Aggregation of N,N'-diallylurea and N,N'-diallylthiourea in solutions.

Joint studies by IR spectroscopy, dipole moments, average molecular weight measurements and DFT calculations on the self-aggregation of N,N'-diallylureas and N,N'-diallylthioureas in solvents of different polarities were performed. Simultaneous uses of all these methods are required for better understanding the mechanism of aggregation and the effects of different polarity of solvents. In this study also the measurements of IR spectra in polarized light were additionally performed, which gives information on arrangement of aggregates in liquid crystal matrix-built of 4-CN biphenyl derivative.

Self-aggregation mechanisms of N-alkyl derivatives of urea and thiourea.

The mechanisms of self-aggregation of N-alkyl and N,N'-dialkyl derivatives of urea and thiourea in weakly polar solvents (chloroform and 1,2-dichloroethane) were examined. The C-H···O or C-H···S hydrogen bonds formed with these two acidic solvents compete with the N-H···O or N-H···S hydrogen bonds formed between solute molecules, influencing the self-aggregation of urea derivatives in a particular solvent. The peculiarities of the solvent interactions were discussed and the stronger interaction of chloroform was noted.

H/D isotope effects in hydrogen bonded systems.

An extremely strong H/D isotope effect observed in hydrogen bonded A-H…B systems is connected with a reach diversity of the potential shape for the proton/deuteron motion. It is connected with the anharmonicity of the proton/deuteron vibrations and of the tunneling effect, particularly in cases of short bridges with low barrier for protonic and deuteronic jumping. Six extreme shapes of the proton motion are presented starting from the state without possibility of the proton transfer up to the state with a full ionization.

Structure of aggregates of dialkyl urea derivatives in solutions.

Combined IR spectroscopy, dipole moment, and average molecular weight measurements and DFT calculations on the self-aggregation of N,N'- and N,N-dialkylureas in solvents of different polarities were performed. It was found that, to acquire a better understanding of the mechanisms of associations, the simultaneous use of all of these methods is required. It was found that symmetric dialkyl derivatives of urea associate much more strongly, giving in CCl(4) even a 12-fold mass of monomers, in contrast to asymmetric ones, where the average molecular weight reaches only a 2-fold mass of monomers.