Hydrolyse assistée par micro-ondes : synthèse de cystéines a-substituées sur échelle multi-grammes; Synthèse catalytique énantiosélective d’alkylidènecyclopropanes 1,1-di-accepteurs

Le présent mémoire est subdivisé en deux principaux sujets. Le premier porte sur le développement d’une hydrolyse de thiazolidines assistée par micro-ondes en vue d’obtenir des cystéines a-substituées. Le second est axé sur le développement d’une méthodologie pour la synthèse catalytique énantiosélective d’alkylidènecyclopropanes 1,1-di-accepteurs. Dans un premier temps, les rôles et les utilités des acides aminés quaternaires, plus spécifiquement des cystéines a-substituées, seront abordés, puis une revue des différentes méthodes énantiosélectives pour accéder à ces unités sera effectuée. Par la suite, le développement d’une méthode rapide et efficace d’hydrolyse sous irradiation aux micro-ondes de thiazolines sera présenté. Finalement, les études menant à l’application de cette méthode à la synthèse de cystéines -substituées sur grande échelle au moyen de réacteurs en écoulement dynamique et à haut criblage seront détaillées. Dans la seconde partie, les applications ainsi que les synthèses générales des alkylidènecyclopropanes en synthèse organique seront décrites. Plus particulièrement, les applications spécifiques des alkylidènecyclopropanes 1,1-di-accepteurs ainsi que leurs synthèses seront traitées de manière exhaustive. Par la suite, le développement d’une méthodologie énantiosélective catalytique pour la synthèse d’alkylidènecyclopropanes 1,1-di-accepteurs sera présenté. L’extension de cette méthodologie à la synthèse de dérivés cyclopropanes et cyclopropènes, ainsi que l’application de réactions stéréospécifiques pour les alkylidènecyclopropanes 1,1-di-accepteurs seront brièvement discutées.

Analyse de la politique et des règles de procédure d’I.C.A.N.N. relatives au règlement des conflits entre les titulaires de marques de commerce et les détenteurs de noms de domaine

"L’enregistrement de noms de domaine, basé sur la règle du « premier arrivé, premier servi », n’a pas échappé à des personnes peu scrupuleuses qui se sont empressées d’enregistrer comme noms de domaine des marques de commerce, phénomène connu sous le nom de « cybersquattage ». L’U.D.R.P. (Uniform domain name Dispute Resolution Policy) est une procédure internationale qui a été adoptée pour régler les différends relatifs à cette pratique. La procédure de l’U.D.R.P. est conçue pour être rapide, efficace et simple. Même si le fardeau de preuve reposant sur le titulaire de marque de commerce peut sembler lourd, l’analyse de la procédure démontre qu’elle n’offre pas aux détenteurs de noms de domaine un procès juste et équitable, notamment en raison des délais très courts, de l’absence de voies de recours internes en cas de défaut et de l’obligation de saisir les tribunaux de droit commun. La procédure de l’U.D.R.P. ne présente aussi aucun caractère dissuasif envers les titulaires de marques qui tenteraient de s’approprier un nom de domaine enregistré dans des conditions légitimes. Une étude des décisions issues de la Procédure U.D.R.P. révèle qu’il existe un déséquilibre flagrant en faveur des titulaires de marques de commerces; les organismes accrédités se taillant la plus grande part du marché sont ceux dont les décisions sont généralement plus favorables aux titulaires de marques. Une variété d’arguments sont avancés pour expliquer ces résultats mais les études démontrent que la Procédure U.D.R.P. doit faire l’objet de réformes. La réforme devrait comprendre deux volets : premièrement, la modification du mode de désignation des organismes accrédités chargés d’administrer la Procédure U.D.R.P. ainsi que la modification du processus de sélection des commissaires; deuxièmement, une réforme relative aux délais, à la langue des procédures et au phénomène des procédures abusives intentées par des détenteurs de marques de commerce à l?égard d’enregistrements légitimes."

Le ville dipinte del cardinale Ippolito d’Este a Tivoli : l’architettura di fronte all’antico, la tradizione ferrarese, e un nuovo documento su Belriguardo

Actes du colloque international (Ferrare, Castello Sforzesco, 2006).

Interpretazione in una logica n-dimensionale di Metafisica 4,4

Il Principio di non contraddizione (PNC) così come tradizionalmente inteso sembra minare alla base la possibilità di un'alterità « assoluta », di un'alterità, cioè che non sia in nessun modo riconducibile ad un'ipseità che la conosca. [...]

Considerazioni generali sul concetto di « corpo »

Il concetto di “corpo” è evidentemente alla base della pratica medica. Dalla definizione che si sceglie di dare a questo concetto dipende l’idea stessa di medicina e di terapia. È per questo che una riflessione preliminare su che cosa sia il corpo è necessaria per guidare e impostare qualsiasi azione dell’operatore sanitario. [...]

Studies On Supported Cobalt (Ii), Nickel (Ii) and Copper (Ii) Complexes Of O-Phenylenediamine and Schiff Bases Derived from 3-Hydroxyquinoxaline-2-Carboxaldehyde

The thesis deals with the synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity studies of supported cobalt(ii), nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes of O-phenylenediamine and Schiff bases derived from 3-hydroxyquinoxaline -2-carboxaldehyde. Zeolite encapsulation and polymer anchoring was employed for supporting the complexes. The characterization techniques proved that the encapsulation as well as polymer supporting has been successfully achieved. The catalytic activity studies revealed that the activities of the simple complexes are improved upon encapsulation. Various characterization techniques are used such as, chemical analysis, EPR, magnetic measurements, FTIR studies, thermal analysis, electronic spectra, XRD, SEM, surface area, and GC.The present study indicated that the that the mechanism of oxidation of catechol and DTBC by hydrogen peroxide is not altered by the change in the coordination sphere around the metal ion due to encapsulation. This fact suggests outer sphere mechanism for the reactions. The catalytic activity by zeolite encapsulated complex was found to be slower than that by the neat complex. The slowing down of the reaction in the zeolite case is probably due to the constraint imposed by the zeolite framework. The rate of DTBC ( 3,5-di-tert-butylchatechol)oxidation was found to be greater than the rate of catechol oxidation. This is obviously due to the presence of electron donating tertiary butyl groups.

Structural and Spectral Investigations of Transition Metal Complexes Of Di-2-Pyridyl Ketone N (4), N (4)-Disubstituted Thiosemicarbazones

The study deals with structural and spectral investigations of transition metal complexes of di-2-pyridyl ketone N(4),N(4)-disubstituted thiosemicarbazones. The main objective and scope of the work deals with di-2-pyridyl ketone N(4),N(4)-disubstituted thiosemicarbazones are quardridentate NNNS donor ligands. To chosen this ligand for study because, the ligands are prepared and characterized for the first time, since there are two pyridyl nitorgens, dimmers and polymers of complexes may result leading to interesting structural aspects. The work includes the preparation of the thiosemicarbzones and their structural and spectral studies, synthesis and spectral characterization of complexes of copper(II),,nickel(II),manganese(II), dioxovanadium(V),cobalt(III),zinc(II),cadmium(II) of the ligand HL, synthesis and spectral characterization of complexes of copper(II),manganese(II), of the ligand HL and the development of X-ray quality crystals and its X-ray diffraction studies. The structural characterization techniques are elemental analysis, conductivity measurements, magnetic measurements, electronic spectroscopy, H NMR spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.

Improved Mechanical Properties of NR/EPDM and NR/Butyl Blends by Precuring EPDM and Butyl

Ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM) and isobutylene-isoprene rubber (IIR) were compounded, precured to a low degree, and then were blended with natural rubber (NR). The compounding ingredients for NR were then added and the final curing was done. NR/ EPDM and NR/IIR blends, prepared using this method, were found to possess much improved mechanical properties as compared to their conventional counterparts. The optimum precuring crosslink density that has to be given to the EPDM and IIR phases has been determined.

Ultrasonic measurement of the elastic constants of selected nonlinear optical /semiorganic crystals with orthorhombic symmetry

Ultrasonic is a good tool to investigate the elastic properties of crystals. It enables one to determine all the elastic constants, Poisson’s ratios, volume compressibility and bulk modulus of crystals from velocity measurements. It also enables one to demonstrate the anisotropy of elastic properties by plotting sections of the surfaces of phase velocity, slowness, group velocity, Young’s modulus and linear compressibility along the a-b, b-c and a-c planes. They also help one to understand more about phonon amplification and help to interpret various phenomena associated with ultrasonic wave propagation, thermal conductivity, phonon transport etc. Study of nonlinear optical crystals is very important from an application point of view. Hundreds of new NLO materials are synthesized to meet the requirements for various applications. Inorganic, organic and organometallic or semiorganic classes of compounds have been studied for several reasons. Semiorganic compounds have some advantages over their inorganic and inorganic counterparts with regard to their mechanical properties. High damage resistance, high melting point, good transparency and non-hygroscopy are some of the basic requirements for a material to be suitable for device fabrication. New NLO materials are being synthesized and investigation of the mechanical and elastic properties of these crystals is very important to test the suitability of these materials for technological applications

Photophysical and Electrochemical Investigations on Photoconducting Poly(6-tert-butyl-3,4-dihydro-2H- 1,3-benzoxazine)

Poly(6-tert-butyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,3-benzoxazine) was synthesized by thermally activated cationic ring opening polymerization. The structure of the polymer was confirmed by spectral and thermal studies. The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) were estimated using cyclic voltammetry and optical absorption. Modulated photocurrent measurement technique was employed to study the spectral and field dependence of photocurrent. Photocurrent of the order of 1.5 micro A/m2 was obtained for polymer at a biasing electric field of 40 V/mico m.

Studies on Metallocene Polyolefin and Polyvinyl Chloride for Blood and Blood Component Storage Applications

Plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) (pPVC), although a major player in the medical field, is at present facing lot of criticism due to some of its limitations like the leaching out of the toxic plasticizer, di ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) to the medium and the emission of an environmental pollutant,dioxin gas,at the time of the post use disposal of PVC Products by incineration. Due to these reasons, efforts are on to reduce the use of pPVC considerably in the medical field and to find viable alternative materials. The present study has been undertaken in this context to find a suitable material for the manufacture of medical aids in place of pPVC. The main focus of this study has been to find out a non-DEHP material as plasticizer for pPVC and another suitable material for the complete repalcement of pPVC for blood/ blood component storage applications.Two approaches have been undertaken for this purpose-(1)the controversial plasticizer, DEHP has been partially replaced by polymeric plasticizers(2) an alternative material, namely, metallocene polyolefin (mPO) has been used and suitably modified to match the properties of flexible PVC used for blood and blood component storage applications.

Selective Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether Synthesis over Metal Exchanged Pillared Clays

Iron and mixed iron aluminium pillared montmorillonites prepared by partial hydrolysis method was subjected to room temperature exchange with transition metals of the first series. The materials exhibit good structural as well as thermal stability. Exchanged metals were found to be present inside the porous network, in the environs of the pillars. Mixed pillaring resulted in the intercalation of Al 13 like polymers in which Al is partially substituted by Fe. The acidic structure was followed by temperature programmed desorption of ammonia and cumene cracking test reaction. Weak and medium sites overshadow the strong sites in all systems. However, exchange with metals increases the number of strong sites. The prepared materials are efficient catalysts for gas phase MTBE synthesis. The catalytic activity can be well correlated with the total amount of weak and medium acid sites.

Investigations on the Structural, Spectral and Magnetic Interactions of Transition Metal Complexes of Multidentate Ligands from Di-2-pyridyl ketone and N(4)-substituted Thiosemicarbazides

The present work deals with the investigations on sthe structural spectral and magnetic interactions of transition metal complexes of multidentate ligands from D1-2-pyridyl ketone and N(4)-Substituted thiosemicarbazides.Thiosemicarbazones are thiourea derivatives with the general formula R2N— C(S)—NH—N=CR2. In the solution state, the thiosemicarbazones exhibit the thionethiol tautomerism similar to the keto-enol tautomerism, and in solution state the thiol form predominates and a deprotonation at the thiolate group in alcoholic medium enhances the coordination abilities ofthe thiosemicarbazones.The magnetochemistry of metal complexes of di-2-pyridyl ketone is a current hot subject of research, which mainly owes to the excellent structural diversity of the complexes ranging from cubanes to clusters, with promising ferromagnetic outputs.Only few efforts were aimed at the magnetochemistry of metal complexes of thiosemicarbazones, and that too were concerned with the complexes of bisttltioscinicarbazones). However, as far as the monothiosemicarbazones are concerned, the magnetochemistry of transition metal complexes of di-2-pyridyl ketone thiosemicarbazones turned up quite unexplored. Consequently, an investigation into it appeared novel and promising to us and that prompted this study, which can be regarded as the initial step towards exploring the magnetochemistry of thiosemicarbazone complexes, especially of di-2-pyridyl ketone derivatives.We could successfully isolate single crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction for the first three ligands. To conclude, we have synthesized some new thiosemicarbazones and their transition metal complexes and studied their structural, spectral and magnetic attributes. Some ofthe complexes revealed interesting stereochemistries and possible bridging characteristics with spectroscopic evidences. Unfortunately, single crystal Xray diffraction studies could not be carried out for many of these interesting compounds due to the lack of availability of suitable quality single crystals. However, the magnetic studies provided support for the proposed stereochemistry giving evidences for their magnetically concentrated nature. The magnetic susceptibilities measured at six different temperatures in the 80-298 K range are fitted into different magnetic equations, which provided an idea about the magnetic behavior of the compounds under study. Some of the copper, oxovanadium, nickel and cobalt complexes are found to possess anomalous magnetic moments, i.e., they revealed no regular gradation with temperature. However, some other copper complexes are observed to be antiferromagnetic, due to super-exchange pathways. The manganese complexes and one of the cobalt complexes are also observed to be antiferromagnetic in nature. However, some nickel complexes have turned up to be ferromagnetic. Accordingly, the versatile stereoehemistry and magnetic behavior of the complexes studied, prompt us to conclude that the transition metal complexes of di-2-pyridyl ketone thiosemicarbazones are promising systems for potential magnetic applications.

Studies on Elastomer Blends with special reference to NBR/Butyl, NR/Butyl and NBR/EPDM Blends

The distribution of curing agents and fillers in the constituents of an elastomer blend is an important factor which determines the curing behaviour and vulcanizate properties of the blend. The distribution of curatives and fillers largely depends on the nature of elastomers. The curatives tend to migrate preferentially to the rubber of higher unsaturation and/or higher polarity, and reinforcing fillers tend to get distributed in the low viscosity phase, resulting in inferior mechanical properties of the blends. The thesis suggests several methods for improving mechanical properties of blends like NBR/butyl, NR/butyl, NBR/EPDM and NR/.

Copper(II) complexes derived from di-2-pyridyl ketone-N4-phenyl-3-semicarbazone: Synthesis and spectral studies

Five copper(II) complexes [CuLCl]2·CuCl2·4H2O (1), [CuLOAc] (2), [CuLNO3]2 (3), [CuLN3] (4) and [CuLNCS]·3/2H2O (5) of di-2-pyridyl ketone-N4-phenyl-3-semicarbazone (HL) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses and electronic, infrared and EPR spectral techniques. In all these complexes the semicarbazone undergoes deprotonation and coordinates through enolate oxygen, azomethine and pyridyl nitrogen atoms. All the complexes are EPR active due to the presence of an unpaired electron. EPR spectra of all the complexes in DMF at 77K suggest axial symmetry and the presence of half field signals for the complexes 1 and 3 indicates dimeric structures