Over the last decade, the domain of click chemistry has grown exponentially and has significantly impacted the fields of organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, molecular biology, and materials science. The ideal model of a click reaction has become the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC). Inherent limitations of CuAAC, including high temperatures, long reaction times, and difficult purifications, have been minimized by the development of nitrogen-based ligands. Herein, we present a novel application of 1,2,4-triazines by investigating their use as accelerants for CuAAC. A diverse library of 1,2,4-triazines were synthesized in order to examine the molecular determinants of their catalytic activity. These ligands were found to be potent accelerants, at catalytic concentrations, in the presence of both copper(I) and copper(II) salts. Remarkably, these catalyzed reactions proceeded at room temperature, generating high isolated yields, in both polar and nonpolar solvents. 5,6-Diphenyl-3-(pyridin-2-yl)1,2,4-triazine was the most active ligand studied, producing an 89% yield in a model click reaction within one hour. Additional experiments with an array of azides and alkynes yielded similar results, defining a broad substrate scope for 1,2,4-triazines as catalysts for click chemistry. Heterogeneous 1,2,4-triazines were designed using different solid supports and different sites of attachment with respect to the 1,2,4-triazine ligand. The primary advantages offered by these immobilized catalysts are the prevention of metal contamination in 1,2,3-triazole products and the recyclability of the catalyst. Results indicated that 1,2,4-triazine-functionalized silica was a more effective accelerant of CuAAC, whereas polystyrene-supported 1,2,4-triazines displayed modest activity. In coordination with copper(II), 1,2,4-triazines appended onto silica generated isolated yields greater than 90% after four consecutive reaction cycles with minimal copper leaching. Further research will utilize both homogeneous and heterogeneous 1,2,4-triazine-accelerated CuAAC in the derivatization of solid supports for energy-related chemical processes and in the synthesis of novel enzyme inhibitors.

O objetivo deste trabalho é explorar a síntese e funcionalização de 1,2,3- triazóis empregando o uso de reações do tipo \"Click-chemistry\", que é uma abordagem para a síntese de diversos compostos com base em reações de formação de ligação carbono-heteroátomo, onde a reação é estereoespecífica, altamente eficiente e geralmente com elevados rendimentos e em alguns casos ausência de subprodutos. O composto 1,2,3-triazol, sendo o material de partida para a continuidade do projeto foi preparado a partir do álcool propargílico (4) em presença de uma azida orgânica (1) e utilizando cobre(I) como agente promotor. Após a obtenção de uma série de compostos 1,2,3-triazólicos (2), procedeu-se a etapa de tosilação da hidroxila e posterior cicloadição multicomponente de um novo 1,2,3-triazol formando compostos bis-triazólicos. Os bis-triazóis (5) obtidos foram testados frente a cepas fúngicas, responsáveis por dermatites, com resultados satisfatórios. Ainda essas estruturas poderão ser empregados como blocos construtores para a síntese de estruturas mais complexas. / The aim of this work has been exploring the synthesis and functionalization of 1,2,3-triazoles employing the use of \"click-chemistry\" concept, which is defined as an approach for synthesis of various compounds based on reactions of carbon-heteroatom bond formation, which the reaction is stereospecific, high-efficiently, commonly gives high yields and in some cases no by-products are formed. The compound 1,2,3-triazole, which is the main starting material for the next steps was prepared from propargyl alcohol (4) in the presence of an organic azide (1) and copper(I) as a reaction promoter. Subsequently with a series of 1,2,3-triazole (2n) prepared we proceeded to the next step which is the substitution of hydroxyl for a tosyl group and after that a multicomponent cycloaddition of a new 1,2,3-triazole compound forming bis-triazoles. Bis-triazoles (5) were tested against fungal strains, responsible for dermatitis, with delighted results, furhtermore this class of strutures can be used as building blocks to improve efficiency in some other more complex structure.

Le virus de l'hépatite C est un problème de santé publique majeur, puisque 180 millions de personnes sont chroniquement infectées dans le monde, et sont susceptibles de présenter une cirrhose ou un cancer du foie. Un seul traitement a été approuvé, à base de Ribavirine et d'interféron alpha, mais il permet de traiter moins de 50 % des personnes infectées, et présente de nombreux effets secondaires. Devant ce constat, il parait urgent d'aboutir à une polythérapie plus adaptée. En dépit du succès des nucléosides en chimie antivirale, visant plusieurs enzymes clefs intervenant dans la réplication virale, peu d'entre eux ont été conçus pour viser l'ARN polymérase ARN dépendante nécessaire au VHC. Dans cette optique, de nouveaux dérivés carbocycliques de la Ribavirine, et des dérivés nucléosidiques du type 5-haloéthynyl- ou 5-(1,2-dihalo)vinyluracile, ont été synthétisés en utilisant deux méthodes : la réaction de Sonogashira et la cyclisation 1,3-dipolaire. Ce sont des outils puissants de la chimie organique qui permettent l'accès à de nouvelles structures nucléosidiques et la réalisation de modifications chimiques ultérieures. Les nouveaux composés ainsi préparés ont été testés pour leur activité antivirale.

O objetivo deste trabalho é explorar a síntese e funcionalização de 1,2,3- triazóis empregando o uso de reações do tipo \"Click-chemistry\", que é uma abordagem para a síntese de diversos compostos com base em reações de formação de ligação carbono-heteroátomo, onde a reação é estereoespecífica, altamente eficiente e geralmente com elevados rendimentos e em alguns casos ausência de subprodutos. O composto 1,2,3-triazol, sendo o material de partida para a continuidade do projeto foi preparado a partir do álcool propargílico (4) em presença de uma azida orgânica (1) e utilizando cobre(I) como agente promotor. Após a obtenção de uma série de compostos 1,2,3-triazólicos (2), procedeu-se a etapa de tosilação da hidroxila e posterior cicloadição multicomponente de um novo 1,2,3-triazol formando compostos bis-triazólicos. Os bis-triazóis (5) obtidos foram testados frente a cepas fúngicas, responsáveis por dermatites, com resultados satisfatórios. Ainda essas estruturas poderão ser empregados como blocos construtores para a síntese de estruturas mais complexas. / The aim of this work has been exploring the synthesis and functionalization of 1,2,3-triazoles employing the use of \"click-chemistry\" concept, which is defined as an approach for synthesis of various compounds based on reactions of carbon-heteroatom bond formation, which the reaction is stereospecific, high-efficiently, commonly gives high yields and in some cases no by-products are formed. The compound 1,2,3-triazole, which is the main starting material for the next steps was prepared from propargyl alcohol (4) in the presence of an organic azide (1) and copper(I) as a reaction promoter. Subsequently with a series of 1,2,3-triazole (2n) prepared we proceeded to the next step which is the substitution of hydroxyl for a tosyl group and after that a multicomponent cycloaddition of a new 1,2,3-triazole compound forming bis-triazoles. Bis-triazoles (5) were tested against fungal strains, responsible for dermatitis, with delighted results, furhtermore this class of strutures can be used as building blocks to improve efficiency in some other more complex structure.

In this work, hydrophilic fluorene-based derivatives that contain ethylene oxide substituents, have been synthesized and characterized for potential use as new fluorophores for bioimaging applications and for fluorescence sensing of heavy metals. Symmetrical and unsymmetrical fluorene derivatives based on structural types of acceptor-pi-acceptor, acceptor-pi-donor, and donor-pi-donor were characterized by TGA, UV-vis absorption, fluorescence emission, lifetime, anisotropy, and two-photon absorption (2PA) cross section. They were found to possess high thermal stability, high photostability, high fluorescence quantum yields, and generally large two-photon absorption cross sections, making them quite suitable for new probes in single-photon absorption and two-photon absorption fluorescence microscopy imaging. Novel hydrophilic fluorene derivatives were synthesized from fluorene in multiple steps employing the metal-catalyzed Heck coupling reaction, the Stille reaction, the Sonogashira reaction, the Ullmann condensation reaction, and "click" chemistry. To increase the hydrophilicity of the new compounds, ethylene oxide substituents were utilized for to impart water solubility. An alternative alkylation methodology using ethyleneoxy tosylates was introduced for the synthesis of ethylene oxide-containing fluorene derivatives. Several of these hydrophilic derivatives were incubated into various cell lines as new probes for both conventional and two-photon absorption fluorescence bioimaging. These compounds were biocompatible, exhibiting low cytotoxicity as determined by cell viability studies, and displayed colocalization for selected cellular organelles. In addition, hydrophilic bis(1,2,3-triazolyl)fluorene derivatives were found to exhibit sensitive fluorescence responses in the presence of certain heavy metal, and were selective for sensing zinc and mercury over other a number of other metal ions relevant to living cells or other biological environments. The UV-vis absorption and fluorescence emission spectra of the complexes exhibited a blue-shifted absorption and emission for selective metal chelation upon binding to zinc and mercury(II) ions, resulting in an approximately two-fold enhanced fluorescence response. Fluorescence titration studies revealed that the complexes of 1:2 and 1:3 ligand to metal formed with binding constant values of 108 and 1014 for zinc and mercury ions, respectively. Finally, preliminary experiments were performed to explore the possibility of employing select hydrophilic fluorene-based derivatives in the synthesis of hydrophilic fluorescent gold nanoparticles. Although results are very preliminary, the aim is to use such materials for other biomedical applications, such as surface enhanced scattering resonance and noninvasive photothermal therapy to diagnose and to treat cancers. Thus, this research had led to the discovery of alternative methodologies for synthesis of hydrophilic fluorene derivatives by alkylation with alkyl tosylates and synthesis of hydrophilic fluorescent molecule capped gold nanoparticles. Furthermore, several novel hydrophilic fluorene-based derivatives were synthesized and characterized for their linear and nonlinear photophysical properties, and are now available for further examination of their bioimaging and sensing applications.

Gegenstand der vorliegenden Arbeit sind Versuche zur Synthese von 1-Azido-1 alkinen (Ethinylaziden). Diese instabilen Verbindungen zersetzen sich leicht unter Stickstoffabspaltung zu hochreaktiven Carbenen, welche mit verschiedenen Reagenzien, explizit Tolan, Cyclooctin, DMSO sowie DMF, abgefangen werden konnten. Obwohl eine direkte spektroskopische Beobachtung der Titelverbindungen mittels Tieftemperatur-NMR-Spektroskopie nicht verwirklicht werden konnte, gelang der eindeutige Nachweis von Ethinylaziden via deren 1,3-dipolarer Cycloaddition mit dem hochgespannten cyclischen Alkin Cyclooctin. Als Strategie für die Synthese der Titelverbindungen wurden sowohl Substitutionsreaktionen ausgehend von (Chlorethinyl)aromaten als auch Eliminierungsreaktionen ausgehend von substituierten Vinylaziden herangezogen. Es konnten zahlreiche Sulfoxonium-Ylide sowie alpha-Oxocarbonsäureamide als eindeutige Folgeprodukte der Titelverbindungen isoliert und vollständig – größtenteils sogar anhand von Röntgeneinkristallstrukturanalysen – charakterisiert werden.