Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:34:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6269.pdf: 8614736 bytes, checksum: a96a25f33487faa72f57cbe4d7b8e01b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-29 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / The studies presented herein show the use of molecular modelling coupled to spectroscopic data to tackle four different problems in organic chemistry. In the first study, the sulfonylation of the primary hydroxyl group of the compound (2R,3S,6S)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-(1-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-3,6-dihydro-2Hpyran- 3-ol was addressed. The results show that the occurrence of the reaction depends on the stability of the S Cl secondary interactions and of the C-H Cl hydrogen bonds along the reaction pathway. The second investigation was the cycloaddition between benzyl azide and (organotelanil) alkynes. This reaction has a high driving force towards the products and generates fast and selectively a triazole with a n-butyltelluride substituent attached at position 5, which is stabilized by CH...Te interactions. So this cycloaddition fits the requirements of Click Chemistry. In third place, the conformations and relative configurations of 7 and 9 membered rings were elucidated by evaluating steric strain. The 7 membered ring shows a twisted chair conformation (TC) with C1, C7 and C10 having relative configurations S, R and S. The 9 membered ring has a twisted chair-chair conformation (TCC) and relative configurations R, S of C7 and C10. The fourth study was the optimization of rotational conformations of 1- (arylsulfonyl)indole derivatives. The different optimized conformations have the same stability and low rotational energy barrier, so that in the solid state the number of independent molecules in the asymmetric unit essentially depends on the packing intermolecular interactions. Regarding the stability of sulfonamide bonds the importance of hyperconjugative effects were showed, and the origin of the rotational barrier in the S-N bond is explained by the difference in steric hindrance and electrostatic interactions in the transition and the fundamental states. / As pesquisas aqui apresentadas mostram o uso da modelagem molecular acoplada a dados espectroscópicos em quatro problemas diferentes de química orgânica. No primeiro estudo abordou-se a sulfonilação da hidroxila primária do composto (2R,3S,6S)-2-(hidroximetil)-6-(1-fenil-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4- il)-3,6-dihidro-2H-piran-3-ol. Os resultados mostram que a ocorrência da reação depende da estabilidade de interações secundárias S...Cl e de ligações de hidrogênio C-H...Cl ao longo do caminho reacional. O segundo sistema investigado foi a cicloadição entre a benzil azida e (organotelanil)alcinos. Essa reação possui elevada driving force na direção dos produtos e gera seletiva e rapidamente o triazol com o substituinte n-butiltelureto ligado na posição 5, o qual é estabilizado por interações C-H...Te. De modo que essa cicloadição ajusta-se aos requisitos da proposta Click Chemistry. No terceiro trabalho, as conformações e configurações relativas de anéis de 7 e 9 membros foram elucidadas avaliando tensões estéricas. O anel de 7 membros apresenta a conformação cadeira torcida (TC) e configuração relativa S,R,S para C1, C7 e C10. Já o de 9 membros possui conformação cadeira-cadeira torcida (TCC) e configuração relativa R, S para C7 e C10. O quarto problema abordado foi a otimização de conformações rotacionais de derivados de 1-(arilsulfonil)indol. As diferentes conformações otimizadas possuem a mesma estabilidade e baixa barreira energética rotacional, de forma que no estado sólido o número de moléculas independentes na unidade assimétrica depende essencialmente das interações intermoleculares no empacotamento. Com relação à estabilidade das ligações sulfonamidas mostrou-se a importância dos efeitos hiperconjugativos, e a origem da barreira rotacional na ligação S-N é explicada pela diferença nos impedimentos estéricos e interações eletrostáticas entre os estados de transição e o fundamental.

Le procédé d’électro-filage est devenu une technique privilégiée pour la préparation des matériaux nano-fibreux, grâce à sa simplicité de mise en oeuvre, la polyvalence des matières premières utilisées, ainsi que la diversité des structures obtenues. Sa capacité à produire des réseaux fibrillaires, proches de ceux du vivant ont ouvert la voie à d’importantes applications en ingénierie tissulaire. Cette étude a porté sur i) l'élaboration de nano-fibres à base de biopolymères commerciaux par un procédé d’électro-filage, pour des applications en ingénierie tissulaire, ii) leur fonctionnalisation et, iii) l’étude par SANS de la stabilité des chaînes de polymères constituant ces fibres. La stabilité d’un polymère est un facteur important pour la dégradation contrôlée dans les systèmes biologiques. Des études de la stabilité de polystyrène, utilisé ici comme un modèle simple, dans le milieu confiné des nanofibres, ont été élaborés avec la technique de diffusion de neutrons aux petits angles. L’investigation de la conformation des chaînes de polymère dans les nanofibres montre une anisotropie remarquable, en suggérant une forte déformation des chaînes dans la direction axiale des fibres d’au cours de procédé d’électro-filage. La dynamique de relaxation des chaînes a permis d’évaluer leur stabilité et vieillissement dans le milieu confiné des nanofibres. Des fibres biocompatibles à base de poly(-caprolactone) (PCL) ont été électro-filées et optimisées pour obtenir des matériaux nano-structurés et fonctionnalisés en vue d’applications biomédicales. L’introduction par chimie click azide-alcyne de groupes saccharidiques dans le coeur ou en surface des fibres de PCL a été réalisée très efficacement selon deux approches distinctes avant ou après électro-filage. Les caractérisations physico-chimiques et biologiques réalisées sur les différents systèmes ont notamment permis de mettre en évidence la biodisponibilité des sucres à la surface des fibres ainsi que leur capacité à rendre la PCL hydrophile. Ces résultats attestent du potentiel de la chimie click à permettre la fonctionnalisation de fibres de polyesters sans altération de leur structure ouvrant ainsi d’importantes perspectives dans le domaine de l’ingénierie tissulaire. / Electrospinning process has become a leading technique for producing nano-fibrous scaffolds that are highly porous, lighter, and with superior mechanical properties than their bulk equivalents. Structural properties of electrospun fibers closely resemble to the connective cell tissue, making these nonwovens readily employed in medicine and pharmacy. The research study of this thesis focused on bridging the commercially available biopolymers with the tissue engineering applications through multifunctional aspects of carbohydrates and click chemistry coupling. Biocompatible fibers were electrospun from poly(-caprolactone) and further optimized into clickable azido-PCL scaffolds. Their surface-activity was visualized after click coupling of a fluorescent dye onto PCL-based electrospun fibers, while hydrophilicity and bioactivity were achieved by covalent bonding of carbohydrates, enabling specific cell adhesion possibilities of these nonwovens. Selective lectin surface-immobilization revealed the potential of these scaffolds for specific protein adhesion and therefore controlled cell-material interactions. Polymer stability is an important factor for controlled degradation in tissue engineering applications. Small angle neutron scattering studies were carried out to estimate the stability of polystyrene as a model-polymer, its chain conformation in as-spun and thermally annealed electrospun fibers. Notable anisotropy of polymeric chains within the fibers was observed. The terminal relaxation time of the polystyrene was estimated and compared to the theoretical value.

As cumarinas são estruturas interessantes aos olhos da química medicinal, apresentando diversas atividades biológicas sobre os mais variados alvos. Neste trabalho, em um primeiro momento, realizamos a extração com CO2 em meio supercrítico das cumarinas de Pterocaulon balansae, planta nativa do Rio Grande do Sul que apresenta em sua composição grandes quantidades destes compostos. A extração com CO2 supercrítico apresentou rendimentos satisfatórios em massa de sete cumarinas previamente descritas para estas espécies. Dentre estes se destacam os compostos majoritários 7-(2,3-epoxi-3-metil-3-butiloxi)-6-metoxicumarina e 5,6-dimetoxi-7-(2’,3’-epoxi-3-metilbutiloxi) cumarina. Realizamos também a síntese de 4-metilcumarinas através de reação de Pechmann, obtendo o composto LaSOM 77 (7-hidroxi-4-matilcumarina) com excelentes rendimentos, onde realizamos uma diversificação estrutural através da adição de um linker e posteriormente a síntese de triazóis através de “Click Chemistry”. Para tanto, utilizamos uma biblioteca de 35 alcinos disponíveis comercialmente e outros 3 sintetizados em nosso laboratório. Sendo assim, obtivemos uma biblioteca de 38 híbridos cumarina-triazol que apresentaram excelentes rendimentos, em tempos reacionais que variaram entre 20 e 50 minutos de reação sob irradiação de microondas. Os testes biológicos preliminares frente a linhagens cancerígenas indicaram que os compostos sintetizados apresentam potencial utilização como anticancerígenos, sendo ativos frente a linhagens celulares de câncer de pulmão, fígado e mama, apresentando baixa toxicidade em células sadias. A partir das investigações teóricas e experimentais relacionadas à este trabalho foi produzido um artigo de revisão, intitulado “New insights into the chemistry and antioxidante activity of coumarins” está aceito pelo periódico Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. / Coumarins are interesting structures for the medicinal chemistry, because present several biological activities. At first, we performed the supercritical CO2 extraction from Pterocaulon balansae, a plant native from Rio Grande do Sul, which has in its composition large amounts of these compounds. The extraction with supercritical CO2 showed satisfactory yields of seven coumarins previously described for this species. Among these compounds the coumarins 7-(2,3-epoxy-3-methyl-3-butyloxy)-6-methoxycoumarin e 5,6-dimethoxy-7-(2’,3’-epoxy-3-methylbutyloxy) coumarin are the majority compunds. We also performed the synthesis of 4-methylcoumarins using Pechmann reaction, obtaining the compound LaSOM 77 (7-hydroxy-4-methyl-coumarin) in excellent yield and perfomed the structural diversification trougth the addition of a linker and subsequentely synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles by Click Chemistry. Therefore, was used a colection of 35 commercialy available alkynes and other 3 synthesized in our laboratory to obtain a colection of 38 coumarin-triazole hybrids in excellent yields and time of reaction ranging betwenn 20 and 50 minutes under microwave radiation. Preliminary biological tests against cancerous strains indicated that the synthesized compounds have potential use as anticancer agents against cell lines of lung, liver and breast cancer. From the theorical and experimental data from this work, one review paper was produced: The article is intitled “New insights into the chemistry and antioxidante activity of coumarins” is accepted to the journal "Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry".

Os Clusters de acetato de rutênio de fórmula geral [Ru3O(AcO)6L3]n proporcionam blocos de montagem interessantes para sistemas supramoleculares, exibindo características eletrocrômicas e redox reversível, cobrindo uma ampla faixa de potenciais em solventes aquosos e orgânicos. Nesta Tese, estas espécies foram combinadas com o ligante tridentado, 4\'-piridil-2,2\':6\',2\"-terpiridina (pytpy), produzindo complexos do tipo [Ru3O(AcO)6(pytpy)3]n e [Ru3O(AcO)6(py)2(pytpy)]n, que foram totalmente caracterizados em estado sólido e solução. Nestes complexos a terpiridina permanece disponível para ligar-se a íons metálicos como o Fe(II), gerando um complexo binuclear de baixo spin muito estável, do tipo {Fe[Ru3O(AcO)6(py)2(pytpy)]2}n. Este processo pode ser monitorado eletroquimicamente, partindo de íons Fe(III), que exibem uma baixa afinidade pela terpiridina central, e ciclando o potencial para gerar íons de Fe(II). Desta forma, pode-se executar um procedimento típico de click chemistry, que leva a uma estrutura estendida, Fe-cluster-pytpy na superfície do eletrodo. Este filme conserva a funcionalidade dos blocos de montagem, permitindo aplicações interessantes em dispositivos moleculares, tais como sensores e smart Windows. / Ruthenium acetate clusters of general formula [Ru3O(AcO)6L3]n provide interesting building blocks for assembling supramolecular systems, displaying reversible redox and electrochromic characteristics, over a wide range of potentials in aqueous and organic solvents. In this thesis, such species has been combined with the tritopic, 4\'-pyridil-2,2\':6\',2\"-terpiridine (pytpy) ligand, yielding complexes of the type [Ru3O(AcO)6(pytpy)3]n and [Ru3O(AcO)6(py)2(pytpy)]n, which have been fully characterized in solid state and solution. In these complexes, the terpyridine moiety remains available for binding metals ions, such as Fe(II), generating very stable, low spin binuclear complexes, of the type n. This process can be monitored electrochemically, starting from Fe(III) ions, which exhibits a much lower affinity for the terpyridine center, and cycling the potentials in order to generate Fe(II) ions. In this way, one can start a click chemistry, ending up with an extended structure of Fe-cluster-pytpy film at the electrode surface. This film preserves the functionality of the building block complexes, a llowing many possible applications in molecular devices, such as sensors and smart windows.

Neste trabalho promovemos a síntese de sulfóxidos vinílicos ?-substituídos através da reação de acoplamento cruzado de Suzuki-Miyaura. Também foi feita a síntese de sulfóxidos enínicos inéditos, pela adição do nucleófilo no carbono β-sulfóxido. Esses compostos eram passíveis de serem submetidos a reação de rearranjo de Pummerer aditivo e assim gerarem uma pequena biblioteca de compostos α-tioaldeídos. Um desses aldeídos sintetizados foi empregado na reação de formação de uma imina propargílica, com consequente reação de CuAAC formando iminas triazólicas. Outras iminas arílicas foram sintetizadas, passando por uma etapa de redução, com intuito de se obter a amina livre, para que fosse feita a reação de ciclização com auxílio de um agente eletrofílico. Outra classe de composto organoenxofre foi sintetizada, as N-sulfinil imina, que após a reação de acoplamento cruzado de Sonogashira, com consequente remoção de um grupo protetor e a formação do anel heterocíclico, foram obtidos compostos triazólicos N-sulfinil imínicos. / In this work we promote the synthesis of α-substituted vinylic sulfoxides through the Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reaction. Also the synthesis of unpublished enynic sulfoxides was made, by the addition of the nucleophile in the β-sulfoxide carbon. These compounds were susceptible to additive Pummerer rearragement reaction and thus generated a small library of compounds. One of these aldehydes synthesized was used in the formation reaction of a propargyl imine, with consequent CuAAC reaction, forming triazol imines. Other aryl imines were synthesized, undergoing a reduction step, in order to obtain the free amine, so that the cyclization reaction was carried out with the aid of an electrophilic agent. Another class of organosulfur compound was synthesized, the N-sulfinyl imine, which after the Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction, with consequent removal of a protecting group and formation of the heterocyclic ring, N-sulfinyl imine triazolic compounds were obtained.

Parmi les composants de la biomasse, la lignine est considérée comme l'un des plus prometteurs polymères naturels qui convient à la conversion de la biomasse en valable produits chimiques et matériaux. Malgré une grande quantité de lignine est générée dans l'industrie papetière, seule 2% est exploitée dans l'industrie chimique. La présence de soufre et la grande diversité moléculaire sont les principaux obstacles pour l'utilisation de la lignine. La modification chimique a été reconnue comme un outil pour contourner ces limites. Dans cette thèse, différentes stratégies de synthèse ont été appliquées pour introduire de nouveaux groupes chimiques sur une soude lignine que présents une haute fonctionnalisation de groups hydroxyles. Les dérivés correspondants de lignine ont été utilisés soit pour l’élaboration des matériaux par click polymérisations, soit pour augmenter l’hydrophobicité de la lignine à la fine de faciliter son traitement avec des matrices polymériques. / Among biomass components, lignin is considered one of the most promising natural polymers suitable for the conversion of biomass into renewable added-value chemicals and materials. However, large amount of lignin generated from wood pulping industry is burn as low cost energy source, and only 2% is exploited in the chemical industry. The presence of sulphur moieties and the large molecular diversity are the most reasons impeding the use of lignin as building blocks for the production of chemicals and materials. Chemical modifications have been acknowledged to be an important tool to circumvent these limitations. In the current work, taking advantage of the high hydroxyl groups content of a sulphur free soda lignin (SL), different synthetic strategies have been applied to introduce new chemical groups and used either to produce lignin derivatives suitable for “click” polymerization either to increase lignin hydrophobicity, facilitating its processing in polymeric matrices.

All known living cells contain a complex set of molecular machinery to support their growth and replication. However, the earliest cells must have been much simpler, consisting of a compartment and a genetic material to allow for Darwinian evolution. To study these intermediates, plausible model `protocells' must be synthesized in the laboratory since no fossils remain. Recent work has shown that fatty acids can self-assemble into vesicles that are able to grow and divide through simple mechanisms. However, a self-replicating protocell genome has not yet been developed. Here we discuss studies of systems that allow for the copying of nucleic acid templates without enzymes and how they could be developed into a genetic material.

Les anticorps monoclonaux anti-tumoraux sont produits en cellules eucaryotes. Pour des raisons de temps et de cout, peu de candidats sont sélectionnés après des tests in vitro pour être produits à large échelle et testés in vivo. Pour tester plus d’anticorps plus rapidement, nous souhaitons produire des fragments variables simple chaine (scFv) chez E. coli. et les coupler à un fragment constant Fc par chimie click pour reconstituer des mimes d’immunoglobulines naturelles. Cette production indépendante des fragments est aussi un outil modulaire permettant de combiner rapidement un grand nombre scFv et de Fc différents.La chimie click est basée sur une réaction spécifique et de haut rendement entre un azide et un cyclooctyne. Les fragments ont donc été fonctionnalisés sur des résidus spécifiques (tags) par des composés chimiques pour introduire ces fonctions à leur extrémité. La première étape a consisté à introduire des tags en C-terminal du scFv anti-HER2 4D5 et en N-terminal du Fc d’IgG1 humaine. Les scFv ont été produits en cytoplasme d’E. coli à hauteur d’au moins 100 mg/L puis oxydés in vitro au sulfate de cuivre. Le fragment Fc a été produit classiquement en cellules humaines. Cinq réactions chimiques ou enzymatiques ont été optimisées et comparées en termes de spécificité et de rendement. La conjugaison d’une amine sur un tag glutamine catalysée par la transglutaminase microbienne a donné les meilleurs résultats. Le scFv a ainsi été dérivé par l’azadibenzocyclooctyne et le Fc par l’azide à hauteur de 60-70%. Lorsqu’ils sont mélangés, ces fragments forment un (scFv)2-Fc et un scFv-Fc avec des rendements globals respectifs de 10-20% et 20-30% après optimisation.Les mélanges scFv + Fc après réaction de chimie click se fixent de la même façon que le (scFv)2-Fc eucaryote au récepteur HER2. Il reste désormais à montrer que leur capacité à inhiber la prolifération d’une lignée exprimant ce récepteur est similaire. L’objectif final est d’obtenir une inhibition de croissance tumorale similaire sur des xénogreffes. / Anti-tumoral monoclonal antibodies are currently produced in eukaryotic cells. For cost and time reasons, a limited number of potential candidates are selected after in vitro tests. They are produced at large scale and then tested in vivo. To test more antibodies and more rapidly, we chose to produce single chain variable fragments (scFv) in bacteria, and to couple them to the eukaryotic constant fragment (Fc) thanks to click chemistry to reconstitute immunoglobulin-like compounds. For a given cost, this enables to produce and test in vivo a larger number of clones. This independent production of fragments is also a flexible tool allowing the combination of different Fc isotypes/allotypes with different scFvs.Click chemistry is based on a specific and high-yield reaction between and azide and a cyclooctyne. Therefore, antibody fragments were functionalised on specific residues (tags) by chemical linker so that each part will contain one of these chemical moieties at their extremity. The first step consisted in introducing tags into the anti-HER2 scFv 4D5 C-terminus and human IgG1 Fc N-termini sequences. The scFvs were produced with yields higher than 100 mg/L in the E. coli cytoplasm and in vitro oxidized with copper sulfate. The Fc fragment was classically produced in human cells. Five chemical or enzymatical reactions were optimised and compared in terms of specificity and yield. The coupling between an amine and a glutamine tag catalysed by microbial transglutaminase gave the best results. The scFv fragment was thus functionalised with an azadibenzocyclooctyne and the Fc fragment with an azide at 60-70%. When mixed together, these fragments formed a (scFv)2-Fc and a scFv-Fc with global yields respectively of 10-20% and 20-30% after optimisation.After the click reaction, the scFv + Fc mix binds to the HER2 receptor on the same way as the eukaryotic (scFv)2-Fc in terms of HER2-binding and proliferation inhibition capacity. Now, it must be demonstrated that their proliferation inhibition of a HER2-positive cell line is similar. The final aim is to get a similar tumour growth inhibition on murine xenografts.

The antiviral or anticancer activities of C-5 modified pyrimidine nucleoside analogues validate the need for the development of their syntheses. In the first half of this dissertation, I explore the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of allylphenylgermanes with aryl halides in the presence of SbF5/TBAF to give various biaryls by transferring multiple phenyl groups, which has also been applied to the 5-halo pyrimidine nucleosides for the synthesis of 5-aryl derivatives. To avoid the use of organometallic reagents, I developed Pd-catalyzed direct arylation of 5-halo pyrimidine nucleosides. It was discovered that 5-aryl pyrimidine nucleosides could be synthesized by Pd-catalyzed direct arylation of N3-free 5-halo uracil and uracil nucleosides with simple arenes or heteroaromatics in the presence of TBAF within 1 h. Both N3-protected and N3-free uracil and uracil nucleosides could undergo base-promoted Pd-catalyzed direct arylation, but only with electron rich heteroaromatics. In the second half of this dissertation, 5-acetylenic uracil and uracil nucleosides have been employed to investigate the hydrogermylation, hydrosulfonylation as well as hydroazidation for the synthesis of various functionalized 5-vinyl pyrimidine nucleosides. Hydrogermylation of 5-alkynyl uracil analogues with trialkylgermane or tris(trimethylsilyl)germane hydride gave the corresponding vinyl trialkylgermane, or tris(trimethylsilyl)germane uracil derivatives. During the hydrogermylation with triphenylgermane, besides the vinyl triphenylgermane uracil derivatives, 5-[2-(triphenylgermyl)acetyl]uracil was also isolated and characterized and the origin of the acetyl oxygen was clarified. Tris(trimethylsilyl)germane uracil derivatives were coupled to aryl halides but with decent yield. Iron-mediated regio- and stereoselective hydrosulfonylation of the 5-ethynyl pyrimidine analogues with sulfonyl chloride or sulfonyl hydrazine to give 5-(1-halo-2-tosyl)vinyluracil nucleoside derivatives has been developed. Nucleophilic substitution of the 5-(β-halovinyl)sulfonyl nucleosides with various nucleophiles have been performed to give highly functionalized 5-vinyl pyrimidine nucleosides via the addition-elimination mechanism. The 5-(β-keto)sulfonyluracil derivative has also been synthesized via the aerobic difunctionalization of 5-ethynyluracil analogue with sulfinic acid in the presence of catalytic amount of pyridine. Silver catalyzed hydroazidation of protected 2'-deoxy-5-ethynyluridine with TMSN3 in the presence of catalytic amount of water to give 5-(α-azidovinyl)uracil nucleoside derivatives was developed. Strain promoted Click reaction of the 5-(α-azidovinyl)uracil with cyclooctyne provide the corresponding fully conjugated triazole product.

Pas de résumé disponible. / No abstract available.