Thesis describes recent advances in the synthesis of donor-acceptor conjugated copolymers and their efficient doping via molecular p-dopants.

Thesis describes recent advances in the synthesis of donor-acceptor conjugated copolymers and their efficient doping via molecular p-dopants.:Chapter I Preface Motivation and Goals Outline 7 Chapter II 8 State of the Art & Characterization Techniques 8 2.1. General Introduction 8 2.1.1. Concept of Conjugated Polymers 9 2.1.2. Electronic Conduction and Necessity of Doping in Conjugated Polymers 11 2.1.3. Solubility and Processing. 14 2.2. Doping 17 2.2.1. Concept of Doping in Conjugated Polymers 17 2.2.2. Morphological Changes of the Material upon Doping. Conductivity. 20 2.2.3. State-of-the-art p-dopants. 23 2.3. Synthetic Strategies for the Design of (Semi)conducting Polymers 28 2.3.1. A Concise Review: from Polyacetylene till Modern DA Polymers 28 2.3.2. Synthetic Routes to Conjugated Polymers 31 2.3.3. Step-growth vs Chain-growth 34 2.3.4. Benchmark solution-processable Polymers 38 2.4. Characterization techniques 41 2.4.1. Conductivity Measurements 41 2.4.2. Electrochemical Voltammetry 42 2.4.3. Uv-vis-near-infrared 44 2.4.4. Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. 44 2.4.5. Morphological studies. 45 2.4.6. Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy. 46 Chapter III 48 Results & Discussion 48 3.1. Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Copolymers 50 3.1.1. Motivation 50 3.1.2. Results and Discussion 51 3.1.4. Summary 89 3.2. Naphthalene Diimide-based Copolymer 90 3.2.1. Motivation 90 3.2.2. Results and Discussion 92 3.2.4. Summary 105 3.3. Isoindigo-Based Copolymers 107 3.3.1. Motivation 107 3.3.2. Results and Discussion 108 3.3.4. Summary 119 Summary & Conclusions 120 Outlook 123 Chapter IV 125 Experimental Part 125 4.1. General Methods and Instrumentation 125 4.2. Synthesis 129 4.2.1. Synthesis of diketopyrrolopyrrole copolymer. 129 4.2.2. Synthesis of electron-conducting polymer (PNDIT2) 132 4.2.3. Synthesis of polyisoIndigo 132 4.2.3. Synthesis of Dopants 135 4.3. Cyclic voltammetry measurements 136 4.4. GIWAX data. 143 4.5. Films preparation 145 References 147 Table of Abbreviations 159 List of Publications 161 Acknowledgements 162 Appendix 163

Mechanisms of reactions of the frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) with carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) are studied by using quantum chemical modelling. FLPs are relatively novel chemical systems in which steric effects prevent a Lewis base (LB) from donating its electron pair to a Lewis acid (LA). From the main group of the periodic table, a variety of the electron pair donors and acceptors can create an FLP and the scope of the FLP chemistry is rapidly expanding at present. Representative intermolecular FLPs are phosphines and boranes with bulky electron-donating groups on phosphorus and bulky electron-withdrawing groups on boron – e.g., the tBu3P/B(C6F5)3 pair. The intramolecular FLPs feature linked LB and LA centers in one molecule. Investigations of the FLP reaction mechanisms were carried out using the transition state (TS) and the potential energy surface (PES) calculations plus the Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics (BOMD) as an efficient and robust implementation of general ab initio molecular dynamics scheme. In BOMD simulations, quantum and classical mechanics are combined. The electronic structure calculations are fully quantum via the density functional theory (DFT). Molecular motion at finite (non-zero) temperature is explicitly accounted for at non-quantized level via Newton’s equations. Due to recent advancements of computers and algorithms, one can treat fairly large macromolecular systems with BOMD and even include significant portion of the first solvation shell surrounding a large reacting complex in the molecular model. Main results are as follows. It is shown that dynamics is significant for understanding of FLP chemistry. The multiscale nature of motion – i.e., light molecules such as CO2 or H2 versus a pair of heavy LB and LA molecules – affects the evolution of interactions in the reacting complex. Motion which is perpendicular to the reaction coordinate was found to play a role in the transit of the activated complex through the TS-region. Regarding the heterolytic cleavage of H2 by tBu3P/B(C6F5)3 FLP simulated in gas phase and with explicit solvent, it was found that (i) the reaction path includes shallow quasi-minima “imbedded” in the TS-region, and (ii) tBu3P/B(C6F5)3 are almost stationary while proton- and hydride-like fragments of H2 move toward phosphorous and boron respectively. For binding of CO2 by tBu3P/B(C6F5)3 FLP, it was found that (i) the reacting complex can “wander” along the “potential energy wall” that temporarily blocks the path to the product, and (ii) the mechanism can combine the concerted and two-step reaction paths in solution. The discovered two-step binding of CO2 by tBu3P/B(C6F5)3 FLP involves solvent-stabilized phosphorus-carbon interactions (dative bonding). These and other presented results are corroborated and explained using TS and PES calculations. With computations of observable characteristics of reactions, it is pointed out how it could be possible to attain experimental proof of the results. / <p>At the time of the doctoral defense, the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 6: Accepted.</p><p> </p>

Solid state chemical storage of hydrogen in metals offers promising advantages over compressed hydrogen gas and condensed liquid hydrogen, especially for mobile applications with respect to safety and energy efficiency. However, no single metal hydride simultaneously satisfies the essential performance criteria for onboard hydrogen storage namely, high gravimetric and/or volumetric energy density, fast kinetics and favorable thermodynamics. Recently, a breakthrough achievement was made by the development of reactive hydride composites in which two metal hydride systems (e.g. NaBH₄ and MgH₂) are mixed together resulting in better sorption properties than the individual pure systems. In this approach, the formation of MgB₂ by exothermic reaction destabilizes the composite and consequently reduces the overall enthalpy and sorption temperature of the endothermic desorption reaction. In this work the thermodynamic and kinetic properties of reactions in 2NaH + MgB₂ + 4H₂ &harr; 2NaBH₄ + MgH₂ and 3NaH + MgB₂ + 4H₂ &harr; 2NaBH₄ + NaMgH₃ were established using multiple experimental techniques like volumetric measurements, ex-situ and in-situ X-ray diffraction, calorimetry, and especially electron microscopy. Under the applied experimental conditions of 50 bar hydrogen and 400 &deg;C during the hydrogenation of 2NaH + MgB2 and 0.1 bar hydrogen and 450 &deg;C during the dehydrogenation of 2NaBH₄ + MgH₂, both reactions were kinetically limited and proceeded in multisteps. The absorption reaction was partial, being restricted by the unexpected formation of NaMgH₃ which limits the formation of NaBH₄ while the desorption reaction was complete and limited by the growth of MgB₂ through some intermediate complexes at the Mg/NaBH₄ interface where the intermediate phase forms a barrier to diffusion. Conversely, in the 3NaH + MgB₂ system, absorption in 100 bar hydrogen and 300 &deg;C was complete but slow, while in the 2NaBH₄ + NaMgH₃ system, complete desorption was achieved in multisteps under 0.1 bar hydrogen and 450 &deg;C. The formation of intermediate and stable complexes during these reactions poses a significant restraint to hydrogen sorption reactions. However, lower onset sorption temperatures have been established in these systems than in the pure compounds due to their simultaneous destabilization in the composite state. This study have demonstrated the complexity of desorption and absorption mechanisms in these composite systems and the difficulty of obtaining such reactions at low temperatures required for mobile applications. This understanding of the rate limiting reaction steps in reactive hydride composites provides the basis for further optimization of these materials for efficient hydrogen storage applications.

Neste trabalho são apresentados resultados dos estudos da reação de oxidação de hidrogênio puro realizados em eletrodos rotatório em camada ultrafina porosa e na presença de CO em células a combustível utilizando catalisadores formados por Pt dispersas em substratos de óxidos, tais como, Pt/RuO 2 -C, Pt/RhO 2 -C, Pt/WO 3 -C e em Pt/WC-C. As reações foram também estudadas em suporte puro, como, RhO 2 /C e WC/C em diferentes proporções atômicas. Este estudo teve como finalidade estudar as propriedades catalíticas destes materiais visando elucidar os mecanismos da reação de oxidação de hidrogênio (ROH) sobre estes catalisadores dispersos, possibilitando a obtenção de parâmetros cinéticos das reações. Em conjunto com as medidas eletroquímicas, foram realizados estudos sobre as propriedades eletrônicas e estruturais destes catalisadores, o que possibilita relacionar suas propriedades eletrônicas e estruturais com a cinética da HOR. Observou-se que a presença dos óxidos de Ru, Rh e WO 3 favorecem a diminuição do grau de recobrimento da Pt por CO, deixando mais sítios disponíveis a ROH, em consequência do esvaziamento da banda 5d da Pt, o que diminui a retro-doação de elétrons da Pt ao CO, diminuindo a força da ligação Pt-CO. Como observado, essas modificação eletrônicas observadas nos espectros de XANES não induziram a nenhuma mudança perceptível na cinética ou no mecanismo reacional. Para quase todos os catalisadores, a tolerância ao CO pode ser explicada tanto em termos do mecanismo eletrônico como do bifuncional evidenciado pela formação de CO 2 nas medidas de EMS. / This work shows results of studies of the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) pure in rotation in ultra porous layer and in the presence of CO in the fuel cell to the electrocatalysts of Pt alloy dispersed on oxide substrates such Pt/RuO 2 -C, Pt/RhO 2 -C, Pt/WO 3 -C, Pt/WC-C and pure materials, as RhO 2 /C and WC. The study of the catalytic properties of these materials to elucidate the mechanisms of hydrogen oxidation reaction on these dispersed catalysts, allowing the collection of kinetic parameters of reactions. Together with the electrochemical measurements were carried out studies on the structural and electronic properties of these catalysts, which allow relating their structural and electronic properties with the kinetics of the HOR. It was observed that the presence of oxides of Ru, Rh and WO 3 encourage the reduction of the degree of coating of Pt by CO, leaving more sites available to ROH, as a consequence of emptying of the Pt 5d band, which reduces the backdonation of electrons from Pt to CO by reducing the strength of Pt-CO binding. As noted, these changes observed in electronic spectra of XANES not led to any perceptible change in the kinetics or the reaction mechanism. For almost all catalysts, the CO tolerance can be explained in terms of the electronic effect and the bifunctional mechanism evidenced by the formation of CO 2 in the EMS.

Nesse trabalho foi apresentada a primeira evidência experimental da formação de radicais orgânicos centrados em telúrio (Rte&#8226; , onde R= grupos fenila ou butila) durante as reações de hidroteluração de alcenos e alcinos. Os radicais foram detectados por ressonância paramagnética eletrônica (EPR), usando como captador de spin o DBNBS (3,5-dibromo-4-nitrosobenzeno-sulfonato). Os adutos radicalares (DBNBS/&#8226;TeBu and DBNBS/&#8226;TePh) apresentaram um espectro de EPR caracterizado por um triplo tripleto, referente à um átomo de nitrogênio e dois de hidrogênio equivalentes ( e um valor de g de 2,0060. A presença do átomo de telúrio foi confirmada pela substituição isotópica (125Te) e por experimentos de espectrometria de massa. Os compostos detectados apresentaram padrões de distribuição isotópica esperados para compostos contendo átomos de Te e Br. Esses resultados forneceram evidências suficientes para provar que radicais orgânicos centrados em telúrio são formados e sugerir que as reações de hidroteluração ocorrem por uma mecanismo radicalar. O mecanismo das reações de adição de TeCI4 à alcinos foi indiretamente determinado pela detecção de radicais &#8226;TeCl3, usando as técnicas de EPR spin trapping em conjunto com a caracterização dessas espécies por ESI-MS and ESI-MS/MS. Radicais centrados em carbono foram detectados durante a reação sequencial Michael/Aldol induzida por butilcalcogenolatos de lítio. As reações de butilcalcogenolatos de lítio com alcenos ativados e aldeídos levaram aos correspondentes produtos aldólicos. Os selenetos sintetizados serviram como precursores de adutos de Baylis-Hillman após a reação de eliminação de selenóxido. Toda a sequencia reacional foi feita em metodologia one-pot. / The first experimental evidence for the formation of an organic tellurium-centered radical (RTe center dot, R = Ph or nBu groups) during the hydrotelluration of alkenes and alkynes is provided. The radicals were detected by electronic paramagnetic ressonance (EPR), using DBNBS (3,5-dibromo-4-nitrosobenzene-sulfonate) as the spin trap. The radical adducts (DBNBS/TeBu and DBNBS/TePh) presented an EPR spectrum characterized by a triplet of triplets due to one nitrogen and two equivalent hydrogen atoms (aN = 21.6 G and aH = 0.7 G) and a g value of 2.0060. The presence of tellurium radical adducts was confirmed by isotopic substitution (125Te) and by electrospray and chemical ionization mass spectrometry and MS/MS analysis. The products showed isotopic patterns expected for compounds containing Br and Te. These results provide evidence for organic tellurium-centered radical formation and suggest that the hydrotelluration reactions occur by a free radical mechanism. The mechanism of the addition reaction of TeCl4 to alkynes was indirectly established by the detection of TeCl3 using EPR spin trapping, ESI-MS and ESI-MS/MS characterization. Carbon centered radicals were detected during the lithium butylchalcogenolate induced Michael-aldol tandem sequence. Reaction of the lithium alkylchalcogenolates with activated alkenes and aldehydes gives the corresponding aldol adducts. The selenium-containing products give MoritaBaylisHillman adducts after the oxidation/elimination of the selenoxide. The whole sequence can be performed in a one-pot procedure.

Neste trabalho, várias reações de Heck foram investigadas utilizando principalmente métodos baseados na Teoria do Funcional de Densidade (DFT). Na primeira parte foi proposto um novo ciclo catalítico de Heck, com etapas aniônicas e neutras combinadas desencadeado por um complexo de paládio (Pd) suportado por um ligante carbeno N-heterocíclico (NHC) inédito. Posteriormente, a influência estérica do ligante NHC foi investigada na seletividade da reação de Heck inicialmente estudada. Para o NHC pouco volumoso, a componente eletrônica era majoritária comparada às contribuições de caráter não-covalente. Entretanto, quando o NHC com maior impedimento estérico foi analisado, somente alguns funcionais de densidade (TPSS-D3, &#969;B97x-D, BP86-D3, e M06-L), juntamente com o método de função de onda DLPNO-MP2, foram capazes de predizer a tendência de seletividade experimental. Por fim, a natureza do metal foi analisada por meio de uma comparação entre catalisadores NHC de níquel (Ni) e Pd nas reações de Heck. Os resultados teóricos forneceram indícios mecanísticos para o entendimento da menor atividade catalítica usualmente encontrada nos processos envolvendo complexos NHC de Ni e da necessidade experimental da formação de complexos de Ni catiônicos para atingir uma maior eficiência catalítica nessas reações. Na segunda parte deste estudo, dois exemplos marcantes da literatura sobre as reações de Heck-Matsuda enantiosseletivas foram teoricamente investigadas. Os cálculos DFT mostraram a influência crucial do substrato (olefina) na seletividade destas reações. Em um dos casos a seletividade da reação foi aprimorada através dos dados mecanísticos fornecidos pelos cálculos DFT. / In this work, several examples of Heck reactions were investigated using mostly Density Functional Theory (DFT) methods. At the first part, a new Heck catalytic cycle was proposed with combined anionic and neutral steps initiated by a newly N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) based palladium (Pd) complex. Posteriorly, the influence of steric demanding of NHC ligand was investigated on selectivity of Heck reaction initially studied. In the case of small NHC ligand, the electronic component is more important than the noncovalent contributions. However, when the crowded NHC ligands were studied only selected density functionals (TPSS-D3, &#969;B97x-D, BP86-D3, e M06-L), and the wavefunction based method DLPNO-MP2, were capable to predict the experimental selectivity trends reported. Finally, the metal nature was analyzed by a comparison of the nickel (Ni) and Pd catalyzed Heck reactions. The theoretical results provided mechanistic insights that help to understand the low catalytic activity usually reported when Ni catalysts were used and the experimental requirement of cationic intermediates to achieve some efficiency for NHC-Ni-catalyzed Heck coupling. At second part, two representative examples from literature about the enantioselective Heck-Matsuda reactions were theoretically investigated. DFT calculations shown the crucial influence of substrate (olefin) on the selectivity of these reactions. One of cases studied, the selectivity of reaction was improved by the DFT results

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The reactions which give the products ethylene oxide, vinyl alcohol, vinyl aldehyde and vinyl radical for ethylene oxidation and the reactions which give propylene oxide, propanal, acetone and pi-allyl radical for propylene oxidation were investigated by using Density Functional Theory (DFT) method with B3LYP/LanL2DZ and 6-31g(d,p) basis sets in Gaussian&rsquo / 03 software. Silver and silver oxide were used as catalyst surface cluster models. Surface comparison was made for silver (111), (110) and (100) surfaces. Ethylene oxidation reaction was studied on these silver surfaces. Oxygen effect on ethylene oxide formation reaction was also investigated on silver (111) surface. Ethylene and propylene oxidation reactions were completed on both Ag13(111) and Ag14O9(001) surface clusters. VASP software which utilizes periodic plane wave basis sets was also used to compare trends of reactions for ethylene and propylene oxidations obtained by using Gaussian&rsquo / 03 software. According to results, silver (110) surface is more active for ethylene oxide formation than (111) and (100) surfaces. Hill site of (110) surface is much more active than hollow site of (110) surface since oxygen atom weakly adsorbed on hill site. Ethyl aldehyde and vinyl alcohol can not be formed on Ag(111) surface because of those higher activation barriers while ethylene oxide can be formed on cluster. Activation barrier for ethylene oxide formation decreases with increasing oxygen coverage on Ag(111) surface. Ethylene oxametallocycle intermediate molecule was not formed on Ag2O(001) surface while it is formed on surface oxide structure on Ag(111). Ethyl aldehyde and vinyl alcohol are not formed on silver oxide (001) surface. For propylene oxidation, &amp / #928 / -allyl formation path has the lowest activation barrier explaining why silver is not a good catalyst for the propylene oxide formation while it is a good catalyst for the ethylene oxide formation. This situation is valid for silver oxide. Propylene oxide selectivity increased in the gas phase oxidation. The qualitative relative energy trend obtained by VASP software is the similar with that of calculations obtained by using GAUSSIAN&rsquo / 03 software.

ABSTRACT KINETIC STUDIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TERTIARY ETHERS USED AS GASOLINE ADDITIVES Boz, Nezahat Ph. D., Department of Chemical Engineering Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Timur Dogu Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. G&uuml / lSen Dogu June 2004, 174 pages In the present study, the kinetics studies for etherification reactions were investigated in detail. In the first phase of present study, different acidic resin catalysts were prepared by the heat treatment of Amberlyst-15 catalysts at 220&deg / C at different durations of time and also by the synthesis of sulfonated styrene divinylbenzene cross-linked resins at different conditions. A linear dependence of reaction rate on hydrogen ion-exchange capacity was in 2M2B+ethanol reaction. However, in the case of 2M1B+ethanol reaction hydrogen ion-exchange capacities over 2.8 meq.H+/g did not cause further increase in reaction rate, which was concluded to be majorly due to significance of diffusional resistances. DRIFTS experiments carried out with alcohols, isobutylene, isoamylenes and TAME (tert-amyl-methyl-ether) in a temperature range of 333-353 K supported a Langmuir-Hinshelwood type reaction mechanism involving adsorbed isoolefins molecules forming a bridged structure between &ndash / SO3H sites of the catalyst and adsorbed alcohol molecules. A rate expression derived basing on the mechanism proposed from the DRIFTS results gave good agreement with the published data. Reaction rate was found to give a sharp maximum at ethanol activity of around 0.1. The third phase of this work included evaluation of effective diffusivities and adsorption equilibrium constants of methanol, ethanol and 2M2B, in Amberlyst-15 from moment analysis of batch adsorber dynamic results. Models proposed for monodisperse and bidisperse pore structures were used for the evaluation of effective diffusivities. It was shown that surface diffusion contribution was quite significant. In the last phase of the work, a batch Reflux-Recycle-Reactor (RRR) was proposed, modeled and constructed to achieve high yields and selectivities in equilibrium limited reactions. The batch reflux recycle reactor was modeled by assuming plug flow in the reactor section, perfect mixing in the reboiler and vapor-liquid equilibria between the liquid in the reboiler and reactor inlet stream. In this system conversion values of isoamylenes reaching to 0.91 were achieved at 82&deg / C with almost 100% selectivity. Such conversion values were shown to be much higher than the corresponding equilibrium values that could be obtained in vapor phase fixed bed reactors. The activation energies evaluated in this system were found to be much less than the activation energies evaluated in the fixed bed reactor studies. This was concluded to be majorly due to the significance of transport resistant in the batch Reflux-Recycle-Reactor in which catalyst particles are partially wet. As a result of catalyst development, characterization, kinetic and reactor development studies carried out in this study, it was concluded that tert-amyl-ethyl-ether (TAEE) could be effectively produced and used as a gasoline blending oxygenate.