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| Author(s): |
Gustavo Fernandes Souza Andrade
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ) |
| Defense date: | 2003-07-03 |
| Examining board members: |
Marcia Laudelina Arruda Temperini;
Carlos José Leopoldo Constantino;
Osvaldo Antonio Serra
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| Advisor: | Marcia Laudelina Arruda Temperini |
| Abstract | |
In this dissertation, the adsorption process of the formylpyridine thiosemicarbazone (TFF) at silver and gold surfaces in aqueous and in acetonitrile solutions has been characterized by using the SERS (Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering) technique. It has been verified that TFF adsorbs through N1 and S atoms on the metallic surfaces. The faradaic processes of TFF have been monitored through the SERS and UV-visible absorption spectroscopies. The SERS spectra at -1,4 V (Ag/AgCl) suggest aminomethylferrocene as one of the reduction products of TFF. By using the UV-visible absorption technique, it has been verified, at this potential, a new band at 240 nm in the spectrum, which indicates the presence of thiourea. The observation of these two reduction products has confirmed that the general reduction mechanism for thiosemicarbazonas works for TFF. Neither SERS nor UV-vis spectral changes have been observed during the redox process of FeII/FeIII (E1/2= 0,55 V). The adsorption and faradaic processes of thisemicarbazide (TSC) at silver electrode have also been studied by SERS technique. It has been verified that, in acidic and neutral media, the TSC is adsorbed through a cis-configuration at a potential close to 0,0 V, showing an interaction of the S atom through bond formation with the surface and through the H atoms bonded to N1 via ion pair formation with the adsorbed Cl- anions. At more negative potentials, the chloride anions leave the electrode surface and the TSC changes to trans-configuration. No faradaic process has been observed as reported in the literature. This result has been confirmed by using the capillary electrophoresis technique. The resonance Raman effect of the TFF has been studied, and the excitation profiles of the bands have been shown as minimum, which indicates an electronic interaction between the two cromophores of the TFF (thiosemicarbazone and ferrocenyl). The theoretic excitation profiles have been calculated by using the transform method, and the results of the obtained adjustment has indicated that there has been a distortion of the ferrocenyl vibrational modes for an electronic transition at 312 nm, assigned to the n-p* of thiosemicarbazone moiety. This result has indicated a great interaction between the two cromophores of TFF. In order to compare the resonance Raman behavior of the TFF with that of the ferrocene, the resonance Raman spectra of the ferrocene have been obtained. It has been verified that the two compounds present an anti-resonant Raman effect, even though the bands have presented very different excitation profiles from those observed in the TFF, which indicates that the incorporation of the thiosemicarbazone group into the ciclopentadienyl has changed the electronic structure of the ferrocenyl group. (AU) | |