This thesis deals with the development and application of new synthetic methodology in organic chemistry. The first part describes the development of a new protocol for the synthesis of 3-pyrrolines by means of a microwave-assisted ring-expansion reaction of 2-vinylaziridines. In addition, this methodology is implemented as a key-step in a formal total synthesis of the antibiotic (-)-anisomycin. In the second part, a new methodology for the synthesis of arylglycines from Weinreb amides is described. In this procedure, a Grignard reagent is added to the iminium ion formed from the Weinreb amide upon treatment with a base. When a chiral amide is used, the nucleophilic addition proceeds with high diastereoselectivity. Finally, an easy and straightforward synthesis of α-amino amides via a base-mediated rearrangement of modified Weinreb amides into N,O-acetals is presented. Subsequent arylation, alkylation, alkenylation or alkynylation of this intermediate affords the corresponding α-amino amides in excellent yields. Furthermore, a more generalized protocol for the α-arylation of Weinreb amides lacking an α-amino moiety is also discussed. / QC 20100719

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Face à l’apparition grandissante de souches bactériennes multi-résistantes à l’arsenal d’antibiotiques actuels, les thiopeptides antibiotiques, bien que connus depuis plus de 60 ans, suscitent actuellement un fort regain d’intérêt. En effet, cette classe de molécules présente une forte activité antibiotique contre des souches bactériennes résistantes et multirésistantes, et met en œuvre deux modes d’inhibition originaux de la synthèse protéique encore inexploités en thérapie antibiotique humaine. Leur développement pharmacologique est en particulier freiné par la difficulté de préparation de ces molécules très complexes. L'élaboration d'une stratégie innovante de synthèse de la partie la plus complexe de ces molécules, le cœur hétérocyclique est étudiée dans ce travail. Cette approche repose sur l'étude et la valorisation de nouvelles méthodologies de fonctionnalisation directe des liaisons C-H et C-X de mono- et bis-thiazoles avec une large gamme d’hétéroaromatiques. Sa viabilité est démontrée par la préparation du cœur hétérocyclique commun aux amythiamicines. / Due to the emergence of multiresistant bacterial strains to standard antibacterial treatments, thiopeptides antibiotics are actually highly considered, though they are known for 60 years. They show an excellent antibiotic activity against multiresistant bacterial strains, and implement two originals inhibition mechanisms of protein synthesis, still unemployed in human therapy. However, the difficulty to prepare these complex macromolecules limits their pharmacological development. The development of a new strategy to synthetize the most complicated part of these macromolecules, their heterocyclic core, is studied here in. This approach is based on the study and the exploitation of novel direct C-H and C-X transition-metal-catalyzed couplings of mono- and bithiazoles units with a broad panel of heteroaromatics. Its viability is here demonstrated trough the multi-step synthesis of the common heterocyclic core of amythiamicins.

Mechanochromic polymers respond to external force by changing their color. This can be achieved by the incorporation of a molecular switch such as spiropyran (SP) into polymers. SPs can be isomerized by mechanical force from their colorless form into colored merocyanines. Main chain copolymerization of spiropyrans allows investigation of their mechanochromic behavior and potential use as force sensors. So far, several covalent polymer matrices have been used to investigate the mechanochromic response of SPs, among them poly(ε caprolactone) (PCL). Less investigated is how the mechanochromic response can be fine-tuned by substituent effects. First, PCL with differently substituted spiropyrans at the chain’s midpoint were used in order to investigate the effect of different substituents and their regiochemistry on the isomerization behavior of SPs under mechanical stress. A low activation barrier was observed for NO2 substitution of “ortho”-spiropyrans compared to no substitution (R = H). In order to investigate phenyl-substituted “para,para” spiropyrans, a newly developed kinked polyarylene was employed as covalent matrix material. This new polyarylene (PmmpP) has a meta,meta,para connection in its backbone and exhibits excellent mechanical properties. Its high strength allows the isomerization of this molecular switch with a large activation barrier. The phenyl-substituted “para,para” spiropyran showed transient mechanochromism and was switched 25 times in force-and-release cycles. The synthesis of PmmpP was carried out by a Suzuki polycondensation in three steps from commercial starting materials. To further capitalize on the simplicity and properties of PmmpP, a two step synthesis of a semifluorinated kinked polyarylene was demonstrated by direct arylation polycondensation with tetrafluorobenzene (F4). This partially fluorinated PmmpF4 was synthesized with a variety of side-chains. Resulting polymers exhibited a large range of glass transition temperatures, allowing for the production of tailor-made smart materials.

[pt] Neste trabalho foi desenvolvida a síntese de novos análogos do tipo N-tosil-aza-carbapterocarpanos com potencial ação antiproliferativa em linhagens de leucemia e mama.Os compostos aza-carbapterocarpanos e espiro-iso-indolinas, foram preparados através de abordagens sintéticas distintas e classificadas em Grupo I e II respectivamente. A etapa chave para obtenção dos compostos do grupo I foi a reação de aza-arilação do tipo Heck catalisada por paládio a partir de tetralonas comerciais e N-tosil-iodoanilinas substituídas previamente sintetizadas. Três moléculas deste grupo foram avaliadas quanto a sua ação antiproliferativa em linhagens de leucemia e mama. Dentre estas, o composto N-tosil-aza-carbaptercarpeno apresentou IC50 = 1,93 (mais ou menos) 0,88 micrômetros, 2,18 (mais ou menos) 1,47 micrômetros e 2.89 (mais ou menos) 0,92 micrômetros nas linhagens de leucemia K562, lucena-1 e FEPS, respectivamente, e na linhagem de mama MDA-MB-231 IC50=33.37 (mais ou menos) 3.98 micrômetros. Por outro lado, o composto aza-carbapterocarpeno foi inativo nestas mesmas linhagens, indicando que na ausência do grupo arilsulfonamida a ação antileucêmica não ocorre. Os compostos do grupo II, denominados espiro iso-indolinas, foram sintetizados através da adição diastereosseletiva de organomagnesío às N-terc-butano-sulfiniliminas quirais, seguida de uma aminação de Buchwald-Hartwig intramolecular catalisada por paládio. As N-terc-butano-sulfiniliminas foram obtidas através de tetralonas, cromanonas e tiocromanonas comerciais em uma reação de condensação com as N-tert-butanosulfinamidas comerciais em micro-ondas em uma abordagem livre de solvente utilizando tetraetóxido de titânio. Após as reações de adição nucleofílica com organomagnésio, remoção do auxiliar quiral e ciclização intramolecular, os compostos forma obtidos enantiomericamente puros e foram avaliados em linhagens de leucemia K562 e FESP. Embora estes compostos tenham apresentado baixa potência frente às linhagens testadas (IC50 entre 31,85 mais ou menos 3.0 micrômetros e 77,58 (mais ou menos) 5.76 micrômetros), pôde-se observar que há diferenças relevantes entre os enantiômeros, assim o como apresentam sensibilidade colateral, atuando em linhagens multiresitentes. / [en] In this work, the synthesis of new N-tosyl aza-carbapterocarpane analogues with potential antiproliferative action in leukemia and breast cell lines was developed. The aza-carbapterocarpanes and spiro-isoindolines compounds were prepared using different synthetic approaches and classified in Group I and II respectively. The key step for obtaining group I compounds was the palladium catalyzed Heck-type azaarylation reaction from commercially synthesized substituted tetralones and substituted N-tosyl iodoanilines. Three compounds of this group were evaluated for their antiproliferative action in leukemia cell lines and breast cancer cells lines. The compound N-tosyl-aza-carbaptercarpene presented IC50 = 1,93 0,88 , 2,18 (plus or minus) 1,47 micrometers e 2.89 (plus or minus) 0,92 micrometers. On the other hand, the aza-carbapterocarpene compound was inactive in these same lines, suggesting the role of the absence of the arylsulfonamide group for the antileukemic activity does not occur .The group II, denominated spiroisoindolines, were synthesized by diastereoselective addition of organomagnesium to chiral N-tert-butane sulfinylimines, followed by a palladium catalyzed intramolecular Buchwald-Hartwig amination. The N-tert-butane sulfinylimines were obtained through commercial tetralones, chromanones and thiochromanones by the condensation reaction with commercial N-tert-butanesulfinamides in a solvent free sistem using titanium tetraethoxide. After nucleophilic addition reactions with organomagnesium, chiral auxiliary removal and intramolecular cyclization, the compounds were obtained enantiomerically pure and were evaluated in K562 and FESP leukemia lines. Although these compounds presented low potency compared to the tested lines (IC50 between 31.85 (plus or minus) 3.0 micrometers and 77.58 (plus or minus) 5.76 micrometers), it was observed that there of them present relevant differences between enantiomers as soon as collateral sensitivity, acting in leukemia multiresistent cell lines.

Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based polymers currently rank among the best performing organic materials for high charge carrier mobility applications due to their high structural planarity and the simple synthetic access. Through chemical modifications on DPP-based polymers, the type of charge carrier transport (p-type, n-type or ambipolar) and the charge carrier mobility can be both modulated. In this thesis, the synthesis of a new n-type dithiazolyldiketopyrrolopyrrole (TzDPPTz)-based copolymer PTzDPPTzF4 with tetrafluorobenzene (F4) as comonomer is reported. PTzDPPTzF4 has a deeper lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level compared to the existing dithienyldiketopyrrolopyrrole (ThDPPTh)-based copolymer PThDPPThF4 due to the electron-deficient thiazole flanking units on the bicyclic DPP core. Moreover, the influence of homocoupling (hc) defects and backbone conformation on the properties of PTzDPPTzF4 is systematically investigated. Lastly, in order to further modulate the structural and electrical properties of DPP-based copolymers, polar side chains and comonomers with a different electron-withdrawing ability are introduced to the polymer backbone. In detail, a series of PTzDPPTzF4 polymers with similar molecular weight but varying TzDPPTz hc content from 0.6 – 12.4% is prepared via direct arylation polymerization (DAP) for the investigation of the hc-property relationship. Hc defects are found to red-shift the absorption, decrease the photoluminescence, and lower the LUMO energy level. In contrast, an influence on the film morphology or electron mobility is not observed. In order to study the conformation-property relationship, a structural variation in the DPP monomer is explored, i.e. the replacement of Tz by Th. To this end, a detailed comparative study of the properties between PTzDPPTzF4 and PThDPPThF4, which are prepared via DAP and have both comparable molecular weight and hc content, is presented. It is found that the replacement of Tz flanking units by Th flanking units on the DPP core has significant impact on the backbone conformation due to the occurrence of intramolecular hydrogen bonds, and thus strongly influences the opto-electronic and structural properties of the two polymers. PThDPPThF4 exhibits a stronger aggregation ability, a higher degree of crystallinity, a lower degree of paracrystallinity and an increased long-range order, which finally translates into a 20 times higher field-effect electron mobility. Finally, comonomer and side chain variations of DPP-based polymers are carried out for their potential use in thermoelectric investigations. Through the optimization of the polymerization conditions, a number-average molecular weight of 19.1 kg/mol is achieved for ThDPPTh-based polymers with single-oxygen side chains and F4 as comonomer. In addition, two ThDPPTh-based copolymers with biEDOT as comonomer are synthesized, which contain polar triethylene glycol (TEG) side chains as well as branched aliphatic side chains in different ratios. In summary, the economically efficient and ecologically green DAP method is demonstrated to be an efficient and versatile synthetic tool for copolymerizing TzDPPTz or ThDPPTh monomers bearing either aliphatic or polar side chains with either electron-rich or electron-deficient comonomers.

Au cours de cette thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés à l'activation de liaisons C-H catalysée par des catalyseurs au palladium pour la préparation de biaryles portant un groupement SO₂R. De très nombreux composés biologiques possèdent une fonction SO₂R. Nous avons donc choisi d'étudier activation de liaisons C-H de ce type de substrat. L'activation de liaisons C-H est considérée comme attractive pour l'environnement par rapport à d'autres types de couplages tels que Suzuki, Stille, ou Negishi. D'abord, nous avons démontré qu'il est possible d'appliquer la méthode d'activation de liaisons C-H pour l'arylation directe de thiophènes portant un substituant SO₂R. Nous avons ensuite établi un système catalysé au palladium pour l'arylation sélective en C2 de dérivés N-tosylpyrrole. Nous avons constaté que le N-tosylpyrrole est plus réactif comparé au pyrrole non protégé. Nous avons également étudié l'arylation directe d'hétéroarènes par des bromobenzènes possédant un substituant SO₂R soit en C2 ou C4 par catalyse au palladium. Cette méthode fournit un accès simple à des dérivés de ArSO₂R. Enfin, nous avons développé la première méthode de déshydrogénation de liaisons sp³ C-H catalysée au palladium de N-alkyl-benzènesulfonamides pour produire des N-alcényle benzènesulfonamides. / During this Ph.D. period, we were interested in the C-H bonds activation catalysed by palladium catalysts for the preparation of biaryls units bearing SO₂R group. Many biological compounds present a SO₂R function and thus we chose to activate this family of substrates. This method is considered as cost effective and environmentally attractive compared to other types of couplings such as Suzuki, Stille, or Negishi. First, we demonstrated that it is possible to apply C-H bond activation method for the direct arylation of thiophene derivatives bearing a SO₂R substituent. We then established palladium-catalysed system for the selective C2 arylation of N-tosylpyrrole derivatives. We found that N-tosylpyrrole is more reactive than free NH-pyrrole. We also studied the direct arylation of heteroarenes using bromobenzenes bearing SO₂R substituents either at C2 or C4 via palladium-catalysed C-H activation. This method provides a simpler access to substituted SO₂R derivatives. Finally we developed the first palladium-catalysed dehydrogenative sp³ C-H bond functionalization/activation of N-alkyl-benzenesulfonamides to produce N-alkenyl-benzenesulfonamides. The reaction proceeds with easily accessible ligand-free Pd(OAc)₂ catalyst for aryl bromides bearing electron-withdrawing groups or PdCl(C₃H₅)(dppb) catalyst for aryl bromides with electron-donating substituents. We found that the reaction tolerates a variety of substituents both on nitrogen and on the bromobenzene moiety.

Depuis plus de 40 ans des chimistes se sont intéressés à l’extraction, à l’activité biologique et à la synthèse de l’homoharringtonine, un ester naturel de la céphalotaxine, qui est un puissant antileucémique, en vue de son utilisation thérapeutique, en particulier contre les leucémies résistantes aux inhibiteurs de tyrosine kinase. Ces alcaloïdes sont extraits de Cephalotaxus, des conifères originaires du sud de la Chine à croissance extrêmement lente et menacés d’extinction, la synthèse de ces alcaloïdes est nécessaire pour une utilisation thérapeutique.L’objectif de ce travail consiste à développer une synthèse concise de la (-)-céphalotaxine 1, afin de palier notamment le problème de sa pureté énantiomérique variable lorsqu’elle est issue de la matière première végétale. La stratégie développée dans ce travail nécessite d’effectuer un couplage de Heck avec des substrats désactivés et encombrés. Les résultats préliminaires ayant été décevants, le première objectif à consisté à développer l’utilisation de la méthode des plans d’expérience en synthèse totale, car l’efficacité de chaque étape a une répercussion importante sur le rendement en produit final. Dans une première partie, l’application d’un plan d’expériences a permis de pallier ce problème par une étude modèle pour déterminer les paramètres importants pour effectuer une telle réaction efficacement. Dans une deuxième partie, nous avons synthétisé les précurseurs et réalisé le couplage de Heck en vue de l’accès à un précurseur AC comportant tous les atomes de carbone du squelette de la céphalotaxine et les fonctionnalités requises pour sa cyclisation ultérieure en tétracycle ABCD. Enfin, nous avons fonctionnalisé les produits de Heck en position C3 par différents méthodes. Ces résultats ont permis de valider notre stratégie de synthèse. / For more than 40 years the chemists were interested in the extraction, in the biological activity and in the synthesis of the homoharringtonine, a natural ester of cephalotaxine, which is a powerful antileukemic compound of therapeutic use, in particular against the leukaemia resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors. These alkaloids are extracted from Cephalotaxus, conifers native of the South of China with extremely slow growth. The objective of this work thus consisted in developing a concise synthesis of the cephalotaxine, to limit the recourse to the endangered vegetable resource The developed strategy requires an intermolecular Heck-coupling of electronically and sterically deactivated demanding substrates. The preliminary results having been disappointing, the first objective consisted in developing the use of the model of the experimental design in total synthesis because the classic methodology of variation of a single parameter at the same time said of "one by one" was ineffective. The application of a complete factorial design overcomes this problem by a model study, allowing to determine the optimized parameters to make this coupling reaction effective. We then synthesized the precursors from naturally abundant safrol and 2,3-butanedione then realized the Heck coupling with the aim of the access to the precursor AC containing all the atoms of carbon of cephalotaxine and the features required for its later cyclization in pyrrolobenzazepine ABC fragment. The o-iodized homopiperonylic alcohol led in certain conditions to an isochromane through a tandem Heck-oxa-Michael reaction. Finally, we have functionalized the Heck and hydro-arylation products obtained with 69-70 % yield in position C3 by different methods allowing us to validate our strategy to access these alkaloids.

La fonctionnalisation directe des liaisons C-H représente une avancée considérable dans la recherche, car elle constitue une alternative économe en atomes et en étapes aux méthodes de synthèse traditionnelles. L'utilisation des métaux de transition permet de pallier les difficultés liées notamment à une faible réactivité des liaisons C-H et à l'abondance naturelle de celles-ci dans les molécules organiques. L'arylation palladocatalysée en position β d'un ester, développée dans notre groupe au cours des dernières années, s'appuie sur la faiblesse de la liaison C-H en α du carbonyle pour générer un énolate de palladium. Celui-ci encourt ensuite une migration, qui conduit au produit désiré avec une sélectivité dépendant du ligand et de l'aryle utilisés. Les travaux décrits dans ce manuscrit proposent une extension de cette méthodologie aux esters aminés, qui permet d'accéder à un large spectre d'analogues de la phénylalanine, sous-structures de nombreuses molécules bioactives, en seulement deux étapes à partir d'une simple alanine benzylée. Dans la continuité de ce travail, les développements de cette réaction nous ont conduit à l'utilisation d'α-bromo carbonyles comme précurseur des énolates de palladium. Ceux-ci conduisent à la formation d'espèces α,β-insaturées et à des réactions d'addition (1,4). Par la suite, afin de mieux comprendre les différentes limitations de cette réaction de β-arylation et l'important effet de ligand, nous avons réalisé une étude mécanistique se concentrant sur l'isolement d'espèces du cycle catalytique. Enfin, dans le prolongement de la β-arylation de carbonyles, des couplages migratoires ont été explorés via une arylation de type Negishi entre des alkylzinciques, générés par insertion de zinc dans des alkyles bromés, et des aryles bromés. Cette réaction conduit à une très bonne sélectivité en faveur du produit linéaire, est applicable à de nombreux aryles mais reste à ce jour limitée au niveau de la fonctionnalisation des alkylzinciques / The direct functionalization of C-H bonds is one of the most attractive research subjects today because it constitutes an atom- and step-economical alternative to more traditional synthetic methods. In spite of the significant challenges due to the low reactivity of C-H bonds and their abundance in organic molecules, homogeneous transition metal catalysis has emerged as a powerful tool for their selective transformation. The palladium-catalyzed β-arylation of esters, recently developed in our group, takes advantage of the weakness of the C-H bond α to this group to generate a palladium enolate. The latter can be engaged into a migrative pathway, giving rise to the desired product with a selectivity depending on the aryl bromide and the ligand. The work detailed within this manuscript describes an extension of this methodology to amino esters, which gives rise in only two steps from simple benzylated alanine to a broad range of phenylalanine analogues and useful intermediates to bioactive natural molecules. Following this work, developments of this reaction have led us to consider α-bromo carbonyls as precursors of palladium enolates, leading to the formation of α,β-unsaturated species than can undergo (1,4)-addition reactions. Then, in order to better understand the limitations of our reaction, we have investigated the role of the phosphine ligand by isolating Pd complexes which model key intermediates of the catalytic cycle. Finally, running away from carbonyl compounds, migrative couplings have been explored through a Negishi-type arylation between aryl bromides and alkylzinc species, generated by zinc insertion into alkyl bromides. This reaction gives a very good selectivity in favor of the linear product and can be applied to numerous aryls, but is unfortunately limited so far to a small number of alkylzinc compounds

Les imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazoles tout comme les imidazo[1,2-a]imidazoles sont des entités présentant diverses applications intéressantes notamment dans le domaine pharmacologique. Cependant, malgré ce potentiel, ces structures hétérobicycliques ont été, jusqu’à ce jour, relativement peu étudiées tant au niveau de leur préparation que de leur fonctionnalisation. De ce fait, ces travaux de thèse ont pour objet la mise au point de nouvelles voies d’accès à ces systèmes bicycliques et ce, au départ de substrats facilement accessibles. Des stratégies de fonctionnalisation de ces charpentes moléculaires ont ensuite été développées dans le but de concevoir des librairies diversifiées de ce type de composés, librairies destinées à être évaluées biologiquement. Les premiers résultats d’évaluation sur des lignées cancéreuses de dérivés imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazoliques sont également présentés. / Imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazoles and imidazo[1,2-a]imidazoles are entities with some interesting applications in pharmacology. However, despite this potential, few methods of preparation and direct functionalisation of the heterocyclic moiety have been described. In this context, the overall goal of our research is to develop new routes to these bicyclic systems from readily available starting materials. Strategies of functionalisation of the heterocyclic moiety were then explored in order to design diversified libraries for the evaluation of potential biological activities. Herein, the results of the tests of imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazole series against various cancer lines are reported.