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Drumright, Ray E. "Radical anion rearrangements. aryl cyclopropyl ketyl anions." Diss., This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07282008-134853/.
Full textGreenhall, Martin Paul. "Fluorinated anions." Thesis, Durham University, 1989. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6503/.
Full textWang, Zhiming 1958. "Anion Exchange and Competition in Layered Double Hydroxides." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1997. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332481/.
Full textSekizaki, Shuichi. "Development of conducting cation radical salts with flexible organic anions : tetracyanoallyl anion derivatives." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/144214.
Full textBuck, J. "Vinyl anions in synthesis." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.353565.
Full textGillmore, Jason G. Jr. "Evaluation of 1,1-Dimethyl-5,7-Di-T-Butylspiro[2.5]Octa-4,7-Dien-6-One as a Mechanistic Probe for Single Electron Transfer." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36888.
Full textSingle electron transfer (SET) mechanisms are becoming ubiquitous in modern organic chemistry. However, it is often difficult to distinguish SET mechanisms from polar mechanisms. Kinetics, products and product distributions, and response to perturbation in solvent and substituents are often identical between the two mechanisms. Detection techniques such as EPR, CIDNP, and UV absorption can often detect "blind" pathways and thus cannot provide unambiguous evidence regarding the true mechanism of interest. In recent years mechanistic probes have been developed which can test for single electron transfer in the mechanism of interest in a more unambiguous manner, although a given probe is often applicable to a narrower range of reactions.
In this work 1,1-dimethyl-5,7-di-t-butylspiro[2.5]octa-4,7-dien-6-one (6) is presented as a new "hypersensitive" probe for single electron transfer to conjugated carbonyl compounds. This new probe functions in a rather unique fashion, allowing interpretation of the mechanism at work on the basis of the regiochemistry of spirocyclic ring opening. This "regiodifferentiation" based probe was studied with a variety of nucleophiles (particularly Grignard reagents) and has been found to be effective in differentiating SET from polar processes, although surprising results indicative of polar pathways in the case of reaction of 6 with Grignard reagents other than methyl Grignard were found. Additional insight into the mechanism of the reaction of Grignard reagents with conjugated ketones is also presented.
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Wells, Debra J. "Extraction of the perrhenate and pertechnetate anions from aqueous solutions using inorganic anion exchangers." Thesis, University of Reading, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306851.
Full textBrooks, Simon James. "From linear to cyclic anion receptors : high affinity receptors and sensors for oxo-anions." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.438694.
Full textGuangliang, Chen. "The Dissociation of Metalloporphyrin Anions." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32517.
Full textNewington, Ian M. "Azo-anions in organic synthesis." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:690ab891-be13-4582-a029-47974d20adac.
Full textAllasia, Sara. "Dipyrromethane based receptors for anions." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2008. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/67198/.
Full textHorke, Daniel Alfred. "Femtosecond photoelectron imaging of anions." Thesis, Durham University, 2012. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5950/.
Full textOgle, Mark Edward. "Spectroscopic studies of [alpha],[omega]-diphenylpolyenyl anions." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30363.
Full textSpooner, Michael. "Anions and the bilayer : structural and mechanistic studies towards synthetic anion carriers for therapeutic applications." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2017. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/410302/.
Full textSagamanova, Irina. "New Approaches to Catalyst Design and Immobilization." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/401816.
Full textPel que fa al mode d’activació d’ió imini, s’han estudiat l’epoxidació i l’aziridinació d’aldehids α,β-insaturats. Malgrat tot, caldrà repensar el disseny del catalitzador a causa de l’efecte negatiu en aquestes transformacions del triazole que fa d’unió. Finalment, en el camp de la catàlisi homogènia, s’ha estès la formació d’aril sulfòxids catalitzada per pal·ladi a clorurs d’aril, més assequibles que els corresponents bromurs. A més, s’ha desenvolupat un nou pre-catalitzador per a l’acoblament d’halurs per generar estirens sota catàlisi d’anió sulfenat. Esta Tesis contiene dos secciones: (a) estudios para la síntesis de nuevos organocatalizadores soportados y su aplicación en transformaciones enantioselectivas, a fin de desarrollar nuevos procesos de flujo y (b) catalisis homogénea para la optimización de reacciones de aniones sulfenato (formación de sulfóxidos de arilo catalizadas por Pd y desarrollo de una segunda generación de pre-catalizadores para procesos sin metales). La primera parte de este trabajo se centra en el desarrollo de resinas de polinorborneno robustas como soporte de catalizadores homogéneos. Se han estudiado reacciones aldólicas enantioselectivas con excelentes resultados, comparables a los obtenidos con poliestireno. Podría ser interesante estudiar aplicaciones de estos materiales en transformaciones fotocatalíticas y procesos en continuo. En los siguientes capítulos se presenta el desarrollo de nuevas resinas catalíticas basadas en β-fluoroaminas soportadas en poliestireno preparadas por copolimerización o siguiendo una estrategia de click-chemistry y su empleo en transformaciones asimétricas con activación via enamina e ión iminio. Se han aplicado en la adición de Michael de aldehídos a nitroalquenos, proceso que se ha implementado en flujo continuo con la misma enantioselectividad que en batch. La presencia de flúor, sustituyente más robusto que el lábil éter silílico de los catalizadores tipo Jørgensen-Hayashi, aumenta notablemente la vida útil del catalizador.
estos casos la presencia del triazol que conecta la matriz polímérica y la unidad catalítica tiene un efecto negativo en el proceso, por lo que será necesario rediseñar el catalizador. Finalmente se han estudiado dos procesos de catálisis homogénea. Se presentan metodologías mejoradas para la formación de sulfóxidos de arilo a partir de cloruros de arilo catalizada por Pd y el desarrollo de un nuevo precatalizador para el acoplamiento de haluros para generar estirenos mediada por aniones sulfenato. This Thesis covers two main sections: (a) studies towards the synthesis of new immobilized organocatalysts and their application in a wide range of enantioselective transformations with the main goal of developing new continuous flow processes and (b) homogenous catalysis aimed at improving recently reported reactions of sulfenate anions (a Pdcatalyzed aryl sulfoxide formation, and the development of a second generation pre-catalyst for metal-free processes). The first part of this work is devoted to the application of polynorbornene as a robust support for the immobilization of homogeneous catalysts. To this aim, the aldol reaction has been selected. This material has shown high potential, comparable to the results obtained with a polystyrene matrix. It will be interesting to study alternative transformations for this type of materials, especially in photocatalytic applications and continuous flow processes. In the following chapters, new polymer-supported β-fluoroamines have been developed with two different approaches: copolymerization and click chemistry. Both the enamine and iminium ion activation modes have been considered to study asymmetric transformations.
Gianola, Adam J. "Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of organic anions." Diss., Connect to online resource, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3219005.
Full textGray, Thomas Matthew. "Electrochemical and optical sensing of anions." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.442459.
Full textDavies, M. K. "Synthetic applications of p block anions." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.598378.
Full textDarr, Sameera Iqbal. "Electrochemical studies of substituted heteropolyoxometallate anions." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.542959.
Full textMoujaes, Elie A. "Intermolecular vibronic interactions in fullerene anions." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.438359.
Full textWest, Christopher William. "Ultrafast dynamics of gas phase anions." Thesis, Durham University, 2016. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/11419/.
Full textKawachi, Atsushi. "The Chemistry of Functionalized Silyl Anions." Kyoto University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/77813.
Full textHiscock, Jennifer R. "Binding anions using simple neutral molecules." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2010. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/171157/.
Full textMüller, Lutz O. "Weakly coordinating anions and lewis superacidity." [S.l. : s.n.], 2008. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-opus-49292.
Full textBerryman, Orion Boyd. "Anions and electron-deficient aromatic rings /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/8159.
Full textTypescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 265-281). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.
You, Shaochun. "CuCl₂-induced oxidative coupling of Anions /." Bern, 1992. http://www.ub.unibe.ch/content/bibliotheken_sammlungen/sondersammlungen/dissen_bestellformular/index_ger.html.
Full textBerryman, Orion Boyd 1981. "Anions and electron-deficient aromatic rings." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/8159.
Full textMore than two-thirds of all enzyme substrates and cofactors are anionic, emphasizing the essential role that anions play in biological processes. Moreover, anions can have detrimental effects on the environment by causing ground water contamination when anions such as perchlorate, phosphate and nitrate develop in intolerable levels. Owing to the prevalent nature of anions, traditional strategies employed to target anions--including hydrogen bonding, metal ion coordination and electrostatic interactions--have been extensively studied. An alternative approach to anion binding would complement the powerful array of existing techniques. Recently, in the supramolecular chemistry community, new insight has been cast on how anions attractively interact with electron-deficient arenes, suggesting that aromatic rings are a viable anion binding strategy to balance existing methods. Chapter I provides a historical perspective of anions interacting with electron- deficient arenes. This outlook has its origins in the late 1800s with the discovery of colored charge-transfer complexes between donor and acceptor molecules and continues with the progression of the field leading up to the recent supramolecular fascination. Chapter II represents our initial efforts at measuring anion/arene interactions in solution. In particular, sulfonamide based hydrogen bonding receptors were developed with pendant aromatic rings to test the strength of anion/arene interactions in solution. Complementary computational chemistry and crystallography were utilized to supplement the solution studies. Chapter III describes our quantum calculations and crystallographic efforts at using only electron-deficient arenes to bind halides. A Cambridge Structure Database survey supports our emphasis of understanding multiple anion/arene interactions. Chapter IV illustrates how tripodal anion receptors can be developed to bind anions using only electron-deficient aromatic rings. Furthermore, subtle changes in anion binding geometries are observed with isomeric receptors and corroborated with Density Functional Theory calculations. Chapter V is dedicated to the preparation of electron-deficient anion receptors that are conformationally stabilized by hydrogen bonds. Chapter VI is committed to using our knowledge of anion binding to study a series of ethynyl-pyridine sulfonamides capable of hydrogen bonding to small molecules and anions. In conclusion, Chapter VII is a summary and future prospective for the field of anion/arene interactions. This dissertation includes previously published and co-authored material.
Adviser: Darren W. Johnson
Hevko, John Michael. "Migration and cyclisation reactions of selected organic anions /." Title page, table of contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phh596.pdf.
Full textIncludes 5 leaves of errata. Includes reprints of author's previously published articles. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 228-245).
Cowie, David. "Differential induction of organic anion transporting polypeptides in rat liver." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources. Restricted: no access until April 24, 2020, 2008. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=25707.
Full textMiranda, Margarida Sofia Quintanilha. "Transmembrane transport of anions by synthetic transporters." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/22273.
Full textThe chloride transport across the phospholipid bilayer assisted by small synthetic molecules were studied by computational methods including quantum calculations followed by molecular dynamics simulations and free energy calculations. A series of twelve tris-thiourea aryl substituted putative transporters, with three different six-membered rings as scaffolds (desmethyl cyclohexane, hexamethyl cyclohexane and benzene) and each of them with four possible aryl substituents (3,5-trifluoromethyl, p-trifluoromethyl, p-nitro and phenyl), were studied in silico in order to understand the experimental transport data previously reported for these molecules. The computational study started with the DFT optimization of twelve chloride complexes in gas phase and in DMSO at the M062X/6-31+G** theory level. The strength of the N-H···Cl- interactions were ascertained through the E2 values obtained from the second order perturbation theory, the Wiberg bond Indexes and the most positive value of the electrostatic potential (VS,max). Overall, these descriptors increases with the binding affinity constants reflecting the electron withdrawing character of the aryl substituents. Thus, the 3,5-trifluoromethyl substituted transporters presented the highest values for the quantum descriptors as well as the highest binding affinity for chloride anion, indicating that these molecules are able to successfully uptake the anion from the water phase and further proceed to its transport across the phospholipid bilayer. Subsequently, the passive diffusion of these chloride complexes were then investigated by MD simulations positioning them either in the bilayer core and water phase. Overall, the MD simulation runs reveal that the transporters were able to promote chloride uptake and release events, consistent with anion carrier transport mechanism. Furthermore, free energy profile for 3,5-trifluoromethyl hexamethyl cyclohexane complex and free chloride were constructed from the potential mean force calculations. The chloride complex has to surpass an energy barrier to cross the middle of the phospholipid bilayer of 2 kcal mol-1 while for the free chloride this energy increases to 19.5 kcal mol-1 indicating that the chloride transport assisted by this receptor is energetically favoured. Another remarkable feature from the MD simulations is that the chloride complexes fit comfortably well below the membrane’s interface which seems to indicate that the receptors are able to operate as a chloride shuttle without leaving the phospholipid bilayer.
O transporte de cloreto pela bicamada fosfolipídica, assistido por pequenas moléculas sintéticas, foi estudado através de métodos computacionais, incluindo cálculos quânticos, simulações de dinâmica molecular e cálculos de energia livre. As propriedades de transporte de um conjunto de doze tris-tioureias contendo um anel central de seis membros (cicloexano, cicloexano hexametilado e benzeno) derivatizado com grupos arilo (3,5-trifluorometilo, p-trifluorometilo, pnitro e fenilo), foram estudados in silico tendo como objetivo a compreensão de dados experimentais de transporte reportados. O estudo computacional iniciou-se com a otimização dos doze complexos em fase gasosa e em dimetilsulfóxido (DMSO), ao nível de teoria de M06-2X/6- 31+G**. A força das interações NH···Cl- foi determinada através dos valores de E2 obtidos da teoria de perturbação de segunda ordem, dos índices de ligação de Wiberg e do valor mais positivo de potencial electroestático (VS,max). Estes descritores aumentam com as constantes de afinidade, refletindo o carácter electroatractor dos substituintes arilo. Assim, os três transportadores com grupos 3,5-trifluorometilo apresentaram os valores mais altos para estes descritores e para afinidade ao cloreto, demonstrando que estas moléculas conseguem de facto capturar um anião da fase aquosa e proceder ao seu transporte através da bicamada fosfolipídica. Seguiu-se o estudo do processo de difusão passiva para estes três complexos por dinâmica molecular, tendo estes sido colocados tanto na fase aquosa como no centro da bicamada fosfolipídica. Estas simulações revelaram que os transportadores eram capazes de promover os processos de captura e libertação de cloreto. Além disso, os perfis de energia livre para o complexo do ligando cicloexano hexametilado derivatizado com 3,5-trifluorometilo e para o cloreto livre foram obtidos através de cálculos de potencial de força média. O complexo tem que superar uma barreira energética de 2 kcal mol-1 para atravessar o meio da bicamada enquanto o cloreto livre tem que ultrapassar uma barreira de energia livre de 19.5 kcal mol-1, i.e. o transporte assistido pelo recetor é energeticamente mais favorável. Outra caraterística importante das simulações está relacionada com o facto dos complexos de cloreto de inserirem confortavelmente abaixo da interface da membrana, indicando que os recetores conseguem operar como transportadores de cloreto sem sair da bicamada fosfolipídica.
Sivertsen, Edvard. "Membrane Separation of Anions in Concentrated Electrolytes." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-2100.
Full textGachuiri, Elizabeth Wanjiku. "Competitive adsorption of anions on Kenyan soils." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ33224.pdf.
Full textHopkins, Peter K. "Novel tripodal ligands designed to complex anions." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249200.
Full textQureshi, Naseem. "Calixarene and coordination complex hosts for anions." Thesis, Durham University, 2009. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/18/.
Full textSookhun, Shatrugan. "Jahn-Teller effects in C₆₀ anions." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.411506.
Full textLeedham, Angela Priscilla. "Imido analogues of main group oxo-anions." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247865.
Full textStanley, Laurence Harry. "Dynamics of anions probed by photoelectron imaging." Thesis, Durham University, 2017. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12404/.
Full textPeasey, Sonja Janet. "Complexes of lithium salts with inorganic anions." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621685.
Full textHouse, Stewart Nicholas. "Studies on chiral allenyl and vinyl anions." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/33738.
Full textMorris, Daniel S. "Redox chemistry of perrhenate and other anions." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31480.
Full textZAHNEISEN, THOMAS. "Reactivite nucleophile et electrophile des anions chloroallyliques." Paris 6, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992PA066372.
Full textXu, Fei. "Ionic Liquid Crystals Based on Fluorocomplex Anions." Kyoto University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/160955.
Full textSurber, Sean Eric. "Photoelectron Imaging of Molecular and Cluster Anions." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194908.
Full textScott, David M. "Low-energy collisions of alkali-metal anions." W&M ScholarWorks, 1986. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623761.
Full textDieng, Pape Sylla. "Recognition of chiral anions by ruthenacyclic complexes." Strasbourg, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009STRA6258.
Full textThe development of enantioselective receptors for chiral oxy-anions represents a major challenge in supramolecular chemistry. In recent decades, several strategies have been developed aimed at enantioselective separation of chiral molecules. However, most of the receptors described in the literature are organic based receptors. In our laboratory, the anion recognition properties of a Co (III) complex bound by a symmetrical monoanionic tridentate NCN ligand (known as van Koten pincer) were established. This work was then focused on the preparation of a chiral version of this type of receptors. We have synthesized two types of non-symmetrical chiral NCN’ ligands with different structures: one with a dimethylamine arm and the other with a pyridine arm. The different ligand designs were made to generate a pseudo-tetrahedral chiral environment at the metal center inserted into the pincer, but also to take advantage of the possibility of hydrogen interaction with one arm of the pincer ligand. The cyclometallation of the first amine ligand resulted in a mixture of unstable diastereomeric compounds where the metal was found outside of the pincer. Lithiation and transmetallation to gold (I) led to a complex with the metal inside the pincer. Cyclometallation of the second pyridine-containing ligand resulted in a CH activation within the pincer leading to two unstable organometallic complexes isomerizing one towards the other. DFT studies have allowed to propose, among other assumptions, an isomerization between NCN’ facial coordination complex and NCN’ meridional coordination complex. This work was also dedicated to the study of enantioselective recognition properties of a cycloruthenated compound (prepared from the ligand (R) -1 - (1-naphtylethylamine)) vis-à-vis Mosher carboxylates. Complexation experiments carried out in solution in dichloromethane allowed the demonstration of a selectivity of 3. 4 for the R-carboxylate. In an extraction experiment, the selectivity towards the R-substrate was increased to 6
Davis, Julian Murray. "Sapphyrins aggregation and anion binding behavior in polar, protic media /." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID UMI Company copy, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3036590.
Full textStevanovic, Stéphane. "Absorption sélective de gaz par des liquides ioniques basés sur des anions carboxylates ou des anions tris (pentafluoroethyl) trifluorophosphates." Phd thesis, Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand II, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00822155.
Full textGarsany, Yannick. "Understanding steel corrosion in oilfield brines." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252197.
Full textSimion, Cristian. "Anions 1-aza et 2-azaallyliques, modèles-clés dans l'élaboration de charpentes cycliques azotées à cinq, six et sept chainons." Lille 1, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994LIL10072.
Full textKelsen, Vinciane. "Greffage de complexes organométalliques sur anions hydroxyborates : application à la transformation des oléfines." Thesis, Lyon 1, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010LYO10280.
Full textThis thesis presents the use of hydroxyborate anions as anchors for organometallic complexes. These original ligands might confer particular properties to the coordination sphere of the metal. Their anionic nature might also allow the immobilization of catalysts in ionic liquids. The main part of this work dealt with the reactivity of hydroxyborate anions with group IV metals. Zirconium and hafnium complexes reacted with the hydroxyl function of the anion by protonolysis of the metal-alkyl bond. Resolution of the structure of metallocene complexes [Cp2MMe(OB(C6F5)3)]-[PPN]+ (M = Zr and Hf) by X-Ray diffraction confirmed the covalent nature of M-O and B-O bonds and so the relevance of hydroxyborate anions as ligands for organometallic complexes. Then, this reactivity was extended to different zirconium and hafnium precursors. The ionic complex [Ti(OiPr)3(OB(C6F5)3)]- [PPN]+ was synthesized from an alkoxy titanium complex by a ligand exchange reaction. This complex activated by triethylaluminium selectively dimerized ethylene into 1-butene in ionic liquids. Extension of the concept to other metals such as aluminum, iron and molybdenum, was studied. Two anionic molybdenum complexes were isolated and are catalysts for olefin metathesis