A promising approach investigated here is to utilize thin film multilayer structures where the thickness of a catalyst layer at an exposed edge of photolithographically defined pattern determines the diameter of the nanotubes/nanowires grown from it. This can in turn be incorporated into photolithographically defined post structures resulting in an array of suspended nanowires for line-of-site shadow lithography. Success of the diameter control approach has been shown by selectively growing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) from narrow lines (12-60 nm) of SiO2, Fe, Ni, Co on micron-scale patterned substrates in a ferrocene or nonferrocene catalyzed CVD process. In addition, the concept has been extended to VS growth of CuO nanowires and VLS growth of ZnO nanowires from an exposed edge in a Al2O3/Cu(40-100 nm)/Al2O3 and Al2O3/Au(10 nm)/Al2O3 thin film multilayer structures. The exposed middle layer of patterned thin-film multilayer acts as a nm-scale wide selective growth area. The resultant CNT/nanowire diameter is directly related to the catalyst/catalyst support size. Growth kinetic studies of CuO nanowires from a thin film multilayer structure indicate diffusion controlled process. Dispersion of CNTs between lithographically defined trenches of width of 200 nm and depth of 500 nm when coupled with line-of-site deposition resulted in nm-scale line underneath the suspended CNT. The width of the resulting shadow is nearly a simple function of CNT/nanowire diameter, incident evaporation angle, and height of CNT above the substrate in a line-of-site evaporation geometry. Another promising approach to control the placement of nanotubes/nanowires is the selective functionalization of only their tips followed by selfassembly onto chemically patterned substrates. Towards this goal, arrays of aligned CNTs were impregnated with polystyrene to form aligned CNT membranes. These CNT membranes were also studied for gas and ionic transport studies. Different functionalization chemistry was performed on each side of the membrane. After dissolution of polymer matrix, a suspension of CNTs with different functionality at each tip was formed, allowing for sophisticated selfassembled architectures.

Thesis advisor: Kian L. Tan / Chapter 1. Catalytic directing group, I, which was designed with the ability to form a reversible covalent bond with a substrate and bind a metal, was shown to direct the hydroformylation of allylic amines. The efficient regioselective hydroformylation of a variety of 1,2-disubstituted allylic sulfonamides to form β-amino-aldehydes under mild conditions has been shown. Chapter 2. Building off of the successful application of I, enantioenriched catalytic directing group, II, was designed and synthesized. It retained the essential features to direct hydroformylation to obtain good regioselectivity while also providing a chiral environment to induce absolute stereocontrol. Under mild conditions, a variety of disubstituted olefins react to give good yields and excellent enantioselectivites. Thus, the first enantioselective reaction performed with a catalytic directing group was demonstrated. Chapter 3. A new set of organocatalysts was developed that benefits from reversible covalent bonding and induced intramolecularity. The desymmetrization of meso-1,2-diols was accomplished using organocatalyst III, which was synthesized easily and cheaply. Experimental results indicate that the selectivity and increased reactivity are a result of the ability of III to pre-organize the substrate through a reversible, covalent bond. A variety of cyclic and acylic substrates were shown to react efficiently with good enantioselectivities under mild conditions. The catalyst's ability to functionalize cis-1,2-diols selectively indicated it might be successfully applied to site selective catalysis. Thus, the selective functionalization of a secondary alcohol in the presence of a primary alcohol was developed using a combination of binding selectivity and stereoselectivity. The (S)-enantiomer forms the secondary functionalized product while the (R)-enantiomer forms the primary functionalized product with high selectivity. As the enantiomers preferentially form different functionalized products, a regiodivergent reaction on a racemic mixture resulted giving two valuable enriched products. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2013. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Chemistry.

Mesoporous silica materials are versatile platforms for biological catalysis, isolation of small molecules for detection and separation applications. The design of mesoporous silica supports for tailored protein and biomolecule interactions has been limited by the techniques to demonstrate biomolecule location and functionality as a function of pore size. This work examines the interaction of proteins and lipid bilayers with engineered porous silica surfaces using spherical silica particles with tunable pore diameters (3 – 12 nm) in the range relevant to biomolecule uptake in the pores, and large particle sizes (5 - 15 µm) amenable to microscopy imaging The differentiation of protein location between the external surface and within the pore, important to applications requiring protein protection or catalytic activity in pores, is demonstrated. A protease / fluorescent protein system is used to investigate protein location and protection as a function of pore size, indicating a narrow pore size range capable of protein protection, slightly larger than the protein of interest and approaching the protease dimensions. Selective functionalization, in this case exterior-only surface functionalization of mesoporous particles with amines, is extended to larger pore silica materials. A reaction time dependent functionalization approach is demonstrated as the first visually confirmed, selective amine functionalization method in protein accessible supports. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles are effective supports for lipid bilayer membranes and membrane associated proteins for separations and therapeutic delivery, although the role of support porosity on membrane fluidity is unknown. Transport properties of bilayers in lipid filled nanoparticles as a function of pore diameter and location in the particle are measured for the first time. Bilayer diffusivity increases with increasing pore size and is independent of bilayer location within the core, mid or cap of the particle, suggesting uniform long range bilayer mobility in lipid filled pores. Application of lipid bilayers on mesoporous silica was examined for membrane associated proteins A unique method to adhere functional proteins in lipid bilayers on mesoporous silica particles is established using vesicles derived from cell plasma membranes and their associated proteins. This method of membrane protein investigation retains proteins within native lipid membranes, stabilizing proteins for investigation on supports.

Les polyazamacrocycles trouvent de nombreuses applications dans le domaine de la complexation de cations métalliques ou d'anions. Le laboratoire à longtemps étudié la fonctionnalisation des dérivés tétraazamacrocycliques et leurs propriétés de complexation. Afin d'accroître le savoir-faire du laboratoire et d'explorer de nouvelles propriétés de complexation des polyamines cycliques, nous nous sommes intéressé à transposer ce savoir à la fonctionnalisation d'un macrocycle plus petit : le tacn. Ce travail repose sur la mise au point d'une nouvelle stratégie de fonctionnalisation sélective du tacn et la synthèse de nouveaux dérivés. Les composés obtenus ont permis l'étude de leurs propriétés de complexation vis-à-vis de différents métaux de transition. Les propriétés de complexes de cuivre (II) ont été étudiées pour des applications en imagerie TEP ou en radioimmunothérapie. La détection de zinc (II) basée sur une détection IRM par de nouvelles sondes ditopiques tacn-do3a a été étudiée. La complexation de fer (II) pour des applications en transition de spin ont également permis de déterminer les propriétés de complexation de dérivés du tacn. / The polyazamacrocycles have many applications in the field metal cations or anions complexation. Our laboratory studied the functionalization of tetraazamacrocyclic derivatives and their complexation properties during a long time. To enhance the expertise of our laboratory and to explore new properties of complexation of cyclic polyamines, we were interested in transpose his expertise to the functionalization of a smaller macrocycle: the tacn. This work is based on the development of a new synthetic strategy of selective functionalization of tacn and the synthesis of new derivatives. The complexation properties of this new functionalized macrocycles with different transition metals were also studied. The properties of copper (II) complexes have been studied for applications in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging or radioimmunotherapy (RIT). The detection of zinc (II) based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) detection by new ditopic probes tacn-do3a has been studied. Complexation of iron (II) for applications in spin crossover also revealed the complexation properties of the tacn derivatives.

Ce travail s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’étude de plateformes polyphénoliques et, plus spécifiquement, des calixarènes. Des macrocycles oligomériques tels que les calixarènes, cyclodextrines, cyclotrivératrylènes, pillararènes, etc. sont fortement utilisés dans de nombreuses applications telles que la reconnaissance moléculaire, la détection, la séparation, le greffage sur surface, etc. Le développement de telles applications requiert toutefois modification sélective de ces macrocycles pour leur conférer des propriétés utiles aux applications visées (e.g. affinité envers certaines espèces chimiques, hydrosolubilité, activité photoluminescente). La modification sélective de tels macrocycles oligomériques est cependant loin d’être triviale car, en plus de requérir un contrôle des chimio- régio- et stéréosélectivités classiques, la réaction d’un nombre défini de fonctions identiques est une problématique clé qui doit être résolue. En effet, la fonctionnalisation des oligomères cycliques tels que les calixarènes passe par la formation de produits mono-, di-, tri-fonctionnalisés, et ainsi de suite de manière itérative. Par analogie avec des processus itératifs, nous avons proposé le terme « itérosélectivité » pour décrire la sélectivité qui gouverne le nombre de transformations chimiques répétées. Dans ce contexte, nous avons proposé des stratégies rationnelles et hautement sélectives pour la fonctionnalisation de calixarènes. Ces stratégies exploitent principalement des réactions de carbamatation pour introduire sélectivement des groupements tert-butylaminocarbonyle (Bac) sur les positions phénoliques des calixarènes. Citons notamment la carbamatation « all-but-one » qui permet d’introduire itérosélectivement des groupements Bac sur tous les phénols sauf un pour une grande variété de calixarènes. De plus, l’utilisation de ces groupements Bac comme groupe protecteur nous a permis de synthétiser de nombreux dérivés calixaréniques jusqu’alors inaccessibles suivant les voies de fonctionnalisation connues. Certains de ces composés présentent notamment une chiralité inhérente. En dehors de nos travaux, aucune voie de fonctionnalisation sélective de calixarènes décrite à ce jour n’est aussi générale et efficace. Nous avons également présenté une nouvelle voie d’oxydation de calixarènes en calixquinones. Cette voie présente moins de risques pour la santé et l’environnement que la méthode la plus couramment utilisée à ce jour employant un sel de thallium, métal extrêmement toxique. Les différents aspects synthétiques développés ont permis de synthétiser des boites moléculaires originales dérivées de calixarènes qui ont été étudiées pour leurs propriétés intéressantes dans le cadre de la reconnaissance sélective de petites molécules dont l’eau et le DMSO, ainsi que le piégeage de gaz à l’état solide dont l’hexafluorure de soufre qui est le gaz à effet de serre le plus puissant répertorié à ce jour. Pour finir, la caractérisation poussée d’une bibliothèque de dérivés calixaréniques par spectroscopie de résonance magnétique nucléaire a permis de décrire une méthode générale pour la caractérisation structurale et conformationnelle des calixarènes. / This work concerns the study of polyphenolic platforms, and more particularly, of calixarenes. Oligomeric macrocycles such as calixarenes, cyclodextrins, cyclotriveratrylenes, pillararenes, etc. are widely used as molecular platforms in supramolecular chemistry and in particular for the design of sensors, catalysts, multivalent systems, biomimetic receptors, etc. In general, the synthesis of such supramolecular systems requires the controlled introduction of functional groups on the precursor platform. However, the development of efficient methods for selective modification of macrocyclic oligomers remains extremely challenging. Indeed, in addition to the control of the classical chemo-, regio-, and stereoselectivities, the reaction of a defined number of identical functional groups is a key issue that must be solved. Indeed, the functionalization of oligomeric macrocycles such as calixarenes goes through the formation of mono-, di, tri-functionalized products and so on, iteratively. By analogy with iterative processes, we proposed to name “iteroselectivity” the kind of selectivity that governs the number of repeating chemical transformations. In this context, we proposed rational and highly selective strategies for the functionalization of calixarenes. These strategies are mainly based on the carbamatation of calixarene phenolic functions to introduce tert-butylaminocarbonyl groups (i.e. Bac groups). Our leading example is the “all-but-one” carbamatation which can be used to introduce Bac groups on all but one phenol of a large variety of calixarenes. Moreover, using Bac groups as protecting groups led to the synthesis of numerous calixarene derivatives which were, until now, not accessible through conventional means. It is noteworthy that some of these compounds are inherently chiral. No other selective functionalization method described for calixarenes is as general and efficient than this “all-but-one” carbamatation. Besides, we also described a new oxidation method to synthesize calixquinone starting from calixarenes. This method is less risky and more environment-friendly than the most commonly used method which rely on thallium salts, an extremely toxic metal. Through the various synthetic methods developed herein, we also developed calixarene-based molecular boxes. The host–guest properties of these molecular boxes were studied revealing their ability to include small molecules such as water or DMSO. We also developed a method to sequester gases in the solid state relying on an original concept involving calix[6]arene-based molecular boxes. This was exemplified with the sequestration of SF6, known as the most potent greenhouse gas. At last, the extensive characterization of a library of calixarene derivatives by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy led to the development of a general method for the structural and conformational characterization of calixarenes. / Doctorat en Sciences / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

L’élaboration de récepteurs artificiels pouvant reconnaître soit des ions métalliques soit des molécules chargées ou neutres avec une haute affinité et une grande sélectivité est l’un des objectifs majeurs de la chimie supramoléculaire. En effet, de tels récepteurs ont de potentielles applications dans de nombreux domaines comme en imagerie médicale ou en analyse environnementale. Afin de pouvoir obtenir des récepteurs sophistiqués, il faut cependant généralement passer par une étape d’ingénierie de la molécule dont la conception concrète nécessite une fonctionnalisation ad hoc. Cela requiert souvent la mise au point de méthodes originales de synthèse accompagnée d’un travail méthodologique important. Par ailleurs, alors que l’eau, de par ses propriétés physico-chimiques, joue un rôle tout à fait particulier dans la reconnaissance moléculaire (effet hydrophobe) et dans les réactions enzymatiques (transfert d’électrons et de protons), la majorité des études décrites dans la littérature ont été faites en solvant organique. Si quelques récepteurs, principalement basés sur des molécules intrinsèquement hydrosolubles (telles que la cyclodextrine ou le cucurbiturile) ont permis d’enrichir la chimie supramoléculaire dans l’eau, l’étude comparée de récepteurs en milieux organique et aqueux, qui apporterait de nombreuses informations est, elle, en revanche peu explorée par la communauté supramoléculaire. Ce travail de thèse s’insère dans ces deux cadres et cherche à répondre en partie à ces problématiques. Il est axé sur : (i) le développement d’une méthodologie unique pour la fonctionnalisation sélective de calix[6]arènes; et (ii) la synthèse et l’étude de nouveaux récepteurs hydrosolubles dérivés du calix[6]tren. La première partie de ce travail décrit le développement d’une stratégie supramoléculaire, qui consiste en l’utilisation des propriétés réceptrices du macrocycle calix[6]arène comme un outil pour sa monofonctionnalisation sélective. Le champ d’application d’une telle approche est notamment étudié à partir de différents récepteurs calix[6]arèniques dont la reconnaissance est basée sur divers types d’interactions (interactions ioniques ou chimie de coordination). Ces travaux s’insèrent dans un cadre plus général de fonctionnalisation sélective de macrocycles via assistance supramoléculaire, qui fait l’objet du chapitre introductif de cette partie. Les propriétés émergentes de ces nouveaux ligands monofonctionnalisés sont également présentées dans ce document. La deuxième partie du travail concerne l’hydrosolubilisation de ligands calixaréniques et l’étude de leurs propriétés de reconnaissance ainsi que celles de leurs complexes (Zn(II), Cu(II)) correspondants dans l’eau. L’étude est pour cela dirigée vers l’hydrosolubilisation d’un récepteur qui s’est révélé particulièrement prometteur en solvant organique, mais qui n’était pas soluble en milieu aqueux : le calix[6]tren. / The elaboration of artificial receptors that can bind either metal ions or charged/neutral species with a high affinity and a high selectivity is one of the major goals of supramolecular chemistry. Indeed, such receptors have potential applications in many fields such as in medical imaging or in environmental analysis. In order to obtain sophisticated receptors however, one has generally to go through a step of molecular engineering. This often requires the development of original synthetic methods, accompanied by an important methodologic work. Furthermore, although water, by its special physico-chemical properties, plays a particular role in molecular recognition (hydrophobic effect) and in enzymatic reactions (transfer of electrons and protons), the majority of the studies reported in the literature have been conducted in organic solvent. If a few receptors, mainly based on intrinsically water-soluble molecules (such as cyclodextrin and cucurbituril) have permitted to enrich the field of supramolecular chemistry in water, the comparative study of given receptors in both organic and aqueous environment, which could be very informative, has been less explored by the supramolecular community. The present work fits into these two frameworks and seeks to answer, in part, to these problematics. The work is centered around: (i) the development of an unique methodology for the selective functionalization of calix[6]arenes; and (ii) the synthesis and study of new water-soluble derivatives of calix[6]tren. The first part of this work describe the development of a supramolecular strategy that relies on the use of the host-guest properties of the calix[6]arene macrocycle as a tool for its selective monofunctionalization. The scope of such approach is studied using several different calix[6]arene-based receptors which recognition process is based on different type of interactions (ionic interaction or coordination chemistry). The emerging properties of these newly monofunctionalized ligands are also presented in this document. The second part of this work deals with the water-solubilization of calix[6]arene ligands and the study of their coordination properties towards Zn(II) and Cu(II). The work is for this directed towards the water-solubilization of a receptor which revealed to be particularly promising in organic solvent, but that was not soluble in water: the calix[6]tren.