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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) CD - Tese - Acoplamento eletroquímico de haletos alílicos e prenílicos com aldeídos e cetonas em cátodo de pó de grafita.pdf: 1538935 bytes, checksum: 24304a2a17ee9e2727b54cae82fa996a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-19 / Na primeira parte do trabalho foi investigado o acoplamento eletroquímico da mistura de haletos alílicos a compostos carbonílicos adsorvidos em cátodo de pó de grafita na presença ou ausência de aditivos (AgNO3 ou TBABF4), usando um anólito aquoso em célula de cavidade. Foram utilizadas as técnicas eletroquímicas de voltametria de varredura linear e eletrólise com potencial ou corrente constante. O uso de quantidades catalíticas dos sais de AgNO3 ou TBABF4, misturados à grafita, melhoraram significativamente a formação dos álcoois homoalílicos. As eletrólises com o cloreto de alila levaram aos melhores resultados, quando comparadas às eletrólises com o brometo de alila. A reação de alilação mostrou-se sensível a efeitos estéricos e eletrônicos. Os potenciais e correntes mais negativas favoreceram o heteroacoplamento. Os aldeídos aromáticos (67 - 99%) e a 1,1,1-trifluoroacetofenona (95%) levaram aos melhores resultados, já os rendimentos na presença de aldeídos alifáticos (28%) ou cetonas (7%) não foram satisfatórios. Na segunda parte do trabalho foi investigado o acoplamento eletroquímico da mistura de haletos prenílicos ao benzaldeído, nas mesmas condições descritas na primeira parte, utilizando as técnicas eletroquímicas de voltametria de varredura linear e eletrólise com potencial constante. O uso de quantidades catalíticas dos sais de AgNO3 ou TBABF4 misturado à grafita, influenciaram na proporção dos produtos de acoplamento (isômeros α e γ). Os melhores resultados na formação do isômero α, 1-fenil-4-metil-3-penten-1-ol (28%, proporção α:γ igual 74:26 ) foram alcançados com o brometo de prenila e os melhores resultados na formação do isômero γ, 1-fenil-2,2-dimetil-3-buten-1-ol (45%, proporção α:γ igual 6:94) com o cloreto de prenila. Dentro deste estudo, também foram investigados os efeitos da variação da quantidade de reagentes, potencial, corrente, aditivos e tipo de anólito nas reações de acoplamento eletroquímico estudadas. Do ponto de vista preparativo, os resultados são comparáveis aos da literatura e apresentam-se como uma alternativa verde, visto que o cátodo de grafita elimina solventes orgânicos e ânodo sacrificial tradicional de métodos eletrossintéticos. Do ponto de vista mecanístico, deve prevalecer o mecanismo aniônico para a reação de alilação, enquanto na reação de prenilação a competição entre o mecanismo radicalar e aniônico pode ser direcionado para a formação dos isômeros α e γ. / In the first part of this work, the electrochemical coupling of a mixture of allylic halides and carbonyl compounds was investigated. The reagents were adsorbed on graphite powder cathode, in the presence or absence of additives (AgNO3 or TBABF4) using aqueous anolyte and a cavity cell. Electrochemical techniques of linear sweep voltammetry and potential or constant current electrolyses were used. The use of catalytic amounts of AgNO3 or TBABF4 added to the graphite powder, have significantly improved the formation of homoallylic alcohols. The electrolysis with allyl chloride gave to the best results when compared to the allyl bromide electrolysis. The allylation reaction was sensitive to steric and electronic effects. More negative currents or potentials favored the heterocoupling. The aromatic aldehydes led to the best results (67 - 99%) and the1,1,1-trifluoroacetofenone (95%), the yields in the presence of aliphatic aldehydes (28%) or ketones (7%) were not satisfactory. In the second part, the electrochemical coupling of a mixture of prenylic halides and benzaldehyde was investigated under the same conditions described in the first part of this work, using electrochemical techniques of linear sweep voltammetry and constant potential electrolysis. The use of catalytic amounts of AgNO3 or TBABF4, added to the graphite powder, has influenced the proportion of the coupling products (α and γ isomers). The best results for the α isomer, 4-methyl-1-phenyl-3-penten-1-ol (28%, ratio α:γ equal 74:26 ) were achieved with prenyl bromide and the best results for the γ isomer, 2,2-dimethyl-1-phenyl-3-buten-1-ol (45%, ratio α:γ equal 6:94) in the presence of prenyl chloride. The effects of the amount of reactants, potential, current, and type of additives and anolyte solution, were also investigated for all electrochemical coupling reactions studied. From the preparation point of view, the results are comparable to the literature and appear as a green alternative, since the graphite powder cathode eliminates organic solvents and sacrificial anodes of traditional electrosynthetic methods. From the mechanistic point of view, the anionic mechanism predominates for the allylation reaction, while in the prenylation reactions take place a competition between radical and anionic mechanism in the formation of α and γ isomers.

A new free radical chain process for the allylation of hydrocarbons and some other substrates utilizing substituted allyl bromides (R-H + C=C-C-Br -> R-C-C=C + HBr) has been developed. Good to excellent yields were observed in all cases. Kinetic chain measurements and competition experiments were performed in order to elucidate the mechanism of the reaction. Overall, the results are consistent with a free radical chain process with bromine atom as the chain carrier. Substitution effects on the reactivity of the allyl bromides (CH2=C(Z)CH2Br) and their influence on the overall reaction rate were studied by conducting several competition experiments. The relative rate constants for addition of benzyl radical to CH2=C(Z)CH2Br are: Z=CN(180), COOEt(110), Ph(65), H(1.0). The trend of electronegativity/reactivity of these reactions was very similar to that reported for addition of benzyl radical to substituted alkenes. Other than alkyl aromatics (PhCH3, PhCH(CH3)2), other substrates (i.e., 2- propanol, phenyl cyclopropane) were also tested for this allylation reaction. The magnitude and scope of these reactions, and their synthetic utility is discussed. / Ph. D.

Carbon-carbon bond formation is one the fundamental reactions in organic synthesis. The quest for the development of new and more efficient processes for the construction of this bond has been an ongoing focus for years. The transformations that permit the use of simple precursors to access complex structural architectures in the absence of stoichiometric quantities by-products are highly desirable. Hydrogen is a cheapest and cleanest reductant available to the mankind. The catalytic hydrogenation has been widely utilized in the industry, however the construction of the carbon-carbon bond under hydrogenative conditions has been achieved only for alkene hydroformylations and Fisher-Tropsh process and limited to the use of carbon monoxide. The extension of the hydrogenative carbon-carbon bond formations beyond aforementioned processes would be of a great significance to the synthetic community. The overview of allene use in the metal catalyzed reactions to achieve carbonyl and imine allylation and vinylation is presented in Chapter 1. The following chapter vii discusses the development of metal catalyzed hydrogenative and transfer hydrogenative coupling of allenes and carbonyl compounds to afford allylation products. These studies have resulted in the development of the first carbonyl allylation from the alcohol oxidation level. Chapter 3 discusses efforts towards achieving highly enantioselective hydrogenative coupling of alkynes to carbonyl compounds. / text

Vu l’importance des molécules fluorées dans différents domaines et vu la réactivité engendrée par le 4,4,4-trifluorobut-2-ynoate d’éthyle 1 lors des travaux antérieurs réalisés au laboratoire, nous avons décidé d’étudier le comportement de dérivé fluoré 1 vis-à-vis d’hydrure tributylétain sans l’emploi de catalyseurs ou d’additifs. Le but est d’accéder à de nouveaux synthons fluorés par voies originales.Après une étude préliminaire pour effectuer cette réaction d’hydrostannation dans les meilleures conditions, nous avons réalisé pour la première fois la synthèse totalement régio- et stéréosélective des vinylétains (Z)-2α et (Z)-2β par un simple choix de solvant et sans l’utilisation d’aucun additif. Ces résultats inédits et très encourageants, nous ont conduis à étendre cette stratégie à d’autres hydrures comme l’hydrure de diphénylphosphine et l’hydrure de triphénylgermane..Les vinylétains (Z)-2α et (Z)-2β- de configurations bien définies sont des réactifs de choix pour élaborer de nouvelles structures fonctionnelles trifluorométhylées. En effet, le couplage cupro-catalysé de ces vinylétains en présence d’une quantité catalytique de CuI (10 moles%) avec une variété de bromures d’allyles, de propargyles, d’aryles, de benzyles et d’alcynyles conduisent à une grande variété de composés fluorés jamais décrits dans la littérature.Les méthodes de synthèse développées dans ce travail sont originales et permettent la synthèse d’une grande famille de composés fluorés avec un moindre coût. / The development of a simple method to obtain perfluoroalkylated building blocks for their subsequent utilization in the synthesis of Rf-containing compounds is therefore essential to organofluorine chemistry. Perfluoroalkylated vinyl metals constitute an important class of these building blocks.In order to prepare a new perfluoroalkylated bulding blocks, we investigated transition metal-catalyzed-free hydrostannylation of ethyl 4,4,4-trifluorobut-2-ynoate 1. The hydrostannylation took place smoothly in the absence of additive, providing regioselectively high yields of the corresponding α or β stannylated alkenoates depending on the nature of the solvent used. Indeed, we have demonstrated that the hydrostannylation of 1 in hexane provided the β-stannylated product with high regioselectivity (>95%) and excellent yield (>97%). Using methanol as solvent, total α-regioselectivity of the hydrostannylation of 1 was observed, providing α -tributylstannylacrylate as the sole regioisomer in a nearly quantitative yield.Theses new vinyltins reagents readily undergo copper (I) catalyst coupling reactions with various electrophiles as allyl, propargyl, benzyl and alkynyl bromides to provide good yields of the new corresponding acrylates esters bearing a β-trifluoromethyl group.This method provided a new efficient entry to this important class of compounds

Chiral molecules play a central role in our daily life and in nature, for instance the different enantiomers or diastereomers of a chiral molecule may show completely different biological activity. For this reason, it is a vital goal for synthetic chemists to design selective and efficient methodologies that allow the synthesis of the desired enantiomer. In this context, it is highly important that the concept of green chemistry is considered while designing new approaches that eventually will provide more environmental and sustainable chemical synthesis.The aim of this thesis is to develop the concept of combining transition metal catalysis and aminocatalysis in one process (dual catalysis). This strategy would give access to powerful tools to promote reactions that were not successful with either transition metal catalyst or the organocatalyst alone. The protocols presented in this thesis based on organocatalytic transformations via enamine or iminium intermediates or both, in combination with transition metal catalysis, describes new enantioselective organocatalytic procedures that afford valuable compounds with high chemo- and enantioselectivity from inexpensive commercial available starting materials. In paper I, we present a successful example of dual catalysis: the combination of transition metal activation of an electrophile and aminocatalyst activation of a nucleophile via enamine intermediate. In paper II, the opposite scenario is presented, here the transition metal activates the nucleophile and the aminocatalyst activates the electrophile via an iminium intermediate. In paper III,we present a domino Michael/carbocyclisation reaction that is catalysed by a chiral amine (via iminium/enamine activation) in combination with a transition metal catalysts activation of an electrophile. In paper IV, the concept of dual catalysis was further extended and applied for the highly enantioselective synthesis of valuable structural scaffolds, namely poly-substituted spirocyclic oxindoles. Finally, in paper V the concept of dual catalysis was expanded, by investigating more challenging and environmentally benign processes, such as the successful combination of a heterogeneous palladium and amine catalysts for the highly enantioselective synthesis of functionalised cyclopentenes, containing an all carbonquaternary stereocenter, dihydrofurans and dihydropyrrolidines.

Depuis la découverte par le Pr. Kagan en 1977 de conditions douces de synthèse du diiodure de samarium (SmI2), ce réactif est rapidement devenu un des meilleurs réducteurs chimiques utilisé en synthèse organique. Cependant, en tant que réducteur mono-électronique, il est souvent employé en quantité sur-stœchiométrique ce qui impose l’utilisation de quantité importante de réactif qui possède par ailleurs une faible solubilité dans le THF (solvant de choix pour ce réactif) ce qui impose également de trop importantes quantités de solvant. Dans ce travail de thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés à l’utilisation de l’électrochimie comme alternative de synthèse de SmI2 pour apporter un certain nombre de solutions aux limitations manifestes de l’utilisation de ce réactif.Dans un premier temps nous avons mis en œuvre une méthode de synthèse du SmI2 grâce à l’utilisation originale d’une anode "sacrificielle" de samarium. Le SmI2 électrogénéré, dosé et parfaitement caractérisé nous a permis de réaliser différentes réactions de formation de liaisons carbone-carbone médiées par ce réactif. Le SmI2 est produit et consommé en continu ce qui réduit considérablement les quantités de solvant habituellement exigées. Cette approche a également permis de préparer et de caractériser d’autres dérivés divalents de samarium souvent plus difficiles à synthétiser. Nous avons ensuite exploré la possibilité d’exploiter cette approche électrochimique pour la mise en place d’une nouvelle procédure catalytique en SmI2. Après avoir mis en évidence l’efficacité de la réduction électrochimique de sels trivalents de samarium en dérivés divalents grâce à l’emploi d’une cathode de samarium, nous avons établi les conditions opératoires d’une nouvelle procédure catalytique en SmI2 assistée par électrochimie évitant ainsi tout additif métallique. Cette approche catalytique a été appliqué avec succès dans différentes réactions de couplage. / Since the seminal reports of Kagan, dedicated to the preparation of samarium diiodides and its usefulness in organic synthesis, SmI2 became one of the most important reducing agents available to the synthetic organic chemist, promoting a multitude of radical and anionic reactions. However, the major limitations according to its preparation remains the concentration of SmI2 in THF (around 0.1M) and the inert atmosphere needed during its manipulation. Therefore, the majority of organic reactions mediated by SmI2 as reductive reagent require a stoichiometric amount or even a large excess.We report herein a new electrochemical method to prepare solutions of samarium diiodide in THF. The simple electrolysis of a samarium rod provides a rapid and straightforward in situ synthesis of SmI2. The electrogenerated complex catalyzes various C-C bond formations. The reagent is produced continuously and leads to efficient organic electrosynthesis with significantly smaller amounts of solvent than usually required. Moreover, samarium metal has been then used for the first time as electrode material to perform an efficient and versatile SmI2 catalytic system assisted by electrochemistry. The established electrocatalytic procedure that excludes any metal additives was successfully applied in various transformations mediated by this useful reagent.

Le couplage croisé entre les esters allyliques et les composés carbonylés promu par le diiodure de samarium est une méthode efficace pour la formation de liaisons carbone-carbone. Une approche « umpolung » de réaction entre un composé carbonylé électrophile et un allylsamarien nucléophile, obtenu sans la réduction préalable d’espèces de type π-allylmétal de transition intermédiaires, fournirait une nouvelle voie plus simple pour la construction de cette liaison dans des conditions douces.Les esters allyliques de type dihydropyranyle se sont montrés d’excellents substrats dans les réactions d'allylation, d’aldéhydes ou de cétones, induites par le diiodure de samarium évitant ainsi l'utilisation de catalyseurs au palladium ou d’un autre additif. En série glycal, la nature et la configuration du substituant en position C-4 jouent un rôle très important à la fois sur le rendement et sur la structure des produits modifiés. Les couplages réducteurs directs ont lieu régiosélectivement en C-3 avec une stéréochimie relative 3,4-trans. La même stratégie appliquée aux dérivés Neu5Ac2en de l’acide sialique a permis d’obtenir par réactions à basse température, les produits de couplage en C-2 avec des rendements quantitatifs et une parfaite régio- et stéréosélectivité. Cette transformation donne un nouvel accès facile, rapide et très efficace aux α-C-sialosides. / The cross-coupling of allylic esters and carbonyl compounds promoted by samarium diiodide is an efficient method for the formation of carbon-carbon bonds. An umpolung approach, reaction between a carbonyl electrophile and an allyl samarium nucleophile, without the prior reduction of the intermediate π-allyl transition metal complexes, would provide a simple route for this bond construction under mild conditions.Dihydropyranyl allylic esters have been found to be excellent substrates for carbonyl allylation reactions mediated by samarium diiodide – without the use of palladium catalysts or any other additive. In glycal series, the nature and the configuration of the substituent at the C-4 position play crucial roles both on yields and structures of the modified products. The direct reductive couplings take place regioselectively at C-3 with a 3,4-trans relationship. Applied to Neu5Ac2en derivatives of sialic acid, the same strategy furnished the coupling products at the anomeric position in quantitative yields and with a perfect regio- and stereoselectivity. This transformation provides an easy, rapid and efficent access to α-C-sialosides.

Le mycothiazole-4,19-diol, découvert en 2006, est une molécule naturelle isolée de l'éponge marine cacospongia mycofijiensis, dont il n'existe à ce jour aucune synthèse. La structure originale, combinée à la faible abondance naturelle et à une activité biologique potentielle du mycothiazole-4,19-diol font de cette molécule une cible synthétique attractive pour le chimiste organicien et constitue l'objectif de ces travaux de thèse. Le principal enjeu de cette synthèse est la construction du motif diol-1,2 allylique. Au total, quatre déconnections ont été étudiées. Pour chacune d'entre elles, plusieurs approches ont été effectuées afin de construire de manière efficace et élégante le mycothiazole-4,19-diol. Une étude sur l'utilisation du palladium en synthèse organique a également été effectuée au cours cette thèse. Parmi les nombreux systèmes catalytiques dans lesquels ce métal intervient, nous nous sommes intéressés à l'oxydation aérobique des alcools en leurs dérivés carbonylés. Nous avons élaboré un nouveau système permettant l'oxydation sélective des alcools allyliques. Les résultats obtenus sur la haute chimiosélectivité intramoléculaire font de cette méthode un outil puissant et efficace et a été mis à profit dans le cadre des approches du mycothiazole-4,19-diol. Une étude supplémentaire réalisée sur l'utilisation du palladium en réactions séquentielles a également été menée avec l'élaboration d'un processus oxydation aérobique-formation de liaison C-C par couplage de Heck. L'originalité de la méthodologie développée est que le catalyseur intervient dans deux réactions totalement différentes permettant ainsi la synthèse rapide de molécules relativement complexes à partir de substrats simples.

This thesis is focused on the development of new pincer complex-catalyzed transformations. Optimization of the catalytic properties (fine-tuning) was directed to increase the catalytic activity as well as the chemo-, stereo- and enantioselectivity of the complexes. This was achieved by varying the heteroatoms in the terdentate pincer ligand, by changing the electronic properties of the coordinated aryl moiety and by implementing chiral functionalities in the pincer complexes. In the cross-coupling reaction of vinyl epoxides and aziridines with organoboronic acids the chemoselectivity of the reaction could be increased by employment of pincer complexes instead of commonly used Pd(0) catalysts. Furthermore, the introduction of a methoxy substituent in the aromatic subunit of the complex considerably increased the activity of the pincer complex catalyst. Fine-tuning of the enantioselectivity in electrophilic allylation reactions was achieved by using a wide variety of new BINOL- and biphenanthrol-based pincer complexes. The highest enantioselectivity (85% ee) was obtained by applying biphenanthrol-based pincer complexes. Stereoselective pincer complex-catalyzed condensation of sulfonylimines with isocyanoacetate could be achieved under mild reaction conditions. By application of chiral PCP catalysts, 2-imidazolines could be obtained with up to 86% ee. A new pincer complex-catalyzed C-H bond functionalization based reaction between organonitriles and sulfonylimines affords homoallylic amines and beta-aminonitriles in high yields. The asymmetric version of this process affords beta-aminonitriles with up to 71% ee. In the last chapter, a pincer complex-catalyzed redox coupling reaction is described. In this highly regio- and stereoselective process the integrity of the pincer catalysts is fully retained. This catalytic reaction proceeds with a high level of functional group tolerance, as allylic acetate and aryl halide functionalities are retained.