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Gold-Catalyzed Cyclizations of 1,5-Enynes
Matouš, Petr ; Pour, Milan (advisor) ; Hlaváč, Jan (referee) ; Veselý, Jan (referee)
Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department Department of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry Candidate Mgr. Petr Matouš Supervisor prof. RNDr. Milan Pour, Ph.D. Titel of Doctoral Thesis Gold-Catalyzed Cyclizations of 1,5-Enynes This Ph.D. thesis deals with the development of gold(I)-catalyzed cyclizations of propargylamino acrylates (3-aza-1,5-enynes) in the presence of an external nucleophile. A library of tetrahydropyridines with an unusual hemiaminal ether functional group was thus prepared via the cyclization of a series of substituted enynes. The influence of the protective group as well as the substitution on the chemoselectivity of the reaction was demonstrated. The tetrahydropyridines were further utilized as precursors for the preparation of pharmaceutically important nitrogen heterocycles. The reduction of selected compounds furnished substituted piperidines, while Diels-Alder cycloaddition of alkenylated tetrahydropyridines gave rise to isoquinoline derivatives. Additional ortho-fused heterocycles (furopyridine, pyrrolopyridine and chromenopyridine) were prepared by the intramolecular version of the cyclizations of enynes with pending internal nucleophiles.
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Coordination Compounds as Contrast Agents for 19F-MRI
Špánek, Jiří ; Kotek, Jan (advisor) ; Vojtíšek, Pavel (referee)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is one of noninvasive imaging and diagnostic methods in today's medicine. The most commonly measured nucleus is H1 of the water molecules present in the human body. There are also methods that use signal saturation transfer between the contrast agent and water molecules via exchangeable H1 nuclei, or use a different nucleus like F19 . Compounds that show a high potential in this area are complexes of paramagnetic ions such as Gd3+ , Eu3+ , Co2+ , Cu2+ and Ni2+ , which can affect relaxation times and chemical shifts of other atoms due to their magnetic properties. This Master's thesis focuses on ligands L1 and L2 which were prepared in the Bachelor thesis. The main focus is on preparation of complexes with selected paramagnetic ions and subsequent study of their properties relevant for a potential use as contrast agents for F19 -MRI and CEST methods. Keywords: F19 -MRI, CEST, macrocyclic ligands, coordination chemistry
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Metal-Ion Selectivity from Quantum-Chemical Perspective
Gutten, Ondrej ; Rulíšek, Lubomír (advisor) ; Dudev, Todor (referee) ; Baldauf, Carsten (referee)
Metal ions are a tempting tool for organisms thanks to the diversity of func- tions they have to offer, if they can be distinguished properly. Examining metal-ion selectivity computationally is challenging mainly due to complex- ity of electronic structure and solvation effects. A DFT-based protocol for predicting metal-ion selectivity of metal-binding systems was developed. The most essential part of the thesis is discussion of the magnitudes and sources of inherent errors, both for metal-ion complexes and small peptides. The thesis connects the work of four original papers. It includes computational and ex- perimental benchmarks, a case-study validating the computational protocol for obtaining energetic and structural insights, and attempts applying the protocol to peptidic systems. ii
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Responsive Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Krchová, Tereza
ABSTRACT This work is focused on the synthesis of a family of new macrocyclic ligands with exchangeable protons on coordinating groups that could potentially serve (after complexation with suitable paramagnetic lanthanide(III) ions) as responsive contrast agents (CAs) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is expected that measurement of extracellular pH should bring information for tumorous disease diagnoses and/or for suggesting the most efficient treatment. Therefore, our attention was focused on pH-dependent CAs based on a PARAmagnetic Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (PARACEST) mechanism capable of reporting pH changes in tissue. The PARACEST-related properties of a series of Ln(III) complexes with the CEST effect caused by amino groups coordinated to the central Ln(III) metal ions were investigated. Such a kind of PARACEST CA is new and has had no precedent in the literature. It was shown that these Ln(III) complexes produce a pH-sensitive PARACEST effect in the pH region relevant for living systems. The study brings proof-of-principle for utilization of complexes with a linear diamine pendant arm, i.e. complexes with two exchanging proton pools, for ratiometric pH determination by MRI independently on the probe concentration. In addition, to ensure a higher kinetic inertness of the...
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Macrocyclic ligands and their complexes
Buziková, Michaela ; Hermann, Petr (advisor) ; Kotek, Jan (referee)
Macrocyclic ligands are very efficient agents for complexation of paramagnetic metal ions in complexes possessing high kinetic inertness and thermodynamic stability. These properties are very useful for medical applications. The aim of this work is to prepare ligand cis- DO2A2P using a new synthetic approach. Cis-DO2A2P is the last ligand in the series of DOTA derivatives with mixed carboxylate and phosphonate pendant arms which does not have its complexes fully described. This thesis includes basic information known on the ligands from this series, about the structure and properties of their complexes, and synthesis of the cis-DO2A2P. Key words: macrocycles, polydentate ligands, lanthanides, transition metals, organophosphorus acids
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Responsive Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Krchová, Tereza ; Kotek, Jan (advisor) ; Marek, Radek (referee) ; Platas-Iglesias, Carlos (referee)
ABSTRACT This work is focused on the synthesis of a family of new macrocyclic ligands with exchangeable protons on coordinating groups that could potentially serve (after complexation with suitable paramagnetic lanthanide(III) ions) as responsive contrast agents (CAs) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is expected that measurement of extracellular pH should bring information for tumorous disease diagnoses and/or for suggesting the most efficient treatment. Therefore, our attention was focused on pH-dependent CAs based on a PARAmagnetic Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (PARACEST) mechanism capable of reporting pH changes in tissue. The PARACEST-related properties of a series of Ln(III) complexes with the CEST effect caused by amino groups coordinated to the central Ln(III) metal ions were investigated. Such a kind of PARACEST CA is new and has had no precedent in the literature. It was shown that these Ln(III) complexes produce a pH-sensitive PARACEST effect in the pH region relevant for living systems. The study brings proof-of-principle for utilization of complexes with a linear diamine pendant arm, i.e. complexes with two exchanging proton pools, for ratiometric pH determination by MRI independently on the probe concentration. In addition, to ensure a higher kinetic inertness of the...
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Construction of miniature flow-through cells for electrochemical generation of volatile compounds
Hraníček, Jakub ; Rychlovský, Petr (advisor) ; Spěváčková, Věra (referee) ; Komárek, Josef (referee)
(EN) The presented dissertation thesis summarizes the new results of electrochemical generation of volatile compounds usable in atomic spectral methods. The main aim of this work is to develop and to characterize new types of electrolytic flow-through cells and to examine their possibilities of determination of arsenic, selenium and antimony by using the electrochemical hydride generation technique coupled with atomic absorption spectrometry with a quartz tube atomizer. Individual electrolytic cells were designed and constructed to comply with two important requirements. The cathode chamber of the electrolytic cell should have a minimal volume and a high efficiency of analyte conversion to the volatile hydride. Constructed electrolytic cells are divided into the construction groups and described in the experimental part. Selenium was chosen as the first analyte. The relevant working parameters (such as type, concentration and flow rate of electrolytes, generation current and carrier gas flow rate) were optimized for each newly constructed electrolytic cell. Under the optimal working parameters, the basic characteristics of selenium determination were found out by using electrochemical hydride generation. The electrolytic cells were compared to each other and with the classical electrolytic cell...
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Magnetic anisotropies in (Ga,Mn)As and metallic multilayers with strong spin-orbit coupling
Zemen, Jan ; Jungwirth, Tomáš (advisor) ; Diviš, Martin (referee) ; Šob, Mojmír (referee)
The thesis presents a numerical study of magnetocrystalline anisotropies in dilute ferromagnetic semiconductors and transition metal systems intended to advance the current understanding of the microscopic origins of this relativistic effect and to contribute to the development of spintronic devices with new functionalities. The major part of the work surveys magnetocrystalline anisotropies in (Ga,Mn)As epilayers and compares the calculations to available experimental data. Our model is based on an envelope function description of the valence band holes and a spin representation for their kinetic-exchange interaction with localised electrons on Mn2+ ions, treated in the mean-field approximation. For epilayers with growth induced lattice-matching strains we study in-plane to out-of-plane easy axis reorientations as a function of Mn local-moment concentration, hole concentration, and temperature. Next we focus on the competition of in-plane cubic and uniaxial anisotropies. We add an in-plane shear strain to the effective Hamiltonian in order to capture measured data in bare, unpatterned epilayers, and we provide microscopic justification for this approach. The model is then extended by an in-plane uniaxial strain and used to directly describe experiments with magnetisation direction controlled by...
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Plasmachemical synthesis of borides, carbides and nitrides of transition metals
Brožek, Vlastimil ; Ctibor, Pavel
For technical practice the most important are up to now borides of titanium and zirconium, carbides of boron, calcium, silicium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, aluminum and chromium. Nitrides of boron, silicium and titanium. Besides of tungssten carbide, any of the mentioned compounds is proced presently in the Czech Republic, however the know-how and suitable conditions are existing. The contribution describes possibilities of the processing of the mentioned materials to functional layers or thin-walled shaped parts by plasmachemical methods.
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