De nouvelles méthodologies en catalyse asymétrique au cuivre ont été développées. D’une part, une réaction d’addition conjuguée asymétrique 1,4 du diméthylzinc sur des acylimidazoles a,b-insaturés catalysée par un complexe cuivre-NHC a été mise au point, avec une excellente énantiosélectivité. Cette réaction a été étendue à des acylimidazoles a,b,g,d-insaturés : les produits d’addition 1,4 ont été obtenus de manière hautement régio- et énantio-sélective. Cette sélectivité originale (1,4 vs 1,6) a pu être rationnalisée par des calculs DFT. La transformation de la fonction acylimidazole a ensuite ouvert l’accès à un processus itératif d’additions conjuguées. Cette stratégie a conduit à la synthèse de motifs polydéoxypropionates : la versatilité de cette méthodologie a été illustrée grâce à la synthèse de motifs syn,syn et anti,anti avec une excellente diastéréosélectivité. Différentes applications en synthèse de produits naturels et bioactifs ont permis d’illustrer le potentiel de cette méthodologie. / New methodologies in asymmetric copper catalysis have been developed. First, a reaction of 1,4-asymmetric conjugate addition of dimethylzinc on a,b-unsaturated acylimidazoles catalysed by a copper-NHC complex has been developed, with an excellent enantioselectivity. This reaction has been extended to a,b,g,d-unsaturated acylimidazoles: 1,4-addition products have been obtained with high regio- and enantio-selectivity. This original selectivity (1,4 vs 1,6) has rationalized by DFT calculations. The transformation of the acylimidazole moiety led us to an iterative process of conjugate additions. This strategy has guided us towards the synthesis of polydeoxypropionate motifs: the versatility of the methodology has been illustrated via the synthesis of syn,syn and anti,anti motifs with high diastereoselectivities. Different applications in natural and bioactive product synthesis allowed us to illustrate the potential of this methodology.

Depuis une dizaine d’années, les carbènes N-hétérocycliques(CNHs) ont prouvé leur efficacité en organocatalyse et comme ligands en catalyse organométallique. Dans ce contexte nous avons souhaité développer deux nouvelles familles decarbènes N hétérocycliques originaux :• La première famille de CNHs étudiée comporte une chiralité planaire apportée par un motif ferrocénique énantiomériquement pur lié directementsur l’hétérocycle imidazolium ou triazolium. Diverses stratégies ont été envisagées et étudiées afin de préparer des précurseurs de CNH à chiralité planaire.Ces travaux ont notamment permis l'obtention d’un selde triazolium énantiopur, dont la structure a étéconfirmée par diffraction des rayons X. Une étude préliminaire a également été amorcée pour la préparation d’un sel d’imidazolium à chiralité planaire.• La deuxième famille de CNHs considérée durant ce travail de thèse est basée sur l'utilisation de structures spirocycliques originales obtenues par une réaction de cyclopropanation de cyanoesters en présence d’un complexe de titane. Ce travail a été consacré à valider l'utilisation de spirooxazolidinones et de spirolactames comme briques élémentaires pour la synthèse de sels de triazolium originaux, ainsi qu’à étudier le dédoublement d’oxazolidinones et delactames racémiques. / Since the beginning of 21st century, N-heterocycliccarbenes (NHCs) proved their efficiency in asymmetric organocatalysis and as ligands in enantioselective organometallic catalysis. In this context, we developed two families of original NHCs: The first one displays a planar chirality afforded by an enantiopure ferrocene scaffold directlygrafted on an imidazolium or triazolium heterocycle.Different strategies have been investigated towards thepreparation of these chiral targets. This work allowedthe synthesis of an enantiopure triazolium salt and itsstructure was confirmed by X-ray analysis. A preliminarystudy concerning the preparation of an imidazolium saltbearing a planar chirality has been initiated.• The second NHC family considered during this project relies in the use of original spirocyclic structures obtained from a cyanoester cyclopropanationreaction catalyzed by a titanium complex. The main goal was to validate the use of spirooxazolidinones and spirolactams as building blocks for the synthesis oforiginal triazolium salts, and to study the resolution of racemic lactams and oxazolidinones.

Small molecule hydrogen bond donors have emerged as versatile catalysts in asymmetric synthesis. Within this class, chiral BINOL phosphoric acid is regarded as one of the pioneer catalysts used in several asymmetric transformations. The ability of the catalyst to activate the substrates could be controlled in two different ways. (1) Dual activation/bifunctional activation of substrate by hydrogen bond interactions or ion pairing with phosphoric acid or (2) By forming chiral BINOL phosphate metal complex that could significantly alter the interactions in chiral space. In particular, chiral alkaline earth metal phosphate complexes have unique advantages as catalysts owing to the ubiquitous availability of alkaline earth metals, strong Brønsted basicity of their counterions, mild but significant Lewis acidity of the metal and their ability to coordinate at multiple reactive sites due to large ionic radius. Chapter 1 summarizes the recent development of alkaline earth metal complexes in asymmetric catalysis. My thesis dissertation is focused on the application of chiral alkaline earth metal phosphate complexes in novel asymmetric reactions. In Chapter 2, we disclosed an efficient asymmetric one-pot synthesis of chiral 1,3-oxazolidines and chiral 1,3-oxazinanes. Chiral oxazolidines and oxazinanes are widely used as auxiliaries in asymmetric transition metal catalysis and also key structural motifs in natural products with biological activities. We developed a new synthetic method for chiral 1,3-oxazolidines which follows the enantioselective addition of alcohols to imines catalyzed by chiral 3,3’-(triisopropylphenyl)-derived BINOL magnesium phosphate to form hemiaminal intermediate, which then undergoes mild base mediated intramolecular nucleophilic substitution to afford highly enantioselective 1,3-oxazolidines and 1,3-oxazinanes in good yields. In Chapter 3, we developed the first catalytic enantioselective desymmetrization process for the synthesis of novel axially chiral cyclohexylidene oxime ethers. Even though these molecules were found to be optically active in 1910, methods to synthesize these molecules are scarce. We have developed an efficient desymmetrization process of 4-phenyl cyclohexanones with phenoxyamines catalyzed by chiral BINOL strontium phosphate complex to afford highly enantioselective products. We then extended this methodology to the dynamic kinetic resolution of 2-substituted cyclohexanones to form chiral 2-substituted cyclohexyl oximes in good enantioselectivities, as demonstrated in Chapter 4. We further demonstrated the utility of these compounds by converting them to chiral 2-aryl cyclohexylamines which are important synthetic intermediates.

Les réactions de cycloisomérisation sont des outils puissant pour la synthèse d’hétérocycles et de carbocycles, tant sous leur forme racémique qu’énantioenrichie. La cyclisation directe de substrats énynes, afin de former des nouvelles liaisons carbone-carbone ou carbone-hétéroatome s’est révélée être une approche efficace, tant en économie d’atomes qu’en nombres d’étapes de synthèse, pour l’obtention de composés bicycliques ou tricycliques. Les réactions de cyclisation des substrats énynes-1,5 et 1,6 sont certainement les exemples les plus marquants. Dans notre équipe de recherche, depuis quelques années, nous avons developpé avec succés des nouveaux catalyseurs chiraux d’or(I) et de platine. Ces derniers nous ont permis d’obtenir dans les reactions de cyclisation d’énynes les produits correspondants avec de très bons rendements et énantiosélectivités. Cependant à notre connaissance, et jusqu’à present, les meilleurs catalyseurs d’or(I) chiraux possédaient soit une chiralité axiale, centrale ou hélicoïdale. En effet, concernant les complexes d’or(I) possédant une chiralité planaire, à part quelques résultats préliminaires modestes, cette source de chiralité a plutôt été négligée jusqu’à présent.Afin de combler ce vide, nous proposons dans cette thèse le développement de deux nouvelles familles de catalyseurs à chiralité planaire, et de les appliquer dans des réactions de cycloisomérisation d’énynes. Dans la dernière partie de cette thèse, nous avons développé une nouvelle réaction énantiosélective pour la formation de composés polycycliques.Cette thèse regroupe l’ensemble de ces résultats en cinq chapitres distincts : i) Une introduction générale sur la catalyse à l’or et sur les différentes réactions et applications envisageables. ii) La préparation d’une nouvelles famille de ligands phosphorés ferrocéniques possédant une chiralité planaire, et des complexes d’or(I) correspondants. Ces complexes se sont révélés être particulièrement actifs dans la formation de bicyclo[3.1.0]hexanones par cycloisomérisation d’énynes 1,5. iii) Dans le troisième chapitre sera détaillé mon travail concernant le développement d’une nouvelle famille de phosphoramidites à chiralité planaire. Les complexes d’or correspondant se sont révélé être très actifs dans des réactions de cyclotrimérisation de diénynes 1,6 azotés. Les produits correspondants ont été obtenus avec de bons rendements, diastéréosélectivités et énantiosélectivités (jusqu’à 95% ee). iv) Enfin, nous avons mis au point une nouvelle réaction énantiosélective de formation de dérivés polycycliques, en utilisant tous les catalyseurs d’or préalablement synthétisés, ainsi que ceux décrits dans la littérature. De nombreux substrats cyclopropylénynes diversement substitués ont pu donner accès aux produits correspondants avec de très bons rendements et énantiosélectivités (jusqu’à 99% ee). La post-fonctionnalisation des produits ainsi obtenus a permis l’obtention de produits analogues de composés naturels complexes. v) Après la conclusion et les perspectives à ce travail, une partie expérimentale regroupant les modes opératoires et toutes les analyses physico-chimiques des produits synthétisés est présentée. / The gold(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization reactions provide powerful tools for the synthesis of heterocycles and carbocycles in both racemic and enantiomerically enriched forms. The direct cyclization of enyne substrates to form new C-C or C-heteroatom bonds proved to be an efficient atom and step economy approach for the synthesis of bicyclic or tricyclic compounds. The well-known cyclizations of 1,6- and 1,5-enynes into bicyclic compounds are one of the most powerful examples. Moreover, during the last few years, our group developed several series of chiral platinum or gold pre-catalysts which exhibit excellent catalytic activity, diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity in the cyclization of enyne substrates.As far as we know, gold complexes with central, axial and helical chirality exhibited excellent results both in terms of catalytic activity and enantioselectivity. However, the planar chirality has been rather neglected so far in the gold promoted enantioselective cyclizations. Although some planar chiral gold complexes (mainly based on the ferrocene structure) have been reported in recent years, high enantioselectivity proved particularly difficult to obtain. In order to extend the potential applications of the planar chiral gold complexes, we have synthesized two new family of gold complexes with planar chirality and applied them in the cycloisomerization of 1,5-enynes and 1,6-dienynes. Finally, with several families of chiral gold complexes (with axial, planar or helical chirality) in hand, we developed a new type of cycloaddition reaction, with excellent catalytic activity and enantioselectivity.This thesis summarizes these studies: i) The chiral monodentate phosphines based on ortho-disubstituted ferrocene units have been prepared and used for the synthesis of gold(I) complexes. These complexes proved to be very active catalysts for the cycloisomerization of 3-hydroxy-1,5-enynes into bicyclo[3.1.0]hexanones. Their high catalytic activity is ascribed to their structural analogy to the biaryl-based Buchwald phosphines. ii) We have also synthesized and characterized new chiral phosphoramidites and demonstrated for the first time the ability of planar-chiral gold(I) complexes to obtain high enantioselectivities in cycloisomerisation reactions. Furthermore, starting from N-tethered prochiral dienynes, the corresponding bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane derivatives, containing three contiguous stereocenters, were obtained in good yields, with a total diastereoselectivity and up to 95% ee. iii) With a number of chiral gold complexes (with axial, planar or helical chirality), an efficient approach for the cycloaddition of cyclopropylenynes has been developed, based on the enantioselective gold catalyzed cycloaddition reaction. This novel method provides an easy access to the enantioselective synthesis of cyclobutanones and the further preparation of chiral tricyclic compounds possessing the skeleton of natural products. We have highlighted axial bis(phosphine)digold(I) complexes which afforded the cyclobutanones with up to 99% enantiomeric excesses in these cyclization reactions.

In this thesis a methodology to synthesize anti-β-hydroxy-α-amino esters possessing olefins has been investigated. The developed procedures originate from two already established procedures in which α-amido-β-keto esters, which do not contain olefins, has been stereoselectively reduced to the corresponding anti-β-hydroxy-α-amino alcohols via asymmetric transfer hydrogenation coupled with dynamic kinetic resolution. Both established methods, one solvent free and one emulsion procedure, have been investigated on the expanded substrate scoop. Four different α-amido-β-keto ester containing olefins were tested and it was found that the ketones were reduced to desired anti-β-hydroxy-α-amino esters in both procedures, but also side products were formed where the olefins were reduced. The ratio of the different products was dependent on the structure of the starting α-amido-β-keto ester, ligand used on the catalyst and reaction conditions such as number of equivalents of base and reaction temperature. The diastereoselectivity for the desired products was in favor of the anti stereoisomer, however, the dr was worse than in the established procedures. The usefulness of this methodology was then demonstrated by a formal total synthesis of Sphingosine.

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京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第24817号 / 工博第5160号 / 新制||工||1986(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科合成・生物化学専攻 / (主査)教授 杉野目 道紀, 教授 生越 友樹, 教授 大内 誠 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM

This thesis describes our examination of the reactivity of allenylpalladium intermediates generated from the reaction of palladium(0) with propargylic electrophiles. Chapter 1 provides a general overview of the literature reported to date concerning the nature and reactivity of allenylpalladium intermediates. The coupling of a variety of propargylic electrophiles with aryl boronic acids to form allenes is examined in Chapter 2. However, when employing diastereomerically pure electrophiles, some erosion of stereochemistry was observed in the allene products. This effect was examined further, and epimerisation of the allene product was found to be the origin of the loss of stereochemistry. Evidence for the species likely responsible for this epimerisation is presented. The serendipitous formation of tetrahydrofurans (THFs) from propargylic 7-membered cyclic carbonates prompted an in-depth examination of this reactivity, as described in Chapter 3. The reaction of these cyclic carbonates was rendered stereoselective and the stereochemical outcome of the reaction elucidated. The methodology was extended to propargylic acyclic carbonates which allowed the formation of tetrahydropyrans (THPs). The effect of ring-size and substituents on the cyclisations was examined, culminating in the formation of two rings in a single step from diol-containing bis-carbonates. Chapter 4 describes the extension of this methodology to the formation of azacyclic products. This built upon foundation work conducted by a Part II student within the group, and further improved the selectivity of the reaction. Two diverse azacyclic skeletons could be formed from the same substrate by the employment of different bidentate phosphine ligands, and a variety of substrates were examined under these conditions. Chapter 5 draws general conclusions and sets out possible future directions for the methodology, and full experimental details are outlined in Chapter 6.

The primary objective of this research project was to develop a novel protocol for the synthesis of densely functionalized optically enriched indanes through a chiral cation directed 5-endo-trig ring closure. In chapter two, a convergent strategy for the construction of the cyclization precursors is reported, which employs two easily adapted fragments. In chapter three, a range of quaternary ammonium salts are screened to establish the optimal phase-transfer conditions for this system. A variety of substrates were evaluated to probe the scope and limitations of this methodology. Finally, two potential mechanistic pathways for this enigmatic process are outlined and discussed in chapter four.

The prostaglandins are a unique family of natural products found in all mammalian life, including humans. Their biological significance is profound, and they are responsible for a vast array of bodily functions. This importance, coupled with their low concentration in vivo, has made them attractive targets for total chemical synthesis. The work herein describes synthetic efforts towards their synthesis using an oxidative radical cyclisation to construct the key [3.3.0]-bridged bicyclic lactone, from which the prostaglandin skeleton may be derived. Key to this was the development of manganese(III) acetate and copper(II) triflate as optimal reagents for this cyclisation of unsaturated malonate/malonic acid derivatives. To study this, several model substrates for this crucial cyclisation were synthesised, and their cyclisation analysed. Chapter 5 describes the design and synthesis of several model substrates containing malonate groups for the oxidative radical cyclisation. The results of the cyclisation with manganese(III) and various copper(II) salts influenced the design of the substrates, and led to the use of malonic acids as more effective substrates for the formation of [3.3.0]-bicyclic lactones. A catalytic process, in which atmospheric oxygen is the terminal oxidant was also developed. Chapter 6 describes the studies towards a total synthesis of the prostaglandin family. Two potential routes are followed, the first of which used a key asymmetric epoxidation to install asymmetry. A Suzuki coupling was used to deliver the desired diene required for the cyclisation substrate, which was successfully cyclised using manganese(III) acetate and copper(II) triflate, creating the desired [3.3.0]-bicyclic lactone in good yield and with excellent diastereomeric control. A second, shorter route to the same lactone was also developed, using a novel asymmetric deconjugative aldol condensation to establish asymmetry. Cyclisation of this analogous substrate was also successful, delivering the same lactone after olefin metathesis.