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Effect of silver in homogeneous gold catalysis
Motloch, Petr ; Roithová, Jana (advisor) ; Hocek, Michal (referee)
Gold catalysis has recently experienced a sustained upswing in interest from scientific community. The amount of new reactions catalysed by gold is so significant that little is known about mechanisms of most of these reactions. Research into mechanisms of (not only) gold catalysed reactions is therefore very significant area of interest and important to the continued improvement of gold catalysed reactions. Formation of cationic π-complexes is considered a first mechanistic step in reactions catalysed by gold(I). The bond dissociation energies of gas phase cationic π-complexes were investigated by mass spectrometry and theory calculations in this thesis. These complexes consisted of differently substituted unsaturated hydrocarbons (alkenes, alkynes, alkadienes and allenes) and complex cations of silver and gold containing second ligand (triphenylphosphine, acetonitrile). On the basis of the results obtained from this study, a possible origin of the "silver effect" in gold(I) catalysis is discussed. Key words catalysis, gold, silver, mass spectrometry, DFT calculations, reaction intermediates
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Direct monitoring of metal-catalyzed reactions using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Tsybizova, Alexandra ; Roithová, Jana (advisor) ; Jahn, Ullrich (referee) ; Kvíčala, Jaroslav (referee)
The current dissertation thesis is focused on the investigation of metal-catalyzed reactions using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry as the primary research technique. However, other gas- phase methods such as tandem mass spectrometry, infrared multiphoton dissociation spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations have also been involved to unravel and support the findings and proposals. As organometallic chemistry is a very broad and complicated topic, this thesis is only focused on a few projects. The fist of them is dedicated to copper acetate speciation in organic solvents, the second - to the mechanistic investigation of copper catalyzed aerobic cross coupling of thiol esters and arylboronic acids, the third studied coordination and bond activation of nickel(II) - phenylpyridine complexes and the last investigated carboxylate assisted C-H activation reactions.
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Acid-base equilibria and tautomerism of nucleobases
Kovács, Jakub ; Dračínská, Helena (advisor) ; Petrželová, Simona (referee)
Nucleic acids and their components belong to the most important molecules essential for life. Hydrogen atom migration across the skeleton of purine or pyrimidine bases of nucleic acids gives rise to their various tautomeric forms. Furthermore, depending on pH of the medium, these bases might become protonated or deprotonated. Protonation/deprotonation of nucleic acid bases is involved in many biochemical processes. These include mainly regulation of replication and gene expression by means of specific secondary structure stabilization or acid- base catalysis of phosphodiester backbone cleavage. Additionally, secondary structures that include ionized bases are also associated with various genetic diseases. However, protonation and deprotonation are very fast dynamic processes and their experimental detection is difficult. Therefore, this work focuses on development of reliable method for relatively fast detection of pyrimidine base derivates primary protonation site. At first, pyrimidine bases with protonation site determined by structure were analyzed in both neutral and ionized state using NMR spectroscopy. In the next step, NMR parameters for both neutral and ionized forms were calculated using quantum-chemical computational methods. Computational method was optimized to produce results which...
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Effect of silver in homogeneous gold catalysis
Motloch, Petr ; Roithová, Jana (advisor) ; Hocek, Michal (referee)
Gold catalysis has recently experienced a sustained upswing in interest from scientific community. The amount of new reactions catalysed by gold is so significant that little is known about mechanisms of most of these reactions. Research into mechanisms of (not only) gold catalysed reactions is therefore very significant area of interest and important to the continued improvement of gold catalysed reactions. Formation of cationic π-complexes is considered a first mechanistic step in reactions catalysed by gold(I). The bond dissociation energies of gas phase cationic π-complexes were investigated by mass spectrometry and theory calculations in this thesis. These complexes consisted of differently substituted unsaturated hydrocarbons (alkenes, alkynes, alkadienes and allenes) and complex cations of silver and gold containing second ligand (triphenylphosphine, acetonitrile). On the basis of the results obtained from this study, a possible origin of the "silver effect" in gold(I) catalysis is discussed. Key words catalysis, gold, silver, mass spectrometry, DFT calculations, reaction intermediates
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Properties of bipyridine N,N'-dioxides in the gas phase
Ducháčková, Lucie ; Kotora, Martin (referee) ; Roithová, Jana (advisor)
Lucie Ducháčková Bipyridine N,N'-dioxides are organocatalysts, which are used as a chiral Lewis bases in enantioselective catalysis. The aim of this diploma thesis was systematic investigation of the proton affinities of bipyridine N,N'-dioxide derivatives. Further, the complexation properties and chiral recognition in the gas phase of bipyridine N,N'-dioxide derivatives were examined. Mass spectrometry complemented with infrared multiphoton dissociation spectroscopy and quantum-chemistry calculations using the density functional theory (DFT) were used as the main experimental methods. Bipyridine N,N'-dioxides are a new class of oxygen superbases with proton affinities larger than 1030 kJ/mol. Complexation properties and reactivities of their metal complexes are comparable to 2,2'-bipyridine.
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