Les réactions multicomposants sont des réactions faisant intervenir au minimum trois composés pour la préparation d'un produit contenant la majeure partie des atomes de départ. Elles constituent l'un des procédés les plus performants en synthèse organique. En diminuant les coûts et les rejets par rapport aux réactions classiques de chimie organique, elles sont également plus économes et plus respectueuses de l'environnement. De plus, en permettant la formation rapide et efficace d'une large librairie de molécules complexes à partir de substrats simples, elles représentent un outil à forte valeur ajoutée dans le domaine pharmaceutique pour l'élaboration de chimiothèques. Face à ces enjeux, le laboratoire a développé en 2006 une réaction multicomposants de type Mannich entre des organozinciques, des amines et des aldéhydes. Cette réaction permet la synthèse efficace d'une variété importante de diarylméthylamines, dont la structure amine α,α-disubstituée est rencontrée dans de nombreux composés d'intérêt pharmacologique.A partir de ces travaux, il a été envisagé d'étendre la réaction multicomposants à la préparation de β-amino esters N-protégés. La réaction a été mise au point à partir d'un acrylate, d'une imine préformée et d'un organozincique aromatique formé in situ dans des conditions de type Barbier. Ces conditions opératoires présentent l'avantage d'éviter l'étape préliminaire de formation de l'organométallique.Par la suite, lors d'essais portant sur le développement d'une réaction à quatre composants entre un aldéhyde, un sulfonamide, un acrylate et un halogénure aromatique, nous avons observé, lorsque le manganèse est utilisé comme réducteur du bromure de cobalt, la formation majoritaire d'un diarylméthylsulfonamide résultant d'une nouvelle réaction à trois composants entre l'aldéhyde, l'amine primaire et le dérivé halogéné. Les conditions opératoires ont donc été optimisées afin de synthétiser de nombreuses diarylméthylsulfonamides.Enfin, en se basant sur la différence de réactivité des deux atomes de brome d'un composé dibromé, il a été envisagé la synthèse en deux étapes d'indolines en partant de bromure de benzyle ortho-bromé, par l'intermédiaire d'une réaction de Mannich benzylique puis une seconde étape d'amination aromatique intramoléculaire, catalysée au palladium. / Multicomponent reactions are processes in which at least three starting materials react together to form a product containing most of the starting atoms. They constitute one of the most efficient processes in synthetic organic chemistry. They are also more economical and environmentally friendly than classic organic reactions. Moreover, since they allow a straightforward access to large libraries of compounds containing the same core unit, they represent a valuable tool for pharmaceutical industries, especially for high-throughput screening. In 2006, the laboratory developed a Mannich-type multicomponent reaction between aromatic organozinc compounds, aldehydes and secondary amines allowing the efficient preparation of diarylmethylamines. These structures, and more generally the α,α-disubstituted amine core unit, are found in a large range of compounds displaying diverse pharmacological properties. On the basis of this work, it was planned to extend the reaction to other families of compounds, N-protected β-amino esters and diarylmethylsulfonamides. In the first part of this work, a range of β-amino esters have been prepared starting from in situ-generated aromatic organometal compounds (Barbier-like conditions), acrylates and preformed sulfonylimines. These conditions present the advantage to avoid the pre-formation of the organometallic compound. Thereafter, during tests pertaining to the development of a four component reaction between an aldehyde, a sulfonamide, an acrylate and an aromatic halide, it was observed the major formation of diarylmethylsulfonamide resulting from the three-component reaction between the aldehyde, the primary amine and the halide, when manganese is used as the reducer of cobalt bromide. The experimental conditions were thus optimized in order to synthesize many diarylmethylsulfonamides.Lastly, based on the difference of reactivity between benzylic and aromatic C-Br bonds, it was described the two-step synthesis of various 1,2-substituted indolines starting from ortho-brominated benzyl bromide by means of a benzylic Mannich-like reaction followed by palladium-catalyzed intramolecular amination of the aromatic ring

Abdominal aortic aneurysms are a leading cause of death in the U.S. where 14,000 people die from aneurysm rupture and 178,000 are diagnosed each year. A novel alternative treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms has been proposed, where a biodegradable polymer scaffold is photopolymerized in situ around the exterior of the aneurysm. This scaffold will mechanically constrain the aneurysm from further expansion, and will deliver a drug, doxycycline, to treat the underlying biological cause of the disease. In order for device development, a suitable polymer must be designed with appropriate mechanical properties, degradation rate, polymerization, and elution rate. Poly(β-amino ester) networks have been proposed as the material of choice; however, many of their structure-property relationships have yet to be determined. Therefore, the overall goal of this work is to determine the structure-property relationships of the poly(β-amino ester) networks in order to advance the design of the treatment, and has been divided into three objectives: (1) understand the structure-property relationships of poly(β-amino ester) networks, specifically the polymerization, degradation rate, and thermo-mechanical properties, (2) determine the impact of doxycycline incorporation on degradation rate and mechanical properties, (3) evaluate the effect of simulated physiological conditions on degradation rate and mechanical properties. In the initial chapters, the fundamental structure-property relationships are established between reactant chemical structure, step-growth polymerization, photopolymerization, thermo-mechanical properties, and degradation rate using a systematic approach of two homologous series of reactants. Further tailoring of degradation rate, water content, and modulus in vitro was performed by using a copolymer network. Doxycycline inhibited photopolymerization due to overlapping absorbance spectra with the photoinitiator, but full network formation occurred by increasing the photoinitiator concentration. Networks displayed varying controlled release rates, and the underlying release mechanism was determined for each network using established methods. In order to increase mechanical properties, a co-monomer, methyl methacrylate, was added to the network to increase the glass transition temperature, toughness, and deformation capacity. These co-networks displayed temporal-control of mechanical properties in simulated physiological conditions, since degradation caused a shift in the glass transition temperature, which changed the mechanical behavior of the network. The temporal-control of mechanical properties was further investigated under degradation conditions in vitro and in vivo. Due to the mechanically active loading environment in vivo, networks displayed a decrease in toughness, yet maintained mechanical properties similar to native biological tissues. These networks establish a multifunctional biomaterials platform with materials that can be easily synthesized, photopolymerized into various geometries, and sustain mechanical properties while undergoing degradation and therapeutic agent release.