Dans ce manuscrit est décrite l'utilisation d'interactions supramoléculaires pour diriger l'auto-assemblage de composés donneurs et accepteurs d'électrons au sein de dispositifs photovoltaïques organiques. Dans ce but, des matériaux de type oligo-3-hexylthiophène et fullerène ont été fonctionnalisés avec des groupements de reconnaissance complémentaires mélamine – acide barbiturique. La présence de élements solubilisants confère à ces composés une bonne mise en oeuvre permettant la fabrication de dispositifs photovoltaïques à hétérojonction volumique. L'effet de la composition et du post-traitement de la couche active sur la performance de ces dispositifs ont été explorés. Les études de mobilité de charge et des mécanismes de recombinaison au sein de ces matériaux indiquent que l'équilibre entre auto-association et séparation de phases est crucial pour l'efficacité en conversion photovoltaïque. / This research aims to elucidate the use of supramolecular interaction to guide the formation of well-defined nanoscale self-assembled architecture in photovoltaic solar cells as a means to improve device efficiency. Complementary molecular recognition sites based on melamine and barbituric acid were used to obtain functionalized fullerene and oligothiophene materials with superior processibility thanks to the presence of specific solubilizing groups. The efficiency of solid-state devices fabricated using the bulk heterojunction design was studied with respect to device morphology and composition. Experiments on recombination mechanism and field effect mobilities suggest that the balance between hydrogen-bonding interactions induce self-assembly and p-p interactions to promote phase segregation is crucial to the micro-structure of the active layer. The investigated of the relationship between the oligothiophene chain size and various complementary hydrogen-bonding motifs is envisaged.

Für die makroskopischen Eigenschaften und Funktionen biologisch relevanter Materie spielen schwache, intra- und intermolekulare Wechselwirkungen dispersiver und elektrostatischer Natur auf molekularem Niveau eine große Rolle. Um diese schwachen Wechselwirkungen zu untersuchen, können Modellsysteme, isoliert in der Gasphase, herangezogen werden. Benzoldimer, ein schwach gebundener Van der Waals Komplex, kann beispielsweise als Modellsystem für dispersive Wechselwirkungen dienen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die strukturellen Eigenschaften und die (interne) Dynamik des Benzoldimers mit Hilfe spektroskopischer Methoden in den Energiebereichen der Rotationen, Vibrationen und elektronischen Übergänge untersucht und im Kontext der Symmetrie diskutiert. Die in dieser Arbeit vorgestellten Experimente tragen zu einem tieferen Verständnis des Benzoldimers bei, jedoch zeigt das Experiment zur internen Dynamik auch, dass eine ausreichende theoretische Beschreibung des Benzoldimers nach wie vor eine Herausforderung darstellt. Schwingungsübergänge hochsymmetrischer Moleküle sind oft optisch inaktiv, können jedoch mit der hier vorgestellten Methode der Symmetrieerniedrigung durch Komplexierung zugänglich gemacht werden, wie am Beispiel des Benzols demonstriert wird. Außerdem wird ein Mechanismus vorgstellt, der kollisionsinduzierte Konformationsänderungen in einem Molekularstrahl beschreibt. Dieses Modell kann generell für Molekularstrahlexperimente an flexiblen Molekülen hilfreich sein, einerseits um die beobachtete Konformationsverteilung zu verstehen, andererseits um die experimentellen Parameter gezielt zu verändern und somit Konformerpopulationen zu manipulieren. Die in dieser Dissertation vorgestellten spektroskopischen Experimente liefern einerseits molekülspezifische Informationen und ermöglichen andererseits, Modelle, die von allgemeiner Bedeutung sind, zu entwickeln. / The macroscopically observable properties and functionalities of biological matter are often determined by weak intra- and intermolecular interactions on the microscopic level. Such weak interactions are for example hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions and can be investigated best on isolated model systems in the gas phase. The benzene dimer, for example, is a prototype system to investgate dispersive interactions. The spectroscopic experiments, covering the energy ranges of rotations, vibrations and electronic transitions, presented in this thesis, contribute to a deeper understanding of the benzene dimer. However, from the experiments investigating the internal dynamics it becomes clear that an appropriate theoretical description of the benzene dimer is still a challenge. Vibrational transitions of highly symmetric molecules, as for example of the benzene, are often optically inactive. Here, a method is presented, which exploits symmetry reduction upon complexation and thus allows one to access such modes. Furthermore, a model is proposed describing collision induced conformational interconversion in a molecular beam. This model can be helpful for molecular beam experiments of flexible molecules to understand the observed relative conformational population and to adapt the experimental conditions allowing for the manipulation of the relative conformer abundances. In this thesis, results are presented that allow one on the one hand to deduce molecular specific information and that on the other hand also give a broader insight into phenomena of general importance.

Work reported in this thesis mainly comprises of the assignments and analysis of the rotational spectra and structures of three weakly bound complexes: C2H4•••H2S, C6H5CCH•••H2O and C6H5CCH•••H2S. All the data have been collected using a home built Pulsed Nozzle Fourier Transform Microwave Spectrometer. Apart from this, the thesis also deals with a criterion of classifying a weakly bound complex to a ‘hydrogen-bonded’ one. First chapter of the thesis gives a brief intermolecular interactions and molecular clusters of π system. It also briefly touches on the structural determination by rotational spectroscopy and the basic information one can gain from the rotational spectrum. Second chapter of the thesis gives a brief introduction to the experimental and theoretical methodology. It also gives a description of the software used in the FTMW spectrometer which was rebuilt using Labview 7.1. Third chapter of the thesis deals with the rotational spectra and structure of eight isotopologoues of C2H4•••H2S complex. The lines are split into four components for the parent isotopologue due to the presence of large amplitude motion. The smaller splitting is 0.14 MHz and the higher splitting is 1.67 MHz in (B+C)/2 for the parent isotopologue. Spectral splitting pattern of the isotopologues confirmed that smaller splitting is due to the rotation of ethylene about its C-C bond axis along with the contraction of S-H bond whereas the larger motion arises due to the interchange of equivalent hydrogens of H2S in the complex. A detailed spectral analysis and ab initio calculation for this system have been described in chapter III. The fourth chapter of the thesis describes the rotational spectroscopic studies of five isotopologues of C6H5CCH•••H2O complex. Rotational spectra unequivocally confirm the structure of the complex to be a one where H2O is donating one of its hydrogen to the acetylenic π cloud forming a O-H••• π bond whereas the ring ortho C-H bond forms C-H•••O bond with the water oxygen. For theparent isotopomer the lines are split into two components due to the rotation of H2O about its C2 symmetric axis. The fifth chapter of thesis describes the rotational spectroscopic and ab initio studies of five isotopologues of C6H5CCH•••H2S complex. Rotational spectra indicate the structure to be the one where H2S is sitting on the top of the phenyl ring and shifted towards the acetylenic group. The sixth chapter of the thesis describes a criterion for calling a complex to be hydrogen bonded based on the dynamic structure rather than the static structure of the complex. The question asked is if the anisotropy of the interaction is strong enough to hold the ‘hydrogen bond’ when one takes dynamics into account. The proposed criterion is that the zero point energy of the motion which takes the hydrogen away from the acceptor should be much less than the barrier height of the respective motion supporting at least one bound level below the barrier. Ab initio calculations have been done on four model systems Ar2•••H2O, Ar2•••H2S, C2H4••• H2O and C2H4••• H2S to emphasize this criterion.

In solution, the environment around the solute is determined solely by the solvent molecules, which are present closer to the solute. This interaction between solute and solvent shell is very crucial for equilibrium structure and reactivity of the solute. In the thesis, first we have investigated control of solvent polarity on the excited structure of 2,2,2 trifluroacetophenone and later effect of electronic excitation on the solvent shell organization has been described. It has been reported in literature that the lowest energy triplet configuration of 2,2,2 trifluroacetophenone corresponds to n,π* state. There are some other reports in favor of the probable existence of 2,2,2 trifluroacetophenone in n,π* lowest triplet state. Thus, transient absorption and time resolved resonance Raman spectroscopic methods have been used along with theoretical calculations to investigate the discrepancy in the assignment of the lowest triplet state configuration It has been observed that the lowest triplet state of 2,2,2 trifluroacetophenone is indeed nπ* and there is a solvent polarity induced change in triplet state energy ordering and structure changes. The absorption spectrum of hydrated electron is broad and structureless. So, it was though that the broadening feature could be attributed to homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadening. Transient resonance Raman spectrum of the water bending mode in presence of hydrated electron has been recorded at different excitation wavelengths. Interestingly, it has been observed that, peak position of water bending mode in presence of hydrated electron alters with change of excitation wavelength. A model has been proposed based on the experimental data.

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The thesis entitled “Structure-function control in organic co-crystals/salts via studies on polymorphism, phase transitions and stoichiometric variants” consists of five chapters. The main emphasis of the thesis is on two aspects, one to characterize co-crystal polymorphism in terms of propensity of intermolecular interactions to form co-crystals/salts or eutectics. The other aspect is to explore the feasibility of using such co-crystals/salts to exhibit properties like proton conduction, dielectric and ferroelectric behaviour. Gallic acid and its analogues possess functionalities to provide extensive hydrogen bonding capabilities and are chosen as the main component while the coformers are carefully selected such that they either accept or reject the hydrogen bonding offered. Such co-crystallization experiments therefore provide an opportunity to unravel the intricate details of the formation of crystalline polymorphs and/or eutectics at the molecular level. Further these co-crystal systems have been exploited to evaluate proton conductivity, dielectric and ferroelectric features since the focus is also on the design aspect of functional materials. In the context of identifying and utilizing Crystal Engineering tools, the discussions in the following chapters address not only the structural details but identify the required patterns and motifs to enable the design of multi-component co-crystals/salts and eutectics. In particular, the presence/absence of lattice water in gallic acid has been evaluated in terms of importing the required physical property to the system. Chapter 1 discusses the structural features of tetramorphic anhydrous co-crystals (1:1; which are synthon polymorphs) generated from a methanolic solution of gallic acid monohydrate and acetamide, all of which convert to a stable form on complete drying. The pathway to the stable form (1:3 co-crystal) is explained based on the variability in the hydrogen bonding patterns followed by lattice energy calculations. Chapter 2A studies the presence/absence and geometric disposition of hydroxyl functionality on hydroxybenzoic acids to drive the formation of co-crystal/eutectic in imide-carboxylic acid combinations. In Chapter 2B the crystal form diversity of gallic acid-succinimide co-crystals are evaluated with major implications towards the design and control of targeted multi-component crystal forms. The co-crystal obtained in this study shows a rare phenomenon of concomitant solvation besides concomitant polymorphism and thus making it difficult to obtain a phase-pure crystal form in bulk quantity. This issue has been resolved and formation of desired target solid form is demonstrated. Thus, this study addresses the nemesis issues of co-crystallization with implications in comprehending the kinetics and thermodynamics of the phenomenon in the goal of making desired materials. Chapter 3 focuses on the systematic co-crystallization of hydroxybenzoic acids with hexamine using liquid assisted grinding (LAG) which show facile solid state interconversion among different stoichiometric variants. The reversible interconversion brought about by varying both the acid and base components in tandem is shown to be a consequence of hydrogen bonded synthon modularity present in the crystal structures analyzed in this context. In Chapter 4A, the rationale for the proton conduction in hydrated/anhydrous salt/co-crystal of gallic acid - isoniazid is provided in terms of the structural characteristics and the conduction pathway is identified to follow Grotthuss like mechanism which is supplemented by theoretical calculations. Chapter 4B describes an extensive examination of the hydrated salt of gallic acid-isoniazid which unravels the irreversible nature of the dielectric property upon dehydration and suggests that the “ferroelectric like” behaviour is indeed not authenticated. This chapter brings out the significance role of lattice water in controlling the resulting physical property (dielectric/ferroelectric in this case). Chapter 5 describes the structural features of two hydrated quaternary salts of hydroxybenzoic acids-isoniazid-sulfuric acid and the phase transitions at both low and high temperatures are shown to be reversible. Single Crystal to Single Crystal (SCSC) in situ measurement corroborated by thermal and in situ Powder X-ray Diffraction studies proves the claim. Further, the properties exhibited by these materials are also governed by lattice water content.

The research work reported in this thesis is focused on the chiral analysis, quantification of enantiomeric composition, assignment of absolute configuration of molecules with chosen functional groups. The weak intra-molecular hydrogen bonding interactions are detected by exploiting several multinuclear and multi-dimensional techniques. Pulse sequences have been designed to manipulate the spin dynamics to derive specific information from the complex NMR spectra encountered in diverse situations. Broadly, the thesis can be classified in to three sections. The section I containing two chapters reports the introduction of new chiral auxiliaries and protocols developed for enantiomeric discrimination, measurement of enantiomeric contents, assignment of absolute configuration for molecules possessing specific functional groups using chiral solvating and derivatizing agents. The section II, reports NMR experimental evidence for the observation of the rare type of intramolecular hydrogen bonds involving organic fluorine in biologically important organic molecules, that are corroborated by extensive DFT based theoretical calculations. The section II also discusses the H/D exchange mechanism as a tool for quantification of HB strengths in organic building blocks. The section III reports the two different novel NMR methodologies designed for deriving information on the scalar interaction strengths in an orchestrated manner. The designed sequences are able to completely eradicate the axial peaks, prevents the evolution of unwanted couplings and also yields ultrahigh resolution in the direct dimension, permitting the accurate measurement of scalar couplings for a particular spin. The brief summary about each chapter is given below. Chapter 1 provides a general introduction to one and two dimensional NMR spectroscopy. The pedagogical approach has been followed to discuss the conceptual understanding of spin physics and the NMR spectral parameters. The basic introduction to chirality, existing approaches in the literature for discrimination of enantiomers and the assignment of absolute configuration of molecules with chosen functional groups and their limitations are briefly discussed. The brief introduction to hydrogen bond, experimental methods to obtain the qualitative information about the strengths of hydrogen bonds, and the theoretical approaches employed in the thesis to corroborate the NMR experimental findings have been provided. The mechanism of H/D exchange, the utilization of exchange rates to derive strengths of intra-molecular hydrogen bond in small molecules have also been discussed. This chapter builds the bridge for the rest of the chapters. Each of these topics are discussed at length in the corresponding chapters. Part I: NMR Chiral Analysis: Novel Protocols Chapter 2 discusses a simple mix and shake method for testing the enantiopurity of primary, secondary and tertiary chiral amines and their derivatives, amino alcohols. The protocol involves the in-situ formation of chiral ammonium borate salt from a mixture of C2 symmetric chiral BINOL, trialkoxyborane and chiral amines. The proposed concept has been convincingly demonstrated for the visualization of enantiomers of a large number of chiral and pro-chiral amines and amino alcohols. The protocol also permits the precise measurement of enantiomeric composition. The significant advantage of the protocol is that it can be performed directly in the NMR tube, without any physical purification. The structure of the borate complex responsible for the enantiodifferentiation of amines has also been established by employing multinuclear NMR techniques and DFT calculations. From DOSY and 11B NMR experiments it has been ascertained that there are only two possible complexes or entities which are responsible for differentiating enantiomers. From the combined utility of DFT calculations and the 11B NMR chemical shifts, the structure of the borate complex has been determined to be an amine-coordinated complex with the N atom of the amine. Chapter 3 discusses a simple chiral derivatizing protocol involving the coupling of 2-formylphenylboronic acid and an optically pure [1,1-binaphthalene]-2,2-diamine for the rapid and accurate determination of the enantiopurity of hydroxy acids and their derivatives, possessing one or two optically active centres. It is established that this protocol is not only rapid method for discrimination of enantiomers but also highly effective for assigning the absolute configuration of various chiral hydroxy acids and their derivatives. The developed protocol involves the coupling of 2-formylphenylboronic acid with (R)-[1,1-binaphthalene]-2,2-diamine, and 2-formylphenylboronic acid with (S)-[1,1-binaphthalene]-2,2-diamine as chiral derivatizing agents. The absence of aliphatic peaks from the derivatizing agent, large chemical shift separation between the discriminated peaks of diastereomers, and the systematic change in the direction of displacement of peaks for an enantiomer in a particular diastereomeric complex, permitted the unambiguous assignment of absolute configuration. Part II : Rare Type of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding In chapter 4 The rare occurrence of intramolecular hydrogen bonds of the type N–H˖˖˖F–C, in the derivatives of imides and hydrazides in a low polarity solvent, is convincingly established by employing multi-dimensional and multinuclear solution state NMR experiments. The observation of 1hJFH, 2hJFN, and 2hJFF of significant strengths, where the spin polarization is transmitted through space among the interacting NMR active nuclei, provided strong and conclusive evidence for the existence of intra-molecular hydrogen bonds. Solvent induced perturbations and the variable temperature NMR experiments unambiguously supported the presence of intramolecular hydrogen bond. The two dimensional HOESY and 15N–1H HSQC experiments reveals the existence of multiple conformers in some of the investigated molecules. The 1H DOSY experimental results discarded any possibility of self or cross-dimerization of the molecules. The results of DFT based calculations, viz., Quantum Theory of Atoms In Molecules (QTAIM) and Non Covalent Interaction (NCI), are in close agreement with the NMR experimental findings. In chapter 5 the rates of hydrogen/deuterium (H/D) exchange determined by 1H NMR spectra have been utilized to derive the strength of hydrogen bonds and to monitor the electronic effects in the site-specific halogen substituted Benz amides and anilines. The theoretical fitting of the time dependent variation in the integral areas of 1H NMR resonances to the first order decay function permitted the determination of H/D exchange rate constants (k) and their precise half-lives (t1/2) with high degree of reproducibility. The comparative study also permitted the determination of relative strengths of hydrogen bonds and the contribution from electronic effects on the H/D exchange rates. Part III: Novel NMR Methodologies for the Precise Measurement of 1H-1H Couplings Chapter 6 describes two novel NMR methodologies developed for the precise measurement of 1H-1H couplings. Poor chemical shift dispersion and the pairwise interaction among the entire coupled network of protons results in the severely complex and overcrowded one dimensional 1H NMR spectra, hampering both the resonance assignments and the accurate determination of nJHH. The available two-dimensional selective refocusing (SERF) based experiments suffer from the evolution of magnetization from uncoupled protons as intense uninformative axial peaks. This creates ambiguity in the identification of peaks belonging to the coupled partners of a selectively excited proton, hindering the extraction of their interaction strengths. This challenge has been circumvented by designing two novel experimental technique, cited as “Clean-G-SERF” and “PS-Clean-G-SERF”. The Clean-G-SERF technique completely eradicates the axial peaks and suppresses the evolution of unwanted couplings while retaining only the couplings to the selectively excited proton. The method permits the accurate determination of spin-spin couplings even from a complex proton NMR spectrum in an orchestrated manner. The PS-Clean-G-SERF technique has been designed for the complete elimination of axial peaks and undesired couplings, with a blend of ultra-high resolution achieved by real time broad band mononuclear decoupling has been discussed in this chapter. The spin dynamics involved in both these pulse sequences have been discussed. The diverse applications of both these novel experiments have been demonstrated.

CAPES; Fundação Araucária / A análise conformacional abrange os aspectos da determinação de estruturas geométricas moleculares, energias relativas de confôrmeros e das interações que controlam as estabilidades estruturais. Neste sentido, as preferências conformacionais dos compostos 3-aminopropanol (1), 3-N-metilaminopropanol (2), 3-N,N-dimetilaminopropanol (3), 3-aminobutanol (4), 3-Nmetilaminobutanol (5) e 3-N,N-dimetilaminobutanol (6) foram avaliadas experimentalmente através de espectroscopias de Infravermelho (IV) e Ressonância Magnética Nuclear (RMN), e teoricamente por cálculos usando a Teoria do Funcional de Densidade (DFT). O estudo destes compostos foi importante porque irá melhorar a compreensão das interações que ocorrem nestas moléculas em diferentes ambientes químicos, uma vez que existe uma ampla gama de amino álcoois com aplicações biológicas e sintéticas. Diante disso, os cálculos teóricos mostraram que a ligação de hidrogênio intramolecular (LHI) O-H ...N governa a estabilidade e a preferência conformacional dos compostos 1-6. A LHI favorece uma conformação do tipo pseudo-cadeira de seis membros com substituintes em posições pseudo-equatoriais e pseudo-axiais, os quais apresentam interações repulsivas que também contribuem expressivamente para a estabilidade conformacional, principalmente dos compostos 4-6. Os resultados experimentais obtidos através do IV mostraram que os deslocamentos para o vermelho da banda da ligação OH foram de 193, 225 e 256 cm-1 para os compostos 1, 2 e 3, respectivamente. Estes resultados foram surpreendentes e indicaram que a força da LHI aumenta nesta ordem apesar do efeito estérico também aumentar. Uma primeira metodologia, para calcular a fração molar experimental de confôrmeros com LHI (XLHI) para compostos acíclicos 1,3-dissubstituídos por RMN de 1H, foi proposta neste trabalho. Os resultados de XLHI foram muito interessantes e mostraram que em solventes apolares tais como CCl4 os confôrmeros com LHI são predominantes no equilíbrio conformacional (XLHI = 0,70, 0,69 e 0,78 para os compostos 1-3). Já em solventes polares como DMSO-d6, os valores de XLHI foram bem menores (0,10, 0,08 e 0,08 para os compostos 1-3), indicando uma mudança no equilíbrio conformacional de confôrmeros que faziam LHI para confôrmeros que não tinham este tipo de interação. As análises por Teoria Quântica de Átomos em Moléculas e Interações Não Covalentes evidenciaram, caracterizaram e quantificaram a intensidade da LHI nos compostos 1-6. Estes resultados foram concordantes com os dados experimentais e indicaram que tanto as LHI quanto as interações estéricas influenciam de forma significativa na estabilidade conformacional de todos os compostos estudados. / The conformational analysis covers aspects of the determination of molecular geometric structures, relative energies of conformers and interactions that control structural stabilities. In this sense, the conformational preferences of the compounds (1), 3-N-methylaminopropanol (2), 3-N,N-dimethylaminopropanol (3), 3-aminobutanol (4), 3-N-methylaminobutanol (5) and 3-N,N-dimethylaminobutanol (6) are evaluated experimentally through Infrared (IR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopies and theoretically by calculations using the Density Functional Theory (DFT). The study of these compounds was important because it will improve the understanding of the interactions that occur in these molecules in different chemical environments, since there is a wide range of amino alcohols with biological and synthetic applications. In view of this, theoretical calculations showed that the O-H···N intramolecular hydrogen bonding (IHB) governs the stability and the conformational preference of compounds 1-6. The IHB favors the formation of a chair like six member ring with substituents at pseudo-equatorial-axial positions, which exhibit repulsive interactions that also contribute significantly to the conformational stability, especially of compounds 4-6. The IR experimental results showed a OH band red shift of 193, 225, and 256 cm-1 for compounds 1, 2 and 3, respectively. These results were surprising and indicated that the strength of IHB increases in this order although the steric effect also increases. A first methodology for calculating the experimental molar fraction of hydrogen-bonded conformers (XIHB), in any solvent by 1H NMR, was proposed to attend 1,3-disubstituted acyclic compounds. The XIHB results showed that in non-polar solvents, such as CCl4 solvent, the hydrogen-bonded conformers predominate in the conformational equilibria (XIHB = 0.70, 0.69 and 0.78 for compounds 1-3). In polar solvents, such as DMSO-d6, the XIHB values decrease (0.10, 0.08 and 0.08 in compounds 1-3) indicating a change in conformational equilibria from hydrogenbonded conformers to non-hydrogen-bonded conformers. Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules and Non-Covalent Interactions analysis evidences, characterizes and quantifies the strength of IHB in compounds 1-6. These results agreed with the experimental data and indicated that both IHB and steric interactions significantly influence the conformational stability of all compounds studied.

A organização e a estabilidade de compostos de coordenação, no estado sólido, pode ser correlacionada com os ligantes diretamente coordenados a íons metálicos e com as interações não covalentes estabelecidas entre os ligantes e solventes de cristalização. O presente trabalho avaliou a influência dos pré ligantes ácido 2,6-dihidróxibenzoico (Hdhb), ácido benzoico (Hbzt), ácido oxálico (H2ox) e 2,2’-bipiridina (bipi), capazes de realizar interações não covalentes, em sua reatividade frente a sais de cobre(II), cobalto(II) e manganês(II). Foram avaliadas diferentes combinações de ligantes para cada íon metálico e condições de reação, gerando um total de dez produtos caracterizados por DRX de monocristal. Dentre eles, os complexos [Cu2( ox)(bzt)2(bipi)2(H2O)2] (A), [Co(H2O)6](dhb)2·2H2O (B) e [Mn(H2O)6](dhb)2·2H2O (C) são inéditos. Estes produtos foram avaliados em sua composição elementar, analisados por técnicas difratométricas (DRX de pó e de monocristal) e espectroscópicas (IV, Raman, RPE e Uv/Vis). Os dados estruturais foram correlacionados com as propriedades espectroscópicas, termogravimétricas e magnéticas. O produto A foi obtido em 90 % de rendimento a partir da reação de Cu(CH3COO)2·H2O com os pré-ligantes Hbzt, H2ox e bipi, em metanol a 70 °C. A análise por DRX de monocristal revelou que em A todos os ligantes contribuem para a manifestação de interações não covalentes do tipo ligações de hidrogênio e interação . A análise por RPE e medidas de susceptibilidade magnética à temperatura ambiente indicaram a existência de interação magnética entre os centros de cobre(II). Medidas de susceptibilidade magnética com variação de temperatura revelaram uma interação ferromagnética (J = 3,26 cm-1) mais forte que a apresentada por complexos análogos. Medidas termogravimétricas mostraram que a decomposição de A se inicia em 55 °C com a perda de 2 H2O, seguida da perda dos ligantes orgânicos entre 136 e 900 °C. Os produtos B e C, de estruturas análogas, foram obtidos em 97 e 99 % de rendimento, respectivamente, a partir da reação de CoCl2·6H2O ou MnCl2·4H2O com o pré-ligante Hdhb, em água a 70 °C. A análise por DRX de monocristal revelou que não ocorreu a coordenação do íon dhb, provavelmente devido a estabilização do carboxilato livre por duas ligações de hidrogênio intramoleculares assistidas por carga. A rede cristalina de B e C também é estabilizada por interações  e por ligações de hidrogênio intermoleculares formadas a partir das águas coordenadas e de cristalização. A decomposição térmica de B e C se inicia com a perda de moléculas de água a temperaturas inferiores a 55 °C e a perda total da parte orgânica ocorre acima de 600 °C. Os compostos obtidos neste trabalho evidenciaram que a estrutura e o grau de agregação dos compostos são dependentes da habilidade de coordenação do ligante ao íon metálico e das interações não covalentes nos ligantes livres e nos complexos formados. / The organization and stability of coordination compounds could be correlated to structural features, as the number and nature of ligands coordinated to the metallic ions and with noncovalent interactions established between the ligands and with crystallization solvents. The present work evaluated the influence of the pre-ligands 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid (Hdhb), benzoic acid (Hbzt), oxalic acid (H2ox), and 2,2' bipyridine (bipi), capable to perform noncovalent interactions, in its reactivity to copper(II), cobalt(II) and manganese(II) salts. For each metallic ion, and reaction condition were evaluated with different combinations of ligands, producing 10 different structures characterized by single crystal XRD. Among them, the complexes [Cu2( ox)(bzt)2(bipi)2(H2O)2] (A), [Co(H2O)6](dhb)2·2H2O (B), and [Mn(H2O)6](dhb)2·2H2O (C) were synthesized for the first time in this work. Those products were characterized by elemental analysis and diffractometric (powder and single crystal XRD) and spectroscopic (IR, Raman, EPR and Uv/Vis) techniques. Moreover, spectroscopic, thermogravimetric and magnetic properties of A, B and C, were attempt correlated with their structural features. Product A was obtained with 90% of yield from the reaction of Cu(CH3COO)2·H2O with the pre-ligands Hbzt, H2ox, and bipy, in methanol at 70 °C. Single crystal XRD analysis of A evidenced that all ligands interact through noncovalent interactions, as hydrogen bonds and  interaction. EPR and magnetic susceptibility measurements strongly suggest the existence of magnetic interaction between the copper(II) centres. In addition, magnetic susceptibility measurement varying temperature revealed a ferromagnetic exchange (J = 3.26 cm-1) stronger than those observed for analogous complexes. Thermal decomposition of A starts at 55 °C with the loss of two water molecules, succeed by the loss of the organic ligands (136 – 900 °C). Product B and C showed similar structures and were obtained in 97 and 99 % of yield, respectively, from the reaction of CoCl2·6H2O or Mn2Cl2·4H2O with Hdhb, in water at 70° C. Single crystal XRD analysis revealed that dhb ion remains as counterion of the aqua complexes, probably due the stabilization of the free carboxylate by two intramolecular charge-assisted hydrogen bonds. The crystal lattice of B and C is also stabilized by  interactions and intermolecular hydrogen bonds from both coordinated and crystallization water molecules. According to TGA curves, the thermal decomposition of B and C starts with the loss of water molecules below 55° C, and a complete weight-loss of organic ligands occurs above 600° C for both complexes. The correlation between the nature of all products obtained with synthetic conditions revealed that the structure and degree of aggregation depends on the coordination ability of the ligand to the metallic ion and on the noncovalent interactions in the free ligands and complexes formed.

CAPES; Fundação Araucária / A análise conformacional abrange os aspectos da determinação de estruturas geométricas moleculares, energias relativas de confôrmeros e das interações que controlam as estabilidades estruturais. Neste sentido, as preferências conformacionais dos compostos 3-aminopropanol (1), 3-N-metilaminopropanol (2), 3-N,N-dimetilaminopropanol (3), 3-aminobutanol (4), 3-Nmetilaminobutanol (5) e 3-N,N-dimetilaminobutanol (6) foram avaliadas experimentalmente através de espectroscopias de Infravermelho (IV) e Ressonância Magnética Nuclear (RMN), e teoricamente por cálculos usando a Teoria do Funcional de Densidade (DFT). O estudo destes compostos foi importante porque irá melhorar a compreensão das interações que ocorrem nestas moléculas em diferentes ambientes químicos, uma vez que existe uma ampla gama de amino álcoois com aplicações biológicas e sintéticas. Diante disso, os cálculos teóricos mostraram que a ligação de hidrogênio intramolecular (LHI) O-H ...N governa a estabilidade e a preferência conformacional dos compostos 1-6. A LHI favorece uma conformação do tipo pseudo-cadeira de seis membros com substituintes em posições pseudo-equatoriais e pseudo-axiais, os quais apresentam interações repulsivas que também contribuem expressivamente para a estabilidade conformacional, principalmente dos compostos 4-6. Os resultados experimentais obtidos através do IV mostraram que os deslocamentos para o vermelho da banda da ligação OH foram de 193, 225 e 256 cm-1 para os compostos 1, 2 e 3, respectivamente. Estes resultados foram surpreendentes e indicaram que a força da LHI aumenta nesta ordem apesar do efeito estérico também aumentar. Uma primeira metodologia, para calcular a fração molar experimental de confôrmeros com LHI (XLHI) para compostos acíclicos 1,3-dissubstituídos por RMN de 1H, foi proposta neste trabalho. Os resultados de XLHI foram muito interessantes e mostraram que em solventes apolares tais como CCl4 os confôrmeros com LHI são predominantes no equilíbrio conformacional (XLHI = 0,70, 0,69 e 0,78 para os compostos 1-3). Já em solventes polares como DMSO-d6, os valores de XLHI foram bem menores (0,10, 0,08 e 0,08 para os compostos 1-3), indicando uma mudança no equilíbrio conformacional de confôrmeros que faziam LHI para confôrmeros que não tinham este tipo de interação. As análises por Teoria Quântica de Átomos em Moléculas e Interações Não Covalentes evidenciaram, caracterizaram e quantificaram a intensidade da LHI nos compostos 1-6. Estes resultados foram concordantes com os dados experimentais e indicaram que tanto as LHI quanto as interações estéricas influenciam de forma significativa na estabilidade conformacional de todos os compostos estudados. / The conformational analysis covers aspects of the determination of molecular geometric structures, relative energies of conformers and interactions that control structural stabilities. In this sense, the conformational preferences of the compounds (1), 3-N-methylaminopropanol (2), 3-N,N-dimethylaminopropanol (3), 3-aminobutanol (4), 3-N-methylaminobutanol (5) and 3-N,N-dimethylaminobutanol (6) are evaluated experimentally through Infrared (IR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopies and theoretically by calculations using the Density Functional Theory (DFT). The study of these compounds was important because it will improve the understanding of the interactions that occur in these molecules in different chemical environments, since there is a wide range of amino alcohols with biological and synthetic applications. In view of this, theoretical calculations showed that the O-H···N intramolecular hydrogen bonding (IHB) governs the stability and the conformational preference of compounds 1-6. The IHB favors the formation of a chair like six member ring with substituents at pseudo-equatorial-axial positions, which exhibit repulsive interactions that also contribute significantly to the conformational stability, especially of compounds 4-6. The IR experimental results showed a OH band red shift of 193, 225, and 256 cm-1 for compounds 1, 2 and 3, respectively. These results were surprising and indicated that the strength of IHB increases in this order although the steric effect also increases. A first methodology for calculating the experimental molar fraction of hydrogen-bonded conformers (XIHB), in any solvent by 1H NMR, was proposed to attend 1,3-disubstituted acyclic compounds. The XIHB results showed that in non-polar solvents, such as CCl4 solvent, the hydrogen-bonded conformers predominate in the conformational equilibria (XIHB = 0.70, 0.69 and 0.78 for compounds 1-3). In polar solvents, such as DMSO-d6, the XIHB values decrease (0.10, 0.08 and 0.08 in compounds 1-3) indicating a change in conformational equilibria from hydrogenbonded conformers to non-hydrogen-bonded conformers. Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules and Non-Covalent Interactions analysis evidences, characterizes and quantifies the strength of IHB in compounds 1-6. These results agreed with the experimental data and indicated that both IHB and steric interactions significantly influence the conformational stability of all compounds studied.