The first chapter of this thesis represents the continued development of a general method for the formation of benzo-fused N-heterocycles by formal radical cyclization onto benzene rings. Important stages in this process involve 1) the copper-mediated coupling of various amino alcohols to protected p-iodophenols, 2) carbamate-protection of the resulting aryl secondary amine to allow the following oxidation step, 3) the oxidative formation of quinone ketals as radical acceptors, 4) the radical cyclization of pendant iodo-radical triggers onto the cross-conjugated ketone, and 5) the subsequent aromatization of the resulting products into benzo-fused N-heterocycles. Various protected 2,3-dihydroindolessome of which with 2-substitutionshave been synthesized using this methodology. For some examples, it was necessary to repeat the experiments of a previous group member to obtain publication-quality data. The second chapter describes a new methodology for the formation of regioselectively-substituted benzene rings. Various arene species have been synthesized in p-disubstituted, 1,2,4-trisubstituted and 1,2,3,4-tetrasubstituted arrays. Key steps in the methodology include 1) the synthesis of 1,4-diketones by alkylation of various aldehydes and their subsequent reduction and oxidation, 2) addition of organometallic alkenes to 1,4-diketones to form ring closing metathesis (RCM) precursors, and 3) RCM and subsequent aromatization of these cyclized products by double-dehydration to form the desired substituted benzenes. The macrocycle [12]-paracyclophane has also been synthesized using a modified version of the above methodology.

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Zeolite-supported transition metal catalysts, which couple the unique size- and shape-selectivity arising from the well-defined microporous structure of zeolites with the inherent high activity of metal species, have demonstrated remarkable performance in numerous catalytic reactions. Conventionally, such catalysts are prepared by loading metal species in the micropores of zeolites in the form of clusters (each containing only several atoms). Despite their high catalytic activity, the ultra-small clusters are usually highly mobile, and tend to migrate from the micropores to the crystal surfaces of zeolite during the reaction, where they agglomerate and deactivate. In this dissertation, we attempted to solve this issue by encapsulating metal nanoparticles (NPs) in zeolite crystals, based on the following considerations: (i) compared to clusters, nanoparticles have similar catalytic activity but much less mobility; and (ii) as long as the active sites are inside the zeolite crystals (not necessarily in the micropores that are too small to accommodate nanoparticles), they can exhibit selectivity associated with the zeolite structure. In the first chapter, we gave a general introduction to zeolites and zeolite supported catalysts, focusing on the preparation of hierarchical zeolites that are the main catalyst support materials used in the research projects of this dissertation. In the second chapter, we encapsulated highly dispersed Pd NPs (~2.6 nm) in zeolite ZSM-5 crystals, and used the obtained catalyst (Pd@SG-ZSM-5) for the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde. The confinement effect gave rise to an interesting catalytic behavior: compared with the traditional supported Pd catalyst prepared by impregnation, Pd@SG-ZSM-5 showed a 2.5-fold enhancement in the selectivity of hydrocinnamaldehyde (73% vs. 30%). Liquid adsorption combined with infrared spectroscopy characterization revealed that Pd@SG-ZSM-5 catalyst adsorbs much less reactant and product molecules than traditional catalyst, thereby suppressing the formation of by-products and leading to high selectivity. In chapter three, we developed a new method to encapsulate in situ produced molybdenum carbide (MoCx) in zeolite ZSM-5 for the methane dehydroaromatization (MDA) reaction. In this method, the structure-directing agent used to synthesize hierarchical zeolite ZSM-5 was utilized to reduce molybdenum precursor through a calcination process in an inert atmosphere. The zeolite subsequently underwent a secondary growth process to achieve encapsulation. The catalytic behavior of the as prepared catalyst in MDA consolidate our previous conclusion that MoCx particles outside the microporous channels can also act as the active sites for MDA, whereas it is traditionally viewed that only MoCx clusters inside the micropores are active sites. In addition, the encapsulation strategy allowed us to design experiments to answer one open question related to MDA, namely whether the Brønsted acid (BA) sites of the zeolite play a catalytic role in the conversion of methane to aromatics or only promote the dispersion of the Mo species. We encapsulated MoCx particles, which had proven to be active sites, in pure siliceous zeolite (Silicalite-1) that does not contain BA sites. The catalyst did not exhibit MDA activity even when aromatic compounds were introduced into the system by pre-adsorption or co-feeding, indicating that the BA sites are responsible for the oligomerization/cyclization step during MDA. Finally, in chapter five, we summarized the dissertation and gave our perspectives and outlooks on the further development of encapsulated catalysts based on zeolites.

A new class of pyridine and sulfur containing chiral compounds are synthesized. Camphor sulfonyl chloride is chosen as a valuable chiral starting compound. In our synthetic strategy, sulfonylchloride moiety is first reduced to corresponding thiol compound by using triphenylphosphine and then the resultant thiol will be converted to various alkyl, aryl substituted derivatives. The second part of our strategy includes the pyridine ring construction on the carbonyl side of camphor with the formation of &beta / -hydroxymethylene moiety followed by further reaction with various enamines. The resultant chiral ligands are characterized and used as a chiral ligand in asymmetric transfer of hydrogenation. Also novel class of organocatalysts synthesized from C2-symmetrical chiral diamine backbones and halopyridine derivatives are also synthesized and tested for their performance in kinetic resolution of racemic secondary alcohols. Also, a base mediated aromatization reaction is investigated in terms of both scope and mechanism.

<p>This work studies propene aromatization reaction on H-MFI (Si/Al = 40) and physical mixtures of H-MFI (Si/Al = 40) and PtZn/SiO2 (2 wt% Pt, 3 wt% Zn) at 723 K - 823 K and 3 kPa C3H6. The influence of PtZn alloy (dehydrogenation function) is investigated on the product distribution and selectivity of metal-acid catalyzed propene aromatization. Typical product distribution consists of methane, ethane, ethene, propane, C4-C6 alkanes and alkenes, and benzene, toluene, xylene (BTX). On comparing the BTX carbon selectivity over the two catalysts at first equivalent space velocity and then equivalent propene conversion, higher BTX selectivities are observed on PtZn+H-MFI than H-MFI in both the cases. The higher BTX selectivities were previously attributed in the literature to the dehydrogenation pathway on the metal function. However, space velocity is an inadequate descriptor of reaction progress because the conversion of reactants can be different at same space velocity. Similarly, propene conversion is an incomplete descriptor for reaction progress because intermediates such as ethene and C4-C6 hydrocarbons react to form higher molecular weight hydrocarbons and subsequent aromatics as the reaction progresses. Such reactive hydrocarbons were lumped together as reactive intermediates and the remaining hydrocarbons were classified as non-reactive species or products. When BTX selectivities over PtZn-H-MFI and H-MFI are compared at equivalent temperature and equivalent conversion of all the reactive intermediates, both the catalysts exhibit similar BTX selectivities, suggesting that the presence of the dehydrogenation metal function doesn’t influence the selectivity towards BTX products. Further, we hypothesize cyclohexene as an intermediate in aromatic formation and use cyclohexene conversion as a probe reaction to understand how aromatics are formed over Brønsted acid sites and PtZn alloy. Cyclohexene conversion results at 723 K and 823 K shows the presence of an alternate route of aromatic formation via dehydrogenation of cycloalkenes, and this dehydrogenation pathway has an order of magnitude higher rates than the hydride transfer route on Brønsted acid sites. Further, we propose dominant reaction pathways of C1 – BTX hydrocarbon formation on H-MFI and bifunctional PtZn+H-MFI. Finally, we discuss the implications of using PtZn+H-MFI on developing a commercial propylene aromatization process and provide our recommendations for chemical and fuel production. In summary, these findings reveal previously unknown mechanistic details of metal bifunctionality for propene aromatization catalysis.  </p>

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Mélanger un oxyde de gallium avec une zéolithe H-ZSM-5 donne les mêmes résultats catalytiques en craquage du n-hexane, déshydrogénation du cyclohexane et en aromatisation du propane qu'un catalyseur préparer par échange cationique avec un sel de gallium. En fait, le véritable catalyseur est synthétisé lors du prétraitement sous hydrogène pendant lequel le suboxyde de gallium (Ga2O) issu de la réduction de Ga2O3 réagit avec les sites de Brønsted de la zéolithe pour donner des hydrures de gallium. La réaction de déshydrogénation des alcanes fait intervenir un site catalytique bifonctionnel composé d'un site de Lewis du Ga et d'un site basique généré par l'oxygène de la charpente zéolithique. L'activation du propane se produit sur un hydrure de gallium via un mécanisme de type alkyle. Les aluminosilicates dopés avec Ga sont plus performants que les gallosilicates, ce qui signifie que les espèces de gallium sont plus actives en extra-réseau que dans le réseau de la zéolithe.Le coke généré lors de l'aromatisation du propane est très polyaromatique avec plus de quinze noyaux benzéniques, localisé dans les micropores il s'avère très toxique. La création de mésopores intracristallins sans modifier les propriétés acides de la zéolithe (nombre et force des sites acides) est possible par un traitement alcalin. Leur présence permet de limiter les réactions de transfert d'hydrogène mais est peu efficace pour contrôler la croissance du coke, les mésopores sont mêmes négatifs pour la réaction de déshydrogénation rendant les catalyseurs bifonctionnels hiérarchisés inefficaces en aromatisation du propane ; l'étape cinétiquement limitante pour cette réaction étant la déshydrogénation. / The mixing Ga2O3 with the H-ZSM-5 zeolite yields to the same catalytic performance in n-hexane cracking, cyclohexane dehydrogenation and propane aromatization than a bifunctional catalyst prepared by cationic exchange. The real catalyst appears upon hydrogen pretreatment in which gallium (Ga2O) suboxide that results from Ga2O3 reduction, reacts with the zeolite Brønsted sites to yield to gallium hydrides.The dehydrogenation reaction of alkanes involves a bifunctional catalytic site constituted of a Lewis site (Ga species) and basic site (an oxygen of the zeolite framework). The aluminosilicate catalysts loaded with Ga are more efficient than the gallosilicate catalysts, therefore extraframework gallium species is more active than the framework gallium species.The coke formed during the propane aromatization is very polyaromatic with more than fifteen benzenic rings, is very toxic. The creation of intracrystalline mesopores by alkaline treatment.preserves the acidic properties of the zeolite (number and strength of acidic sites). The mesopores allow limiting the hydrogen transfer reactions but is not very effective for impeding the growth of the coke, the presence of mesopores are even negative for the dehydrogenation reaction making inefficient the hierarchical bifunctional catalysts in propane aromatization; the kinetically limiting step for this reaction being dehydrogenation.

<p>The expanded production of shale gas has increased the desire for developing methods for converting light alkanes, especially propane and ethane, into aromatic species (i.e., benzene, toluene, and xylene). A multi-step process for conversion of light alkanes to aromatics may be developed, where the first stage converts light alkanes into olefins and hydrogen, and the second stage converts olefins to aromatics. However, to determine the viability of this process, better understanding of the performance of olefin aromatization in the presence of equimolar hydrogen is necessary. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Previous studies on the conversion of olefins to aromatics with bifunctional ZSM-5 catalysts have concluded that benzene, toluene, and xylenes (BTX) yields are significantly higher than for ZSM-5 alone. These results were attributed to the presence of a dehydrogenation function of Ga or Zn leading to higher rates of aromatics formation. In this study, a highly active, bifunctional PtZn/SiO2 (1.3 wt% Pt, 2.6 wt% Zn) with H-ZSM-5 (Si/Al = 40) catalyst is investigated for propene aromatization at 723 K and 823 K. At low to moderate propene conversions, in addition to BTX, light alkanes and olefins are produced. Many of these may also be converted to aromatics at higher propene conversion while others are not, for example, light alkanes. When compared at equivalent space velocity and propylene conversion, the bifunctional catalyst has a much higher selectivity to aromatics than ZSM-5; however, when compared at equivalent conversion of all reactive intermediates, the bifunctional catalyst exhibits very similar BTX selectivity. At 723 K, for both ZSM-5 and the bifunctional catalyst, the primary non-reactive by-products are propane and butane. At 823 K, both ZSM-5 and the bifunctional catalyst convert propane and butane to aromatics increasing the aromatic yields, and the by-products are methane and ethane.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Additionally, previous studies have investigated the H-ZSM-5 and Ga/H-ZSM-5 in the absence of H2, which is necessary to understand in order to develop a process for the conversion of light alkanes to aromatics. Herein, proton-form ZSM-5 and Ga modified H-ZSM-5 are compared for propylene aromatization in the presence and absence of equimolar hydrogen at 1.9 kPa and 50 kPa partial pressures. At 1.9 kPa, the presence of H2 is shown to have no impact on the product distribution on H-ZSM-5 or Ga/H-ZSM-5. At 50 kPa, H2 is shown to have no significant impact on H-ZSM-5 and has no impact on Ga/H-ZSM-5 at conversions <80%. Additionally, the addition of Ga to H-ZSM-5 is shown to have no impact on the product distribution in the presence or absence of H2, contrary to previous reports. The disagreement with previous literature stems from previous literature comparing H-ZSM-5 and Ga/H-ZSM-5 at equivalent space velocity rather than equivalent propylene conversion despite previous studies showing that the presence of Ga increases the conversion at equivalent space velocity for olefin aromatization. </p>

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La première partie des travaux présentés dans ce mémoire concerne la synthèse d'hétérocycles à motifs azo (N2) fondée sur une étape clef pallado-catalysée. Il a ainsi été démontré que deux familles d'hétérocycles diazotés étaient sélectivement accessibles à partir de précurseurs communs : des hydrazones C-homo-allyliques. Des cycles mono-insaturés à cinq chaînons de type pyrazoline ou à six chaînons de type tétrahydropyridazine ont été ainsi préparés par réaction de N-vinylation ou N-allylation CH-oxydante intramoléculaire catalysée par des complexes de palladium(II) à ligands phosphines. Il a été montré que l'issue du processus est fonction de la basicité des ligands ioniques (de type X) du sel de palladium(II) précurseur de l'espèce catalytique. L'utilisation de Pd(OAc)2 favorise ainsi la formation de 6-methylidène-1,4,5,6-tétrahydropyridazines via un processus 6-endo/exo trig, alors qu'un complexe plus électrophile [Pd(MeCN)2]X2; X = OTs, OTf conduit aux 5-vinylpyrazolines suivant un processus 5-exo trig. L'efficacité particulière des ligands faiblement donneurs tels que l'imidazolophosphine " BIPHIMIP " a été ici mis en évidence. Les 5-vinylpyrazolines et les 1,4,5,6-tétrahydropyridazines obtenues ont ensuite été sélectivement transformées en leurs dérivés aromatiques respectifs, à savoir des 5-vinylpyrazoles et 6-méthylpyridazines, selon un processus d'isomérisation-élimination séquentiel. L'application de cette méthode de synthèse à des substrats di- et tri-hydrazones C-homo-allyliques a permis d'accéder à des systèmes tri- ou tétra-aromatiques, en particulier à des pyridazylbenzènes analogues des terphényles ou triphénylbenzènes dont les propriétés électroniques d'absorption et de fluorescence ont été systématiquement étudiées. La deuxième partie de ce mémoire est consacrée à l'étude de nouveaux ligands phosphorés à caractère donneur " extrême " tels que des ligands imidazolo- et cyclopropénio-phosphines à caractère donneur particulièrement faible. En série neutre, des ligands mono-, di- et tri-imidazolophosphines ont ainsi été caractérisés et utilisés en catalyse de fonctionnalisation de liaisons CH allyliques pour la préparation d'azo-hétérocycles décrite dans la 1ère partie. En série cationique, des cyclopropéniophosphines de deux types ont été préparées : des bis-diisopropylamino-cyclopropénio(hydroxy)phosphines et des bis-diisopropylamino(dicyclopropénio)phosphines, obtenues par réactions d'une dichloro-phosphine avec un carbène libre de type cyclopropénylidène. La réactivité et la chimie de coordination avec des métaux de transition (Pd, Rh, Au, Cu, Pt) de ces ligands cationiques a été ensuite étudiée. En série bis-diisopropylamino(dicyclopropénio)-P-ter-butyle, un complexe tétranucléaire de palladium dicationique comportant deux ligands phosphido a été isolé. L'élimination du P-substituant ter-butyle a été attribuée à une forte contrainte électrostatique présente au sein du complexe. Enfin, lors de la tentative d'accès à de nouveaux ylures de phosphonium C-substitués par un motif cyclopropényle, un réarrangement original a été observé. Des vinylphosphoniums C-substitués par un hétérocycle à quatre chaînons de type azétidine ont été ainsi obtenus et entièrement caractérisés. / The first part of the work thesis concerns the synthesis of heterocycles with an azo (N2) pattern based on a pallado-catalyzed key step. It has been shown that two families of dinitrogen heterocycles were selectively accessible from the same precursors, namely C-homo-allylic hydrazones. Mono-unsaturated five-membered rings pyrazolines or six-membered tetrahydropyridazines were thus prepared by N-vinylation or N-allylation through CH-oxidative intramolecular reaction catalyzed by palladium(II) complexes with phosphine ligands. It was shown that the outcome of the process depends on the basicity of the ionic ligands (of type X) of the palladium(II) salt precursor of the catalytic species. The use of Pd(OAc)2 was thus found to promote the formation of 6-methylidene-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridazines via a 6-endo/exo-trig process, while a more electrophilic complex [Pd(MeCN)2X2]; X = OTs, OTf, lead to 5-vinylpyrazolines via a 5-exo trig process. The particular efficiency of weakly donating ligands such as the imidazolophosphine "BIPHIMIP" has been highlighted here. The obtained 5-vinylpyrazolines and 1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridazines were then selectively derivatized to their respective aromatic analogues, namely 5-vinylpyrazoles and 6-methylpyridazines, through a sequential isomerization-elimination process. Application of this synthesis method to di- and tri- C-homo-allylic hydrazone substrated allowed access to tri- or tetra-aromatic systems, in particular to poly-pyridazine analogues of terphenyls or triphenylbenzenes whose absorption and fluorescence properties have been systematically studied. The second part of the thesis is focused on the study of novel phosphorus ligands with "extreme" donor character. In particular, imidazolo- and cyclopropenio-phosphine ligands with a particularly weak donor character have been synthetized. In the neutral series, mono-, di- and tri-imidazolophosphines have been characterized and used in catalysis of allylic C-H bond functionalisation for the preparation of azo-heterocycles described in the first part. In the cationic series, two types of cyclopropeniophosphines were prepared: the bis-diisopropylamino-cyclopropenio(hydroxymethyl) phosphines and the bis-diisopropylamino-(dicyclopropenio)phosphines, obtained by reaction of a dichlorophosphine with a free carbene of the cyclopropenylidene type. The reactivity and coordination chemistry of the latter cationic ligands with transition metals (Pd, Rh, Au, Cu) were then studied. In the bis-diisopropylamino(dicyclopropenio)-P-tert-butyl series, a dicationic tetranuclear complex of palladium with two phosphido ligands was isolated. The elimination of the P-tert-butyl substituent was attributed to a strong electrostatic constraint within the complex. Finally, when trying to access novel electron-rich phosphonium ylides C-substituted by a cyclopropenyl moiety, an original rearrangement was observed. Vinylphosphoniums C-substituted by a four-membered heterocycle of the azetidine type have thus been obtained and fully characterized.