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<p>This thesis deals with the peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence (POCL) reaction and its application as a detection technique in flow systems for chemical analysis. Particularly, miniaturized flow systems aimed for separation of molecules. In such systems, a high light intensity and a rapid development of the emission are the desired reaction characteristics, for reasons discussed in this text. The work tries to develop an understanding of the chemical processes involved in POCL, with special emphasis to the species favoring or hindering a rapid light evolution. Hence, is the focus placed on the nature of catalysis and the desired properties of substances acting as catalysts in this reaction. Consequently, the scientific papers on which this work is founded includes both systematic stopped-flow studies of catalyst candidates and of the causes for diminished light emission. In addition, multivariate strategies for reaction optimization in practical analysis situations are treated, and the application of the POCL technique to detection of serum-extracted neuroactive steroids, derivatized with fluorescent moieties, is presented.</p><p>From the experiments in this thesis it is clear nucleophilic catalysts are the most efficient enhancing compounds, which means that they must possess a carefully balanced characteristics of nucleophilicity, leaving group ability, and basicity. The investigations also conclude that the feature of basicity efficiently can be delegated to a non-nucleophilic co-catalyst, which allow the use of nucleophilic catalysts that need to be deprotonated to be active. This thesis also shows the importance of minimizing the amount of competing nucleophiles at the site of reaction to maintain the emission. This implies that also solvents and buffer substances should be carefully chosen not to interfere with the emission process.</p><p>The most promising combination of catalysts found in this work was 4,5- dichloroimidazole together with 1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidne. This arrangement was capable of speeding the reaction more than tenfold while increasing the maximum emission intensity by about the same factor.</p>

This thesis deals with the peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence (POCL) reaction and its application as a detection technique in flow systems for chemical analysis. Particularly, miniaturized flow systems aimed for separation of molecules. In such systems, a high light intensity and a rapid development of the emission are the desired reaction characteristics, for reasons discussed in this text. The work tries to develop an understanding of the chemical processes involved in POCL, with special emphasis to the species favoring or hindering a rapid light evolution. Hence, is the focus placed on the nature of catalysis and the desired properties of substances acting as catalysts in this reaction. Consequently, the scientific papers on which this work is founded includes both systematic stopped-flow studies of catalyst candidates and of the causes for diminished light emission. In addition, multivariate strategies for reaction optimization in practical analysis situations are treated, and the application of the POCL technique to detection of serum-extracted neuroactive steroids, derivatized with fluorescent moieties, is presented. From the experiments in this thesis it is clear nucleophilic catalysts are the most efficient enhancing compounds, which means that they must possess a carefully balanced characteristics of nucleophilicity, leaving group ability, and basicity. The investigations also conclude that the feature of basicity efficiently can be delegated to a non-nucleophilic co-catalyst, which allow the use of nucleophilic catalysts that need to be deprotonated to be active. This thesis also shows the importance of minimizing the amount of competing nucleophiles at the site of reaction to maintain the emission. This implies that also solvents and buffer substances should be carefully chosen not to interfere with the emission process. The most promising combination of catalysts found in this work was 4,5- dichloroimidazole together with 1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidne. This arrangement was capable of speeding the reaction more than tenfold while increasing the maximum emission intensity by about the same factor.

In our earlier work, silica-based diatom frustules were successfully converted to 3-dimesional F-doped titania-based replicas via shape-preserving gas/solid displacement reactions, and experiments showed that the hydrolysis of organophosphorous ester pesticides, methyl paraoxon (MOX) and methyl parathion (MTH) was significantly faster in the presence of these 3-D titania nanostructures than in the presence of other commercial titania nanoparticles. The enhancement effect of titania frustules appeared to be strongly related to the amount of F-doping on these materials. In this work, a wider range of titania frustule replicas with various F-doping were prepared and characterized, and compared in the hydrolysis of MOX and MTH as well as three carboxylic acids (methyl salicylate, methyl benzoate and methyl 4-(aminomethyl)benzoate). A strong relationship between the amount of F-doping and the enhancement effect on the hydrolysis of organophosphorous esters was still observed. However, such enhancement effect did not occur in the hydrolysis of the carboxylic acids. It was discovered that fluorine-leaching from the titania frustules was significant and yielded high concentration of fluoride ions in the reaction solutions. Dissolved fluoride ions alone could significantly catalyze the hydrolysis of organophosphorous esters but not that of carboxylic acids in the oxide-free systems. It is believed that fluoride ions act as nucleophilic catalysts to accelerate the hydrolysis of organophosphorous esters. Comparison in the hydrolysis product formation from the two potential hydrolysis pathways (i.e., the P-O bond and the C-O bond cleavages) in the studied systems also supports the direct involvement of dissolved fluoride ions in the observed catalytic effect.

La synthèse tout-en-un de 4-quinolones et d'indoxyles a été réalisée par couplage de Sonogashira carbonylant suivi d'une cyclisation. Une étude en catalyse homogène a révélé que les catalyseurs présents contrôlaient la sélectivité vers l'un ou l'autre des composés. Si la première étape est pallado-catalysée, l'étape de cyclisation est catalysée par des nucléophiles organiques. Ainsi, des 4-quinolones ont été préparées par multi-catalyse {[Pd]+amine} et des indoxyles par catalyse tandem {[Pd]/phosphine}. Les systèmes catalytiques ont été hétérogénéisés par fonctionnalisation de silices mésoporeuses de type SBA. Deux stratégies ont été utilisées pour contrôler la localisation de la fonctionnalité. Différents complexes de Pd ont été intégrés dans les pores du matériau par greffage post-synthétique ou dans les murs par synthèse directe. Plusieurs amines et une phosphine ont été immobilisées par greffage post-synthétique donnant ainsi des catalyseurs nucléophiles fonctionnalisés dans leurs pores. Les activités catalytiques de ces matériaux ont été évaluées dans la synthèse de la 2-phényl-4-quinolone et du 2-benzylidène-indoxyle. La première a été préparée dans de bons rendements et le système {[Pd]@SBA+amine@SBA} est recyclable sur 3 cycles. Tous les matériaux ont montré une lixiviation du Pd mais leur utilisation permet de diminuer la contamination en Pd du produit final comparé à un complexe homogène. L'indoxyle a été obtenu avec un système semi-hétérogène {[Pd]@SBA/PPh3}, l'utilisation de la phosphine greffée conduisant à la transformation de l'indoxyle vers le 2-benzylindole. La formation d'α-céto-amides en catalyse hétérogène via double carbonylation a aussi été étudiée / The one-pot selective synthesis of 4-quinolones and indoxyls was achieved through a carbonylative Sonogashira coupling followed by cyclization. A study in homogeneous catalysis revealed that the nature of catalysts in presence controlled the selectivity toward each compounds. Whereas the first coupling step is palladium catalyzed, the cyclizations require organic nucleophilic species. Thus, 4-quinolones were obtained by one-pot multi-catalysis {[Pd]+amine} and indoxyls by one-pot tandem catalysis {[Pd]/phosphine}. The catalytic systems were heterogenized by functionalizing mesostructured SBA silicas. Two strategies were employed aiming at a control of the localization of the functionality. Different Pd complexes were integrated in the pores of the material by post-synthesis grafting or incorporated into the walls via direct synthesis. Different amines and a phosphine were immobilized by post-synthesis grafting affording hybrid materials containing amine or phosphine catalysts in their pores. Catalytic activities of those materials were evaluated in the reaction affording 2-phenyl-4-quinolone and 2-benzylidene-indoxyl. The former was obtained in good yields and the heterogeneous catalytic system {[Pd]@SBA+amine@SBA} was recyclable over 3 runs. All hybrid materials showed Pd leaching but their uses still enables to decrease the Pd contamination of the final product compared to homogeneous complexes. The indoxyle compound was obtained in a semi-heterogeneous system {[Pd]@SBA/PPh3}, the use of the grafted phosphine providing transformation of the indoxyle toward 2-benzylindole. Formation of α-keto-amids by heterogeneously catalyzed double carbonylation was also studied