This thesis is divided into two parts. In the first part there is reported palladium- catalysed regioselective direct arylation of benzofurans with arylsulfonyl chlorides as the coupling partner to C2 carbon. The best reaction conditions of this reaction were investigated, then the influence of various arylsulfonyl chloride substituents to the reaction and finally it is reported direct arylation of C2-arylated benzofuran to C3 carbon to give diarylated benzofuran with different aryl substituents. In the second part, there is reported the synthesis of 2-(hydroxymethyl)-5,7-bis{5- [(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine)-4'-yl]thiophen-2-yl}-2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxin and modification of its sidechain. As a starting material of the synthesis it was used commercially available 4'-bromo-(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine). The synthetic sub-steps included Suzuki cross- coupling, bromination and C-H bond activation. Then it was also reported the complexation of synthesized oligomer with zinc and iron cations.

Supramolecular polymers have a practical impact on the healthcare field as they can act as scaffolds to repair parts of organs such as the brain or heart. In addition, they can provide insight into theories relating to the origins of life. For instance, the hypothesis that RNA played a more important role in early biology, the RNA World hypothesis, would be strengthened if there were a way to show the spontaneous formation of RNA-like polymers from monomer units. However, the natural nucleobases do not assemble at the monomer level, nor do they form nucleosides readily with ribose, leading some to speculate that the first nucleobases may have been different from the ones used in biology today. This conundrum encouraged us to begin looking for alternative nucleobases that are able to self-assemble into polymers capable of storing information. Our lab has recently demonstrated that a modified 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine (TAP) will assemble with cyanuric acid (CA) in water through interactions that are analogous to those between complementary nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. When TAP is modified at one of its three faces, it can pair through specific hydrogen bonding with CA on two of its faces, forming rosette structures. These rosettes self-assemble to form extremely long structures through the stacking of tens of thousands of rosettes. In this study we are investigating prebiotically relevant syntheses of TAP nucleosides. Using chromatography techniques and nuclear magnetic resonance we found that the unmodified TAP with D-ribose formed nucleosides in 60% yields with the major product (20%) being a C-nucleoside 5-β-ribofuranosyl-2,4,6-triaminoprymidine or TARC. TARC forms hydrogels with CA, both in the crude reaction and after purification, indicative of the formation of supramolecular polymers out of a complex mixture. The results of this study provide support for the possibility of pre-RNA molecules.

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In many studies of the side-chain liquid crystalline polymers (SCLCPs) bearing azobenzene mesogens as pendant groups, obtaining the orientation of azobenzene mesogens at a macroscopic scale as well as its control is important, because it impacts many properties related to the cooperative motion characteristic of liquid crystals and the trans-cis photoisomerization of the azobenzene molecules. Various means can be used to align the mesogens in the polymers, including rubbed surface, mechanical stretching or shearing, and electric or magnetic field. In the case of azobenzene-containing SCLCPs, another method consists in using linearly polarized light (LPL) to induce orientation of azobenzene mesogens perpendicular to the polarization direction of the excitation light, and such photoinduced orientation has been the subject of numerous studies. In the first study realized in this thesis (Chapter 1), we carried out the first systematic investigation on the interplay of the mechanically and optically induced orientation of azobenzene mesogens as well as the effect of thermal annealing in a SCLCP and a diblock copolymer comprising two SCLCPs bearing azobenzene and biphenyl mesogens, respectively. Using a supporting-film approach previously developed by our group, a given polymer film can be first stretched in either the nematic or smectic phase to yield orientation of azobenzene mesogens either parallel or perpendicular to the strain direction, then exposed to unpolarized UV light to erase the mechanically induced orientation upon the trans–cis isomerization, followed by linearly polarized visible light for photoinduced reorientation as a result of the cis–trans backisomerization, and finally heated to different LC phases for thermal annealing. Using infrared dichroism to monitor the change in orientation degree, the results of this study have unveiled complex and different orientational behavior and coupling effects for the homopolymer of poly{6-[4-(4-methoxyphenylazo)phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate} (PAzMA) and the diblock copolymer of PAzMA-block- poly{6-[4-(4-cyanophenyl) phenoxy]hexyl methacrylate} (PAzMA-PBiPh). Most notably for the homopolymer, the stretching-induced orientation exerts no memory effect on the photoinduced reorientation, the direction of which is determined by the polarization of the visible light regardless of the mechanically induced orientation direction in the stretched film. Moreover, subsequent thermal annealing in the nematic phase leads to parallel orientation independently of the initial mechanically or photoinduced orientation direction. By contrast, the diblock copolymer displays a strong orientation memory effect. Regardless of the condition used, either for photoinduced reorientation or thermal annealing in the liquid crystalline phase, only the initial stretching-induced perpendicular orientation of azobenzene mesogens can be recovered. The reported findings provide new insight into the different orientation mechanisms, and help understand the important issue of orientation induction and control in azobenzene-containing SCLCPs. The second study presented in this thesis (Chapter 2) deals with supramolecular side-chain liquid crystalline polymers (S-SCLCPs), in which side-group mesogens are linked to the chain backbone through non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding. Little is known about the mechanically induced orientation of mesogens in S-SCLCPs. In contrast to covalent SCLCPs, free-standing, solution-cast thin films of a S-SCLCP, built up with 4-(4’-heptylphenyl) azophenol (7PAP) H-bonded to poly(4-vinyl pyridine) (P4VP), display excellent stretchability. Taking advantage of this finding, we investigated the stretching-induced orientation and the viscoelastic behavior of this S-SCLCP, and the results revealed major differences between supramolecular and covalent SCLCPs. For covalent SCLCPs, the strong coupling between chain backbone and side-group mesogens means that the two constituents can mutually influence each other; the lack of chain entanglements is a manifestation of this coupling effect, which accounts for the difficulty in obtaining freestanding and mechanically stretchable films. Upon elongation of a covalent SCLCP film cast on a supporting film, the mechanical force acts on the coupled polymer backbone and mesogenic side groups, and the latter orients cooperatively and efficiently (high orientation degree), which, in turn, imposes an anisotropic conformation of the chain backbone (low orientation degree). In the case of the S-SCLCP of P4VP-7PAP, the coupling between the side-group mesogens and the chain backbone is much weakened owing to the dynamic dissociation/association of the H-bonds linking the two constituents. The consequence of this decoupling is readily observable from the viscoelastic behavior. The average molecular weight between entanglements is basically unchanged in both the smectic and isotropic phase, and is similar to non-liquid crystalline samples. As a result, the S-SCLCP can easily form freestanding and stretchable films. Furthermore, the stretching induced orientation behavior of P4VP-7PAP is totally different. Stretching in the smectic phase results in a very low degree of orientation of the side-group mesogens even at a large strain (500%), while the orientation of the main chain backbone develops steadily with increasing the strain, much the same way as amorphous polymers. The results imply that upon stretching, the mechanical force is mostly coupled to the polymer backbone and leads to its orientation, while the main chain orientation exerts little effect on orienting the H-bonded mesogenic side groups. This surprising finding is explained by the likelihood that during stretching in the smectic phase (at relatively higher temperatures) the dynamic dissociation of the H-bonds allow the side-group mesogens to be decoupled from the chain backbone and relax quickly. In the third project (Chapter 3), we investigated the shape memory properties of a S-SCLCP prepared by tethering two azobenzene mesogens, namely, 7PAP and 4-(4'-ethoxyphenyl) azophenol (2OPAP), to P4VP through H-bonding. The results revealed that, despite the dynamic nature of the linking H-bonds, the supramolecular SCLCP behaves similarly to covalent SCLCP by exhibiting a two-stage thermally triggered shape recovery process governed by both the glass transition and the LC-isotropic phase transition. The ability for the supramolecular SCLCP to store part of the strain energy above T[subscript g] in the LC phase enables the triple-shape memory property. Moreover, thanks to the azobenzene mesogens used, which can undergo trans-cis photoisomerization, exposure the supramolecular SCLCP to UV light can also trigger the shape recovery process, thus enabling the remote activation and the spatiotemporal control of the shape memory. By measuring the generated contractile force and its removal upon turning on and off the UV light, respectively, on an elongated film under constant strain, it seems that the optically triggered shape recovery stems from a combination of a photothermal effect and an effect of photoplasticization or of an order-disorder phase transition resulting from the trans-cis photoisomerization of azobenzene mesogens.

We have designed and synthesized boradiazaindacene (BODIPY) derivatives, appropriately functionalized for metal ion mediated supramolecular polymerization. Thus, ligands for 2- and 2,6-terpyridyl and bipyridyl functionalized BODIPY dyes were synthesized through Sonogashira couplings. These new fluorescent building blocks are responsive to metal ions in a stoichiometry dependent manner. Octahedral coordinating metal ions such as Zn(II), result in polymerization at a stoichiometry which corresponds to two terpyridyl ligands to one Zn(II) ion. However, at increased metal ion concentrations, the dynamic equilibria are re-established in such a way that, monomeric metal complex dominates. The position of equilibria can easily be monitored by 1H NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy. As expected, open shell Fe(II) ions while forming similar complex structures, quench the fluorescence emission of all four functionalized BODIPY ligands.

Hydrogen bonding is seen extensively in Nature. It is manifest in DNA/RNA nucleic acid (nucleobase) pairing, the defining feature of the double helix, as well as in secondary structures in protein folding such as hairpin loops. This importance, thus coupled with the aesthetic appeal of nucleobase hydrogen-bonding interactions, has inspired us to design and synthesize new hydrogen-bonded assemblies that make use of Watson-Crick and Hoogsteen interactions. Currently, novel supramolecular architectures are being developed for the formation of supramolecular polymers via Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding of guanosine and cytidine. Supramolecular polymer formation occurs through hydrogen bonding, electronic interactions, and metal chelation, and allows for a highly thermodynamic system that can easily be broken and reformed through external stimuli. By synthesizing linear, metal-nucleobase, and functionalized guanosine entities, a variety of new “monomers” have been obtained. Their use in construction of main chain and side chain polymers, and G-quartet hydrogels are now being explored. The hydrogen bonding motifs used to develop supramolecular polymers are also attractive for developing through bond electron transfer systems. One inspiration for developing artificial donor-acceptor systems (i.e., linked through non-covalent interactions) comes from the light harvesting systems found in Nature. Triggered by a pulse of UV light, electron transfer across bridges, including charge separation and charge recombination processes can occur and the rates can be determined. As one part of this study, collaborators Igor Rubtsov and David Beratan studied how perturbing the vibrational modes of the bridge via IR pulse excitation, affected electron transfer. Mid-IR excitation of the donor-acceptor systems slowed the rate of electron transfer, likely because the molecular vibrations either disrupted the bridging hydrogen bonds or distorted the electronic interactions of the bridge. This observance could lend itself to the possibility of designing IR-controlled molecular switches and other devices Another mode of hydrogen bonding, Hoogsteen interactions, was explored in the context of developing a guanosine-quadruplex binder. Specifically, a pyrrole-based inosine was designed to direct hydrogen bonding via an extended Hoogsteen interaction in order to bind to quadruplex DNA. Quadruplex DNA has been studied as a folded form of DNA and, if stabilized, can inhibit gene replication especially amongst cancer strands. In summary, the candidate’s research efforts have focused on exploiting hydrogen bonding in nucleobases to construct novel supramolecular assemblies that could see eventual applications in materials chemistry, nanotechnology, and gene therapy. / text

Orientador: Edvaldo Sabadini / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T19:00:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Paula_KellyRobertaFranciscoMurucide_D.pdf: 1276318 bytes, checksum: 05828c19cce0cc938017a5675f66d9d2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: É bem conhecido que certas moléculas pequenas se agregam através de interações específicas, formando espontaneamente estruturas poliméricas supramoleculares em solução aquosa e orgânica. A formação destas macroestruturas pode alterar significativamente a viscoelasticidade da solução. Essas estruturas diferem dos polímeros por serem sistemas que estão num processo constante de quebra e recombinação numa escala finita de tempo que é dependente das propriedades físico-químicas dos sistemas. No regime semi-diluído verificamos que a adição de pequenas quantidades de álcool benzílico, benzeno, PVA parcialmente hidrolisado e PPO promovem uma perda nas propriedades viscoelásticas dos sistemas de micelas gigantes formadas por brometo de hexadeciltrimetilamônio e salicilato de sódio (CTAB/NaSal). Em solventes orgânicos, estudamos a auto-estruturação de moléculas 2,4-bis(2-etilexilureido) tolueno (EHUT). A adição de etanol e álcool benzílico aos sistemas de EHUT em octano confere a solução uma maior fluidez, que deve estar associada com a destruição parcial de algumas cadeias do polímero supramolecular, devido às interações específicas (ligações de hidrogênio, no caso do grupo OH dos álcoois e entre anéis aromáticos no caso do álcool benzílico). Apesar da significativa alteração reológica, nenhuma mudança estrutural foi observada através de medidas de SANS e Cryo-TEM para ambos os sistemas (CTAB/NaSal e EHUT). No regime diluído, fundamentados no fenômeno de redução de atrito, foi possível avaliar a estabilidade térmica dos polímeros supramoleculares sob fluxo turbulento. Para os sistemas formados por CTAB/NaSal observamos uma temperatura crítica TC onde não se observa redução no nível de turbulência dos sistemas, a qual está associada com a quebra das micelas gigantes em micelas mais curtas ou esféricas. A adição de álcool benzílico e PVA diminui os valores de TC sugerindo uma forte interação desses solutos com as micelas gigantes, diminuindo a estabilidade térmica das mesmas. Foi demonstrado pela primeira vez que uma estrutura supramolecular é capaz de reduzir o atrito hidrodinâmico em um solvente orgânico. Para os sistemas formados por EHUT em octano ou tolueno, verificamos uma perda na redução de atrito associada com a transição da forma tubo para a forma filamento com o aumento de temperatura. A adição de etanol e álcool benzílico nas soluções de EHUT provoca uma quebra nas estruturas da forma tubo e o fenômeno de redução de atrito não pode mais ser observado / Abstract: It¿s very well known that some small molecules can self-assemble spontaneously by specific interactions, forming supramolecular polymer structures in aqueous and organic phases. The formation of those macromolecules can modify expressively the viscoelasticity of the systems. These structures differ from those of polymers, because they can break and reform within a lifetime that is dependent on the physico-chemical properties of the systems. Aqueous solutions of cetyltrimethylammonium and sodium salicilate (CTAB/NaSal) can form wormlike micelles in semi-dilute regime, and we verified that the addition of minute amounts of benzylic alcohol, benzene, partially hydrolyzed PVA and PPO promote a decrease in the viscoelastic properties of the system. In organic solvents it was studied the self-assembly of bis-urea (EHUT) molecules. The addition of ethanol or benzyl alcohol in EHUT/octane systems confers a high fluidity to solutions, which can be associated to the partial destruction of some chains, due to specific interactions (OH in the case of the alcohols and between the aromatic rings in the case of benzyl alcohol). However, no structural changes were observed to CTAB/NaSal, and to EHUT systems by using SANS and Cryo-TEM techniques (in this case to the aqueous system). In dilute regime, the polymers produce hydrodynamic drag reduction under turbulent flow and based in this property, we evaluate the thermal stability of the supramolecular polymers. Systems formed by CTAB/NaSal have showed a critical temperature TC, associated to the limit in which the drag reduction phenomenon is still observed, and beyond this critical temperature, the wormlike micelles is broken into small or spherical micelles. When benzyl alcohol and PVA are added to systems, the TC values decrease, suggesting a strong interaction between those solutes and the surfactants of the wormlike micelles. This work presents the first demonstration of drag reduction in organic solvent by using a self-assembly system. We studied the thermal stability to EHUT in octane and toluene. The increase in the temperature leads a lost in the capability of EHUT to maintain the drag reduction ability, which is associated with the transition of tube to filamentform. The addition of benzyl alcohol and ethanol into EHUT solutions promote a break of the tube form and the drag reduction phenomenon cannot be observed anymore / Doutorado / Físico-Química / Doutor em Ciências

La Nature crée des assemblages, de structure primaire (1D) et secondaire (3D) bien maîtrisées, qui réalisent des fonctions biologiques complexes. Dans ce contexte, notre but est de construire des assemblages supramoléculaires hiérarchiques utilisant des monomères de cyclodextrines (CDs), préparés selon la méthode de polyfonctionnalisation des CDs, développée au laboratoire. L'existance d'équilibres compétitifs (auto-inclusion et dimérisation tête à tête) empêchant l'accès aux polymères supramoléculaires (PS) de plus grande taille, a été démontrée. Ainsi, pour s'affranchir de ces espèces compétitives, une stratégie de pontage a été adoptée. Deux familles de composés (mono- et disubstitués) ont été développées montrant des comportements différents. Les composés monosubstitués forment des oligomères supramoléculaires en solution, tandis qu'un assemblage supramoléculaire hiérarchique à l'état solide (trois niveaux) est obtenu avec les dérivés disubstitués. Par ailleurs, le monomère monosubstitué chargé positivement a conduit à une compaction efficace d'une matrice d'ADN double brin, grâce à l'assistance de l'interaction hydrophobe. D'autre part, dans le but de controler la taille d'un polymère supramoléculaire à base de CD, un monomère possédant deux fonctions orthogonales (hôte-invité et paire de base) a été développé. En présence d'une matrice simple brin, la formation d'un pseudo-duplexe d'ADN a été observée, stabilisé grâce à la synergie de l'interaction hydrophobe et de l'appariement des paires de bases. / Biological macromolecules and their assemblies (such as enzymes or viruses) perform extremely complex functions, thanks to their structural control. Our aim is to mimic such elaborated tools and build synthetic hierarchical assemblies using building blocks of cyclodextrin (CD). Using the known DIBAL-H reactivity for polyfonctionalization of CDs several monomers were prepared containing host-guest and electrostatic interactions. Thus, we demonstrated that a competitive self-inclusion and head to head dimerization prevent the formation of larger species in solution. To overcome this problem, a bridging strategy was used to cap the CD monomer and attach the two functionalized sugar units. This led to two types of building blocks (mono- and di-substituted) that showed different beahaviour. The monosubstituted compounds formed supramolecular oligomers in solution while disubstituted ones led to a hierarchical supramolecular self-assembly in the solid-state. Furthermore, efficient DNA compaction was performed involving hydrophobic interaction as a result of the use of monosubstituted positively charged CD building blocks. On the other hand, a single stranded DNA was used to control the size of CD-based supramolecular polymers. For this purpose, a CD monomer containing a hydrophobic moiety and a trinucleotide was developed. The host-guest and base pair interaction synergy allowed the formation of a stable DNA pseudo-duplex.

La formation de structures nanométriques définies dans l'eau demeure un défi pour les chimistes supramoléculaires. L'interaction entre cyclodextrines beta et adamantane a ici été utilisée pour former des polymères supramoléculaires en solution. L'utilisation d'une structure pontée nous a permis d'éviter la formation de l'espèce auto-incluse et d'augmenter la solubilité de nos dérivés. Les polymères supramoléculaires ont été caractérisés par différentes techniques (ROE, ITC, DOSY, SANS), et forment des espèces linéaires en solution allant jusqu'à 26 unités polymérisées. Celles-ci ont été utilisées pour compacter de l'ADN à des concentrations basses en mettant à profit l'association entre monomères. Un deuxième mécanisme, reposant sur des interactions non spécifiques entre cyclodextrines, a aussi été observé. Enfin, les structures synthétisées ont été utilisées dans la transfection d'ADN plasmidique, mais ne sont pas efficaces. Ce comportement pourrait provenir de leur faible densité de charge. / The synthesis of defined nanometric structures in water remains a challenge for supramolecular chemists. The interaction between adamantane and beta cyclodextrin was thus used to build new supramolecular polymers in solution. The use of a bridged structure enabled us to suppress the self-inclusion phenomenon and to enchance the solubility of our compounds. Supramolecular polymers were characterised using several techniques (ROE, ITC, DOSY, SANS), forming linear species up to 26 polymerised units. These structures were used to condense DNA at low concentrations, taking advantage on their host-guest behavior. Another condensation mechanism was discovered, involving non-specific interactions between cyclodextrins. The same structures were used to transfect plasmidic DNA, but were inefficient. This could be due to their low charge density.

New π-conjugated building blocks (unimers) for metallo-supramolecular polymers (MSPs), whose comprise: (i) substituted phosphole ring surrounded by two thiophene rings as the central block, (ii) 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-4'-yl (tpy) end-groups as ion-selectors, and (iii) different linkers inserted between the central block and tpy end-groups, are described. Chemical and physical properties of those unimers were studied with attention on correlation between properties and structure of unimers. For example the unimer without linkers shows the UV/vis absorption maximum red shifted about 60 to 100 nm compared to bis(tpy)terthiophenes, which proves that replacing of the thiophene with phosphole unit significantly enhances the delocalization of electrons within the unimer molecule and significant area of absorption spectra can be covered. Introduction of linkers (ethynediyl, ethynediyl-thiophene-2,5-diyl, ethynediyl-1,4-phenylene) has a minor effect on the bandgap energy. All prepared unimers underwent self-assembling process with various metal ions (Co2+ , Cu2+ , Fe2+ , Ni2+ and Zn2+ ) resulting into metallo-supramolecular polymers. Three stages of the assembly of unimers into related MSPs were observed and characterized by absorption, fluorescence spectroscopy and size exclusion chromatography: 1)...