The consumption of large quantities of fossil fuels on a yearly basis for energy purposes has led to the release of vast quantities of carbon dioxide into the Earth s atmosphere leading to global warming. In order to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere, procedures such as carbon dioxide capture and storage are currently being implemented, although this process is successful in decreasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration it results in the mindless storage of an otherwise synthetically useful reagent. The development of a viable method to capture carbon dioxide, followed by synthetic utilisation often referred to as CCU is currently gaining much attention. The main challenges in the development of a suitable utilisation reaction are energy and cost efficiency as well as the use of environmentally friendly conditions. Previous reports on utilisation include the catalytic incorporation of carbon dioxide into epoxides under electrochemical conditions, however this process had several drawbacks. In this project the shortcomings of this reported procedure have been addressed in order to develop a potentially viable utilisation process. The catalyst free electrocarboxylation of mono-substituted epoxides, using a magnesium anode/copper cathode electrode couple and tetrabutylammonium bromide supporting electrolyte in a sealed single compartment cell, was achieved under mild reaction conditions (1 atmosphere carbon dioxide pressure, 60 milliamperes constant current and 50 degree celsius heating), producing the corresponding 5-membered cyclic carbonate product in excellent yields (65-96%). Interestingly the use of sono-electrolysis allowed the reduction of para-substituted aromatic epoxides. The stoichiometric addition of tetrabutylammonium bromide was key for the effective activation of carbon dioxide and the epoxide. Similar carbon dioxide incorporation into analogous mono-substituted aziridines, synthesised using a modified Wenker synthesis allowed the formation of the corresponding cyclic carbamates in moderate to excellent yields (32-90%). The selective synthesis of 6-membered cyclic carbonates from oxetane substrates was also achieved in good yields (60-70%) as well the non-selective synthesis of polytrimethylene oxide. The electrochemical process also allowed the tandem formation of magnesium carbonate in quantitative yield (85%). Furthermore substrate free electrocarboxylation allowed the synthesis of alternative iron and zinc carbonates in excellent yield (83-85%) as well as the selective synthesis of aluminium oxalate (99%). Coupled with the high recovery of the supporting electrolyte (90%), this work has demonstrated the economical synthesis of industrially useful chemical feed-stocks under green conditions.

Le travail de thèse est consacré au développement d'électrodes composites à base d'argiles naturelles et à leur caractérisation électrochimique à des fins analytiques, notamment pour le dosage de cations métalliques (Cu2+) et de quelques substances à visée thérapeutique. Le premier chapitre expérimental est consacré à une étude comparée des caractéristiques chimiques, structurales et physico-chimiques de deux argiles naturelles extraites sur deux sites en Roumanie. Il apparaît que l'argile de Valea Chioarului, de type montmorillonite, présente les propriétés les plus intéressantes avec une surface spécifique importante (190 m2/g). Le deuxième chapitre fait état d'une analyse prospective des deux argiles comme matériaux d'électrodes en utilisant un film composite argile/poly-électrolyte. Trois molécules d'intérêt pharmaceutique ont été choisies pour cible, l'acide ascorbique, la riboflavine et l'acétaminophène. Cette dernière molécule peut être détectée soit par oxydation directe, soit via une réaction électro-enzymatique avec la peroxydase de raifort. Les troisième et quatrième chapitres sont consacrés à l'utilisation d'argiles échangées par des cations ammonium pour la détection du cuivre. Ainsi, l'argile de Valea Chioarului a été échangée partiellement avec du tétrabutylammumium. La perméabilité des films d'organo-argile recouverts d'un film de cellulose a été étudiée en utilisant différentes sondes électro-actives de charge différentes, Ru(NH3)63+, [Fe(CN)6]3-, Fc(MeOH)2. Les conditions expérimentales ont été ensuite optimisées pour la détection du Cu(II) et Cd(II) avec ces électrodes modifiées en voltammétrie à vague carrée. Dans le dernier chapitre, une configuration originale d'électrode modifiée a été mise au point. Il s'agit d'électrodes composites argile-silice mésoporeuse préparée par électrodéposition en présence ou non d'un tensioactif, le cétyltriméthylammonium. La perméabilité des films a également été étudiée avec les mêmes molécules que précédemment. Il apparait que l'extraction du tensio-actif conduit à des films homogènes très poreux et stables qui présentent des propriétés d'accumulation du Cu(II) / The thesis is devoted to the development of composite electrodes based on natural clays and their electrochemical characterization for analytical purposes, in particular for the determination of metal cations (Cu2+) and some therapeutic substances. The first experimental chapter is devoted to a comparative study of the chemical, structural and physico-chemical properties of two natural clays extracted from two sites in Romania. It appears that Valea Chioarului clay, of montmorillonite type, has the most interesting properties with a high specific surface area (190 m2/g). The second chapter presents a prospective analysis of the two clays as electrode materials using a clay/polyelectrolyte composite film. Three target molecules of pharmaceutical interest have been selected: ascorbic acid, riboflavin, and acetaminophen. This last molecule can be detected either by direct oxidation or through an electro-enzymatic reaction with horseradish peroxidase. The third and fourth chapters are devoted to the use of clays exchanged by ammonium cations for copper detection. Thus, Valea Chioarului clay was partially exchanged with tétrabutylammumium. The permeability of the organoclay films coated with a cellulose membrane was studied by using different electroactive probes of different charging, Ru(NH3)63+, [Fe(CN)6]3-, Fc(MeOH)2. The experimental conditions were then optimized for the detection of Cu (II) and Cd (II) with the modified electrodes by square wave voltammetry. In the last chapter, an original modified electrode configuration was developed. This implies composite mesoporous silica-clay electrodes prepared by electrodeposition in the presence or absence of a surfactant, like cetyltrimethylammonium. The permeability of the films was also investigated with the above mentioned molecules. It appears that the extraction of the surfactant leads to very stable and homogeneous porous films that show Cu (II) accumulation properties

Design and Development of Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Forming Reactions” is divided into two sections. Section-A, contains two chapters, describes the catalytic ability of iodine for cross coupling reactions. Section-B, divided into three chapters, presents the azidation of organic scaffolds under oxidative conditions. Section A Chapter 1 presents a C-H functionalization of tetrahydroisoquinolines using iodine as a catalyst under aerobic conditions.1 This methodology employs Cross Dehydrogenative Coupling (CDC) strategy as a key step, which is highly atom economical as it doesn’t require pre-functionalized starting materials.2 Owing to the importance of tetrahydroisoquinoline moiety which is present in the umpteen natural products, considerable attention has been put up to functionalize tetrahydroisoquinoline scaffold.3 Iodine a non-metal which is non-toxic was found to catalyze the C-H functionalization of tetrahydroisoquinolines with a variety of nucleophiles such as coumarin, alkyl phosphite, phenols, indoles, acetone and dialkyl malonoates were coupled to it. Significant mechanistic study has been carried out to find the possible intermediate and support the mechanistic proposal. A few representative examples are highlighted in Scheme 1.1 Synopsis Scheme 1: A CDC coupling of tetrahydroisoquinoline with variety of nucleophiles Chapter 2 describes the Cross Hetero Dehydrogenative Coupling (CHDC) reactions of amines, alcohols and sulfoximines with various phosphites.4 Phosphoramidates and phosphate esters are structural scaffolds that are present in a variety of biologically active molecules.5 The conventional methods for synthesizing phosphoramidates/phosphate esters largely involve treating alcohol/amine with appropriate phosphorus halides which generates stoichiometric amount of halogen waste.6 Due to the usage of stoichiometric reagents and difficulties associated with the reported methods, there is a need for developing a protocol which is catalytic and mild. Therefore, we developed a method which employs catalytic amount of iodine and aq. H2O2 as a sole oxidant under milder conditions. Using this methodology, variety of phosphoramidates, phosphorous triesters and sulfoximine derived Synopsis Scheme 2: Phosphorylation of amines, alcohols and sulfoximines phosphoramidates have been synthesized with great efficiency and environmentally benign conditions. A few representative examples are highlighted in Scheme 2.4 Section B Chapter 1 of Section B demonstrates a mild way of synthesizing quaternary azides from α-substituted active methylene compounds which will serve as surrogates for several unnatural amino acid derivatives.7 Azidation has emerged as one of the efficient methods to introduce nitrogen atom in to the organic molecules.8 Azides are versatile functional groups which can be converted to amine, amide, and nitro compounds by simple modification. Moreover, azides are potential handle for “click” chemistry and provide late stage modifications in drug candidates, biomolecules and polymers, etc.9 Azidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds is challenging, as both azides and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds are nucleophilic in nature. In this section of the thesis, azidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds has been carried out using tetrabutyl ammonium iodide (TBAI) as a catalyst, aq. TBHP as an oxidant and TMSN3 as a azide source. This method uses water as a solvent under mild reaction conditions to generate Synopsis quaternary azides in good to excellent yields. This operationally simple, practical, mild and green method provides an opportunity for synthesizing a variety of azidated β-keto esters, amides and ketones in good yields, Scheme 3.7 The application of this methodology has been demonstrated by synthesising a few triazole and pyrazolone derivatives. Scheme 3: Azidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds Chapter 2 of Section B comprises the azidation and peroxidation of β-napthol derivatives using dearomatization strategy. Azidation and peroxidation are efficient ways to introduce nitrogen and oxygen into organic molecules, which serve as surrogates for amines and alcohol functional groups. In the present study, the azidative or peroxidative dearomatization of naphthol derivatives have been described. The azidation of β-napthol derivatives has been achieved by using CuBr (5 mol %) as a catalyst, TMSN3 as an azide source and aq. TBHP as an oxidant. Whereas, the peroxidation β-napthol derivatives has been accomplished using CuBr (5 mol %) in the presence of aq. TBHP at ambient reaction conditions.10 The products obtained are naphthalenone derivatives, which serve as valuable Synopsis synthetic intermediates and has potential handle for further functionalization.11 Several α-amino or α-peroxy naphthalenones are synthesized using this method in good yields. The usefulness of the methodology has been illustrated by synthesizing a few chiral azides and peroxides in good yields and with moderate enantioselectivity Scheme 4.10 Scheme 4: Dearomatizative azidation and peroxidation of 2-naphthols Chapter 3 reveals the azidation of indole at C-2 position by employing CuBr (10 mol %) as a catalyst and aq. TBHP as an oxidant in acetonitrile under reflux conditions (Scheme 5).12 The C-H functionalization of indole at C-2 position is one of pivotal methods, since it paves a way for synthesizing a variety of indolo-alkaloids.13 Azide is a versatile functionality which can be converted to several other nitrogen containing functional groups such as Synopsis Scheme 5: Azidation of indoles amine, amide, triazole, etc.9 A variety of functional groups were tolerated under the reaction conditions, and furnished the azidated product in good to excellent yields. Through radical inhibition study, we presume that the reaction may be proceeding through radical mechanism. In Scheme 5, a few representative examples are depicted.

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With increasing environmental awareness and natural resource limitations, researchers must begin to incorporate sustainability into their process and product designs. One target for green engineering is in reaction and separation design. This is typically done in a wasteful and often toxic manner with organic solvents and lack of recycle. The following thesis discusses alternatives to these costly separations by means of ionic liquids, benign extraction, separation with carbon dioxide, and near critical water. Ionic liquids are combined with carbon dioxide to induce melting point depressions of up to 124 degrees Celsius. Using this system as a reaction medium will offer control over the reaction phases while utilizing green solvents. Benign extractions are performed on both ferulic acid and on proteins from biomass by replacing alkaline solvents and costly protein separation techniques with simple liquid-liquid extraction. This means simpler systems and less waste than from previous methods. This thesis also discusses an opportunity for more efficient separation and recycle of a pharmaceutical catalyst, Mn-Salen. Using carbon dioxide with the organic aqueous tunable solvent system, the reaction can be run homogeneously and the product and catalyst separated heterogeneously, thus creating an extremely efficient process. Lastly, near critical water is used as an extraction and reaction medium by extracting ferulic acid from Brewers Spent Grain and then catalyzing its transformation to 4-vinylguaiacol. In this manner a simple, benign process is used to turn waste into valuable chemicals. Although somewhat different, each of the studied processes strives to eliminate waste and toxicity of many commonly used reaction and separation techniques, thus creating safe and sustainable processes.

Cette thèse présente les mesures et l'analyse thermodynamique d'équilibres de phases de systèmes d'hydrates contenant du dioxyde de carbone (CO2), dans le contexte de procédés alternatifs de captage du CO2. Le développement de nouveaux procédés de séparation par voie de cristallisation par hydrates est un point crucial de cette thématique. Les conditions de température et de pression requises et l'utilisation de promoteurs thermodynamiques sont au-delà des opérations habituelles et des bases de données existantes. La connaissance précise des conditions de formation et dissociation d'hydrates de gaz en présence d'additifs chimiques constitue une contrainte importante d'un point de vue thermodynamique et est nécessaire pour la modélisation et l'établissement de la faisabilité de nouveaux procédés industriels impliquant des hydrates de gaz. Dans cette thèse, nous présentons un nouveau dispositif expérimental qui combine techniques statiques et techniques analytiques, ce dernier a été spécialement développé pour mesurer des données d'équilibres des phases hydrate-liquide-gaz à des températures variant entre 233 et 373 K et à des pressions jusqu' à 60 MPa. De nouvelles données d'équilibre de phases des systèmes (CO2 + méthane), (CO2 + azote) et (CO2 + hydrogène) ont été mesurées dans des conditions de formation d'hydrates en suivant la méthode isochorique avec variation de la pression en fonction de la température, et en analysant la composition en phase gazeuse. Les données d'équilibre et les conditions de dissociation d'hydrates générées dans ce travail sont comparées avec les données de la littérature. La fiabilité des modèles thermodynamiques les plus couramment utilisés est aussi étudiée. Les comparaisons entre les données expérimentales et prédites de dissociation d'hydrates suggèrent la nécessité de réajuster les paramètres des modèles thermodynamiques pour les systèmes contenant des hydrates de CO2. En outre, l'effet promoteur du bromure de tetrabutylammonium (TBAB) sur les équilibres des phases des gaz purs et de mélanges contenant du CO2 a été étudié. L'effet le plus important de promotion (réduction de la pression de formation des hydrates > 90%) est observé pour le système (TBAB + azote). Les résultats expérimentaux suggèrent que le CO2 peut être séparé de mélanges de gaz industriels ou de combustion à des températures douces et à de basses pressions à l'aide de TBAB en tant que promoteur thermodynamique. La pression requise pour la formation d'hydrates à partir de mélanges de (CO2 + azote) est réduite de 60 % en présence de TBAB.

Cette thèse présente les mesures et l'analyse thermodynamique d'équilibres de phases de systèmes d'hydrates contenant du dioxyde de carbone (CO2), dans le contexte de procédés alternatifs de captage du CO2. Le développement de nouveaux procédés de séparation par voie de cristallisation par hydrates est un point crucial de cette thématique. Les conditions de température et de pression requises et l'utilisation de promoteurs thermodynamiques sont au-delà des opérations habituelles et des bases de données existantes. La connaissance précise des conditions de formation et dissociation d'hydrates de gaz en présence d'additifs chimiques constitue une contrainte importante d'un point de vue thermodynamique et est nécessaire pour la modélisation et l'établissement de la faisabilité de nouveaux procédés industriels impliquant des hydrates de gaz. Dans cette thèse, nous présentons un nouveau dispositif expérimental qui combine techniques statiques et techniques analytiques, ce dernier a été spécialement développé pour mesurer des données d'équilibres des phases hydrate-liquide-gaz à des températures variant entre 233 et 373 K et à des pressions jusqu' à 60 MPa. De nouvelles données d'équilibre de phases des systèmes (CO2 + méthane), (CO2 + azote) et (CO2 + hydrogène) ont été mesurées dans des conditions de formation d'hydrates en suivant la méthode isochorique avec variation de la pression en fonction de la température, et en analysant la composition en phase gazeuse. Les données d'équilibre et les conditions de dissociation d'hydrates générées dans ce travail sont comparées avec les données de la littérature. La fiabilité des modèles thermodynamiques les plus couramment utilisés est aussi étudiée. Les comparaisons entre les données expérimentales et prédites de dissociation d'hydrates suggèrent la nécessité de réajuster les paramètres des modèles thermodynamiques pour les systèmes contenant des hydrates de CO2. En outre, l'effet promoteur du bromure de tetrabutylammonium (TBAB) sur les équilibres des phases des gaz purs et de mélanges contenant du CO2 a été étudié. L'effet le plus important de promotion (réduction de la pression de formation des hydrates > 90%) est observé pour le système (TBAB + azote). Les résultats expérimentaux suggèrent que le CO2 peut être séparé de mélanges de gaz industriels ou de combustion à des températures douces et à de basses pressions à l'aide de TBAB en tant que promoteur thermodynamique. La pression requise pour la formation d'hydrates à partir de mélanges de (CO2 + azote) est réduite de 60 % en présence de TBAB. / This thesis addresses the measurement and thermodynamic analysis of the phase equilibrium behavior of carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrate-forming systems in the context of alternative capture engineering approaches. The development of new technologies based on gas hydrates requires specific temperature and pressure conditions and the utilization of thermodynamic promoters that are beyond usual operations and existing databases. Accurate knowledge of gas hydrates formation and dissociation from thermodynamics point of view in the presence of chemical additives is necessary for modeling purposes and to establish the feasibility of emerging industrial processes involving gas hydrates. In this thesis, a new experimental set-up and method for measuring pressure, temperature and compositional phase equilibrium data of high accuracy are presented. The equipment is based on the ‘static-analytic' technique with gas phase capillary sampling and it is suitable for measurements in a wide temperature range (i.e. 233 to 373 K) and pressures up to 60 MPa. New phase equilibrium data in the (CO2 + methane), (CO2 + nitrogen) and (CO2 + hydrogen) systems under hydrate formation conditions were measured following an isochoric pressure-search method in combination with gas phase compositional analysis. The equilibrium data generated in this work are compared with literature data and also with the predictions of two thermodynamic literature models. Comparisons between experimental and predicted hydrate dissociation data suggest a need of readjusting model parameters for CO2 hydrate-forming systems. In addition, the thermodynamic stability of Tetra-n-Butyl Ammonium Bromide (TBAB) semi-clathrates (sc) with pure and mixed gases was investigated. The largest promotion effect (> 90% reduction in hydrate formation pressure) is observed for (TBAB + nitrogen) sc. The experimental results suggest that CO2 can be separated from highly to low concentrated industrial/flue gas mixtures at mild temperatures and low pressures by using TBAB as thermodynamic promoter. The pressure required for hydrate formation from (CO2 + nitrogen) gas mixtures is reduced by 60% in the presence of TBAB.