removal efficiency 10% higher than beads with a single coat. 20 g L-1 of silica beads was found to be the optimum load for the experimental reactor configuration regardless of beads size, although efficiency increased with decreasing size of the latter. Experimental results confirmed that the efficiency of phenol photocatalytic degradation decreases with increasing pollutant concentration. Also, the highest removal was achieved with initial pH 3, and it decreased with increasing pH. When NaCl was added to the solution, COD removal increased with increasing salinity. Additionally, it was found that dissolved oxygen is indispensable for photocatalysis to proceed, and that saturation of the treated mixture with oxygen was effectively achieved by keeping the liquid surface in contact with pure oxygen at 1 atm. Finally, statistical analysis of the data showed that photocatalytic mineralization of phenol-derived COD under the experimental conditions follows exponential decay. Based on this finding, a correlation model was proposed for the accurate prediction (minimum R2 = 0.9840) of the COD removal efficiency of the reactor for any given initial COD.

Abstract The wood industries to this day use almost exclusively petroleum derived adhesives that are based mainly on the reaction of formaldehyde with urea, melamine or phenol. These adhesives have low cost and good adjustable properties which makes it hard for bio-based alternatives to compete. Phenol formaldehyde (PF), as an example of a synthetic adhesive, has been in use for over 100 years. In some parts of the world, legislation around formaldehyde is changing, and there is an increasingly voluntary awareness about the toxicity and unsustainability of formaldehyde. Industries realize that raw materials from oil is unstainable. The latter is currently a driving factor behind research on alternatives to amino based adhesives. Also, consumer interest in healthy and sustainable products, such as emitting less formaldehyde indoors, increases the need for bio based adhesives. Cellulose contained in plant cell walls is a renewable, abundant and nontoxic resource. During the last decades, many innovations have been achieved around cellulose and this trend does not seem to be slowing down. Cellulose shows excellent mechanical properties, high strength, high elastic modulus as well as having a low density. Research about cellulose reinforced adhesives has been increased the last years. This thesis studied the enhancement of phenol formaldehyde adhesive with Crystalline Nano Cellulose (CNC) at 5wt% and 10wt% loading levels for producing plywood boards. Indecisive results when using CNC higher than 3wt%, especially with PF resin, have been reported by other authors. In this thesis, European standards were applied. EN 314 was applied to test the panels shear strength. Three (3) treatment classes were selected, indoor room condition as well as pre-treatments 5.1.1 and 5.1.3. Other properties measured were modulus of elasticity, thickness swelling, formaldehyde emissions. Results showed a shear strength increase for all pre-treatment classes. 10wt% CNC mixture with phenol formaldehyde in water bath, pre-treatment (5.1.1) for 24h showed the highest increase in shear strength (+73,9%). The 10 wt% CNC mixture panels also showed the highest wood fibre failure of all panel types produced. A decrease in MOE has been observed with 10 wt% CNC compared to the 5 wt% CNC panels. Formaldehyde emissions tests were inconclusive, but since less PF was used, there was a general reduction in emissions. The 5 wt% CNC panels were superior in terms of modulus of elasticity and swelling and also showed improved shear strength.

Oxidation reactions are of prime importance at an industrial level and correspond to a huge market. Oxidation reactions are widely practiced in industry and are thoroughly studied in academic and industrial laboratories. Achievements in oxidation process resulted in the development of many new selective oxidation processes. Environmental protection also relies mainly on oxidation reactions. Remarkable results obtained in this field contributed to promote the social image of chemistry which gradually changes from being the enemy of nature to becoming its friend and savior. This study dealt with two aspects regarding oxidation process. The first aspect represented an experimental study for the partial oxidation of benzene to phenol using Pd membrane in the gaseous phase. The second part was a theoretical study for some of the advanced oxidation process (AOPs) which are applied for contaminant destructions in polluted waters. Niwa and coworkers reported a one step catalytic process to convert benzene to phenol using Pd membrane. According to their work, this technique will produce a higher yield than current cumene and nitrous oxide based industrial routes to phenol. A similar system to produce phenol from benzene in one step was studied in this work. Results at low conversion of benzene to phenol were obtained with a different selectivity from the reported work. High conversion to phenol was not obtained using the same arrangement as the reported one. High conversion to phenol was obtained using a scheme different from the one reported by Niwa et al1. It was found that producing phenol from benzene is not related to Pd-membrane since phenol was produced by passing all reactants over a Pd catalyst. Within the studied experimental conditions, formation of phenol was related to Pd catalyst since Pt catalyst was not capable of activating benzene to produce phenol. Other evidence was the result of a blank experiment, where no catalyst was used. From this experiment no phenol was produced. A kinetic model for the advanced oxidation process using ultraviolet light and hydrogen peroxide (UV/H2O2) in a completely mixed batch reactor has been tested for the destruction of humic acid in aqueous solutions. Known elementary chemical reactions with the corresponding rate constants were taken from the literature and used in this model. Photochemical reaction parameters of hydrogen peroxide and humic acid were also taken from the literature. Humic acid was assumed to be mainly destroyed by direct photolysis and radicals. The rate constant for the HA- reaction was optimized from range of values in the literature. Other fitted parameters were the rate constant of direct photolysis of hydrogen peroxide and humic acid. A series of reactions were proposed for formation of organic byproducts of humic acid destruction by direct photolysis and radicals. The corresponding rate constants were optimized based on the best fit within the range of available published data. This model doesn't assume the net formation of free radicals species is zero. The model was verified by predicting the degradation of HA and H2O2 for experimental data taken from the literature. The kinetic model predicted the effect of initial HA and H2O2 concentration on the process performance regarding the residual fraction of hydrogen peroxide and nonpurgeable dissolved organic carbon (NPDOC). The kinetic model was used to study the effect of the presence of carbonate/bicarbonate on the rate of degradation of NPDOC using hydrogen peroxide and UV (H2O2/UV) oxidation. Experimental data taken from literature were used to test the kinetic model in the presence of carbonate/bicarbonate at different concentrations. The kinetic model was able to describe the trend of the experimental data. The kinetic model simulations, along with the experimental data for the conditions in this work, showed a retardation effect on the rate of degradation of NPDOC due to the presence of bicarbonate and carbonate. This effect was attributed to the scavenging of the hydroxyl radicals by carbonate and bicarbonate. A kinetic model for the degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in a batch reactor applying Fenton's reagent (FeII/ H2O2) and Fenton-like reagent (Feo/ H2O2) in aqueous solutions was proposed. All of the rate and equilibrium constants for hydrogen peroxide chemistry in aqueous solutions were taken from the literature. Rate and equilibrium constants for ferric and ferrous ions reactions in this model were taken from the reported values in the literature, except for the rate constant for the reaction of ferric ions with hydrogen peroxide where it was fitted within the range that was reported in the literature. Rate constant for iron dissolution was also a fitted parameter. The mechanism of MTBE degradation by the hydroxyl radicals was proposed based on literature studies. The kinetic model was tested on available experimental data from the literature which involved the use of Fenton's reagent and Fenton-like reagent for MTBE degradation. The degradation of MTBE in Fenton's reagent work was characterized to proceed by two stages, a fast one which involved the reaction of ferrous ions with hydrogen peroxide (FeII/H2O2 stage) and another, relatively, slower stage which involved the reaction of ferric ions with hydrogen peroxide (FeIII/H2O2 stage). The experimental data of MTBE degradation in the FeII/H2O2 stage were not sufficient to validate the model, however the model predictions of MTBE degradation in the FeIII/H2O2 stage was good. Also, the model was able to predict the byproducts formation from MTBE degradation and their degradation especially methyl acetate, and tert-butyl alcohol. The effect of each proposed reaction on MTBE degradation and the byproducts formation and degradation was elucidated based on a sensitivity analysis. The kinetic model predicted the degradation of MTBE for Fenton-like reagent for the tested experimental data. Matlab (R13) was used to solve the set of ordinary nonlinear stiff differential equations that described rate of species concentrations in each advanced oxidation kinetic model. Niwa, S. et al., Science 295 (2002) 105

Ein Großteil der Lebensmittel wird in der heutigen Zeit vor allem aufgrund ihrer langen Haltbarkeit in Konservendosen verpackt. Zur Qualitätserhaltung des Lebensmittels werden Weißblechdosen im Innenbereich in der Regel mit einer Lackierung versehen. Lackrohstoffe sind dabei u. a. Phenol- und Epoxidharze, die als Basis- oder Vernetzerkomponente eingesetzt werden. Bei der Herstellung und Lagerung dieser Lebensmittel kann jedoch nicht ausgeschlossen werden, dass es zur Migration von Bestandteilen aus der Kunststoffinnenbeschichtung in das Füllgut kommt. Toxikologisch und somit auch analytisch sind dabei vor allem die migrierenden Verbindungen unter 1000 Da von Interesse, da Substanzen mit einer Molmasse von über 1000 Da nur zu weniger als 1 % im Gastrointestinaltrakt absorbiert werden. Analytik von phenolischen Verbindungen Bei Untersuchungen zur Migration phenolischer Verbindungen unter Verwendung verschiedener Modellcoatings und Simulanzlösemittel wurden Konzentrationen an migrierenden phenolischen Substanzen in Summe bis 160 µg/dm² bestimmt, womit dieser Gehalt deutlich unter dem gesetzlichen Grenzwert für die Gesamtmigration von 10 mg/dm² liegt. Die Quantifizierung erfolgte dabei über SEC-FLD-Kalibriergeraden der für diese Coatings verwendeten Phenolharze. Tendenziell steigt dabei die Menge an übergehenden Verbindungen mit abnehmender Polarität der verwendeten Simulanzien. Ebenso abhängig vom Lösungsmittel ist die Molekulargewichts¬verteilung der im Migrat enthaltenen Phenole. So zeigte sich eine deutliche Verschiebung der phenolischen Verbindungen zu höheren Molekulargewichten mit abnehmender Polarität der Simulanzlösemittel. Mit wenigen Ausnahmen besitzen jedoch alle migrierenden Substanzen eine Molmasse von unter 1000 Da. Das beobachtete Migrationsverhalten kann u. a. auf die unterschiedliche Reaktivität der phenolischen Basismonomere der Harze zurückgeführt werden, wodurch die Fähigkeit variiert, unter den Einbrennbedingungen ein ausgeprägtes Netzwerk zu bilden. Zur näheren Charakterisierung der Phenolharze wurden einzelne Hauptverbindungen der RP-HPLC-FLD-Chromatogramme identifiziert. Über Derivatisierungsreaktionen mit Picolinsäure, Essigsäureanhydrid sowie Dansylchlorid konnten Informationen zur Anzahl an alkoholischen und phenolischen Hydroxylgruppen im Molekül erhalten werden. Mit dem Wissen um die eingesetzten Phenolmonomere und einer eventuellen Veretherung konnten Strukturvorschläge erstellt werden. Die Quantifizierung der migrierenden phenolischen Verbindungen in Migraten kommerzieller Coatings in Summe wurde über eine universell anwendbare Kalibrierung angestrebt. Dazu wurden 17 verschiedene Phenolharze bezüglich der Steigung der SEC-FLD-Kalibriergeraden, des mittleren Molekulargewichtes, der Hydroxylzahl und dem Verhältnis OH-Gruppen/Molekül charakterisiert. Wie erwartet steigt mit wenigen Ausnahmen die Anzahl der OH-Gruppen im Molekül tendenziell mit dem mittleren Molekulargewicht. Es zeigte sich zudem, dass die verschiedenen Phenolharze in ihren fluorophoren Eigenschaften stark variieren. Die Steigung der SEC-FLD-Kalibriergeraden konnte zudem in keine Korrelation mit einem anderen ermittelten Parameter gebracht werden. Die Anwendung einer universellen Kalibriergerade zur Quantifizierung war deshalb nicht möglich. Die Größenordnungen der Migratkonzentrationen konnten daher nur über die zwei im Anstieg am stärksten variierenden SEC-FLD-Kalibriergeraden abgeschätzt werden. Bei der Analyse kommerzieller Epoxy-Phenol-Coatings war im Gegensatz zu Polyester-Phenol-Coatings die isolierte Detektion der phenolischen Verbindungen im Migrat mittels Fluoreszenz nicht möglich, da sowohl Epoxide als auch Phenole fluorophorer Eigenschaft besitzen. Es wurde daher eine Methode zur Abtrennung der Phenole von anderen im Migrat enthaltenen Subtanzen auf Basis eines Anionenaustauschermaterials entwickelt. Dabei wurde die Eigenschaft der Phenole genutzt, im basischen Milieu Phenolate zu bilden. Diese, aber auch Säuren adsorbieren am Austauschermaterial, während Epoxide oder Polyester nicht retardiert werden. Für zwei kommerzielle Epoxy-Phenol-Coatings konnte somit der Anteil an phenolischen Verbindungen im Migrat zu 7 und 28 % bestimmt werden. Mittels RP-HPLC/ESI-MS war es möglich, einige der phenolischen Verbindungen in diesen Migraten zu identifizieren. Dabei handelt es sich um nichtepoxidierte BPA-Derivate der Epoxidkomponente des Coatings, die aufgrund des BPA-Grundkörpers eine phenolische Hydroxylgruppe besitzen. Phenolische Vernetzungsprodukte beider Basisharze konnten dagegen nicht identifiziert werden. Die Menge an migrierenden phenolischen Verbindungen der beiden Epoxy-Phenol-Coatings konnte über die Kalibration eines niedermolekularen Epoxidharzes zu 0,1 mg/dm² bzw. 0,27 mg/dm² abgeschätzt werden. Während für einzelne phenolische Verbindungen gesetzliche Grenzwerte für die Migration bestehen, gibt es für Oligomere, mit Ausnahme von BPA keine spezifischen Migrationslimits. Ebenso sind in der Literatur kaum toxikologische Untersuchungen zu Phenololigomeren zu finden. Um einen ersten Einblick in die toxikologische Relevanz migrierender phenolischer Verbindungen zu erhalten, wurden mehrere kommerzielle als auch selbst synthetisierte phenolische Standardsubstanzen und verschiedene Molekulargewichtsfraktionen eines Phenolharzes, im Fischembryotest an Eiern des Zebrabärblings (Brachydanio rerio) nach DIN 38415-T647 und/oder Neutralrottest an Hep-G2 und HT-29 Zellen untersucht. Die stärksten Effekte im Fischembryotest bewirkte das Trimer BPM, hier reichte bereits eine Konzentration von etwa 2 mg/l aus, um 50 % der Fischembryonen letal zu schädigen. Im Gegensatz dazu waren beim Dimer 5-Hydroxymethyl-2,4´-dihydroxydiphenylmethan (M 230) mit einem EC50-Wert von 170 mg/l die geringste toxikologische Wirkung zu beobachten. Für alle anderen Subtanzen konnten EC50-Werte im Bereich 20 - 100 mg/l bestimmt werden. Tendenziell zeichnete sich dabei eine Zunahme der EC50-Werte mit steigender Lipophilie, ausgedrückt über den KOW-Wert ab, was auf den Aufbau der Fischeier zurückzuführen ist. So müssen die zu untersuchenden Xenobiotika mehrere lipophile Membranen durchdringen, um am eigentlichen Wirkungsort Einfluss auf die Embryonalentwicklung nehmen zu können. Im Zelltest konnten tendenziell ähnliche Ergebnisse ermittelt werden wie im Fischembryotest, wobei in der Regel die Hep-G2 Zellen empfindlicher reagieren als die HT-29 Zellen. Während für Phenol im untersuchten Konzentrationsbereich keine toxischen Effekte beobachtet werden konnten, liegen die EC50-Werte für das Trimer BPM, analog zum Fischembryotest deutlich unter 10 mg/l. Für die anderen Verbindungen wurden EC50-Werte zwischen 16 und 100 mg/l bestimmt. Analog zu den Untersuchungen der Einzelsubstanzen zeigte sich auch bei den 5 untersuchten Molekulargewichtsfraktionen zwischen 0 und 1000 Da, dass das toxikologische Potential im niedermolekularen Bereich (0 - 200 Da) gegenüber den Fraktionen 200 400 und 400 600 Da vergleichsweise gering ist. Bereits 25,1 mg/l bzw. 17,3 mg/l der Fraktionen 200 400 Da und 400 600 Da waren in den Tests ausreichend, um alle Embryonen letal zu schädigen. Im Molekulargewichtsbereich über 600 Da konnten dagegen lediglich subletale oder gar keine Missbildungen beobachtet werden. Analytik von Epoxiden In der amtlichen Überwachung beschränkt sich die Analytik von Epoxidverbindungen bisher auf die Bestimmung rechtlich geregelter Einzelsubstanzen. Eine Summenmethode zur Erfassung aller in einem Migrat enthaltenen Substanzen mit reaktionsfähigen Oxirangruppen, wodurch das gesamte Reaktionspotential erfasst werden kann, liegt dagegen nicht vor. Zur selektiven Erfassung aller oxirangruppenhaltigen Verbindungen wurde daher mittels statistischer Versuchsplanung eine Derivatisierung mittels Cysteamin entwickelt. Die Reaktion mit Cysteamin erfolgt dabei nach Abtrennung der Substanzen > 1000 Da mittels Größenausschlusschromatographie. Im Anschluss werden die Derivate durch Zugabe eines Kationenaustauschers aus der Lösung entfernt. Durch den Vergleich der RP-HPLC-FLD Chromatogramme vor und nach der Aufarbeitung können Substanzen mit intakten Oxirangruppen somit einfach erkannt werden. Eine quantitative Abschätzung der enthaltenen Epoxidverbindungen ist bei Lacken auf Basis von BPA-Harzen über die BPA-Chromophorkonzentration möglich. Bei der Untersuchung von 5 kommerziellen Coatings wurden in den einzelnen Migraten recht unterschiedliche Gehalte an Substanzen mit intakten Epoxidgruppen ermittelt. Ebenso ist die Anzahl der oxriangruppenhaltigen Verbindungen, auf die sich dieser Gehalt verteilt sehr unterschiedlich, was möglicherweise an unterschiedlichen Einbrennzeiten, -temperaturen aber auch der Menge an Lack pro m² und an der Art und Menge des Reaktionspartners liegt. Für die Konzentration der epoxidischen Verbindungen in den Coatingmigraten wurden Werte zwischen 18,5 und 835 µg/dm² bestimmt. Dies entspricht einem Anteil der reaktionsfähigen Substanzen an der Fraktion unter 1000 Da berechnet über die Flächen im Chromatogramm zwischen 2,6 und 76,3 %. Neben dem Einsatz als Basismaterial für Konservendoseninnenbeschichtungen werden Epoxidharzsysteme auch in Zubereitungen wie Grundierungen, Füllmassen, Lacken oder Klebstoffen für die Bauchemie vielfach in verschiedenen Mischungen (aromatische, aliphatische oder cycloaliphatische Glycidylether bzw. Siloxanglycidylether) eingesetzt. Durch den Kontakt dieser Materialien mit der Haut kann es zu Kontaktekzemen kommen, deren Ursache durch Epikutantests (Patchtests) mit den potentiell auslösenden Substanzen ermittelt werden kann. Der Umfang der in den Standardtestsystemen enthalten Testsubstanzen entspricht dabei jedoch nicht dem Spektrum der in der Industrie verwendeten Materialien. Über die genaue Zusammensetzung der in den Patchtest´s eingesetzten Materialien ist zudem wenig bekannt. Durch die Analyse einer Vielzahl von Patchtestsubstanzen und industriellen Epoxidkomponenten mittels RP-HPLC/UVD bzw. -ELSD Chromatographie und die Identifizierung der enthaltenen Verbindungen über RP-HPLC/ESI-MSD, konnte ein genaueres Bild über den Charakter dieser Materialen gewonnen werden. Bei den BPA- und BPF-Harzen wurden überwiegend Monomere, die entsprechenden Di- und Trimere aber auch dessen hydrolysierte Verbindungen identifiziert. Im Gegensatz dazu liegen bei den analysierten aliphatischen Produkten z. T. die reinen Glycidylether gar nicht oder nur in geringen prozentualen Anteilen vor. Vielmehr wird durch die sauer geführte Reaktion bei den aliphatischen Verbindungen die Bildung von 1,3 Chlorhydrinen als Nebenreaktion zur 1,2 Chlorhydrinbildung gefördert, wodurch eine beträchtliche Menge an Substanzen, die nicht verseifbares Chlor enthalten, in den Materialien vorhanden ist. Um die enthaltenen Verbindungen von aliphatischen und cycloaliphatischen Epoxidzubereitungen quantifizieren zu können, wurde eine Derivatisierung mit einem selbst synthetisierten Fluorophor (5-(Dimethylamino)-N-(2-mercaptoethyl)-1-naphthalen-sulfonamid) entwickelt. Dadurch konnten auch Verbindungen erfasst werden, die aufgrund ihrer Flüchtigkeit mittels ELSD nicht detektierbar waren. Bei der Analyse von Handelsprodukten zeigte sich, dass die einzelnen Komponenten in ihrer Zusammensetzung gut mit den untersuchten aromatischen und aliphatischen Rohmaterialien vergleichbar sind. Bei entsprechend eingesetzten Patchtestsubstanzen spiegeln diese somit die Produkte gut wieder, mit denen die Patienten in Kontakt kommen.