Thesis (Ph. D. in Chemistry)--University of California, Berkeley, June 1958. / Also issued as UCRL. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 27).

In an effort to study the spectral, magnetic, and stereochemical properties of vanadyl complexes, both a new series of vanadyl complexes derived from type (VII) ligands with subnormal magnetic moment and from type (VIII) ligands with normal magnetic moment are synthesized and characterized.

Compostos de vanádio são extensivamente estudados, devido suas propriedades redox, eletroquímicas, catalíticas, magnéticas e biológicas. Nesta dissertação tivemos como foco de nosso trabalho o composto VOPO4.2H2O que apresenta uma forma lamelar com suas lamelas unidas por interações de Van der Waals. Essas fracas interações interlamelares fazem do fosfato de vanadila e de seus componentes análogos excelentes matrizes para a síntese de compostos de intercalação. A morfologia do VOPO4.2H2O mostrou-se sensível a alterações de temperatura e tempo durante síntese. Através da alteração destes parâmetros obtivemos um sólido lamelar com um grau de organização inferior a matriz sintetizada à 130oC e 16 horas, devido a existência da fase II-VOPO4 que foi constatada por difração de raios-X. A quantidade de dois mols de água por mol de VOPO4 manteve-se constante segundo as análises termogravimétricas. As imagens de microscopia eletrônica de varredura confirmaram a estrutura lamelar dos produtos, no entanto uma forma rosácea foi constatada em VOPO4/160oC, sugerindo a presença da fase VOHPO4.0,5H2O, precursora da fase (VO)2P2O7 que atua como catalisador seletivo na reação de oxidação do n-butano à anidrido malêico. A intercalação de íons lantanídeos na matriz VOPO4.2H2O produziu sólidos lamelares com cristalinidade inferior a matriz hospedeira, devido a distorção dos octaedros ocasionado pela redução dos íons vanádio (V) à (IV) apresentando uma diminuição na distância interlamelar com concomitante inserção de íons lantanídeos visando o balanceamento de carga na matriz. A reação de intercalação da matriz VOPO4.2H2O utilizando os tensoativos CTAB e CPC apresentaram resultados satisfatórios confirmados por difração de raios-X e espectrofotometria na região infravermelho. A intercalação de poli(óxido de etileno) assistida com brometo de cetiltrimetilamônio mostrou-se mais adequada apresentando sólidos organizados devido as moléculas de CTAB atuarem como agente diretivo. / Vanadium compounds are intensively studied due to their electrochemical, catalytic, magnetic and biological properties. In this work, our goal was to investigate the VOPO4.2H2O (vanadyl phosphate), which has a lamellar structure formed by VOPO4 sheets interconnected by weak interactions. Taking advantage of this structure, it is possible to synthesize several different intercalation compounds in which the guest species can vary from simple ions to polymeric species. The morphology of VOPO4.2H2O is very sensitive to temperature and time of reaction changes. By varying both parameters, several lamellar matrices have been synthesized. X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis and scanning electronic microscopy showed that depending on the synthetic conditions the arrangements VOPO4.2H2O can change the shape. For instance, in one of the experiments, a rose-like structure was produced, suggesting the presence of VOHPO40.5H2O phase, precursor of (VO)2P2O7 phase, which acts as oxidation catalyst of the n-butane to maleic anhydride. Intercalation of lanthanide ions leads to lamellar solids with low crystallinity in relation to the matrix due to octahedric distortion caused by reduction of vanadium ions (VV to VIV). Besides, it was observed a decrease of the interlamellar distance in function of the electroneutrality balance between the lamellar sheets. Intercalation compounds were produced by reacting surfactants molecules directly with the matrix under hydrothermal conditions. Surfactant-assisted intercalation of poly(ethylene oxide) into VOPO4.2H2O was conducted under soft conditions with the surfactant/matrix compound as a suspension in an aqueous polymer solution.

As inspired by the coordination environment of nickel in NikR and NiSOD, imidazole ligands were incorporated into N2SNiII square planar complexes in order to investigate the electronic and structural features of NiII species containing both imidazole and thiolate ligation. Rare examples of nickel complexes containing such ligand sets in continuous tetradentate (N2N'S) and discontinuous (N2S---N') coordination were synthesized and characterized. A significant finding in these studies is that the plane of the imidazole ligand is oriented perpendicular to the N2SNi plane. Further investigations addressed the orientational preference and stereodynamic nature of flat monodentate ligands (L = imidazoles, pyridine and an N-heterocyclic carbene) bound to planar N2SNi moieties. The solid state molecular structures of planar [N2SNiL]n+ complexes accessed through bridge-splitting reactions of dimeric, thiolate-S bridged [N2SNi]2 complexes, reveal that the plane of the added monodentate ligand orients largely orthogonal to the N2SNiL square plane. Variable temperature 1H NMR characterization of dynamic processes and ground state isomeric ratios of imidazole complexes in their stopped exchange limiting spectra, readily correlate with DFT-guided interpretation of Ni-L rotational activation barriers. Full DFT characterization relates the orientation mainly to steric hindrance derived both from ligand and binding pocket. In the case of the imidazole ligands a minor electronic contribution derives from intramolecular electrostatic interactions (imidazole C-2 C-H[superscript delta]+- - S[superscript delta]- interaction). Our group has firmly established the versatility of the (bme-daco)2-, (bme-dach)2-, and (ema)[left arrow]- ligands to accommodate a number of metals (M = Ni, Zn, Cu, and Fe ), and have demonstrated reactivity of such N2S2M complexes occurs predominately at the S-thiolate sites. As vanadium is of interest for its biological, pharmacological and spectroscopic/analytical probe abilities, vanadyl analogues were explored as mimics of possible chelates formed from Cys-X-Cys binding sites in vivo. The structural and electronic changes from the incorporation of V=O2+ in such dianionic and tetraanionic N2S2 binding pockets is investigated and compared to Ni2+ and Zn2+ in similar N2S2 environments. The nucleophilicity of the S-thiolate in these systems is explored with alkylating agents and W(CO)x. Furthermore, the vanadyl interaction with the CGC peptide, the biological analogue of the tetraanionic N2S2 ligand, was produced and characterized by EPR; its W(CO)x adducts were indentified by ?(CO) infrared spectroscopy.

Compostos de vanádio são extensivamente estudados, devido suas propriedades redox, eletroquímicas, catalíticas, magnéticas e biológicas. Nesta dissertação tivemos como foco de nosso trabalho o composto VOPO4.2H2O que apresenta uma forma lamelar com suas lamelas unidas por interações de Van der Waals. Essas fracas interações interlamelares fazem do fosfato de vanadila e de seus componentes análogos excelentes matrizes para a síntese de compostos de intercalação. A morfologia do VOPO4.2H2O mostrou-se sensível a alterações de temperatura e tempo durante síntese. Através da alteração destes parâmetros obtivemos um sólido lamelar com um grau de organização inferior a matriz sintetizada à 130oC e 16 horas, devido a existência da fase II-VOPO4 que foi constatada por difração de raios-X. A quantidade de dois mols de água por mol de VOPO4 manteve-se constante segundo as análises termogravimétricas. As imagens de microscopia eletrônica de varredura confirmaram a estrutura lamelar dos produtos, no entanto uma forma rosácea foi constatada em VOPO4/160oC, sugerindo a presença da fase VOHPO4.0,5H2O, precursora da fase (VO)2P2O7 que atua como catalisador seletivo na reação de oxidação do n-butano à anidrido malêico. A intercalação de íons lantanídeos na matriz VOPO4.2H2O produziu sólidos lamelares com cristalinidade inferior a matriz hospedeira, devido a distorção dos octaedros ocasionado pela redução dos íons vanádio (V) à (IV) apresentando uma diminuição na distância interlamelar com concomitante inserção de íons lantanídeos visando o balanceamento de carga na matriz. A reação de intercalação da matriz VOPO4.2H2O utilizando os tensoativos CTAB e CPC apresentaram resultados satisfatórios confirmados por difração de raios-X e espectrofotometria na região infravermelho. A intercalação de poli(óxido de etileno) assistida com brometo de cetiltrimetilamônio mostrou-se mais adequada apresentando sólidos organizados devido as moléculas de CTAB atuarem como agente diretivo. / Vanadium compounds are intensively studied due to their electrochemical, catalytic, magnetic and biological properties. In this work, our goal was to investigate the VOPO4.2H2O (vanadyl phosphate), which has a lamellar structure formed by VOPO4 sheets interconnected by weak interactions. Taking advantage of this structure, it is possible to synthesize several different intercalation compounds in which the guest species can vary from simple ions to polymeric species. The morphology of VOPO4.2H2O is very sensitive to temperature and time of reaction changes. By varying both parameters, several lamellar matrices have been synthesized. X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis and scanning electronic microscopy showed that depending on the synthetic conditions the arrangements VOPO4.2H2O can change the shape. For instance, in one of the experiments, a rose-like structure was produced, suggesting the presence of VOHPO40.5H2O phase, precursor of (VO)2P2O7 phase, which acts as oxidation catalyst of the n-butane to maleic anhydride. Intercalation of lanthanide ions leads to lamellar solids with low crystallinity in relation to the matrix due to octahedric distortion caused by reduction of vanadium ions (VV to VIV). Besides, it was observed a decrease of the interlamellar distance in function of the electroneutrality balance between the lamellar sheets. Intercalation compounds were produced by reacting surfactants molecules directly with the matrix under hydrothermal conditions. Surfactant-assisted intercalation of poly(ethylene oxide) into VOPO4.2H2O was conducted under soft conditions with the surfactant/matrix compound as a suspension in an aqueous polymer solution.

Ce travail de thèse a pour but d'explorer de nouveaux matériaux de type structural Tavorite et de revisiter certains déjà bien connus. Dans un premier temps, les synthèses de compositions ciblées ont été réalisées selon des procédures variées (voies tout solide, hydrothermale, céramique assistée par sol-gel, broyage mécanique) afin de stabiliser d'éventuelles phases métastables et d'ajuster la microstructure impactant fortement les performances électrochimiques de tels matériaux polyanioniques. Ces matériaux ont ensuite été décrits en profondeur, dans leurs états originaux, depuis leurs structures moyennes, grâce aux techniques de diffraction (diffraction des rayons X sur poudres ou sur monocristaux et diffraction des neutrons) jusqu'aux environnements locaux, en utilisant des techniques de spectroscopie (résonance magnétique nucléaire à l'état solide, absorption des rayons X, infra-rouge et Raman). Par la suite, les diagrammes de phases et les processus d'oxydoréduction impliqués pendant l'activité électrochimique des matériaux ont été étudiés grâce à des techniques operando (diffraction et absorption des rayons X). La compréhension des mécanismes impliqués pendant le cyclage permet de mettre en évidence les raisons de leurs limitations électrochimiques : La synthèse de nouveaux matériaux (composition, structure, microstructure) peut maintenant être développée afin de contrepasser ces limitations et de tendre vers de meilleures performances / This PhD work aims at exploring new Tavorite-type materials and at revisiting some of the well-known ones. The syntheses of targeted compositions were firstly performed using various ways (all solid state, hydrothermal, sol-gel assisted ceramic, ball milling) in order to stabilize eventual metastable phases and tune the microstructure impacting strongly the electrochemical performances of such polyanionic compounds. The materials were then described in-depth, at the pristine state, from their average long range structures, thanks to diffraction techniques (powder X-rays, single crystal X-rays and neutrons diffraction), to their local environments, using spectroscopy techniques (solid state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, X-rays Absorption Spectroscopy, Infra-Red and/or Raman). Thereafter, the phase diagrams and the redox processes involved during electrochemical operation of the materials were investigated thanks to operando techniques (SXRPD and XAS). The in-depth understanding of the mechanisms involved during cycling allows to highlight the reasons of their electrochemical limitations: the synthesis of new materials (composition, structure and microstructure) can now be developed to overcome these limitations and tend toward better performance.

It was recently shown that V-doped acid-prepared mesoporous silica (APMS) nanoparticles are active catalysts for the oxidation of the mustard gas analogue 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES) under ambient conditions in the presence of aldehydes, using O2 from air as the oxidation source. However, the vanadium ion leached from the surface when water was present, leading to decreased catalytic activity. Therefore, in this work, the environment around the vanadium is changed, using diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (dtpa) as a ligand and anchoring it to the surface of a mesoporous silica nanoparticle, to investigate its effect on vanadium’s ability to perform oxidation reactions. VO(dtpa)-APMS was synthesized by covalently linking the multi-dentate chelator dtpa onto the surface through peptide coupling of one of the acetate groups to aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), condensing the dtpa-APTES molecule onto the mesoporous silica surface, and then exchanging a vanadyl salt into the resulting solid. Physical characterization of the material confirmed that the substrate retained its porosity after modification, and that the vanadium did not leach from the solid, in contrast to samples that did not contain dtpa. Solid-state EPR spectroscopy, combined with ongoing computational modeling, indicated that the vanadium was in a distorted five-coordinate environment. Various vanadium catalysts have been shown to oxidize alkanes, alkenes, alcohols and aromatic compounds. To further understand the catalyst’s ability to perform oxidation reactions, mechanisms of sulfides and alkenes were studied. Two model substrates were chosen for the investigation: CEES and cis-cyclooctene. The catalytic system effectively oxidizes CEES at room temperature in less than 15 minutes and cis-cyclooctene at 47 °C within 3 hours, using a peroxyacid generated in situ as the oxidant source. Kinetic experiments demonstrated that the mechanism of the sulfide reaction changed at higher temperatures, while the alkene reaction did not. In each reaction, a partial negative charge on the peroxyacid during the oxidation process was indicated. The confirmation of radical formation in the mechanism was experimentally shown by the appearance of an induction period when diphenylamine, a radical trap, was introduced into the reaction. VO(dtpa)-APMS performs two catalytic oxidations: the oxidation of propionaldehyde to make the peroxyacid and the oxidation of alkenes or sulfides. In the first reaction, O2 binds to the vanadium complex to form a superoxo eta-1-bound O2 radical. This species leads to the formation of peroxyacid through a radical process. The peroxyacid produced in this manner can then react with a sulfide or an alkene in a process also catalyzed by the VO(dtpa) complex. The peroxyacid coordinates with the vanadium center. Upon coordination, the sulfide or alkene directly reacts with the oxygen of the peroxyacid while the peroxyacid is being deprotonated. A 6-coordinate catalyst intermediate is formed prior to the release of the oxidation product and propionic acid to regenerate the VO(dtpa) complex.

Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are promising tumor-selective treatments, and the efficacy of OV therapies has been shown to depend heavily on the successful delivery and spread of these agents within the tumor mass to generate profound immunostimulatory effects. We have previously reported the potential of vanadium-based compounds such as vanadyl sulfate (VS) as immune-stimulatory enhancers of OV immunotherapy. These compounds, in conjunction with RNA-based OVs such as oncolytic VSVΔ51, improve viral spread and oncolysis, leading to long-term antitumor immunity and prolonged survival in resistant tumor models as previously reported. This effect is associated with a virus-induced antiviral type I IFN response shifting towards a type II IFN response. Here, the systemic impact and the relevant immunological changes following VS/VSVΔ51 combination therapy were investigated to understand the immunological mechanism of action leading to improved antitumor responses. We screened for the secretion of chemokines and cytokines in vivo to understand the mechanism of action regulating the recruitment of immune cells to the tumor in the CT26WT tumor model following treatment. Additionally, the antigen-specific immune response was investigated to further identify the relevant immunological changes following treatment with the VS+VSVΔ51 combination. Our data revealed that VS+VSVΔ51 combination therapy significantly increased the levels of IFN-γ and IL-6, and other key important pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. Improved tumor antigen-specific T-cell responses were observed following the combined therapy. Supported by relevant immunological changes and as a proof of concept for the design of more effective therapeutic regimens, we found that local delivery of VSVΔ51 encoded with IL-12 or with other transgenes in combination with VS further improved therapeutic outcomes in a syngeneic CT26WT colon cancer model. We found that CD8+ T cells and Natural Killer (NK) cells play significant roles in establishing the therapeutic efficacy that we observed; Furthermore, engineering new and targeted therapeutic platforms to impact the antitumor immune response further improves the therapeutic benefits of the combined therapy.

Antibiotics have been commonly used in medical practice for over 40 years. However, the misuse and overuse of current antibiotics is thought to be the primary cause for the increase in antibiotic resistance. Many current antibiotics target the bacterial ribosome. Antibiotics such as aminoglycosides and macrolides specifically target the 30S or 50S subunits to inhibit bacterial growth. During the assembly of the bacterial ribosome, ribosomal RNA of the 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits is processed by bacterial ribonucleases (RNases). RNases are also involved in the degradation and turnover of this RNA during times of stress, such as the presence of an antibiotic. This makes ribonucleases a potential target for novel antibiotics. It was shown that Escherichia coli mutants that were deficient for RNase III, RNase E, RNase R, RNase G, or RNase PH had an increase in ribosomal subunit assembly defects. These mutant bacterial cells also displayed an increased sensitivity to neomycin and paromomycin antibiotics. My research has also shown that an inhibitor of RNases, vanadyl ribonucleoside complex, potentiated the effects of an aminoglycoside and a macrolide antibiotic in wild type Escherichia coli, methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. RNases are essential enzymes in both rRNA maturation and degradation. Based on this and previous work, the inhibition of specific RNases leads to an increased sensitivity to antibiotics. This work demonstrates that the inhibition of RNases might be a new target to combat antibiotic resistance.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:42:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoseCVM_TESE_capa_ate_pag128.pdf: 3265790 bytes, checksum: 756c257ab1c64e4914df34565709a45f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-07-31 / In this work were synthesized the materials called vanadyl phosphate, hydrogen vanadyl phosphate and vanadyl phosphate doped by transition metals with the aim in adsorption the following compounds: ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and nitrogen oxide. To characterize the starting compounds was used DRX, FTIR, FRX and TG analysis. After the characterization of substrates, proceeded de adsorption of NH3 and H2S gases in reactor, passing the gases with continuous flow for 30 min and room temperature. Gravimetric data indicate that the matrices of higher performance in adsorption of ammonia was those doped by aluminum and manganese, obtaining results of 216,77 mgNH3/g and 200,40 mgNH3/g of matrix, respectively. The matrice of higher performance in adsorption of hydrogen sulfide was that doped by manganese, obtaining results of 86,94 mgH2S/g of matrix. The synthesis of substrates VOPO4.2H2O and MnVOPO4.2H2O with nitrogen oxide was made in solution, aiming the final products VOPO4.G.nH2O and MnVOPO4.G.nH2O (G = NO and n = number of water molecules). The thermo analytical behavior and the infrared spectroscopy are indicative of formation of VOPO4.2,5NO.3H2O compound. Results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) of materials vanadyl phosphate and vanadyl phosphate modified after reaction in solid state or in solution with the gases show morphology changes in substrates, beyond the formation of orthorhombic sulfur crystals over their respective hosts when these adsorb hydrogen sulfide / Neste trabalho foram sintetizados os materiais denominados fosfato de vanadila, hidrogeno fosfato de vanadila e fosfatos de vanadila dopados por metais de transi??o com fins na adsor??o de am?nia, sulfeto de hidrog?nio e ?xido de nitrog?nio. Para a caracteriza??o dos compostos de partida, recorre-se ?s t?cnicas de DRX, FTIR, FRX e TG. Ap?s a caracteriza??o dos substratos, procedeu-se a adsor??o dos gases NH3 e H2S em reator, passando os gases a vaz?o cont?nua durante 30 min e temperatura ambiente. Dados gravim?tricos indicam que as matrizes de maior desempenho na adsor??o de am?nia foram ?quelas dopadas por alum?nio e mangan?s, obtendo resultado de 216,77 mgNH3/g e 200,40 mgNH3/g de matriz, respectivamente. A matriz de maior desempenho para a adsor??o de sulfeto de hidrog?nio foi ?quela dopada por mangan?s, obtendo resultado de 86,94 mgH2S/g de matriz. As s?nteses dos substratos VOPO4.2H2O e MnVOPO4.2H2O com o g?s ?xido de nitrog?nio foram realizadas em solu??o, objetivando-se os produtos finais VOPO4.G.nH2O e MnVOPO4.G.nH2O (G = NO e n = n?mero de mol?culas de ?gua). O comportamento termoanal?tico e a espectroscopia na regi?o do infravermelho s?o indicativos da forma??o do composto VOPO4.2,5NO.3H2O. Resultados de microscopia eletr?nica de varredura (MEV) e espectroscopia de energia dispersiva (EDS) dos materiais fosfatos de vanadila e fosfatos de vanadila dopados ap?s rea??o no estado s?lido ou em solu??o com os gases indicam mudan?a na morfologia dos substratos, al?m da forma??o de cristais de enxofre ortorr?mbico sobre seus respectivos hospedeiros quando estes adsorvem sulfeto de hidrog?nio