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Several analytical mean field models are presented for the class of stimuli responsive polymers that are driven by the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) transition. For solutions above the polymer crossover concentration, a hybrid model combines lattice-fluid excluded volume and van-der-Waals interactions with a combinatorial approach for the statistics of hydrogen bonding, hydration, and ionic bonding. This approach yields models for the LCST of both neutral polymers and lightly charged polyelectrolytes in aqueous salt solution. The results are shown to be in semi-quantitative agreement with experimental data for the cloud point of polyethylene oxide (PEO) in aqueous solution with various salts, and some aspects of the lyotropic series are reproduced. Results for lightly charged polyelectrolytes are compared to and shown to be in qualitative agreement with aspects of experimentally observed behavior. Finally, a framework is established for extension of these models to further aspects of the lyotropic series and polyelectrolyte behavior. At the nanoscale, lattice fluid (LF) and scaled particle theory (SPT) approaches are employed to model the LCST-related coil-globule-transition (CGT) of isolated polymer chains in highly dilute solution. The predicted CGT behavior semi-quantitatively correlates with experimental results for several polymer-solvent systems and over a range of pressures. Both the LF and SPT models exhibit a heating induced coil-to-globule transition (HCGT) temperature that increases with pressure until it merges with a cooling induced coil-to-globule transition (CCGT). The point at which the CCGT and HCGT meet is a hypercritical point that also corresponds to a merging of the lower critical and upper critical solution temperatures. Theoretical results are discussed in terms of a generalized polymer/solvent phase diagram that possesses three hypercritical points. Within the lattice model, a dimensionless transition temperature [author gives mathematical symbol] is given for a long chain simply by the equation [author gives mathematical equation], where [part of the equation] is the bulk solvent occupied volume fraction at the transition temperature. Furthermore, there is a critical value of the ratio of polymer to solvent S-L characteristic temperature below which no HCGT transition is predicted for an infinite chain. / text

Ab initio molecular orbital theory has been successful in predicting the stabilities of many weak complexes; typical of these are the complexes formed between water and various small molecules. To account for the correlation effect, Moller-Plesset perturbation theory truncated at the second order level was employed. In order to account for the hydrogen bonding, the 6-3lG** basis set was used. The geometry optimisations of the complexes were carried out using the Gaussian-92 suite of programs installed on a Hewlett-Packard 720 computer operating under UNIX. The interaction energies of the complexes were subjected to further analysis by applying the Morokuma decomposition scheme. The electrostatic interaction component accounts for over 40% of the total stabilisation energy in all the typical hydrogen bonded complexes. Gas phase enthalpies were computed and compared with the experimental values of similar systems. For the systems studied here, the prediction is that all complexes are stable at 25° C. A second program, Vibra, was used for carrying out a normal coordinate analysis. A third computer program for the graphical representation of molecular and crystallographic models, Schakal-92, was employed to illustrate the predicted equilibrium geometries and the fundamental vibrational modes. The predicted geometries, interaction energies, charge redistributions, vibrational wave numbers, infrared intensities and force constants are listed and compared with those in the literature, where applicable. Correlations between the various predicted properties show some interesting chemistry. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1996.

Acetylenedicarboxylic acid monopotassium salt, ADCA-K, was polymerized by radiation induced solid-state and chemical initiator induced solution polymerization methods. Radiation induced solid-state polymerization was carried out by Co-60 g-radiation at room temperature. The powder polymer obtained was soluble in water but insoluble in common organic solvents. The solution polymerization initiated by benzoylperoxide was carried out in an oil bath at 90&deg / C. The polymer obtained was soluble in water but insoluble in dimethylsulfoxide. In the first stage of the polymerization, H2O, CO and/or CO2 gases were evolved and the polymerization was proceeded on the acetylene group. The polymers obtained were characterized by FT-IR, DSC, TGA-FTIR, NMR and DP-MS methods. The crystal structure effect on polymerization was investigated by X-Ray method. The monomer is monoclinic with a space group of C2/c. The unit cell parameters are a=795.4, b=1192.6, c=591.8 pm and b=105.40. Polymer showed a partial polycrystalline structure. The larger fraction of polymer has identical crystal structure to that of the monomer. Therefore, polymerization takes place a topotactic mechanism.

This thesis is concerned with a range of chemical problems which are amenable to theoretical investigation via the application of current methods of computational quantum chemistry. These problems include the calculation of accurate thermochemical data, the prediction of reaction kinetics, the study of molecular potential energy surfaces, and the investigation of molecular structures and binding. The heats of formation (from both atomisation energies and isodesmic schemes) of a set of approximately 120 C1 and C2 fluorocarbons and oxidised fluorocarbons (along with C3F6 and CF3CHFCF2) were calculated with the Gaussian-3 (G3) method (along with several approximations thereto). These molecules are of importance in the flame chemistry of 2-H-heptafluoropropane, which has been proposed as a potential fire retardant with which to replace chloro- and bromofluorocarbons (CFC�s and BFC�s). The calculation of the data reported here was carried out in parallel with the modelling studies of Hynes et al.1-3 of shock tube experiments on CF3CHFCF3 and on C3F6 with either hydrogen or oxygen atoms. G3 calculations were also employed in conjunction with the experimental work of Owens et al.4 to describe the pyrolysis of CFClBr2 (giving CFCl) at a radiation wavelength of 265 nm. The theoretical prediction of the dissociation energy of the two C-Br bonds was found to be consistent with the energy at which carbene production was first observed, thus supporting the hypothesis that the pyrolysis releases two bromine radicals (rather than a Br2 molecule). On the basis of this interpretation of the experiments, the heat of formation of CFClBr2 is predicted to be 184 � 5 kJ mol-1, in good agreement with the G3 value of 188 � 5 kJ mol-1. Accurate thermochemical data was computed for 18 small phosphorus containing molecules (P2, P4, PH, PH2, PH3, P2H2, P2H4, PO, PO2, PO3, P2O, P2O2, HPO, HPOH, H2POH, H3PO, HOPO and HOPO2), most of which are important in the reaction model introduced by Twarowski5 for the combustion of H2 and O2 in the presence of phosphine. Twarowski reported that the H + OH recombination reaction is catalysed by the combustion products of PH3 and proposed two catalytic cycles, involving PO2, HOPO and HOPO2, to explain this observation. Using our thermochemical data we computed the rate coefficients of the most important reactions in these cycles (using transition state and RRKM theories) and confirmed that at 2000K both cycles have comparable rates and are significantly faster than the uncatalysed H + OH recombination. The heats of formation used in this work on phosphorus compounds were calculated using the G2, G3, G3X and G3X2 methods along with the far more extensive CCSD(T)/CBS type scheme. The latter is based on the evaluation of coupled cluster energies using the correlation consistent triple-, quadruple- and pentuple-zeta basis sets and extrapolation to the complete basis set (CBS) limit along with core-valence correlation corrections (with counterpoise corrections for phosphorus atoms), scalar relativistic corrections and spin-orbit coupling effects. The CCSD(T)/CBS results are consistent with the available experimental data and therefore constitute a convenient set of benchmark values with which to compare the more approximate Gaussian-n results. The G2 and G3 methods were found to be of comparable accuracy, however both schemes consistently underestimated the benchmark atomisation energies. The performance of G3X is significantly better, having a mean absolute deviation (MAD) from the CBS results of 1.8 kcal mol-1, although the predicted atomisation energies are still consistently too low. G3X2 (including counterpoise corrections to the core-valence correlation energy for phosphorus) was found to give a slight improvement over G3X, resulting in a MAD of 1.5 kcal mol-1. Several molecules were also identified for which the approximations underlying the Gaussian-n methodologies appear to be unreliable; these include molecules with multiple or strained P-P bonds. The potential energy surface of the NNH + O system was investigated using density functional theory (B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)) with the aim of determining the importance of this route in the production of NO in combustion reactions. In addition to the standard reaction channels, namely decomposition into NO + NH, N2 + OH and H + N2O via the ONNH intermediate, several new reaction pathways were also investigated. These include the direct abstraction of H by O and three product channels via the intermediate ONHN, giving N2 + OH, H + N2O and HNO + N. For each of the species corresponding to stationary points on the B3LYP surface, valence correlated CCSD(T) calculations were performed with the aug-cc-pVxZ (x = Q, 5) basis sets and the results extrapolated to the complete basis set limit. Core-valence correlation corrections, scalar relativistic corrections and spin orbit effects were also included in the resulting energetics and the subsequent calculation of thermochemical data. Heats of formation were also calculated using the G3X method. Variational transition state theory was used to determine the critical points for the barrierless reactions and the resulting B3LYP energetics were scaled to be compatible with the G3X and CCSD(T)/CBS values. As the results of modelling studies are critically dependent on the heat of formation of NNH, more extensive CCSD(T)/CBS calculations were performed for this molecule, predicting the heat of formation to be 60.6 � 0.5 kcal mol-1. Rate coefficients for the overall reaction processes were obtained by the application of multi-well RRKM theory. The thermochemical and kinetic results thus obtained were subsequently used in conjunction with the GRIMech 3.0 reaction data set in modelling studies of combustion systems, including methane / air and CO / H2 / air mixtures in completely stirred reactors. This study revealed that, contrary to common belief, the NNH + O channel is a relatively minor route for the production of NO. The structure of the inhibitor Nd-(N'-Sulfodiaminophosphinyl)-L-ornithine, PSOrn, and the nature of its binding to the OTCase enzyme was investigated using density functional (B3LYP) theory. The B3LYP/6-31G(d) calculations on the model compound, PSO, revealed that, while this molecule could be expected to exist in an amino form in the gas phase, on complexation in the active site of the enzyme it would be expected to lose two protons to form a dinegative imino tautomer. This species is shown to bind strongly to two H3CNHC(NH2)2+ moieties (model compounds for arginine residues), indicating that the strong binding observed between inhibitor and enzyme is partially due to electrostatic interactions as well as extensive hydrogen bonding (both model Arg+ residues form hydrogen bonds to two different sites on PSO). Population analysis and hydrogen bonding studies have revealed that the intramolecular bonding in this species consists of either single or semipolar bonds (that is, S and P are not hypervalent) and that terminal oxygens (which, being involved in semipolar bonds, carry negative charges) can be expected to form up to 4 hydrogen bonds with residues in the active site. In the course of this work several new G3 type methods were proposed, including G3MP4(SDQ) and G3[MP2(Full)], which are less expensive approximations to G3, and G3X2, which is an extension of G3X designed to incorporate additional electron correlation. As noted earlier, G3X2 shows a small improvement on G3X; G3MP4(SDQ) and G3[MP2(Full)], in turn, show good agreement with G3 results, with MAD�s of ~ 0.4 and ~ 0.5 kcal mol-1 respectively. 1. R. G. Hynes, J. C. Mackie and A. R. Masri, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 5967. 2. R. G. Hynes, J. C. Mackie and A. R. Masri, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 54. 3. R. G. Hynes, J. C. Mackie and A. R. Masri, Proc. Combust. Inst., 2000, 28, 1557. 4. N. L. Owens, Honours Thesis, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, 2001. 5. A. Twarowski, Combustion and Flame, 1995, 102, 41.

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Kyoto University (京都大学) / 0048 / 新制・論文博士 / 博士(工学) / 乙第12199号 / 論工博第3988号 / 新制||工||1438(附属図書館) / 26271 / UT51-2008-C969 / (主査)教授 堀井 文敬, 教授 渡辺 宏, 教授 金谷 利治 / 学位規則第4条第2項該当

Capes / Este trabalho teve por objetivos a síntese dos isômeros cis e trans do acetal 2-fenil-5-hidróxi-1,3-dioxano (FHD), e o estudo dos equilíbrios conformacionais por cálculos teóricos. A metodologia experimental consistiu na produção dos acetais através da reação de acetalisação do glicerol com benzaldeído em meio ácido. A separação dos isômeros do FHD promoveu-se por cromatografia de camada fina e em coluna. No estudo teórico as conformações iniciais tiveram suas geometrias otimizadas e comparadas as posições otimizadas com as estruturas semelhantes do 4-fenilcicloexanol (FCO). As superfícies de energias potenciais (PES) foram construídas pelos giros de 10 em 10º dos diedros C7-C8-C2-O1 referente ao anel aromático e ao diedro C4-C5-O13-H25 da hidroxila. A influência de diferentes substituintes nos equilíbrios conformacionais foi determinada através da inserção dos seguintes grupos na posição meta do anel aromático: NO2, CHO, CF3, Cl, F, CH3, OCH3, OH, NH2 e N(CH3)2. Também foram realizados os estudos de NBO e a determinação das cargas atômicas pelos métodos Mulliken, NBO e APT. Nos cálculos teóricos foi utilizado o método B3LYP na função de base 6-311G++(d,p). Os resultados experimentais indicaram que com o eluente hexano/acetona na proporção 1:1 foi possível isolar os isômeros cis e trans do FHD. Quanto ao estudo teórico, a otimização das conformações mostrou a presença das ligações de hidrogênio intramoleculares (LHI) O-H...O entre o hidrogênio da hidroxila e os oxigênios do dioxano, e a existência das inéditas LHI C-H...O entre os hidrogênios orto do anel aromático e os oxigênios do dioxano. A otimização das geometrias e as PES indicaram uma maior estabilização da conformação eqeq em relação ao axax do isômero trans de 1,04 kcal.mol-1, devido a maior força das LHI C-H...O com o fenil na equatorial. No isômero cis a conformação eqax apresentou ser mais estável do que a axeq em 4,29 kcal.mol-1 motivada pela maior força das LHI C-H...O e O-H...O. A influência dos substituintes no isômero trans foi muito significativa a ponto de atingir-se uma redução na proporção da conformação diaxial de 15% para 1% com o substituinte NO2 e um aumento para 44% com o grupo N(CH3)2. Por fim as análises de NBO e a determinação das cargas atômicas mostraram a baixa densidade eletrônica dos hidrogênios orto que favorecem a formação das LHI C-H...O / This work aimed to the synthesis cis and trans isomers of the 2-phenyl-5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxane (PHD) acetal and the study of conformational equilibria by theoretical calculations. Acetals were prepared by acetalization reaction of glycerol with benzaldehyde under acidic conditions. The isomers separations were promoted by thin layer and column chromatography. In the theoretical study the initial conformations were optimized and theirs geometries were compared with the optimized structures of similar 4-phenylcyclohexanol (PCO). The potential energy surfaces (PES) were made by turn dihedral angle C7-C8-C2-O1 and C4-C5-O13-H25 by 10 in 10 degrees to 360o. The influence of substituent on conformational equilibrium were determined by inserting the groups NO2, CHO, CF3, Cl, F, CH3, OCH3, OH, NH2 and N(CH3)2 at the meta position of the aromatic ring. Studies were also performed with NBO and by atomic charges determination using Mulliken, NBO, and APT methods. Theoretical calculations were made using B3LYP method and 6-311++G(d, p) basis function. Experimental results indicated that was possible isolate the cis and trans isomers of PHD with hexane/acetone 1:1. As for the theoretical study, the optimization of the conformations showed the presence of intramolecular hydrogen bonds (IHB) OH...O between the hydroxyl hydrogen and oxygen of dioxane. It was observed the existence of unpublished IHB CH...O between the ortho hydrogen of aromatic ring and dioxane oxygen. The optimization of geometries and PES indicated a more stable conformation eqeq than axax in relation to the trans isomer of 1.04 kcal.mol-1. This is due the greater strength of IHB CH...O with the phenyl group in equatorial position. In the cis isomer the conformation eqax it was more stable than axeq by 4.29 kcal.mol-1 because of greater strength of IHB CH...O and OH...O. The influence of the substituent in the trans isomer werevery significant to reduces diaxial conformer of 15% to 1% with the NO2 group and increases to 44% with N(CH3)2 group. Finally the NBO analysis and the determination of atomic charges showed low electron density of the ortho hydrogen indicating IHB CH...O.

Capes / Este trabalho teve por objetivos a síntese dos isômeros cis e trans do acetal 2-fenil-5-hidróxi-1,3-dioxano (FHD), e o estudo dos equilíbrios conformacionais por cálculos teóricos. A metodologia experimental consistiu na produção dos acetais através da reação de acetalisação do glicerol com benzaldeído em meio ácido. A separação dos isômeros do FHD promoveu-se por cromatografia de camada fina e em coluna. No estudo teórico as conformações iniciais tiveram suas geometrias otimizadas e comparadas as posições otimizadas com as estruturas semelhantes do 4-fenilcicloexanol (FCO). As superfícies de energias potenciais (PES) foram construídas pelos giros de 10 em 10º dos diedros C7-C8-C2-O1 referente ao anel aromático e ao diedro C4-C5-O13-H25 da hidroxila. A influência de diferentes substituintes nos equilíbrios conformacionais foi determinada através da inserção dos seguintes grupos na posição meta do anel aromático: NO2, CHO, CF3, Cl, F, CH3, OCH3, OH, NH2 e N(CH3)2. Também foram realizados os estudos de NBO e a determinação das cargas atômicas pelos métodos Mulliken, NBO e APT. Nos cálculos teóricos foi utilizado o método B3LYP na função de base 6-311G++(d,p). Os resultados experimentais indicaram que com o eluente hexano/acetona na proporção 1:1 foi possível isolar os isômeros cis e trans do FHD. Quanto ao estudo teórico, a otimização das conformações mostrou a presença das ligações de hidrogênio intramoleculares (LHI) O-H...O entre o hidrogênio da hidroxila e os oxigênios do dioxano, e a existência das inéditas LHI C-H...O entre os hidrogênios orto do anel aromático e os oxigênios do dioxano. A otimização das geometrias e as PES indicaram uma maior estabilização da conformação eqeq em relação ao axax do isômero trans de 1,04 kcal.mol-1, devido a maior força das LHI C-H...O com o fenil na equatorial. No isômero cis a conformação eqax apresentou ser mais estável do que a axeq em 4,29 kcal.mol-1 motivada pela maior força das LHI C-H...O e O-H...O. A influência dos substituintes no isômero trans foi muito significativa a ponto de atingir-se uma redução na proporção da conformação diaxial de 15% para 1% com o substituinte NO2 e um aumento para 44% com o grupo N(CH3)2. Por fim as análises de NBO e a determinação das cargas atômicas mostraram a baixa densidade eletrônica dos hidrogênios orto que favorecem a formação das LHI C-H...O / This work aimed to the synthesis cis and trans isomers of the 2-phenyl-5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxane (PHD) acetal and the study of conformational equilibria by theoretical calculations. Acetals were prepared by acetalization reaction of glycerol with benzaldehyde under acidic conditions. The isomers separations were promoted by thin layer and column chromatography. In the theoretical study the initial conformations were optimized and theirs geometries were compared with the optimized structures of similar 4-phenylcyclohexanol (PCO). The potential energy surfaces (PES) were made by turn dihedral angle C7-C8-C2-O1 and C4-C5-O13-H25 by 10 in 10 degrees to 360o. The influence of substituent on conformational equilibrium were determined by inserting the groups NO2, CHO, CF3, Cl, F, CH3, OCH3, OH, NH2 and N(CH3)2 at the meta position of the aromatic ring. Studies were also performed with NBO and by atomic charges determination using Mulliken, NBO, and APT methods. Theoretical calculations were made using B3LYP method and 6-311++G(d, p) basis function. Experimental results indicated that was possible isolate the cis and trans isomers of PHD with hexane/acetone 1:1. As for the theoretical study, the optimization of the conformations showed the presence of intramolecular hydrogen bonds (IHB) OH...O between the hydroxyl hydrogen and oxygen of dioxane. It was observed the existence of unpublished IHB CH...O between the ortho hydrogen of aromatic ring and dioxane oxygen. The optimization of geometries and PES indicated a more stable conformation eqeq than axax in relation to the trans isomer of 1.04 kcal.mol-1. This is due the greater strength of IHB CH...O with the phenyl group in equatorial position. In the cis isomer the conformation eqax it was more stable than axeq by 4.29 kcal.mol-1 because of greater strength of IHB CH...O and OH...O. The influence of the substituent in the trans isomer werevery significant to reduces diaxial conformer of 15% to 1% with the NO2 group and increases to 44% with N(CH3)2 group. Finally the NBO analysis and the determination of atomic charges showed low electron density of the ortho hydrogen indicating IHB CH...O.

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