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No. of bitstreams: 1 danielgustavomesquitadasilva.pdf: 3042917 bytes, checksum: 06395c899324e2d8dfd65fdbf105d471 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-19 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Valores precisos de Secção de Choque Total (SCT) para o espalhamento de elétrons por álcoois primários, como metanol, etanol, 1-propanol e 1- butanol, são muito importantes em muitas áreas aplicadas, uma vez que refletem a reatividade do alvo molecular no processo de colisão, como função da energia dos elétrons. Esses valores são muito úteis, por exemplo, quando se quer modelar a combustão do álcool no processo de ignição por centelha dentro de um motor de combustão interna. Através dessa modelagem, podemos melhorar o desempenho de veículos motorizados e de todas as tecnologias que utilizam atualmente combustíveis fósseis. Medidas de SCT absoluta para espalhamento de elétrons por moléculas do 1-propanol foram realizadas neste trabalho, para energias de impacto de 40 a 500 eV. Esses dados foram obtidos utilizando um novo aparelho desenvolvido neste trabalho, baseado na atenuação de um feixe de elétrons colimado através de uma célula gasosa que contém as moléculas a serem estudadas, a uma pressão e temperatura conhecidas. Este aparelho é constituído de um canhão de elétrons, uma célula gasosa, um analisador de energia de elétrons composto de um sistema de lentes eletrostáticas desaceleradoras seguido por um analisador cilíndrico dispersivo 127° (ACD 127°) e um coletor de Faraday. O aparelho está instalado dentro de uma câmara de vácuo coberta por 5 camadas de mu-metal, para blindagem de campos magnéticos espúrios, sendo diferencialmente bombeada através de duas bombas turbomoleculares; uma com velocidade de bombeamento de 80 l/s, para bombear a câmara do canhão de elétrons, a fim de evitar mudanças nas características de emissão do filamento quando o gás é introduzido na câmara; e a outra, com uma velocidade de bombeamento de 600 l/s, para bombear a célula de espalhamento e a região do analisador. O aparelho desenvolvido mostrou excelente desempenho, quando os dados de SCT por ele produzidos foram comparados com dados da literatura para os gases Ar, He, N2. Nossos dados experimentais de SCT para o 1-propanol, pelo melhor de nosso conhecimento, são os primeiros da literatura. Eles foram comparados com os resultados teóricos produzidos pelo Modelo do Átomo Independente Regra da Aditividade Revisada mais contribuições de interferências (MAIRAR+I), sendo verificada uma boa concordância. / Precise values of the Total Cross Section (TCS) for electron scattering by primary alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol and 1-butanol, are very important in many applied areas, given that the TCS reflects the reactivity of a molecular target in the collision processes as a function of the electron energy. These values are very useful, for instance, when modeling alcohol combustion through a spark ignition process within an internal combustion engines. Through this modeling we can improve the performance of motor vehicles, and all technologies currently utilizing fossil fuels. Absolute Total Cross Section (ATCS) measurements for electron scattering from 1-propanol molecules were obtained in this work, for impact energies from 40 to 500 eV. These data were obtained using a new apparatus developed in this work, which is based on the measurement of the attenuation of a collimated electron beam through a gas cell containing the molecules to be studied at a given pressure and temperature. This new apparatus consists of an electron gun, a gas cell, an electron energy analyzer composed of an array of decelerating electrostatic lenses, a cylindrical dispersive 127° analyzer (CDA 127°), and a Faraday cup. The apparatus is housed inside a vacuum chamber covered by 5 layers of mu-metal, for shielding against spurious magnetic fields, and differentially pumped through two turbomolecular pumps; one with a pumping speed of 80 l/s, for pumping the electron gun chamber in order to avoid changes in the electron emitting filament characteristics when gas is introduced into the chamber; and the other, with 600 l/s pumping speed, for pumping the scattering cell and analyzer region. The developed apparatus showed excellent performance when comparing our TCS data produced with it, with data from literature for the gases Ar, He, N2. Our TCS measurements for 1-propanol, to the best of our knowledge, are the first in the literature. These experimental measurements were compared with calculated TCS using the Independent-Atom Model with Screening Corrected Additivity Rule and Interference (IAM-SCAR+I) approach with the level of agreement between them being typically found to be very good.

Although current classical force fields describe homogeneous single-componentsystems fairly well, they do not represent the response of an individual molecule's electronic structure to its local environment with enough detail to reliably predict atomic motions in interfacial regions such as a solvation structure or liquid surface.Since most chemical processes of non-trivial interest involve two or more dissimilar molecules interacting at a short distance, molecular models must accurately simulate the interactions between different molecular species as well as bulk behavior in order to provide useful information. Results from two simulation studies are presented to illustrate both the utility of current point-charge electrostatics models in liquid structure determination and the critical importance of modeling induction effects in liquid water.

This report summarises the work done on monohydroxy aliphatic alcohol upgrading using Au/TiO2 catalysis. The catalysts were initially tested using a plug-flow CO oxidation reactor; complete conversion of a stream of CO flowing over the catalyst bed at a GHSV of approximately 79,500 hr-1 was typically achieved without any required external heating. TEM analysis showed that the freshly prepared catalyst does not contain detectable Aunano clusters, while the spent CO oxidation catalyst had clearly visible nanoparticles with an average size of approximately 1.6 nm. XRD analyses showed that the final pH to which the deposition-precipitation procedure was adjusted had a major role in determining the average nanocluster size. Alcohols were oxidised using the 1% Au/TiO2 catalyst in a plug-flow reactor, with the alcohol vapour being produced by sparging a blended stream of helium and oxygen (typically made up to a total flowrate of 100 ml min-1). The temperature of the alcohol could be adjusted, thereby controlling the vapour mole fraction of alcohol. For methanol oxidation, the primary reaction pathway across the entire range of studied feed compositions was combustion. The onset of combustion occurred dramatically, in the range of 140-160°C. For ethanol oxidation, acetaldehyde selectivity increases and overall conversion decreases as the oxygen content of the feed stream decreases. The kinetics of the catalysed ethanol oxidation showed a compensation effect, described by the equation ln(A) = 0.2032EA + 2.6102 (EA in kJ mol-1). Propanol oxidation demonstrated the highest selectivity towards a value added product (propanaldehyde), with propanaldehyde being formed in significant quantities. However, combustion was still favoured at high temperatures when large excesses oxygen were present. The thermokinetic data calculated for n-propanol oxidation did not exhibit the compensation effect observed in ethanol oxidation; the EA for this reaction was stable at approximately 38 kJ mol-1. In the anaerobic catalysed reactions of ethanol and n-propanol, an oily layer was collected above the water meniscus in a cold trap. This oil could potentially be formed via poly-aldol condensation reactions of the aldehydes produced during oxidation. Though other researchers suggest these condensation reactions typically end in a cyclic dehydration into aromatic compounds, electrospray mass spectrometry found no indication of such products. Control reactions performed using unloaded TiO2 and porous Au (obtained by in-situ reduction of Au2O3) produced different product distributions, all requiring substantially higher reaction temperatures. This suggests that there must be a synergistic effect between the Au and TiO2 substrate which facilitates reactions. Furthermore, the product distributions of the 1% Au/TiO2 catalysed reactions were significantly different from results published by other researchers performing similar oxidations on Au(111) single crystals, where substantially higher selectivity towards value-added products (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and propanaldehyde) is typically observed.

A novel small molecule, 1-ethoxy-3-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-propanol (EOD), was synthesized in our laboratory. Previously, we reported pharmacological properties of EOD, triggering apoptosis in Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Here, we further investigated the effects of EOD on the growth of A549 human lung cancer cells. EOD treatment induced apoptosis in A549 cells via up-regulating the expression of P53 protein, blocking cell cycle partly at G1 phase, and ultimately activating caspase-3. In contrast, caspase-8 might be irrelevant to EOD-triggered apoptosis. This study indicated that EOD might be a potential chemopreventive agent for lung cancer. The work would encourage us to add more novel compounds to our 'library' of small molecules derived through modern synthetic organic chemistry, and would drive us to determine the proteins that the compounds target.

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Ces derniers temps, des procédés commerciaux basés sur la technologie photocatalytique, sont arrivés sur le marché, afin de satisfaire la demande croissante du traitement de l’air intérieur. L’objectif de ce présent travail est de développer une nouvelle méthodologie pour évaluer l’efficacité de ce nouveau procédé. Pour l’étude de l’application de la photocatalyse au traitement de l’air intérieur, un dispositif expérimental a été mis au point et deux méthodes analytiques ont été développées (ATD-GCMS et GC-PDHID). La performance de la dégradation photocatalytique du 2-propanol et du toluène à faibles concentrations (ppbv) a été étudiée. L’influence des différents paramètres (humidité relative, débit, concentration initiale, etc.) et leurs interactions sur la conversion, la formation des intermédiaires et la minéralisation au CO2 a été établie / Many commercial systems based in the photocatalytic technology have reached the market recently in order to address the growing demand for improve poor indoor air qualities. The present work deals with the development of a new methodology in order to evaluate the efficiency of this process. For the study of photocatalytic oxidation for indoor air applications, an experimental set-up was designed and two analytical tools (ATD-GC-MS and GC-PDHID) were developed. The performance of the photocatalytic treatment of 2-propanol and toluene at indoor air concentrations levels (ppbv) were realised. The influence of several parameters and their interactions effects on the conversion, by-product formation and mineralization to CO2 were established

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:41:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 KeilaSA.pdf: 2159921 bytes, checksum: eaf4fb1bec7305fa007222908f6259ac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-29 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Chitosan derivatives were prepared by reductive alkylation using glutaraldehyde and 3-amino-1-propanol. The reducing agent used was the sodium borohydride. Tests of solubility, stability and viscosity were performed in order to evaluate these parameters effects in the reaction conditions (molar ratio of the reactants and presence of nitrogen in the reaction system). The molecular structure of commercial chitosan was determined by infrared (IR) and hydrogen nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR). The intrinsic viscosity and average molecular weight of the chitosan were determined by viscosimetry in 0.3 M acetic acid aqueous solution 0.2 M sodium acetate at 25 ?C. The derivatives of chitosan soluble in aqueous acidic medium were characterized by 1H NMR. The rheological behavior of the chitosan and of the derivative of chitosan (sample QV), which presented the largest viscosity, were studied as a function of polymer concentration, temperature and ionic strength of the medium. The results of characterization of the commercial chitosan (the degree of deacetylation obtained equal 78.45 %) used in this work confirmed a sample of low molar weight (Mv = 3.57 x 104 g/mol) and low viscosity (intrinsic viscosity = 213.56 mL/g). The chemical modification of the chitosan resulted in derivatives with thickening action. The spectra of 1H NMR of the soluble derivatives in acid aqueous medium suggested the presence of hydrophobic groups grafted into chitosan in function of the chemical modification. The solubility of the derivatives of chitosan in 0.25 M acetic acid aqueous solution decreased with increase of the molar ratio of the glutaraldehyde and 3-amino-1-propanol in relation to the chitosan. The presence of nitrogen and larger amount of reducing agent in reaction system contributed to the increase of the solubility, the stability and the viscosity of the systems. The viscosity of the polymeric suspensions in function of the shear rate increased significantly with polymer concentration, suggesting the formation of strong intermolecular associations. The chitosan presented pseudoplastic behavior with the increase in polymer concentration at a low shear rate. The derivative QV presented pseudoplastic behavior at all concentrations used and in a large range of shear rate. The viscosity of chitosan in solution decreased with an increase of the temperature and with the presence of salt. However, there was an increase of the viscosity of the chitosan solution at higher temperature (65 ?C) and ionic strength of the medium which were promoted by hydrophobic associating of the acetamide groups. The solutions of the chitosan derivatives (sample QV) were significantly more viscous than chitosan solution and showed higher thermal stability in the presence of salt as a function of the hydrophobic groups grafted into chitosan backbone / Derivados de quitosana foram preparados atrav?s de alquila??o redutiva usando glutaralde?do e 3-amino-1-propanol. O agente redutor utilizado foi o boro hidreto de s?dio. Os efeitos das vari?veis reacionais (propor??es molares dos reagentes e nitrog?nio no meio reacional) nas caracter?sticas dos pol?meros em fun??o das mudan?as estruturais foram avaliados atrav?s de testes de solubilidade, estabilidade e viscosidade. A estrutura molecular da quitosana comercial foi determinada por espectroscopia de infravermelho (IV) e de resson?ncia magn?tica nuclear de hidrog?nio (RMN 1H). A viscosidade intr?nseca e a massa molar m?dia da quitosana foram determinadas por viscosimetria, em ?cido ac?tico 0,3 M acetato de s?dio 0,2 M, a 25 ?C. Os derivados de quitosana sol?veis em meio aquoso ?cido foram caracterizados por RMN 1H. O comportamento reol?gico da quitosana e do seu derivado (amostra QV), que apresentou maior viscosidade, foram estudados em fun??o da concentra??o de pol?mero, da temperatura e da for?a i?nica do meio. Os resultados da caracteriza??o da quitosana comercial utilizada neste trabalho demonstraram uma amostra de baixa massa molar (Mv = 3,57 x 104 g/mol) e de baixa viscosidade (viscosidade intr?nseca = 213,56 mL/g). O grau m?dio de desacetila??o foi 78,45 %. A modifica??o qu?mica da quitosana resultou em derivados com caracter?sticas viscosificantes. Os espectros de RMN 1H dos derivados sol?veis em meio aquoso ?cido mostraram a inser??o de grupos hidrof?bicos na estrutura da quitosana em fun??o da modifica??o qu?mica realizada. A solubilidade dos derivados de quitosana em solu??o aquosa de ?cido ac?tico 0,25 M diminuiu com o aumento da propor??o molar do glutaralde?do e 3-amino-1-propanol em rela??o ? quitosana. A presen?a de nitrog?nio e maior quantidade de agente redutor no meio reacional contribu?ram para o aumento da solubilidade, estabilidade e viscosidade dos sistemas polim?ricos. A viscosidade das dispers?es polim?ricas em fun??o da taxa de cisalhamento aumentou significativamente com a concentra??o de pol?mero, sugerindo a forma??o de fortes associa??es intermoleculares. A quitosana apresentou comportamento pseudopl?stico com o aumento da concentra??o de pol?mero em solu??o e a baixas taxas de cisalhamento, enquanto que o seu derivado, QV, apresentou comportamento pseudopl?stico em todas as concentra??es utilizadas e em uma larga faixa de taxa de cisalhamento. A viscosidade da solu??o de quitosana diminuiu com o aumento da temperatura e com a presen?a de sal. No entanto, houve um aumento da viscosidade da solu??o de quitosana ? temperatura mais alta (65 ?C) e em maior for?a i?nica, promovido por associa??es hidrof?bicas dos grupos acetamido. As solu??es do derivado QV foram significativamente mais viscosas do que as solu??es de quitosana e obtiveram maior estabilidade t?rmica em solu??o na presen?a de sal em fun??o dos grupos hidrof?bicos inseridos na estrutura da quitosana

DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) is a liquid with a high boiling point (189 oC) that has been extensively utilized in various industries owing to its ability to dissolve various organic and inorganic compounds. DMSO is increasingly being adopted as a detergent or a photo-resistant stripping solvent in manufacturing semiconductors and liquid crystal displays (LCD). Therefore, DMSO is now a major component of wastewater. The biological treatment of DMSO-containing wastewater generates noxious DMS (dimethyl sulfide) and other compounds that may cause odor problems. Also having a high water solubility and a moderate boiling point (110 oC), tetrafluoro propanol (TFP) has been extensively applied in the manufacture of CD-R and DVD-R, due to its ability to dissolve organic dyes. The spin coating process produces a large amount of wastewater containing TFP. No reports have been written on the biodegradability of TFP to the authors¡¦ knowledge. Additionally, HMDS (hexamethyldisilazane) has been extensively used in life science microscopy and material science. For instance, the semiconductor industry employs HMDS to promote the adhesion of photo-resistant material to oxide(s). HMDS is classified as a carcinogen, and has an ammonia odor. Condensing incinerators have been found to be unsuitable for treating HMDS-containing waste gases, because of the formation of silicon dioxide, which blocks porous adsorbents. Biological treatment also appears to be unpromising due to its low water solubility and limited biodegradability. This investigation evaluates the feasibility, effectiveness and oxidation characteristics of aqueous DMSO, TFP and gaseous HMDS (hexamethyldisilazane) by UV/O3 processes. A reactor made entirely of acrylic plastic with an effective volume of 10 L was employed for the reactions. The tested VOCs concentrations were adjusted to 400¡V890mg/L and 772¡V887 mg/L for DMSO and TFP, respectively, and the gas (ozone-enriched air) flow rate was controlled at 3L/min. The effects of various solution pH values (acidic, alkaline, uncontrolled), solution temperatures (26 oC, 37 oC, 48 oC and 60 oC), and UV wavelengths (254 nm and 185+254 nm) on the removal of tested VOCs were studied . Additionally, the operation costs of treating DMSO and TFP by UV/O3 were estimated. Experimental results demonstrate that acidic conditions (pH = 3.6) favored the degradation of DMSO, and that the removal efficiency could reach 95% at a volumetric UV intensity P/V of 2.25 W/L and a reaction time of 120 min. However, alkaline conditions (pH = 9.5) favored the decomposition of TFP, with the removal efficiency reaching 95% at P/V = 2.5 W/L and a reaction time of 60 min. Both DMSO and TFP exhibited zero-order degradation kinetics when sufficient ozone was supplied. Raising the oxidation temperature did not increase the UV/O3 oxidation of TFP in the tested concentration and temperature ranges. Operation costs of the UV/O3 per unit volume of wastewater with DMSO or TFP are comparable to those of the methods described in the literature. For the gaseous HMDS oxidation, two batch reactors with effective volumes of 1.2 and 5.8 L were used employed with the decomposition occurred under UV (185+254 nm) irradiation and UV (254 nm)/O3 processes. Tests were performed with initial HMDS concentrations of 32¡V41mg/m3 under various initial ozone dosages (O3 (mg)/HMDS (mg) =1¡V5), atmospheres (N2, O2, and air), temperatures (28 oC, 46 oC, 65 oC and 80 oC), relative humilities (20%, 50%, 65% and 99%) and volumetric UV power inputs (0.87 W/L, 1.74 W/L, 4.07 W/L and 8.16 W/L) to assess their effects on the HMDS degradation rate. Results of this study demonstrate that the decomposition rates for the UV (185+254 nm) irradiation exceeded those for the UV (254 nm)/O3 process for all conditions. UV (185+254 nm) decompositions of HMDS displayed apparent first-order kinetics. A process with irradiation of UV (185+254 nm) to HMDS in air saturated with water at temperatures of 46¡V80 oC favors the HMDS degradation. With the above conditions and a P/V of around 8 W/L, k≈ 0.20 s−1, and over 90% of the initial HMDS was degraded in a time of 12s. The main mechanisms for the HMDS in wet air streams irradiated with UV (185+254 nm) were found to be caused by OH free radical oxidation produced from photolysis of water or O (1D) produced from photolysis of oxygen. Economic evaluation factors of UV (185+254 nm) and UV (254 nm)/O3 processes at various UV power inputs were also estimated.

A new free radical chain process for the allylation of hydrocarbons and some other substrates utilizing substituted allyl bromides (R-H + C=C-C-Br -> R-C-C=C + HBr) has been developed. Good to excellent yields were observed in all cases. Kinetic chain measurements and competition experiments were performed in order to elucidate the mechanism of the reaction. Overall, the results are consistent with a free radical chain process with bromine atom as the chain carrier. Substitution effects on the reactivity of the allyl bromides (CH2=C(Z)CH2Br) and their influence on the overall reaction rate were studied by conducting several competition experiments. The relative rate constants for addition of benzyl radical to CH2=C(Z)CH2Br are: Z=CN(180), COOEt(110), Ph(65), H(1.0). The trend of electronegativity/reactivity of these reactions was very similar to that reported for addition of benzyl radical to substituted alkenes. Other than alkyl aromatics (PhCH3, PhCH(CH3)2), other substrates (i.e., 2- propanol, phenyl cyclopropane) were also tested for this allylation reaction. The magnitude and scope of these reactions, and their synthetic utility is discussed. / Ph. D.

The use of slotted quartz tube (SQT) as an atom trap in atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) provides a more stable chemical environment for atomization / the technique is simple and easily applicable in any laboratory. This thesis study involves application of SQT together with some other approaches to thallium determination by AAS. The first stages involve the efforts to improve nebulization efficiency of conventional flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) with and without the use of SQT. This is achieved by mixing 100 &micro / L of propanol with 500 &micro / L of Tl standard solution using the optimum conditions. By this method, Propanol-SQT-FAAS, 4.49 times enhancement in sensitivity has been obtained with respect to conventional FAAS, method in which the characteristic concentration was calculated as 894 ng/mL. The second stage of investigation is about the use of SQT as an atom trap, AT, preconcentration device for thallium determination. The similar technique has been successfully applied to some other analytes such as Pb, Cd, Bi and Au / detection limits at the level of ng/mL were obtained in the previous studies. In the present work, the analyte atoms are trapped on the inner surface of SQT in the presence of a lean air-acetylene flame for few minutes. After this collection step, a volume of methyl isobutyl ketone, MIBK, amounting to 10-50 microliters is introduced via conventional nebulization / this causes a momentary alteration in the flame composition and thus results in the release of trapped analyte atoms from the quartz surface. This revolatilization step is followed by a rapid atomization and transient signal was obtained. In addition to this method, a novel approach has been investigated where the inner surface of SQT was modified by using a metal coating with low volatility. For this purpose, eight different coating materials which were tungsten, palladium, molybdenum, gold, tantalum, zirconium, titanium and osmium, have been applied to the inner surface of SQT and as osmium was found to be most appropriate one, the rest of the study was continued with Os-Coated-SQT. This modification provided a better surface than quartz alone so that analyte atoms are trapped more efficiently and also released easily. Although the working principle of the Coated-SQT-AT-FAAS method is same with SQT-AT-FAAS, the conditions for SQT-AT-FAAS and Os-Coated-SQT-AT-FAAS methods were optimized seperately. Limit of detections, 3s/m, has been found to be 38 ng/mL and 3.5 ng/mL for these cases, respectively. While the SQT-AT-FAAS method has provided 92 fold enhancement, the Os-Coated-SQT-AT-FAAS method has provided a 319 fold sensitivity improvement with respect to conventional FAAS method.