Synthesis of Tweezer-Like OxNy Macrocyclic Ligands and Study on the Effect of Macroring Linking on Selectivity Towards [60]Fullerene and Transition Metal Cations

, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Gholamnezhad, Parisa (Author) ; Ghanbari, Bahram (Supervisor) ; Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba (Co-Advisor)

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By considering previous works undertaken in our laboratory on the interaction between O2N2 azacrown and [60]fullerene using UV-vis spectroscopy. It was found that the significant interaction occurs in less than one hour. Extending this time in this research, the reaction between [60]fullerene with 15 to 19 membered N2O2-azacrown macrocyclic ligands was investigated during ten days. The new compounds L1, L2 were synthesized and characterized applying HPLC, ESI-Mass, TG, DSC, IR as well as elemental analysis. The interaction of new compounds with Cu(II) and Ni(II) and Co(II) using UV-vis spectroscopy showed that L2 gave the highest Kb value of cations/(L1, L2). Besides, it was found that the...

Synthesis and Characterization of NxOy-Naphthodiazacrowns and Study of Supramolecular Chemistry with C60 and Cu(II)

, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Jamjah, Ali (Author) ; Ghanbari, Bahram (Supervisor)

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New N4O6 molecular tweezers were synthesized from N2O2 benzo- and naphthodiazacrown macrocycles bearing benzylic dialdehydes as a flexible and semi-flexible spacer in a short time and at room temperature. The products were characterized by IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy as well as elemental microanalysis. The interactions of some of these tweezers with C60, Cu(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Zn(II), Hg(II) and Mn(II) were investigated by employing UV-Vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. Efficient fluorescence responses for 2NM3BD were observed in the presence of C60, Cu(II), Mn(II), Hg(II) and Zn(II). Meanwhile, the calculation of the association constants (K¬BH) employing Benesi-Hildebrand equation in...

Synthesis and Comparative Study on Complex Formation of Azo-bearing Nitrogen-Donor Macrocyclic Ligands with Fullerene C60 and Cu(II) Cation

, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology Mahdavian, Mahsa (Author) ; Ghanbari, Bahram (Supervisor)

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In the present research, a series of bimacrocyclic tweezer anchored through azobenzene moiety were synthesized and characterized by applying IR spectroscopy, 1H and 13C{1H} NMR, fluorescence spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis and in some cases by X-ray crystallography. Firstly, UV-visible spectroscopy established that the irradiation of the tweezers with UV light promoted the trans to cis isomerization. On the other hand, thermal cis-trans isomerization behavior of the azobenzene moiety in tweezers was surveyed in which the cis isomers were formed of the heating at 50 oC for 5 minutes. Where the -OH group was replaced with 4-toluenesulfonyl...