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The study of alkali-silica reaction in the cement-concrete shelters
Láznička, Josef ; Urbanec, Květoslav (referee) ; Hela, Rudolf (advisor)
Alkali – silica reaction is concrete durability problem resulting in significant maintenance and reconstruction costs to concrete infrastructures. This paper intends to summarize the current state of understanding this reaction with respect to reaction mechanisms. The experimental part of this paper deals with deterioration observed in cement – concrete cover for sections of highways in the Czech Republic. The objective was to determine wheter concrete failure arose due alkali – silica reaction or other mechanism.
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Macrocycles and complexation of large metal cations
Faltejsek, Jan ; Hermann, Petr (advisor) ; Drahoš, Bohuslav (referee)
In the last years, radioisotopes of heavy elements from the bottom of the Periodic Table have been increasingly used in nuclear medicine with focus on alpha-therapy. These large metal ions demand ligands fulfilling their special requirements. Complexes of polyazamacrocyclic ligands have been used in radiomedicine for a long time as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. This work aims to con- tribute to understanding of coordination chemistry of large macrocycles toward large metal ions. Thus, this work deals with structural studies, formation and decomplexation kinetics of Ln(III)-H4pyta complexes employing X-ray solid-state and solution NMR/UV-Vis spectroscopic data. The H4pyta is a 18-membered hexaazamacrocycle formed by two pyridine units and four amine groups which are modified with four acetate pendant arms. In the solid state, several isomeric complexes were structu- rally characterized. Large Ln(III) ions form decacoordinated species with two and two acetates on each side of the macrocyclic N6-plane. Small Ln(III) binds the ligand in a nonadentate fashion with one pendant non-coordinated. In the middle of lanthanide series, both isomers were characterized for several Ln(III) ions. Formation of the complexes takes place in a three-step mechanism with fast formation of an out-of-cage intermediate...
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Theoretical Investigation of the Zeolite Hydrolysis under Realistic Conditions
Jin, Mengting ; Grajciar, Lukáš (advisor) ; Chizallet, Céline (referee) ; Piskorz, Witold (referee)
Zeolites are one of the most widely used and one of the most industrially important materials. They are utilized in a variety of commercial applications, particularly in heterogeneous catalysis, adsorption/separations applications and as ion exchangers. Zeolites are stable when exposed to water or water vapor at ambient conditions and exhibit high thermal stability. However, zeolites can be partially or even fully hydrolyzed under certain conditions. This hydrolytic instability of zeolites can be considered both a major problem in some applications and a useful means to tune catalyst properties in the others. However, the thorough studies of the hydrolytic mechanisms under realistic conditions (high water loading, alkaline conditions, high heteroatom concentrations, etc.) and employing realistic models (dynamical simulation of ab initio accuracy) is mostly lacking. This dissertation uses the ab initio calculations to systematically study the hydrolysis mechanism of zeolites under realistic conditions, including: (1) hydrolysis mechanism of germanosilicate zeolite UTL, (2) hydrolysis of siliceous zeolite CHA under alkaline conditions, and (3) identification of the nature of framework-associated Al(Oh) species in aluminosilicate zeolite CHA under wet conditions. The main results obtained are as...
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Study of C-C coupling of dienes catalyzed by ruthenium(II) complexes
Hanikýřová, Eva ; Roithová, Jana (advisor) ; Jaklová Dytrtová, Jana (referee)
Title: Study of C-C coupling of dienes catalyzed by ruthenium (II) complexes. Author: Bc. Eva Hanikýřová Department: Department of Organic Chemistry Supervisor: Mgr. Jana Roithová, Ph.D. Abstract Transition metal catalyzed cycloadditions have contributed extensively to organic synthesis. The use of ruthenium complexes in those reactions gain importance due to their demonstrated ability in the catalytic carbon-carbon bond formations via ruthenacycle intermediates. In our studies, we have concentrated on the interaction between ruthenium (II) and alkenes using mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization. This technique allows to investigate ruthenium complexes in the ionized states, and allows to investigate these structures by using MS/MS analyse. Our experimental research was complemented by quantum chemical calculations using Density functional theory. The research leads to a more detailed understanding to Ruthenium complexes with unsaturated hydrocarbons reaction mechanism. Key words Gas-phase chemistry, Reaction mechanisms, Electrospray Ionization, Catalyst, [CpRu(CH3CN)3]PF6, Mass Spectrometry
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Selective Activation of C-H Bonds from Theoretical Perspective
Bím, Daniel ; Rulíšek, Lubomír (advisor) ; Harvey, Jeremy (referee) ; Pantazis, Dimitrios A. (referee)
The transfer of a hydrogen atom is a crucial step in a wide variety of chemical and biological processes and modus operandi of many metalloenzymes. While several factors that govern the reactivity and selectivity were already clarified in the past century, a growing body of experimental and theoretical studies also revealed numerous gaps in our unified understanding. As a consequence, the direct functionalization of non-activated C-H bonds by synthetic catalysts is still very limited. In the thesis, the hydrogen-atom-abstraction (HAA) reactions are broken down into the elementary proton- and electron-transfer steps and the reactivity/selectivity of oxidants is analyzed with respect to their physico-chemical properties, acidity constants and reduction potentials. First, a quantum chemical (QM)-based computational protocol for calculation of reduction potentials of iron complexes is introduced and validated over a large series of experimental data, including a set of challenging mononuclear FeIV O species that provide direct connection to biomimetic non-heme iron catalysis. Next, the methodology is extended to deal with reduction potentials of transition-metal complexes possessing higher total molecular charges, experimentally measured in polar solvents. In such cases, the accurate description of solvation...
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Theoretical investigation of microporous materials for adsorption and catalysis
Položij, Miroslav ; Nachtigall, Petr (advisor) ; Bludský, Ota (referee) ; Cwiklik, Lukasz (referee)
Theoretical investigation of microporous materials for adsorption and catalysis Microporous materials are defined by a presence of pores with diameter smaller than 2 nm. They comprise a large variety of materials from amorphous materials to very well defined crystalline materials like zeolites or metal organic frameworks. Microporous materials are industrially very important group of materials used for adsorption, gas capture, molecular sieving, or heterogeneous catalysis. Zeolites are by far the most important group of microporous materials due to their use as catalysts for the petroleum cracking. One of the main limitations of the zeolite use in catalysis is their limited pore size. This obstacle can be solved by use of hierarchical zeolites with a secondary mesopore network which allows overcoming the diffusion problems. The aims of this study can be divided into two parts. In the first part, the structures of two-dimensional and hierarchical zeolites were investigated theoretically to identify the structure of new materials and to obtain reliable models to study the hierarchical zeolites. In the second part, the catalytic properties of several microporous materials were modelled to explain their experimental activity. The results of this thesis were used to identify the structure of a large...
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The study of alkali-silica reaction in the cement-concrete shelters
Láznička, Josef ; Urbanec, Květoslav (referee) ; Hela, Rudolf (advisor)
Alkali – silica reaction is concrete durability problem resulting in significant maintenance and reconstruction costs to concrete infrastructures. This paper intends to summarize the current state of understanding this reaction with respect to reaction mechanisms. The experimental part of this paper deals with deterioration observed in cement – concrete cover for sections of highways in the Czech Republic. The objective was to determine wheter concrete failure arose due alkali – silica reaction or other mechanism.
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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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Study of C-C coupling of dienes catalyzed by ruthenium(II) complexes
Hanikýřová, Eva ; Roithová, Jana (advisor) ; Jaklová Dytrtová, Jana (referee)
Title: Study of C-C coupling of dienes catalyzed by ruthenium (II) complexes. Author: Bc. Eva Hanikýřová Department: Department of Organic Chemistry Supervisor: Mgr. Jana Roithová, Ph.D. Abstract Transition metal catalyzed cycloadditions have contributed extensively to organic synthesis. The use of ruthenium complexes in those reactions gain importance due to their demonstrated ability in the catalytic carbon-carbon bond formations via ruthenacycle intermediates. In our studies, we have concentrated on the interaction between ruthenium (II) and alkenes using mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization. This technique allows to investigate ruthenium complexes in the ionized states, and allows to investigate these structures by using MS/MS analyse. Our experimental research was complemented by quantum chemical calculations using Density functional theory. The research leads to a more detailed understanding to Ruthenium complexes with unsaturated hydrocarbons reaction mechanism. Key words Gas-phase chemistry, Reaction mechanisms, Electrospray Ionization, Catalyst, [CpRu(CH3CN)3]PF6, Mass Spectrometry
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