Neste trabalho foi avaliada a seletividade (quimio ou enantiosseletividade) de quatro enzimas Baeyer-Villiger mono-oxigenases (BVMOs: PAMO, PAMO M446G, HAPMO e CHMO) frente a substratos contendo boro ou selênio. Inicialmente uma série de boro-acetofenonas foram submetidas à bio-oxidação catalisada por estas BVMOs. A enzima CHMO mostrou quimiosseletividade para transformação da ligação C-B em detrimento da reação de Baeyer-Villiger. Enquanto PAMO e PAMO M446G catalisaram a oxidação de ambas as funções em substratos 4-substituídos e a seletiva transformação de C-B no caso de substratos 3-substituídos. A enzima HAPMO levou a reação de Baeyer-Villiger e a transformação da ligação C-B em todos os casos. Quando alquenos contendo boro foram utilizados como substratos, somente aqueles que continham uma porção fenila em sua estrutura foram oxidados por BVMOs. Em nenhum dos casos foi observada reação de epoxidação e todas as enzimas levaram a transformação da ligação C-B em C-O. Compostos quirais contendo boro foram submetidos a reações com as BVMOs na tentativa de transformação enantiosseletiva. PAMO e PAMO M446G foram as melhores enzimas levando, na maioria dos casos, a satisfatória oxidação dos substratos. Entretanto, somente um composto pôde ser oxidado com boa enantiosseletividade (e.e 82-91%). Compostos quirais contendo o átomo de selênio também foram alvos de estudo com BVMOs. Novamente a enzima PAMO se mostrou a melhor opção dentre as enzimas testadas e somente quando R2 e R1 = Ph houve boa enantiosseletividade na oxidação (e.e 97 %). / In this work we evaluated the selectivity (chemo or enantioselectivity) of four Baeyer-Villiger mono-oxigenases (BVMOS: PAMO, M446G PAMO, HAPMO and CHMO) in the presence of boron-containing or selenium-containing compounds. Initially, a series of boron-acetophenones were submitted to oxidation reactions mediated by BVMOs. The enzyme CHMO was chemoselective leading only to C-B bond transformation instead Baeyer-Villiger reaction. However, PAMO and PAMO M446G mediated both oxidations in 4-substituted substrates, and only the C-B transformation in 3-substituted substrates. The enzyme HAPMO leading to Baeyer- Villiger reaction and C-B transformation in all cases. When boron-containing alkenes were the substrates, only compounds with phenyl moiety in the structure were oxidized by BVMOs. It was observed only the C-B transformation and none of the epoxidation reaction. Chiral boron compounds were submitted to BVMOS mediated reactions in an attempt of enantioselective transformation. PAMO and M446G PAMO showed the best results leading, in most cases, to a satisfactory oxidation. However, only one compound was oxidized with great enantioselectivity (82-91% ee). Selenium-containing chiral compounds were also tested in reactions mediated by BVMOs. Again, PAMO showed the best results among BVMOs tested, but only when R2 e R1 = Ph the reaction occurred with great enantiosselectivity (97 % ee).

Gilvocarcin V (GV) belongs to the angucycline class of antibiotics that possesses remarkable anticancer and antibacterial activities with low toxicity. Gilvocarcin exhibits its light induced anticancer activity by mediating crosslinking between DNA and histone H3. When photo-activated by near-UV light, the C8 vinyl group forms a [2+2] cycloadduct with thymine residues of double stranded DNA. D-fucofuranose is considered essential for histone H3 interactions. However, the poor water solubility has rendered it difficult to develop gilvocarcin as a drug. We aim to design novel gilvocarcin analogues with improved pharmaceutical properties through chemo-enzymatic synthesis and mutasynthesis. Previous studies have characterized many biosynthetic genes encoding the gilvocarcin biosynthetic skeleton. Despite these previous findings the exact functions of many other key genes are yet to be fully understood. Prior gene inactivation and cross-feeding experiments have revealed that the first isolable tetracyclic aromatic product undergoes a series of steps involving C–C bond cleavage followed by two O-methylations, a penultimate C-glycosylation and final lactone formation in order to fully develop the gilvocarcin structure. To provide a deeper understanding of these complex biochemical transformations, three specific aims were devised: 1) synthesis of the proposed intermediate and in vitro enzyme reactions revealed GilMT and GilM’s roles in gilvocaric biosynthesis; 2) utilizing in vitro studies the enzyme responsible for the C–C bond cleavage and its substrate were determined; 3) a small series of structural analogues of the intermediate from the gilvocarcin pathway was generated via chemical synthesis and fed to the mixture of the enzymes, GilMT and GilM. These reaction mixtures were then analyzed to establish the diversity of substrates tolerated by the enzymes.

Type II polyketide synthase (PKS) produced natural products have proven to be an excellent source of pharmacologically relevant molecules due to their rich biological activities and chemical scaffolds. Type II-PKS manufactured polyketides share similar polycyclic aromatic backbones leaving their diversity to stem from various chemical additions and alterations facilitated by post-PKS tailoring enzymes. Evidence suggests that post-PKS tailoring enzymes form complexes in order to facilitate the highly orchestrated process of biosynthesis. Thus, protein-protein interactions between these enzymes must play crucial roles in their structures and functions. Despite the importance of these interactions little has been done to study them. In the mithramycin (MTM) biosynthetic pathway the Baeyer−Villiger monooxygenase (BVMO) MtmOIV and the ketoreductase MtmW form one such enzyme pair that catalyze the final two steps en route to the final product. MtmOIV oxidatively cleaves the fourth ring of the mithramycin intermediate premithramycin B (PreB) via a Baeyer−Villiger reaction, generating MTM’s characteristic tricyclic aglycone core and highly functionalized pentyl side chain at position 3. This Baeyer−Villiger reaction precedes spontaneous lactone ring opening, decarboxylation, and the final step of MTM biosynthesis, a reduction of the 4′- keto group catalyzed by the ketoreductase MtmW. Another example of co-dependent post-PKS tailoring enzymes from the gilvocarcin biosynthetic pathway is composed of GilM and GilR. These two enzymes form an unusual synergistic tailoring enzyme pair that does not function sequentially. GilM exhibits dual functionality by catalyzing the reduction of a quinone intermediate to a hydroquinone and stabilizes O-methylation and hemiacetal formation. GilM mediates its reductive catalysis through the aid of GilR that provides its covalently bound FADH(2) for the GilM reaction, through which FAD is regenerated for the next catalytic cycle. A few steps later, following glycosylation related events unique to each gilvocarcin derivative, GilR dehydrogenates the hemiacetal moiety created by GilM to establish the formation of a lactone and the final gilvocarcin chromophore. To achieve a better understanding of post-type II PKS tailoring enzymes and their protein-proteininteractions for the benefit of future combinatorial biosynthetic efforts two specific aims were devised. Specific aim 1 was to investigate the structure of MtmOIV and the role of active site residues in its catalytic mechanism. Specific aim 2 was to integrate the function of GilM and its protein-protein interactionswith GilR that lead to their synergistic activity and sharing of GilR’s bicovalently bound FAD moiety.

Techn. Hochsch., Diss., 2002--Aachen.

Orientador: Ulf Friedrich Schuchardt / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T20:51:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Steffen_RafaelAugusto_M.pdf: 657835 bytes, checksum: efc464baf50683cc652c38220caa0600 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Testou-se a atividade catalítica de duas aluminas, uma comercial (Fluka) e outra obtida via processo sol-gel, na oxidação Baeyer-Villiger utilizando cicloexanona como substrato e peróxido de hidrogênio como oxidante. Os catalisadores foram caracterizados por análise termo gravimétrica e difração de raios-X e os produtos identificados por cromatografia a gás e ressonância magnética nuclear de H e C. Os catalisadores mostraram-se altamente eficientes nas oxidações utilizando-se peróxido de hidrogênio aquoso 70 % (m/m) como oxidante, com rendimentos em e-caprolactona superiores a 75 % com seletividade de 98 %. As condições foram otimizadas, sendo 20 h de reação, 90 ± 2 ºC, razão molar de peróxido de hidrogênio:cicloexanona 8:1 e 300 mg de alumina, utilizando-se acetato de etila como solvente, com o sistema acoplado a um Dean-Stark para remoção da água do meio reacional. Os catalisadores apresentaram menores rendimentos na presença de água, perdendo a seletividade já na primeira reciclagem. Porém, nas reações em que se fez a remoção de água os catalisadores mantiveram a mesma atividade catalítica após cinco ciclos. Testes em que se comparou o desempenho do catalisador na epoxidação e na oxidação Baeyer-Villiger mostraram que existe competição entre os sítios ativos dessas reações. Com base nos resultados obtidos propô-se um mecanismo no qual a reação poderá ocorrer por dois caminhos distintos / Abstract: Two aluminas, one comercial (Fluka) and the other obtained by sol-gel methods, were used as catalysts for the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation using cyclohexanone as substrate and hydrogen peroxide as oxidant. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis and the oxidation products were analysed by gas chromatography and H and C nuclear magnetic resonance. Both aluminas showed to be high efficient catalysts for Baeyer- Villiger oxidation with aqueous hydrogen peroxide 70 % (w/w), reaching yields as high as 75 % for the e-caprolactona with selectivity of 98 %. The optimized conditions was found to be 20 h of reaction at 90 ± 2 ºC, with peroxide:cyclohexanone molar ratio of 8:1, 300 mg of catalyst, ethyl acetate as solvent and a Dean-Stark system coupled for water removal. The catalysts showed lower selectivity in the presence of water, losing the activity at the first recycling test. However, when the water was removed, the catalysts presented the same activity in 5 consecutive cycles. Tests comparing the alumina as epoxidation and Baeyer-Villiger oxidation catalyst showed that there is a competition between the catalytic sites for these reactions. Based on the results obtained we were able to propose a mechanism, admitting that the reaction could occur by two different pathways / Mestrado / Quimica Organica / Mestre em Química

Les carbapénèmes occupent actuellement une place centrale dans la lutte contre les bactéries résistantes aux antibiotiques classiques de type pénicilline. Notre thèse a pour objectif de développer une synthèse de leurs intermédiaires dans l'optique d'une application à l'échelle industrielle. Nous avons exploité, comme stratégie de fermeture de l'hétérocycle, la formation du lien C-3/C-4 par attaque nucléophile intramoléculaire sur un époxyde. Celui-ci est obtenu à partir de la L thréonine qui fournit deux stéréocentres et permet d'induire le troisième carbone asymétrique. Nous avons utilisé le groupe benzhydryle comme groupe protecteur, nouveau dans cette chimie, pour remplacer le groupe para-anisyle habituel qui pose des problèmes industriels. Ce nouveau groupe change fortement la réactivité de l'époxyamide impliquant une optimisation délicate des conditions et un choix judicieux des substituants. De plus, une nouvelle méthode de déprotection par bromation photochimique a été mise au point, complètement compatible avec la fragilité du cycle beta-lactame. Enfin, pour générer le groupe partant en C-4, nous avons utilisé une oxydation de Baeyer-Villiger. La régiosélectivité de cette étape dépend fortement des substituants et apparaît contradictoire avec les exigences de la fermeture de cycle. L'étude de l'influence des substituants sur ces deux étapes nous a permis de sélectionner le substituant optimal. Dans la seconde partie de cette thèse, nous nous intéressons à l'introduction du 4e centre asymétrique caractéristique des carbapénèmes. Nous avons étudié la possibilité de l'effectuer avec des dérivés de l'acide de Meldrum pour substituer la position C-4 de l'intermédiaire-clef, suivi d'une décarboxylation asymétrique. Nous clôturons ce travail par une évaluation économique de notre synthèse d'un précurseur équivalent à l'acétoxyazétidinone. /Carbapenems occupy a central role in the fight against bacteria that are resistant to classical antibiotics such as penicillins. Our thesis has the aim to develop a synthesis of their principal intermediates with the objective to apply it at the industrial scale. We have explored, as strategy of the heterocycle closing, the formation of the C-3/C-4 bond by a nucleophilic attack on an epoxide. This one was obtained from L-threonine which brings two stereocenters and allows the induction for the creation of the third asymmetric carbon. We used the benzhydryl group as protecting group, new in this chemistry, to replace the usual para-anisyl group which causes industrial problems. This new group strongly affects the reactivity of the epoxyamide imposing a fine optimization of the conditions and an adequat choice of substituents. Furthermore, a new deprotection method by photochemical bromination was developed, entirely compatible with the fragility of the beta-lactam ring. Finally, to create the leaving group in C-4, we used a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation. Regiochemistry of this step strongly depends on substituents and appears contradictory with the requirements of the ring closing. The study of the influence of the substituents on these two steps permits us to choose the optimal substituent. In a second part of the work, we were interested in the introduction of the fourth asymmetric center of carbapenems. We studied the feasibility to perform it with Meldrum's acid derivatives by substituting the C-4 position of the key-intermediate, followed by an asymmetric decarboxylation. We ended this work by an economic evaluation of the synthesis of our precursor similar to acetoxyazetidinone.

A presente dissertação relata o estudo conformacional das α-etilsulfonilacetofenonas-orto-substituídas o-X-Φ-C(O)CH2SO2Et (X = OMe 1, Me 2, F 3, Cl 4, Br 5 e NO2 6) através do estudo da banda da carbonila no IV em solventes de polaridade crescente, apoiado por cálculos ab initio HF/6-31G**. A comparação entre a freqüência e a intensidade dos componentes do dubleto em tetracloreto de carbono com os dados correspondentes dos cálculos indicaram que o componente de mais alta freqüência corresponde ao confôrmero quasi-cis (anti) para 1 e 3 e quasi-gauche (sin) para 2. Já, nos derivados 4 e 5, o referido componente corresponde aos confôrmeros gauche2 (sin) e no nitro-derivado 6 relaciona-se com o confôrmero gauche2 (conc. 17%). O componente de baixa freqüência do dubleto está relacionado com a conformação mais estável gauche, i.e. gauche(anti) para 1 e 3. e gauche (sin) para 2. Nos derivados 4 e 5 o referido componente refere-se aos confôrmeros gauche1 (anti) e no nitro-derivado 6 corresponde ao confôrmero gauche1 (conc. 83%). Estes dados são discutidos em termos de interações orbitalares (transferência de carga) e eletrostáticas entre pares de átomos com carga oposta e as variações das propriedades eletrônicas e estéricas de cada substituinte em orto. Genericamente, as interações que agem em maior ou menor extensão nas duas conformações mais estáveis da série são: Oδ-SO2...Cδ+CO, Oδ-CO...Sδ+SO2, Xδ-...Cδ+CO, Xδ-...Hδ+CH2, Oδ- CO...Hδ+Ph, Oδ-CO...H\'δ+ Et. Já, os contatos curtos entre Oδ-SO2...Oδ-CO, para os derivados, 1-3 e 6 e entre Oδ-CO...Xδ-,para os derivados 4 e 5, que ocorrem no confôrmero de mais alta freqüência são responsáveis pela desestabilização desta conformação em relação à do confôrmero mais estável de menor freqüência, decorrente do forte Efeito de Campo Repulsivo que ocorre entre átomos de mesma carga cujas distâncias interatômicas são próximas da soma dos raios de van der Waals. Na segunda parte do trabalho efetuou-se um estudo do rearranjo oxidativo de Baeyer-Villiger de α-etiltioacetofenonas-orto-substituídas com os substituintes OMe, F, Me e Cl, através das reações de oxidação desses compostos pelos ácidos peracético e perselenioso. A caracterização dos produtos obtidos nas reações de oxidação foram efetuadas por intermédio de IV e RMN de 1H. No caso das reações de oxidação dos ceto-sulfetos, ceto-sulfóxidos e ceto-sulfonas com dióxido de selênio, houve a ocorrência do rearranjo, ou seja, formação de éster-sulfona, quando o substituinte em orto é o grupo metoxila. Já, com os substituintes o-F, o-Cl e o-Me formam-se somente as ceto-sulfonas correspondentes. No caso da oxidação tanto dos ceto-sulfetos como dos ceto-sulfóxidos com ácido peracético obtêm-se proporções relativas muito próximas para o mesmo substituinte em orto. Adicionalmente, constata-se uma diminuição progressiva da proporção de éster-sulfona/ceto-sulfona de 0,5:0,5 para X = OMe, de 0,3:0,7 para X = F, de 0,18:0,82 para X = Cl e de 0,13:0,87 para X = Me. Este comportamento foi atribuído a uma estabilização decrescente do carbocátion incipiente que se forma no estado de transição da reação de Baeyer-Villiger, uma vez que o efeito mesomérico (σR) do substituinte em orto diminui progressivamente indo-se de OMe (-0,42) a F (-0,31) a Cl (-0,18) e a Me (-0,13). Já, no caso da oxidação das ceto-sulfonas, constata-se a formação do éster-sulfona/ceto-sulfona na proporção 0,40:0,60, somente no caso do orto-metóxi derivado. Este estudo comparativo indicou que o ceto-sulfeto é rapidamente oxidado a ceto-sulfóxido que em seguida sofre o rearranjo oxidativo de Baeyer-Villiger, através de um intermediário cíclico, fornecendo o éster-sulfóxido que em seguida é oxidado a éster-sulfona. No caso da α-etilsulfonil-orto-metoxiacetofenona (ceto-sulfona) onde constatou-se a ocorrência do rearranjo oxidativo a partir tanto do ácido peracético como do perselenioso, um intermediário cíclico análogo foi proposto para justificar o referido rearranjo. / The first part of this thesis reports the conformational study of some -ortho-substituted α-ethylsulfonylacetophenones o-X-PhC(O)CH2SO2Et (X= OMe 1, Me 2, F 3, Cl 4, Br 5 e NO2 6) through the analysis of the carbonyl stretching IR band in solvents of increasing polarity supported by HF/6-31G** ab initio computations. The good match between IR frequencies and intensities of the carbonyl doublet components in carbon tetrachloride and the results of the calculations indicated that the higher frequency component corresponds to the quasi-cis (anti) conformer for derivatives 1 and 3 (conc. 40%) and to the quasi-gauche (syn) conformer for derivative 2 (conc. 30%). For the halogenated derivatives 4 and 5 and for the nitro-derivative 6 the referred component is related to the gauche2 (syn) conformer (conc. 0-20%) and to the gauche2 conformer (conc. 17%), respectively. The lower doublet frequency component is in general related to the most stable gauche conformation., i.e. gauche(anti) for 1 and 3 (conc. 60%) and gauche(syn) (conc. 70%) conformers for 2. For the halogenated derivatives 4 and 5 and the nitro-derivative 6 the referred component is related to the gauche (anti) conformer (conc. 100-80%) and to the gauche1 conformer (conc. 83%), respectively. These trends are discussed in terms of orbital (charge transfer) and electrostatic interactions between pairs of oppositely charged atoms and their variation with the electronic and steric properties of each X substituent throughout the series 1-6.The main interactions which act stabilizing both conformations are: Oδ- SO2...Cδ+CO, Oδ-CO...Sδ+SO2, Xδ-...Cδ+CO, Xδ-...Hδ+CH2, Oδ-CO...Hδ+Ph, Oδ-CO...H\'δ+ Et .However the short contacts between the Oδ-SO2...Oδ-CO and Oδ-CO...Xδ atoms for derivatives 1-6 and 4, 5, respectively, whose interatomic distances are close to the sum of their van der Waals radii are responsible for the strong Repulsive Field Effect which occur in the higher frequency conformer leading to its destabilization relative to the more stable lower frequency conformer. The second part of this thesis deals with the mechanistic and synthetic study of the Baeyer-Villiger oxidative rearrangement of some ortho-substituted α-ethylthioacetophenones bearing at the ortho- position the OMe, F, Cl e Me substituents. These reactions were performed with the peracetic and perselenious acids. The obtained products were analysed through IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The oxidative rearrangement reactions involving the keto-sulfides, keto-sulfoxides and keto-sulfones with perselenious acid gave the ortho-substituted α-ethylsulfonyl-phenylacetate (ester-sulfone) when the o-substituent is the methoxy-group only. However in the case of the o-F, o-Cl and o-Me the keto-sulfones were the unique products obtained without the formation of any rearranged ester-sulfone. As for the oxidation with peracetic acid of both keto-sulfides and keto-sulfoxides, bearing at the ortho-position the same substituents, the obtained ester-sulfone/keto-sulfone proportions are very close between them. In fact the obtained ratio decreases progressively on going from X = OMe (0.5:0.5) to X = F (0.18:0.82), to X = Cl (0.13:0.87) and to X = Me (0.3:0.7). This trend has been ascribed to a progressive decreasing stabilization of the incipient carbocation formed in the transition state of the Baeyer-Villiger reaction once the mesomeric effect (σR) of the ortho-substituent decreases progressively on going from MeO (-0.42) to F (-0.31) to Cl (-0.18) and to Me (-0.13). In the case of oxidation of the keto-sulfones with peracetic acid the unique ester-sulfone obtained was the o-methoxy derivative whose ester-sulfone/keto-sulfone ratio is 0.4/0.6. In fact in the case of the keto-sulfones bearing F, Me and Cl substituents no oxidative rearrangement products have been detected. This comparative study indicated that the keto-sulfide is promptly oxidized to the keto-sulfoxide which undergoes a Baeyer-Villiger rearrangement, through a cyclic intermediate, giving the ester-sulfoxide, which is further oxidized to an ester-sulfone. For the ortho-methoxy α-ethylsulfonylacetophenone (keto-sulfone) which was the only keto-sulfone where the oxidative rearrangement with both the peracetic and perselenious acids took place, a similar cyclic intermediate has been suggested in order to explain the referred rearrangement.

Chiral Baeyer-Villiger (BV) oxidation of cyclic ketones allows rapid access to asymmetric lactones as valuable intermediates in organic chemistry and frequently encountered precursors in enantioselective synthesis. In the first part, BV oxidation of functionalized ketones, especially cyclic &amp / #61537 / -hydroxy and acetoxy ketones is described which could be a straightforward route to the &amp / #61537 / -hydroxy lactones and &amp / #61537 / -hydroxyalkanoic acid derivatives. The &amp / #61537 / -acetoxylation of indanone, tetralone and chromanone derivatives by using Mn(OAc)3 followed by the enzyme catalyzed kinetic resolution of acetoxy ketones gives both of the enantiomers of &amp / #61537 / -acetoxy ketones in good chemical and optical yields. The Bayer-Villiger oxidation of &amp / #61537 / -acetoxy ketones with m-CPBA, CF3SO3H, and CH2Cl2, at rt gives the corresponding lactones without racemization. The phenyl moiety migrates selectively in order to form lactones. The mild hydrolysis of lactones affords phenolic &amp / #61537 / -hydroxycarboxylic acid derivatives. Because of the high importance of pyrrole derivatives which exist in the structure of many natural products possessing biological activity beside their valuable feature of being versatile building blocks in organic synthesis and important starting materials for various synthetic transformations, a convenient method for the synthesis of 1,2,3,5-tetrasubstituted pyrrole derivatives starting from 1,3,-dicarbonyl compounds throuh acid catalyzed cyclization reaction is presented in the second part of the thesis. Alkylation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compound with propargyl bromide followed by one step cyclization with the introduction of primary amines in the presence of catalytic amount of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) affords the corresponding pyrrole derivatives in high yields. The third part of the thesis describes the cyano-phosphorylation of various alkyl and aryl phosphonates in the presence of diethyl cyanophosphonate (DEPC) as the phosphorylating agent under the promotion of the KCN catalyst. Reaction of acyl phosphonates with DEPC forms the phosphonocyanohydrin-O-phosphates which are the important starting materials of quaternary &amp / #945 / -hydroxy carboxylic acid and phosphonate containing &amp / #946 / -aminoalcohol derivatives.

A presente dissertação relata o estudo conformacional das α-etilsulfonilacetofenonas-orto-substituídas o-X-Φ-C(O)CH2SO2Et (X = OMe 1, Me 2, F 3, Cl 4, Br 5 e NO2 6) através do estudo da banda da carbonila no IV em solventes de polaridade crescente, apoiado por cálculos ab initio HF/6-31G**. A comparação entre a freqüência e a intensidade dos componentes do dubleto em tetracloreto de carbono com os dados correspondentes dos cálculos indicaram que o componente de mais alta freqüência corresponde ao confôrmero quasi-cis (anti) para 1 e 3 e quasi-gauche (sin) para 2. Já, nos derivados 4 e 5, o referido componente corresponde aos confôrmeros gauche2 (sin) e no nitro-derivado 6 relaciona-se com o confôrmero gauche2 (conc. 17%). O componente de baixa freqüência do dubleto está relacionado com a conformação mais estável gauche, i.e. gauche(anti) para 1 e 3. e gauche (sin) para 2. Nos derivados 4 e 5 o referido componente refere-se aos confôrmeros gauche1 (anti) e no nitro-derivado 6 corresponde ao confôrmero gauche1 (conc. 83%). Estes dados são discutidos em termos de interações orbitalares (transferência de carga) e eletrostáticas entre pares de átomos com carga oposta e as variações das propriedades eletrônicas e estéricas de cada substituinte em orto. Genericamente, as interações que agem em maior ou menor extensão nas duas conformações mais estáveis da série são: Oδ-SO2...Cδ+CO, Oδ-CO...Sδ+SO2, Xδ-...Cδ+CO, Xδ-...Hδ+CH2, Oδ- CO...Hδ+Ph, Oδ-CO...H\'δ+ Et. Já, os contatos curtos entre Oδ-SO2...Oδ-CO, para os derivados, 1-3 e 6 e entre Oδ-CO...Xδ-,para os derivados 4 e 5, que ocorrem no confôrmero de mais alta freqüência são responsáveis pela desestabilização desta conformação em relação à do confôrmero mais estável de menor freqüência, decorrente do forte Efeito de Campo Repulsivo que ocorre entre átomos de mesma carga cujas distâncias interatômicas são próximas da soma dos raios de van der Waals. Na segunda parte do trabalho efetuou-se um estudo do rearranjo oxidativo de Baeyer-Villiger de α-etiltioacetofenonas-orto-substituídas com os substituintes OMe, F, Me e Cl, através das reações de oxidação desses compostos pelos ácidos peracético e perselenioso. A caracterização dos produtos obtidos nas reações de oxidação foram efetuadas por intermédio de IV e RMN de 1H. No caso das reações de oxidação dos ceto-sulfetos, ceto-sulfóxidos e ceto-sulfonas com dióxido de selênio, houve a ocorrência do rearranjo, ou seja, formação de éster-sulfona, quando o substituinte em orto é o grupo metoxila. Já, com os substituintes o-F, o-Cl e o-Me formam-se somente as ceto-sulfonas correspondentes. No caso da oxidação tanto dos ceto-sulfetos como dos ceto-sulfóxidos com ácido peracético obtêm-se proporções relativas muito próximas para o mesmo substituinte em orto. Adicionalmente, constata-se uma diminuição progressiva da proporção de éster-sulfona/ceto-sulfona de 0,5:0,5 para X = OMe, de 0,3:0,7 para X = F, de 0,18:0,82 para X = Cl e de 0,13:0,87 para X = Me. Este comportamento foi atribuído a uma estabilização decrescente do carbocátion incipiente que se forma no estado de transição da reação de Baeyer-Villiger, uma vez que o efeito mesomérico (σR) do substituinte em orto diminui progressivamente indo-se de OMe (-0,42) a F (-0,31) a Cl (-0,18) e a Me (-0,13). Já, no caso da oxidação das ceto-sulfonas, constata-se a formação do éster-sulfona/ceto-sulfona na proporção 0,40:0,60, somente no caso do orto-metóxi derivado. Este estudo comparativo indicou que o ceto-sulfeto é rapidamente oxidado a ceto-sulfóxido que em seguida sofre o rearranjo oxidativo de Baeyer-Villiger, através de um intermediário cíclico, fornecendo o éster-sulfóxido que em seguida é oxidado a éster-sulfona. No caso da α-etilsulfonil-orto-metoxiacetofenona (ceto-sulfona) onde constatou-se a ocorrência do rearranjo oxidativo a partir tanto do ácido peracético como do perselenioso, um intermediário cíclico análogo foi proposto para justificar o referido rearranjo. / The first part of this thesis reports the conformational study of some -ortho-substituted α-ethylsulfonylacetophenones o-X-PhC(O)CH2SO2Et (X= OMe 1, Me 2, F 3, Cl 4, Br 5 e NO2 6) through the analysis of the carbonyl stretching IR band in solvents of increasing polarity supported by HF/6-31G** ab initio computations. The good match between IR frequencies and intensities of the carbonyl doublet components in carbon tetrachloride and the results of the calculations indicated that the higher frequency component corresponds to the quasi-cis (anti) conformer for derivatives 1 and 3 (conc. 40%) and to the quasi-gauche (syn) conformer for derivative 2 (conc. 30%). For the halogenated derivatives 4 and 5 and for the nitro-derivative 6 the referred component is related to the gauche2 (syn) conformer (conc. 0-20%) and to the gauche2 conformer (conc. 17%), respectively. The lower doublet frequency component is in general related to the most stable gauche conformation., i.e. gauche(anti) for 1 and 3 (conc. 60%) and gauche(syn) (conc. 70%) conformers for 2. For the halogenated derivatives 4 and 5 and the nitro-derivative 6 the referred component is related to the gauche (anti) conformer (conc. 100-80%) and to the gauche1 conformer (conc. 83%), respectively. These trends are discussed in terms of orbital (charge transfer) and electrostatic interactions between pairs of oppositely charged atoms and their variation with the electronic and steric properties of each X substituent throughout the series 1-6.The main interactions which act stabilizing both conformations are: Oδ- SO2...Cδ+CO, Oδ-CO...Sδ+SO2, Xδ-...Cδ+CO, Xδ-...Hδ+CH2, Oδ-CO...Hδ+Ph, Oδ-CO...H\'δ+ Et .However the short contacts between the Oδ-SO2...Oδ-CO and Oδ-CO...Xδ atoms for derivatives 1-6 and 4, 5, respectively, whose interatomic distances are close to the sum of their van der Waals radii are responsible for the strong Repulsive Field Effect which occur in the higher frequency conformer leading to its destabilization relative to the more stable lower frequency conformer. The second part of this thesis deals with the mechanistic and synthetic study of the Baeyer-Villiger oxidative rearrangement of some ortho-substituted α-ethylthioacetophenones bearing at the ortho- position the OMe, F, Cl e Me substituents. These reactions were performed with the peracetic and perselenious acids. The obtained products were analysed through IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The oxidative rearrangement reactions involving the keto-sulfides, keto-sulfoxides and keto-sulfones with perselenious acid gave the ortho-substituted α-ethylsulfonyl-phenylacetate (ester-sulfone) when the o-substituent is the methoxy-group only. However in the case of the o-F, o-Cl and o-Me the keto-sulfones were the unique products obtained without the formation of any rearranged ester-sulfone. As for the oxidation with peracetic acid of both keto-sulfides and keto-sulfoxides, bearing at the ortho-position the same substituents, the obtained ester-sulfone/keto-sulfone proportions are very close between them. In fact the obtained ratio decreases progressively on going from X = OMe (0.5:0.5) to X = F (0.18:0.82), to X = Cl (0.13:0.87) and to X = Me (0.3:0.7). This trend has been ascribed to a progressive decreasing stabilization of the incipient carbocation formed in the transition state of the Baeyer-Villiger reaction once the mesomeric effect (σR) of the ortho-substituent decreases progressively on going from MeO (-0.42) to F (-0.31) to Cl (-0.18) and to Me (-0.13). In the case of oxidation of the keto-sulfones with peracetic acid the unique ester-sulfone obtained was the o-methoxy derivative whose ester-sulfone/keto-sulfone ratio is 0.4/0.6. In fact in the case of the keto-sulfones bearing F, Me and Cl substituents no oxidative rearrangement products have been detected. This comparative study indicated that the keto-sulfide is promptly oxidized to the keto-sulfoxide which undergoes a Baeyer-Villiger rearrangement, through a cyclic intermediate, giving the ester-sulfoxide, which is further oxidized to an ester-sulfone. For the ortho-methoxy α-ethylsulfonylacetophenone (keto-sulfone) which was the only keto-sulfone where the oxidative rearrangement with both the peracetic and perselenious acids took place, a similar cyclic intermediate has been suggested in order to explain the referred rearrangement.

Une attention croissante est portée aux cascades multi enzymatiques pour l’élaboration de procédés de synthèse plus efficaces. Cependant, le contrôle de l’expression hétérologue de plusieurs gènes dans un même hôte s’avère difficile et peut mener à un déséquilibre du flux réactionnel. Pour exploiter au mieux les avantages d’une cascade in vivo, il est nécessaire d’ajuster les activités de chaque étape, et de construire des catalyseurs cellulaires capables de programmer la stœchiométrie des enzymes. Nous avons développé dans ce projet une approche originale pour moduler le ratio de deux enzymes in cellulo en jouant sur le nombre de copies de plasmides par cellule (PCN). Nous avons choisi comme modèle un système autosuffisant associant une Alcool Déshydrogénase (ADH) et une Baeyer-Villiger MonoOxygenase (BVMO), NADP(H)-dépendantes. Plusieurs plasmides recombinants portant les deux gènes ont été conçus et combinés dans E. coli. Les souches de co-expression construites ont été comparées en termes de PCN, de production d’enzymes et d’activité. Nous avons montré l’importance d’un choix judicieux de la combinaison de plasmides ainsi que l’existence d’une corrélation entre ratios d’enzymes et activité. Nos biocatalyseurs s’étendent sur une gamme allant du système inactif à un système affichant un TTN d’environ 6000. Ce système a permis la synthèse de lactones d’intérêt industriel, la dihydrocoumarine et la caprolactone, à partir d’indanol et de cyclohexanol. Enfin, sur ce modèle de combinaison de plasmides, trois nouveaux biocatalyseurs cellulaires, associant l’ADH à diverses BVMOs, ont été créés afin d’élargir la gamme d’esters et de lactones synthétisables à partir d’alcools. / Growing attention is paid to multienzymatic cascades to develop more efficient synthetic processes. However, in in cellulo process, the control of the simultaneous heterologous expression of several genes in the same host is often difficult and can lead to imbalances in the reaction flow. To exploit the benefits of cascades, activities of each step have to be adjusted and thus, cellular biocatalysts capable of programming enzymes stoichiometry have to be constructed. In this work, to modulate the stoichiometry of two enzymes in vivo, we developed an original approach based on the copy number per cell of plasmids (PCN) used as vectors. The PCN is regulated in bacteria by three main mechanisms leading, according to the replicon, to low, medium or high PCN. As proof of concept, we chose a self-sufficient system combining an Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH) and a Baeyer-Villiger MonoOxygenase (BVMO), both NADP(H)-dependent. Several recombinant plasmids harboring both genes were designed and combined in E. coli. Coexpression strains constructed were compared in terms of PCN, enzyme production and activity. We showed the importance of a judicious choice of plasmids combination and the existence of a correlation between enzymes ratios and activity. Our biocatalysts ranged from an inactive system to a system with a TTN of about 6000. This system allowed the synthesis of lactones of industrial interest, dihydrocoumarin and caprolactone, via double oxidation of indanol and cyclohexanol. Finally, based on this plasmids combination model, three new cellular biocatalysts combining ADH with various BVMOs were designed to broaden the range of esters and lactones synthesizable from alcohols.