The research presented herein is concerned with the exploration of the rhodium catalysed addition of organoboron reagents. Chapter 1 firstly introduces the area of organoboron reagents, focussing on the applications of potassium alkenyl trifluoroborate reagents. Secondly, an extensive discussion of the rhodium catalysed conjugate addition of organboron reagents demonstrates its utility as a key coupling step in recent syntheses. Chapter 2 describes synthetic methods towards alkenylboron reagents and describes the synthesis of functionalised and enantiopure alkenyl trifluoroborate salts. Chapter 3 discusses the rhodium catalysed addition of potassium alkenyl trifluoroborate salts to α,β-unsaturated compounds. A gas chromatography study addresses issues concerning protodeboronation and highlights the potential for olefin transposition. A new rhodium catalysed olefin transposition reaction has been thoroughly investigated and applied using the synthesised potassium alkenyl trifluoroborate salts. Chapter 4 describes the synthesis of biologically relevant, enantiopure dihydropyranones for use as acceptors in the rhodium catalysed conjugate addition reaction. The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction is employed to synthesise the dihydropyranones. Rhodium catalysed conjugate addition of arylboronic acids and potassium alkenyl trifluoroborates is utilised to concisely assemble late stage intermediates of natural products including diospongin B. Chapter 5 describes the synthesis and characterisation of the compounds discussed in chapters 2, 3 and 4.

In the Introduction part of this thesis, the chemistry of organofluorine compounds is discussed, particularly the methods for the preparation of organofluorine compounds mainly by fluoroalkylation methods. Furthermore, the chemistry of fluorinated phosphonates, methods of their preparation, reactivity and biological activity is discussed. Additionally, the reactivity of fluoromethane derivatives is briefly mentioned and especially, the reactivity of diethyl fluoromalonate and fluorobisfenylsulfonylmethane is described. The Results and discussion part is devoted to the reactivity of three fluorinated phosphonates: tetraethyl fluoromethylenbisphosphonate, diethyl fluorophenylsulfonylphosphonate and previously not described diethyl fluoronitromethylphosphonate. These fluorinated phosphonates belong to the family of nucleophilic monofluoroalkylation reagents, meaning that these compounds are convenient starting materials for the synthesis of complex organic molecules containing the fluorine atom. The results deal with the reactivity of above mentioned fluorinated phosphonates, mainly with alkylation reactions, Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions and conjugated additions. Also, other synthetic methods such as the Mitsunobu reaction or the palladium catalyzed allylation reaction were investigated; however,...

Les travaux rapportés dans ce mémoire concernent la synthèse et la réactivité des disilanes, en vue de leur application vers la synthèse de la 10-silatestostérone. Dans un premier temps, l’intérêt potentiel de la cible choisie, la 10-silatestostérone, a été étayé au moyen d’exemples de molécules d’intérêt biologique présentant un atome de silicium, issus de la littérature. L’objectif de la silasubstitution serait d’empêcher la biotransformation de la molécule en composé aromatique potentiellement cancérigène. Enfin, la substitution en position 10 de l’atome de carbone quaternaire permet d’éviter l’introduction de substituants supplémentaires, susceptibles d’affecter l’activité hormonale de la molécule. Dans un second temps, nous avons optimisés les outils nécessaires à la synthèse de la 10-silatestostérone. Une nouvelle stratégie pour accéder à des disilanes non symétriques a été développée par réaction de déphénylation chlorative. Puis l’étude de la réaction de coupure hétérolytique de la liaison Si-Si de phényldisilanes non symétriques par piégeages des silylures ainsi générés et par une analyse par RMN ¹H a permis de mettre en évidence une sélectivité en faveur du phénylsilylure. Enfin cette réaction a été appliquée pour accéder à des composés carbonylés β-silylés par réaction d’addition-1,4 de silylcuprolithiens sur des composés carbonylés α,β-éthyléniques tels que le cyclohexènecarboxylate de méthyle, un modèle simplifié de l’ester bicyclique que nous envisageons d’utiliser pour apporter la partie C&D de la 10-silatestostérone. Enfin le troisième chapitre porte sur la synthèse des précurseurs de la 10-silatestostérone. Dans une première partie un disilane hautement fonctionnalisé, le 1-isopropényl-1-(3-oxopropyl)disilane a pu être préparé en mettant à profit la réaction de déphénylation chlorative. Puis la réaction ène intramoléculaire de cet aldéhyde a conduit au 1-méthyl-1-triméthylsilyl-2-méthylidène-1-silacyclohexan-4-ol précurseur du cycle A de la 10-silatestostérone ainsi qu’au 1,2-diméthyl-2-triméthylsilyl-1-silacyclohexane-1,4-diol issu d’un réarrangement hautement diastéréosélectif. Dans une seconde partie, est présentée la synthèse énantiosélective de la partie C&D de la 10-silatestostérone par une réaction clé de carboxylation de la dicétone d’Hajos-Parrish. L’étape suivante consistera à réaliser la coupure sélective du disilane porteur du cycle A, et à additionner le silylure ainsi généré sur l’ester α,β-insaturé bicyclique. / This thesis is devoted to the synthesis and the study of the reactivity of disilanes in order to involve them in the 10-silatesosterone synthesis. The first part focuses on the usefulness of 10-silatestosterone by developing some relevant examples, from the literature, of biologically active molecules containing a silicon atom. Thus in the testosterone field, the substitution of a carbon atom by a silicon one is supposed to avoid aromatization of the molecule during its biotransformation. Moreover the 10 position of the silasubstitution prevents from the introduction of new groups, which is known to affect the biological activity of the molecule. In the second part the chemical tools for the 10-silatestosterone synthesis are described. A new strategy has been developed to obtain non symmetrical disilanes by a chlorinative dephenylation sequence. The heterolytic cleavage of the Si-Si bond of non symmetrical phenyldisilanes has been studied by trapping the generated silylanion and by ¹H NMR experiments. Selectivity for the phenylsilylanion formation has been established. Finally this reaction was fully exploited to access to β-silylated carbonyl compounds after 1,4-addition of silylcuprates on α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds as methylcyclohexenecarboxylate, model of the C&D rings of 10-silatesosterone. The third part presents the 10-silatestosterone precursors synthesis. At First high functionalized 1-isopropenyl-1-(3-oxopropyl)disilane has been obtained by using the previously performed chlorinative dephenylation reaction. Then intramolecular ene reaction of this aldehyde leads to a mixture of 1-methyl-1-trimethylsilyl-2-methylidene-1-silacyclohexan-4-ol, which corresponds to the 10-silatestosterone A ring and 1,2-dimethyl-2-trimethylsilyl-1-silacyclohexane-1,4-diol coming from diastereoselective rearrangement. Eventually, enantioselective synthesis of 10-silatestosterone C&D rings was achieved through a sequence involving a Hajos-Parrish ketone carboxylation key step. Further work would consist on a selective cleavage of A ring disilane followed by the 1,4-addition of the generated silylanion on α,β-unsaturated bicyclic ester.

Orientador: Fernando Antonio Santos Coelho / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T19:30:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SouzaFilho_LuisGustavode1974-_D.pdf: 8902904 bytes, checksum: 85fa958ae1d753dea72d1d460737db4e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Neste trabalho descrevemos uma nova abordagem para a síntese de ciclopentenonas substituídas com potencial atividade anti-inflamatória. As ciclopentenonas desempenham diversas atividades biológicas, a saber: anti-inflamatória, antineoplásica e antiviral. Devido a sua importância biológica sintetizamos várias ciclopentenonas utilizando adutos de Morita-Baylis-Hillman, como substrato. A sequencia se baseou no uso de uma reação de adição 1,4 catalisada por ródio, com adutos de Morita-Baylis-Hillman, levando à formação de cinamatos alfa-substituídos com elevada estereosseletividade E. A partir desses últimos, uma sequencia de etapas permitiu a preparação de 4 diferentes ciclopentenonas, em 7 etapas, com rendimentos globais variando de 10 a 30%. As ciclopentenonas sintetizadas tiveram seu perfil anti-inflamatório avaliado em modelos experimentais de inflamação não alérgica, edema de pata e peritonite ¿ in vivo e ensaio de agregação plaquetária ¿ in vitro. Demonstramos, através de tais experimentos, que essas ciclopentenonas inibem o processo inflamatório, ou seja, reduzem do edema de pata e a migração celular para a cavidade abdominal, além de uma possível indicação do mecanismo de ação dessas moléculas sobre a isoenzima ciclooxigenase tipo 2 (COX-2). Os ensaios de agregação plaquetária nos permitiram propor que o mecanísmo de ação possa ser por inibição de COX-2, já que tais ensaios mostraram que essas moléculas não inibem a enzima COX-1. Esse é o primeiro trabalho descrevendo a síntese de ciclopentenonas substituídas a partir de adutos de Morita-Baylis-Hillman / Abstract: This paper describes a new approach for the synthesis of substituted cyclopentenones with potential anti-inflammatory activity. The cyclopentenones play diverse biological activities, namely: anti-inflammatory, anticancer and antiviral. Due to their biological importance synthesize various cyclopentenones using Morita-Baylis-Hillman as substrate. The sequence was based on the use of a 1,4 addition reaction catalyzed by rhodium, with Morita-Baylis-Hillman, leading to the formation of alpha-substituted cinnamates with high stereoselectivity E. From the latter, a sequence of steps allowed the preparation of 4 different cyclopentenones in 7 steps with overall yields ranging from 10 to 30%. The cyclopentenones synthesized had their anti-inflammatory profile assessed in experimental models of non-allergic inflammation, paw edema and peritonitis ¿ in vivo and test platelet aggregation - in vitro. Demonstrated through such experiments , these cyclopentenones inhibit the inflammatory process, ie , reduce paw edema and cell migration into the abdominal cavity, as well as a possible indication of the mechanism of action of these molecules on the isoenzyme cyclooxygenase type 2 (COX-2). The platelet aggregation assays allowed us to propose that the mechanism of action may be through inhibition of COX - 2, since these trials have shown that these molecules do not inhibit COX-1 enzyme. This is the first paper describing the synthesis of substituted cyclopentenones from Morita-Baylis-Hillman adducts / Doutorado / Quimica Organica / Doutor em Ciências

L'isosorbide est un dianhydrohexitol chiral obtenu énantiomériquement pur par double déshydratation du sorbitol, un des produits majoritaires de l'industrie amidonnière résultant de l'hydrogénation du glucose. L'intérêt croissant pour l'isosorbide ces deux dernières décennies s'explique notamment grâce à sa production industrielle par des entreprises comme Roquette (20 000 tonnes par an). Cette disponibilité a permis la valorisation de l isosorbide dans divers domaines : polymères (polyéthylène isosorbide téréphtalate), tensioactifs, solvants (diméthyl isosorbide) et pharmaceutique (isosorbide dinitrate). Les propriétés de l'isosorbide ont ouvert la voie à des applications en induction chirale comme ligand, auxiliaire ou catalyseur par transfert de phase. D'autres isohexides (isomannide et isoidide) ont été moins étudiés. Leur structure conformationnelle rigide offre une grande diversité de modifications afin de moduler leurs propriétés électroniques et stériques. Les isohexides sont des candidats prometteurs pour le développement d'organocatalyseurs biosourcés. Très récemment, l'alkylation énantiosélective d'indole catalysée par des dérivés thiourées basées sur le squelette isohexide a été décrite. Au cours de cette thèse, la fonctionnalisation des isohexides en dérivés aminés est rapportée. La synthèse d'une première série d'amino-alcools, amino-éthers et diamines est décrite. Une seconde génération d'α-amino-amides et 1,2-diamines est obtenue par amidation. Ces dérivés aminés sont engagés comme organocatalyseurs dans la synthèse asymétrique de la warfarine (avec des résultats atteignant 20% de rendement et 28% d'e.e.) et l'aldolisation de l'isatine (jusqu'à 73% de rendement et 33% d'e.e.) / Isosorbide is a chiral dianhydrohexitol obtained in enantiomerically pure form by double dehydration of sorbitol, a major product of the starch industry resulting from hydrogenation of glucose. Isosorbide has been increasingly studied these last twenty years, mainly thanks to industrial companies, such as Roquette (France) that implemented the production to 20,000 tons a year. This availability allowed the promotion of isosorbide applications in various fields: polymers (polyethylene isosorbide terephthalate), surfactants, solvents (dimethyl isosorbide) and pharmacy (isosorbide dinitrate). Isosorbide structural properties opened its investigation as a chiral inducer either as a ligand, an auxiliary or a phase transfer catalyst. Other isohexides (isomannide, isoidide) were much less studied. These diastereomeric conformationally rigid structures offer a large diversity of functionalizations to tune their electronic and steric properties. Isohexides are promising candidates for the development of biosourced organocatalysts. Very recently, Friedel-Crafts enantioselective alkylation of indole mediated by thiourea organocatalysts derived from isohexides has been described. In this thesis, the functionalization of isohexides into amino derivatives is reported. A first serie of amino-alcohols, amino-ethers and diamines is reported. A second generation of α-amino amides and 1,2-diamines is then obtained via amidation. These nitrogenfunctionalized derivatives are screened as organocatalysts for the asymmetric synthesis of warfarin (with results up to 20% of yield and 28% of e.e.) and for isatin aldolisation (with results up to 73% of yield and 33% of e.e.)

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