Submitted by Biblioteca do Instituto de Física (bif@ndc.uff.br) on 2017-07-06T19:06:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 tese.pdf: 4548404 bytes, checksum: f3c3be1c9d5bbc0d098d37be6674bd4b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-06T19:06:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese.pdf: 4548404 bytes, checksum: f3c3be1c9d5bbc0d098d37be6674bd4b (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana / Neste trabalho, utilizamos cálculos de primeiros princípios baseados na Teoria do Funcional da Densidade (DFT - Density Functional Theory) para investigar a estabilidade energética e as propriedades magnéticas de compostos químicos. Foram estudados os complexos com metais de transição contendo radicais do tipo nitronilnitróxido [M(II)(Phtfac)2(NITpPy)2] [M = Co, Mn] e [M(II)(NITmPy)2(DMSO)2] [M = Cu, Ni, Co], bem como o silicato de cobre Na2Cu5(Si2O7)2. A partir do cálculo da energia total, determinamos a configuração de equilíbrio para os cinco complexos metálicos e os valores das constantes de acoplamento. Além disso, foram obtidas também as respectivas distribuições de densidade de magnetização, fundamentais para entender os mecanismos de acoplamento magnético nesse tipo de sistema. Para o silicato de cobre, cujos responsáveis pelas propriedades magnéticas são cadeias alternadas de trímeros e dímeros, calculamos a energia total das 32 configurações possíveis; determinamos o estado fundamental e as constantes de acoplamento magnético. / In this work we use first principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the energy stability and the magnetic of chemical compounds. We studied the transition metal complexes with nitronyl nitroxide radical M(II)(P[htfac)2(NITpPy)2] [M = Co, Mn] and [M(NITmPy)2(DMSO)2] [M = Cu, Ni, Co], as well as the copper silicate Na2Cu5(Si2O7)2. By calculating the total energy, we determine the equilibrium configuration for the five metal complexes and the values of coupling constants. Moreover, we obtained their magnetization density distributions, fundamental for understanding the mechanisms of magnetic coupling in this type of system. For the copper silicate, whose magnetic properties are responsible for alternate chains of dimers and trimers, we calculate the total energy of the 32 possible configurations and determine the ground state and magnetic coupling constants.

Ces travaux de thèse portent sur la polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée (PRC) des esters et amides de vinyle. L’une des possibilités de contrôle est le piégeage dynamique réversible des chaînes radicalaires croissantes (P•) par un agent de contrôle (T) formant une espèce dormante (P─T’). La concentration en radicaux dans le milieu peut alors diminuer dramatiquement de sorte que les réactions indésirables de terminaisons soient négligeables et que le contrôle de la masse molaire des polymères soit atteint avec un faible indice de dispersité. L’utilisation de complexes métalliques, pouvant s’oxider et former une liaison métal-carbone, comme agent de piégeage des radicaux est une manière de réaliser ce contrôle. La PRC est alors appelée Polymérisation Radicalaire Contrôlée par voie Organométallique (OMRP). A ce jour, plusieurs métaux de transitions ont été utilisés avec plus ou moins de succès en OMRP. Lors de cette étude, nous avons synthétisé des complexes de cuivre(I) et testé leurs performances pour l’OMRP de l’acétate de vinyle et de l’éthylène. Nous avons également utilisé des outils de chimie théorique pour mieux comprendre pourquoi le cobalt(II) acétylacétonate est, jusqu’à aujourd’hui, le meilleur agent de contrôle pour la polymérisation de l’acétate de vinyle et des amides de vinyle. Grâce à la théorie de la fonctionnelle de densité (DFT), nous avons mis en lumière le rôle crucial de la coordination sur le cobalt des groupements carbonyles des monomères étudiés. / This thesis focus on Controlled Radical Polymerization (CRP) of vinyl esters and vinyl amides. One of the possibilities to achieve this control is a dynamic reversible trapping of the growing radical chains (P•) by a controlling agent (T) to form a dormant species (P─T’). The radical concentration in the medium can be dramatically reduced so that the unwanted terminations are disfavored and polymers with controlled molecular weights and low dispersity can be obtained. A way to achieve this control is the use of metallic complexes, which can oxidize and form a metal-carbon bond, as trapping agent in the so-called Organometallic Mediated Radical Polymerization (OMRP). So far, different transition metals have been used with gretaer or smaller success. In this study, the synthesis of copper(I) complexes and their investigation for the vinyl acetate and ethylene polymerization under OMRP conditions were performed. We also used computational chemistry as a tool to better understand why the cobalt(II) acetylacetonate (Co(acac)2) has, so far, given the best results for either vinyl acetate or vinyl amides polymerization. Thanks to Density Functional Theory (DFT), the crucial role of the monomer carbonyl group coordination to cobalt was pointed out.

En combinant expérimentations et calculs ab initio, nous proposons une étude rationnelle des mécanismes de désoxygénation de molécules modèles pertinentes (heptanoate d'éthyle et heptanal) afin de fournir des guides pour définir des systèmes catalytiques optimaux pour l'hydrotraitement de matières premières renouvelables (huiles végétales, graisses animales). L'hydrotraitement d'huiles végétales, par la réaction de désoxygénation, est une voie alternative à la transestérification et peut être envisagée pour obtenir une base gazole de haute qualité. La transformation des composés oxygénés modèles a été étudiée sous une pression totale de 1.5 MPa, à une température de 523 K, dans un réacteur à lit fixe en présence de différents sulfures de métaux de transition massiques (SMT). Cette étude a mis en évidence l'influence de la nature phase sulfure sur la sélectivité des voies de désoxygénation (hydrodésoxygénation (HDO) et/ou décarbonylation/ décarboxylation (DCO)) ainsi que la réactivité particulière du sulfure de rhodium lors de la transformation de l'heptanoate d'éthyle. À l'inverse, quelle que soit la phase sulfure utilisée, la transformation de l'heptanal suit principalement la voie HDO. Dans nos conditions réactionnelles, l'heptanal a été identifié comme un intermédiaire de cette voie de désoxygénation. L'effet promoteur du cobalt et du nickel sur l'activité du sulfure de molybdène monométallique a été observé lors de la transformation de l'heptanal. La relation entre les activités en désoxygénation et en HDO et l'énergie de liaison métal-soufre (E(MS)) calculée ab initio des solides suit une courbe en volcan. Le sulfure mixte NiMoS (0.43), qui présente une E(MS) intermédiaire (127 kJ.mol-1), est le SMT le plus actif pour les deux réactions. Le catalyseur bimétallique CoMoS (0.1) présente la sélectivité HDO/DCO la plus élevée. À l'aide des résultats catalytiques et de calculs ab initio, deux mécanismes réactionnels sont proposés pour les voies de réactions HDO et DCO / By combining well defined experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we propose a rational understanding of the deoxygenation mechanisms of relevant oxygenate molecules (ethyl heptanoate and heptanal) so as to provide guides to define optimal catalytic systems for the hydrotreating of renewable feedstocks (vegetable oils, animals fats). The hydrotreatment of vegetable oils, with the deoxygenation reaction, is an alternative route to transesterification and can be used to obtain high quality diesel. The transformation of oxygenated model compounds was studied under a total pressure of 1.5 MPa, at 523 K, in a fixed bed reactor over various unsupported transition metal sulfide catalytic phases (TMS). Results have shown the influence of the sulfide phase on the selectivity for deoxygenation reaction (hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) and/or decarbonylation/ decarboxylation (DCO)) and the specific reactivity of the rhodium sulfide for the transformation of ethyl heptanoate. The study of the transformation of heptanal shows the reaction of deoxygenation is preferentially following the HDO pathway over all the catalysts. In our reaction conditions, heptanal was identified as a reaction intermediate of this deoxygenation pathway. The promoting effect of cobalt and nickel on the activity of monometallic molybdenum sulphide was observed for the transformation of heptanal. The relation between the deoxygenation and HDO rates and the ab initio calculated sulphur-metal bond energy E(MS) in the bulk TMS is following a volcano curve. Bimetallic sulfide NiMoS (0.43), with an intermediate E(MS) (127 kJ.mol-1), is found as the most active TMS for both reactions. The maximum of the HDO/DCO selectivity is obtained for the mixed catalyst CoMoS (0.1). Thanks to catalytic results and ab initio calculations, two reaction pathways are proposed for HDO and DCO reactions

Ce manuscrit aborde plusieurs interactions / réactions chimiques importantes se produisant dans la soluton en utilisant la calorimétrie par titrage isothermique (ITC) et la théorie de la densité fonctionnelle statique (DFT). Cette thèse porte son attention notamment sur : l'association de paires de Lewis (frustrées) ((F)LPs), la migration cis du groupe méthyle au sein du pentaméthylmanganèse induit par les phosphines, l'aminolyse de carbènes de Fischer, l'insertion d'alcynes dans des palladacycles, l'affinité de divers donneurs de Lewis à l’hexafluoroisopropanol. L'ITC s'est révélé être une technique expérimentale puissante pour obtenir des données thermochimiques fiables sur les systèmes étudiés. Les calculs statiques DFT-D ont montré une capacité d’estimation correcte des paramètres de réaction thermodynamique lorsque l’influence de la solvatation n’est pas significative. Autrement, lorsque l’influence du solvant est apparente, les calculs ne permettent pas de reproduire les résultats expérimentaux. En plus, les résultats expérimentaux et théoriques révèlent l’existence d’ensembles moléculaires plus grandes dans la solution de FLP, soulignant le rôle des interactions non covalentes. / This manuscript adressed several important chemical interactions/reactions taking place in solutuon by using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) and static Density Functional Theory (DFT). Namely, this thesis dealt with: association of (frustrated) Lewis pairs ((F)LPs), cis-migration of methyl group within pentamethylmanganese induced by phosphines, aminolysis of Fischer carbenes, insertion of alkynes into palladacycles, affinity of various Lewis donors to hexafluoroisopropanol. The ITC proved to be powerful experimental technique for obteining reliable thermochemical data of sutudied systems. The static DFT-D calculations showed capability for proper estiamtion of thermodynamic reaction parameters when an influence of solvation is not sighnificant. Otherwise, when the influence of solvent is not innocent, the calculations moslty failed to reproduce the experimantal results. In addition, Both the experimantal and therortical results revield existance of larger molecular clusters in solution of FLPs emphasising a role of non-covalent interactions.

Aluminas have had some form of chemical and industrial use throughout history. For little over a century corundum (α-Al2O3) has been the most widely used and known of the aluminas. The emerging metastable aluminas, including the γ, δ, η, θ, κ, β, and χ polymorphs, have been growing in importance. In particular, γ-Al2O3 has received wide attention, with established use as a catalyst and catalyst support, and growing application in wear abrasives, structural composites, and as part of burner systems in miniature power supplies. It is also growing in importance as part of the feedstock for aluminium production in order to affect both the adsorption of hydrogen fluoride and the feedstock solubility in the electrolytic solution. However, much ambiguity surrounds the precise structure of γ-Al2O3. Without proper knowledge of the structure, understanding the properties, dynamics and applications will always be less than optimal. The aim of this research was to contribute towards settling this ambiguity. This work was achieved through extensive computer simulations of the structure, based on interatomic potentials with refinements of promising structures using density functional theory (DFT), and a wide range of supporting experiments. In addition to providing a more realistic representation of the structure, this research has also served to advance knowledge of the evolution of the structure with changing temperature and make new insights regarding the location of hydrogen in γ-Al2O3. / Both the molecular modelling and Rietveld refinements of neutron diffraction data showed that the traditional cubic spinel-based structure models, based on m Fd3 space group symmetry, do not accurately describe the defect structure of γ-Al2O3. A more accurate description of the structure was provided using supercells of the cubic and tetragonal unit cells with a significant number of cations on c symmetry positions. These c symmetry based structures exhibited diffraction patterns that were characteristic of γ-Al2O3. The first three chapters of this Thesis provide a review of the literature. Chapter One provides a general introduction, describing the uses and importance of the aluminas and the problems associated with determining the structure of γ-Al2O3. Chapter Two details the research that has been conducted on the structure of vi γ-Al2O3 historically. Chapter Three describes the major principles behind the computational methods employed in this research. In Chapter Four, the specific experimental and computational techniques used to investigate the structure of γ-Al2O3 are described. All preparation conditions and parameters used are provided. Chapter Five describes the methodology employed in computational and experimental research. The examination of the ~ 1.47 billion spinel-based structural possibilities of γ-Al2O3, described using supercells, and the selection of ~ 122,000 candidates for computer simulation, is detailed. This chapter also contains a case study of the structure of κ-Al2O3, used to investigate the applicability of applying interatomic potentials to solving complex structures, where many possibilities are involved, and to develop a systematic procedure of computational investigation that could be applied to γ-Al2O3. Chapters Six to Nine present and discuss the results from the experimental studies. / Preliminary heating trials, performed to determine the appropriate preparation conditions for obtaining a highly crystalline boehmite precursor and an appropriate calcination procedure for the systematic study of γ-Al2O3, were presented in Chapter Six. Chapter Seven details the investigation of the structure from a singletemperature case. Several known structural models were investigated, including the possibility of a dual-phase model and the inclusion of hydrogen in the structure. It was demonstrated that an accurate structural model cannot be achieved for γ-Al2O3 if the cations are restricted to spinel positions. It was also found that electron diffraction patterns, typical for γ-Al2O3, could be indexed according to the I41/amd space group, which is a maximal subgroup of m Fd3 . Two models were presented which describe the structure more accurately; Cubic-16c, which describes cubic γ-Al2O3 and Tetragonal-8c, which describes tetragonal γ-Al2O3. The latter model was found to be a better description for the γ-Al2O3 samples studied. Chapter Eight describes the evolution of the structure with changing calcination temperature. Tetragonal γ-Al2O3 was found to be present between 450 and 750 °C. The structure showed a reduction in the tetragonal distortion with increasing temperature but at no stage was cubic γ-Al2O3 obtained. Examination of the progress of cation migration indicates the reduction in the tetragonal nature is due to ordering within inter-skeletal oxygen layers of the unit cell, left over from the breakdown of the hydroxide layers of boehmite when the transformation to γ-Al2O3 occurred. Above 750 °C, δ-Al2O3 was not observed, but a new phase was identified and designated γ.-Al2O3. / The structure of this phase was determined to be a triple cell of γ-Al2O3 and is herein described using the 2 4m P space group. Chapter Nine investigates the presence of hydrogen in the structure of γ-Al2O3. It was concluded that γ-Al2O3 derived from highly crystalline boehmite has a relatively well ordered bulk crystalline structure which contains no interstitial hydrogen and that hydrogen-containing species are located at the surface and within amorphous regions, which are located in the vicinity of pores. Expectedly, the specific surface area was found to decrease with increasing calcination temperature. This trend occurred concurrently with an increase in the mean pore and crystallite size and a reduction in the amount of hydrogen-containing species within the structure. It was also demonstrated that γ-Al2O3 derived from highly crystalline boehmite has a significantly higher surface area than expected, attributed to the presence of nano-pores and closed porosity. The results from the computational study are presented and discussed in Chapter Ten. Optimisation of the spinel-based structural models showed that structures with some non-spinel site occupancy were more energetically favourable. However, none of the structural models exhibited a configuration close to those determined from the experimental studies. Nor did any of the theoretical structures yield a diffraction pattern that was characteristic of γ-Al2O3. This discrepancy between the simulated and real structures means that the spinel-based starting structure models are not close enough to the true structure of γ-Al2O3 to facilitate the derivation of its representative configuration. / Large numbers of structures demonstrate migration of cations to c symmetry positions, providing strong evidence that c symmetry positions are inherent in the structure. This supports the Cubic-16c and Tetragonal-8c structure models presented in Chapter Seven and suggests that these models are universal for crystalline γ-Al2O3. Optimisation of c symmetry based structures, with starting configurations based on the experimental findings, resulted in simulated diffraction patterns that were characteristic of γ-Al2O3.

<p>Quantum chemical methods have been used to provide a better understanding of the photochemistry of astaxanthin and phytochromobilin; the photoenzymic repair of UV-light induced DNA damages; and the formation of lignin. </p><p>The carotenoid astaxanthin (AXT) is responsible for the colouration of lobster shell. In solution, the electronic absorption spectra of AXT peak in the 470-490 nm region, corresponding to an orange-red colouration. Upon binding to the lobster-shell protein-complex α-crustacyanin, the absorption maximum is shifted to 632 nm, yielding a slate-blue colouration. Herein, the structural origin of this bathochromic shift is investigated on the basis of recent experimental work.</p><p>The tetrapyrrole phytochromobilin (PΦB) underlies the photoactivation of the plant photoreceptor phytochrome. Upon absorption of 660-nm light, PΦB isomerizes from a C15-<i>Z,syn</i> configuration (in the inactive form of the protein) to C15-<i>E,anti</i> (in the active form). In this work, a reaction mechanism for this isomerization is proposed. </p><p>DNA photolyases are enzymes that repair DNA damages resulting from far-UV-light induced [2+2] cycloaddition reactions involving pyrimidine nucleobases. The catalytic activity of these enzymes is initiated by near-UV and visible light, and is governed by electron transfer processes between a catalytic cofactor of the enzyme and the DNA lesions. Herein, an explanation for the experimental observation that the repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) – the major type of lesion – proceeds by electron transfer from the enzyme to the dimer is presented. Furthermore, the formation of CPD is studied.</p><p>Lignin is formed by dehydrogenative polymerization of hydroxycinnamyl alcohols. A detailed understanding of the polymerization mechanism and the factors controlling the outcome of the polymerization is, however, largely missing. Quantum chemical calculations on the initial dimerization step have been performed in order to gain some insight into these issues.</p>

<p>This thesis is divided into two parts. In the first part we study thermodynamics of the two-dimensional Heisenberg ferromagnet with dipolar interaction. This interaction breaks the conditions of the Mermin-Wagner theorem, resulting in a finite transition temperature. Our calculations are done within the framework of the self-consistent spin-wave theory (SSWT), which is modified in order to include the dipolar interaction. Both quantum and classical versions of the Heisenberg model are considered.</p><p>The second part of the thesis investigates the chemical bonding in solids from the first principles calculations. A new chemical bonding indicator called balanced crystal orbital overlap population (BCOOP) is developed. BCOOP is less basis set dependent than the earlier indicators and it can be used with full-potential density-functional theory (DFT) codes. We apply BCOOP formalism to the chemical bonding in the high-T_c superconductor MgB2 and the theoretically predicted MAX phase Nb3SiC2. We also study how the chemical bonding results in a repulsive hydrogen–hydrogen interaction in metal hydrides. The role of this interaction in the structural phase transition in Ti3SnHx is investigated.</p>

<p>Theoretical investigations of spectroscopic and magnetic properties of metallic systems in the bulk, as well as in nanostructured materials, have been performed within the density functional theory. The major part of the present work studies the differences between binding energies of electrons tightly bound to the atoms, the so-called core electrons (in contrast with the valence electrons), that is, core-level binding energy shift (CLS). </p><p>By comparison between corresponding elemental core-levels for atoms situated in different chemical environments we obtain fundamental understanding of bonding properties of materials. The method of choice was the complete screening picture, which includes initial and final state effects on the same footing. The usefulness of CLS stems from that it is sensitive to differences in the chemical environment of an atom, which can be affected on one hand by the global composition of e.g. disordered materials, surfaces and interfaces, and on the other hand by the very local environment around an atom. Here CLSs have been obtained for both components in the fcc random alloys AgPd, CuPd, CuNi, CuPt, CuAu, PdAu, NiPd and NiPt. Moreover the model was extended to the Auger kinetic energy shift for the LMM Auger transition in AgPd alloys. Studies were also applied to the near surface and interface regions of PdMn nano structures on Pd(100), thin CuPd and AgPd films on inert Ru(0001), and at interfaces. The disorder broadening on CLS due to local environment effects was calculated in selected alloys.</p><p>A part of the thesis concern investigations related to the magnetic ordering in Invar alloys, including the influence of local environment effects. A study was made for the dependence of effective exchange parameter on the electron concentration, volume and local chemical composition.</p>

<p>Quantum chemical calculations have been performed to investigate radical cation rearrangement, radical carbonylation, and homolytic substitution reactions of organic molecules.</p><p>The rearrangement of the bicyclopropylidiene radical cation to the tetramethyleneethane radical cation is predicted to proceed with stepwise disrotatory opening of the two rings. Each ring opening is found to be combined with a striking pyramidalization of a carbon atom in the central bond.</p><p>The isomerization of the norbornadiene radical cation to the cycloheptatriene radical cation (<b>CHT</b><b>.+</b>), initialized by opening of a bridgehead–methylene bond, is investigated. The most favorable path involves concerted rearrangement to the norcaradiene radical cation followed by ring opening to <b>CHT</b><b>.+</b>. The barrier of this channel is found to be significantly reduced upon substitution of the methylene group with C(CH₃)₂.</p><p>Stepwise mechanisms are predicted to be favored over concerted isomerization for the McLafferty rearrangement of the radical cations of butanal and 3-fluorobutanal. The barrier for the concerted rearrangement is found to be lowered by 17.2 kcal/mol upon substitution, a result which is rationalized by the calculated dipole moments and atomic charges.</p><p>Recent experiments showed that photoinitiated carbonylation of alkyl iodides with [¹¹C]carbon monoxide may be significantly enhanced by using small amounts of ketones that have nπ* character of their excited triplet state. DFT calculations show the feasibility of an atom transfer type mechanism, proposed to explain these observations. Moreover, the computational results rationalize the observed differences in yield when using various alcohol solvents.</p><p>Finally, following photolysis of methyliodide, recent electron spin resonance spectroscopy experiments demonstrated that the S_H2 reaction ^•CD₃ + SiD₃CH₃ → CD₃SiD₃ + ^•CH₃ proceeds with high selectivity over the energetically more favorable D abstraction. The role of geometrical effects, especially the formation of prereactive complexes between methylsilane and methyliodide is studied, and a plausible explanation for the experimentally observed paradox is presented.</p>

Quantum chemical methods have been used to provide a better understanding of the photochemistry of astaxanthin and phytochromobilin; the photoenzymic repair of UV-light induced DNA damages; and the formation of lignin. The carotenoid astaxanthin (AXT) is responsible for the colouration of lobster shell. In solution, the electronic absorption spectra of AXT peak in the 470-490 nm region, corresponding to an orange-red colouration. Upon binding to the lobster-shell protein-complex α-crustacyanin, the absorption maximum is shifted to 632 nm, yielding a slate-blue colouration. Herein, the structural origin of this bathochromic shift is investigated on the basis of recent experimental work. The tetrapyrrole phytochromobilin (PΦB) underlies the photoactivation of the plant photoreceptor phytochrome. Upon absorption of 660-nm light, PΦB isomerizes from a C15-Z,syn configuration (in the inactive form of the protein) to C15-E,anti (in the active form). In this work, a reaction mechanism for this isomerization is proposed. DNA photolyases are enzymes that repair DNA damages resulting from far-UV-light induced [2+2] cycloaddition reactions involving pyrimidine nucleobases. The catalytic activity of these enzymes is initiated by near-UV and visible light, and is governed by electron transfer processes between a catalytic cofactor of the enzyme and the DNA lesions. Herein, an explanation for the experimental observation that the repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) – the major type of lesion – proceeds by electron transfer from the enzyme to the dimer is presented. Furthermore, the formation of CPD is studied. Lignin is formed by dehydrogenative polymerization of hydroxycinnamyl alcohols. A detailed understanding of the polymerization mechanism and the factors controlling the outcome of the polymerization is, however, largely missing. Quantum chemical calculations on the initial dimerization step have been performed in order to gain some insight into these issues.