Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-02-15T17:02:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2009 - William Pereira.pdf: 3794972 bytes, checksum: 64fbf9758bbf44329031caf3b369b79a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-15T17:02:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2009 - William Pereira.pdf: 3794972 bytes, checksum: 64fbf9758bbf44329031caf3b369b79a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-10-22 / CAPES / The present study has two specific phases: Early, was studied the isathine irradiation with the presence of diisopropil-phosphoril-dimethylidrazone (diisopfh), in chloroform, at room temperature and 300nm. The structure of photo-product was elucidated by GC/MS, IR, NMR 1H, 13C and 31P, as well as hety-cosy, homo-cosy and other techniques. The proposal mechanism involve a bi-radical from triplet excited state of isathine that react with C=N of the diisopfh and has a ring expansion. The successive pass would be thermal and with propanone elimination, as thermal rearrangement on phosphoric derivates described in the literature. In a second phase was studied, by Laser Flash Photolysis, the kinetic effect of the six aromatic derived of phosphoril-hidrazone (H, p-Cl, p-NO2, p-CN, p-NMe2 e p-CO2H) on the triplet excited state of four aromatic ketones: Xanthone, Tioxanthone, Benzophenone and Benzyl. The observed process to quencher, in all cases, was energy transference, because the rate constants are in the order of 1010M-1s-1. In this form was possible to estimate the energy of triplet excited state of these six phosphoril-hidrazone derivates. / O presente estudo divide-se em duas etapas bem distintas: Inicialmente, estudou-se a irradia??o de isatina na presen?a de diisopropil-dimetilfosforilidrazona (diisopfh) em clorof?rmio, a temperatura ambiente e comprimento de onda de 300nm. H? forma??o de um produto majorit?rio cujo peso molecular corresponde ? soma dos reagentes, diminu?do de 58g/mol. A estrutura deste produto foi elucidada por CG/EM, IV e RMN de 1H, 13C e 31P, al?m de t?cnicas como homocosy, hetycosy e outros. Prop?e-se um mecanismo via bi-radical formado a partir do estado excitado triplete da isatina com a liga??o C=N do composto diisopfh e conseq?ente expans?o do anel isat?nico; levando ? forma??o de um prov?vel produto fotoqu?mico prim?rio resultante de cicloadi??o. Numa segunda etapa, por processo t?rmico de elimina??o de propanona, similar a processo descrito na literatura por Olah, levaria a forma??o do fotoproduto detectado (derivado fosforil-benzodiazep?nico). Numa segunda etapa, estudou-se, por Fot?lise por Pulso de laser, o efeito cin?tico da presen?a de seis derivados arom?ticos de fosforilidrazona (H, p-Cl, p-NO2, p-CN, p-N (CH3)2 e p-CO2H) sobre o estado excitado triplete de quatro cetonas arom?ticas: tioxantona, xantona, benzofenona e benzil, todos em solu??o de acetonitrila. As constantes de velocidades obtidas (da ordem de difus?o da acetonitrila 1,9x1010 M-1s-1) indicam que o processo de supress?o de estado excitado se faz por transfer?ncia de energia. Desta forma foi poss?vel estimar a energia de estado excitado triplete destes derivados arom?ticos de fosforilidrazona.

Un très grand nombre de représentations a été proposé pour modéliser la liaison chimique, mais les structures de Lewis en particulier sont largement utilisées par la communauté des chimistes expérimentateurs. Les méthodes théoriques se développant sur des structures chimiques claires de type Lewis sont essentiellement utilisées pour la description des états fondamentaux. Par ailleurs, la majorité des chimistes théoriciens utilise des orbitales moléculaires pour décrire les état excités, et manque ainsi de lisibilité. Les états excités sont difficiles à prédire, il convient donc d’utiliser un langage simple pour aboutir à une compréhension commune de ces états. Nous proposons dans cette thèse deux méthodes afin d'accéder aux états excités décrits sur des structures facilement lisibles. D’abord, une méthode de projection permettant de développer un état excité en structure chimique claire de type VB. Cette méthode est rapide car elle ne diagonalise pas d’Hamiltonien VB et elle calcule un taux de confiance servant de garde-fou pour juger la fiabilité de la description de l’état excité. Ensuite, une méthode itérative utilisant un Hamiltonien Super-IC optimise des orbitales VB pour un état excité. Cette méthode couplée à la méthode de projection ouvre un passage vers une compréhension simple des états excités. / A large number of chemical representations has been proposed to model the chemical bond, but in particular Lewis structures are widely used by the experimenters community. The theoretical methods on developing the clear chemical Lewis structures are mainly used for the description of the ground states. Moreover, the majority of theoretical chemists uses molecular orbitals to describe the excited states, and thus lacks clarity. The excited states are difficult to predict, it is appropriate to use simple language to reach a common understanding of these states. We propose in this thesis two methods to access the excited states described on easily readable structures. First, a projection method developing an excited state in clear chemical structure type VB. This method is fast because it does not VB Hamiltonian diagonalizes and calculates a trust factor for a safeguard to judge the description of the excited state. Then an iterative method using a Super-CI Hamiltonian to optimize VB orbitals to an excited state. This method coupled with the projection method opens a way to a simple understanding of the excited states.

La réponse linéaire de la théorie de la fonctionnelle de la densité dépendante du temps est étudiée dans le cadre du formalisme d'ondelettes du code BigDFT, qui permet d'exprimer les fonctions d'onde électroniques sur une grille de simulation dans l'espace réel. L'objectif est de déterminer un spectre d'excitations de référence pour un système et un potentiel d'échange-corrélation donnés.Il apparaît que seule une partie du spectre, concernant les transitions entre orbitales liées, peut être facilement amenée à convergence par rapport aux paramètres d'entrée de BigDFT, que sont l'extension de la grille de simulation et le nombre d'orbitales du continuum qui sont considérées pour le calcul des spectres. L'énergie de la dernière orbitale inoccupée utilisée dans les calculs se révèle d'ailleurs être un paramètre plus important que ce nombre d'orbitales inoccupées. La justification vient de l'étude de la complétude des bases formées par les orbitales de l'état fondamental du système. Tout ceci permet de porter un regard neuf sur les résultats obtenus avec le formalisme à base gaussienne, tel qu'implémenté dans le code NWChem.En ce qui concerne la convergence du spectre de plus haute énergie, concernant des transitions entre orbitales occupées et orbitales inoccupées du continuum, l'espoir d'une convergence se heurte au problème du tassement du continuum. Il faut alors songer à une manière différente de capter l'information contenue dans ce continuum.Le formalisme des états résonants, dont les fondements ont été posés lors de la première moitié du XXème siècle, est une piste très encourageante pour cela. Une étude préliminaire dans le cas du puits de potentiel carré à une dimension est donc présentée. La première étape a consisté en la détermination de ces états résonants, dont les énergies et fonctions d'onde sont complexes. Une normalisation a notamment pu leur être attribuée. Il est ensuite montré, sous certaines conditions, que la base formée par les états propres de ce potentiel, dont une partie est constituée par les états du continuum, peut être efficacement remplacée par une base discrète et complète faite d'états résonants. Des applications numériques montreront qu'ils peuvent être avantageusement utilisés pour définir la fonction de Green ou encore calculer la propagation temporelle d'un paquet d'onde. / The linear response on the time-dependent density functional theory is studied in the wavelets formalism used in the BigDFT code, that allows the representations of electronic wave-functions on a simulation grid in real space. The goal of this study is to determine a reference excitation spectrum for a given system and exchange-correlation potential.It appears that only one part of the spectrum can be easily brought to convergence with respect to the input parameters of BigDFT, which are the simulation grid extension and the number of unoccupied continuum orbitals considered in the spectrum calculation. The energy of the last unoccupied orbital used actually proves to be more important as a parameter than this number of unoccupied orbitals. This is justified by the study of the completeness of the basis sets made of the ground state orbitals of the system. This gives another point of view regarding spectrum obtained by using the Gausian basis sets formalism, as the one implemented in the code NWChem.As to the convergence of the spectrum at higher energy, concerning transitions between occupied orbitals and unoccupied orbitals of the continuum, the hope for a convergence faces the problem of the continuum collapse. One therefore has to think of another way of retrieving the data contained in this continuum.The resonant states formalism, whose foundations were laid in the first half of the 20th century, is very encouraging in this regard. A preliminary study in the case of the one-dimension square well potential is therefore presented. The first step consisted in the determination of these resonant states, whose energies and wavefunctions are complex valued in general. Their normalization was also clearly defined. It is then shown, under certain conditions, that the basis set formed by the eigenstates of this potential, including the continuum states, can be efficiently replaced by a discrete and complete basis set made of resonant states. Numerical applications also show that these states can also be advantageously used to define the Green's function or even compute the time propagation of a wavepacket.

Electron transfer is one of the fundamental process occurring in many chemical reactions. Electron transfer process has been under intensive study for many applications, for example artificial photosynthesis, where electrons from photo-excited chromophore molecules are harnessed to produce solar fuels in various forms. Transition metal complexes, such as ruthenium and rhenium complexes, play an important role in the continuing development of artificial photosynthetic devices. The electron transfer process in chromophores involving transition metal complexes often occurs on an ultrafast time scale from sub-ps to ns. To resolve such dynamics, ultrafast spectroscopic techniques are required. A variety of ultrafast techniques, such as time-resolved infrared spectroscopy and multi-pulse transient absorption spectroscopy, were used in this study to unravel the excited state electron transfer dynamics in a series of Re(I) complexes. Transition metal complexes often feature excited states that involve only partial electron transfer between the electron donating and accepting ligands, even for ligands with strong electron donating and accepting properties. It is often difficult to design a compact complex feature a full electron transfer excited state. Therefore, part of the work presented in this thesis was dedicated to the study of the electron transfer extent in the excited states of a series of [Re(N,N)(CO)3L]+ compounds, where N,N stands for electron accepting and L stands for electron donating ligands. By carefully designing the structure and redox properties of both the electron donor and acceptor, we demonstrated that essentially a full-electron charge transfer excited state can be prepared, while the designed Re(I) complex is still compact. To further extend the understanding of the electron transfer in transition metal complexes, modulation of the electron transfer rate in a compact Re(I) complex was studied. By perturbing the electron transfer process with a femtosecond mid-IR pulse, we showed that a 28% increase of the electron transfer rate was achieved. This study demonstrated the possibility of using a small energy mid-IR quanta to change the energy conversion process in a chromophore. Vibrational energy transfer in molecules is another important process in nature. Detailed understanding of the vibrational energy transfer on a molecule level is fundamentally important and essential for the development of molecular optical devices. It was recently discovered that the transport of vibrational energy in molecules can be fast and efficient due to its ballistic character. To understand the mechanism of the ballistic energy transport, experiments with several series of oligomers were performed using a relaxation-assisted two-dimensional infrared method. The energy transport speed was found to be dependent on transport initiation method and the transport pathways for different cases of initiation were identified. Detailed analysis on the chain band structure, group velocity and vibrational relaxation dynamics is presented. / acase@tulane.edu

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wyoming, 2006. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 21, 2007). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wyoming, 2006. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 21, 2007). Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis discusses developing new tools to probe DNA damage resulting from photoinduced chemical processes and probing the initial excited-state structural dynamics of nucleic acids and sunscreen agents. The results of this thesis show that UV resonance Raman spectroscopy (UVRRS) is an information-rich probe of chemical compositions in in situ analysis of sunscreen formulations. The results indicate that 244-nm excited UV resonance Raman spectra can provide a limit of detection of 0.23% w/w of sunscreen active ingredients (AIs), far below typical active ingredient (AI) concentrations in sunscreen formulations. UVRRS was used to probe the photostability of sunscreens, by determining the initial excited-state structural dynamics of Benzophenone-3 (BZ3), a common sunscreen active ingredient. Only minor excited-state structural distortions were obtained, based on the low displacement values, suggesting an inherently stable molecule. The largest structural change occurs along the carbonyl stretch, suggesting a strong interaction with the methanol solvent and a dissipative decay path for the molecule. Similarly, to gain an insight into how the structure of nucleic acids determine their photochemistry, UVRRS was used to probe the initial excited-state structural dynamics of 9-methyladenine (9-MeA). As for BZ3, the initial excited-state structural dynamics obtained for 9-MeA, are low, and much lower than for pyrimidine bases, providing a strong evidence for the photochemical stability of this purine base analog, compared to pyrimidines. Since DNA does not exist in isolation in cells, the role of a UV-absorbing amino acid, tryptophan, in UV-induced DNA photodamage was explored using molecular beacons (MBs) to detect the damage. The results indicate that tryptophan protective effects on DNA far outweighs their photodamage potential. However, MBs are expensive and they have some technical limitations, despite their exquisite sensitivity. Therefore, a new DNA damage detection method was developed based on smart probes (SPs). These probes are shown to be sensitive and sequence specific for detecting DNA photodamage.

The vibrational potential energy surfaces in electronic ground and excited states of several ring molecules were investigated using several different spectroscopic methods, including far-infrared (IR), Raman, ultraviolet (UV) absorption, fluorescence excitation (FES), and single vibronic level fluorescence (SVLF) spectroscopies. Based on new information obtained from SVLF and millimeter wave spectra, the far-IR spectra of coumaran were reassigned and the one-dimensional ring-puckering potential energy functions for several vibrational states in the S0 ground state were determined. The barrier was found to be 154 cm-1 and the puckering angles to be ± 25°, in good agreement with the millimeter wave barrier of 152 cm-1 and puckering angles of ± 23°. Moreover, the UV absorption and FES spectra of coumaran allowed the one-dimensional ring-puckering potential energy functions in the S1 excited state to be determined. The puckering barrier is 34 cm-1 for the excited state and the puckering angles are ± 14°. Several calculations with different basis sets have been carried out to better understand the unusual vibrational frequencies of cyclopropenone. It was shown that there is strong interaction between the C=O and symmetric C-C stretching vibrations. These results differ quantitatively from a previous normal coordinate calculation and interpretation. The vapor-phase Raman spectrum of 3,7-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]oct-1,5-ene was analyzed and compared to the predicted spectrum from DFT calculations. The spectrum further shows it has D2h symmetry, in which the skeletons of both rings are planar. The infrared and Raman spectra of vapor-phase and liquid-phase 1,4-benzodioxan and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene were collected and the complete vibrational assignments for both molecules were made. Theoretical calculations predicted the barriers to planarity to be 4809 cm-1 for 1,2,3,4-tetrahydonaphthalene and 4095 cm-1 for 1,4-benzodioxan. The UV absorption, FES, and SVLF spectra of both molecules were recorded and assigned. Both one and two-dimensional potential energy functions of 1,4-benzodioxan for the ring-twisting and ring-bending vibrations were carried out for the S0 and S1(π,π*) states, and these were consistent with the high barriers calculated for both states. The low-frequency spectra of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene in both S0 and S1(π,π*) states were also analyzed.

A search for new heavy resonances in two-jet final states is described in this thesis. The data were collected by the ATLAS detector proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and correspond to a time-integrated luminosity of 6.1 pb−1. The background-only hypothesis was tested on the observed data using BumpHunter test statistic. Consistency was found between the observed data and the background-only prediction. No resonant features were observed. A Bayesian approach using binned maximum likelihood was used to set upper limits on the product of cross section and detector acceptance for excited-quark (q*) production as a function of q* mass. At 95% credibility level (CL), the q* mass in the interval of 0.50 TeV < mq* < 1.62 TeV is excluded, extending the reach of previous experiments.

A search for new heavy resonances in two-jet final states is described in this thesis. The data were collected by the ATLAS detector proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and correspond to a time-integrated luminosity of 6.1 pb−1. The background-only hypothesis was tested on the observed data using BumpHunter test statistic. Consistency was found between the observed data and the background-only prediction. No resonant features were observed. A Bayesian approach using binned maximum likelihood was used to set upper limits on the product of cross section and detector acceptance for excited-quark (q*) production as a function of q* mass. At 95% credibility level (CL), the q* mass in the interval of 0.50 TeV < mq* < 1.62 TeV is excluded, extending the reach of previous experiments.