Carbon-carbon bonds are ubiquitous in synthetic chemistry and constitute the skeletal backbone of a significant number of compounds. Utilizing transition metal mediated catalysis, a wide array of fused and spirocyclic ring systems containing diverse functionalization were accessed. These investigations provide unique ways to prepare carbon frameworks that are otherwise nontrivial to construct using classical approaches. The derivatives were rapidly accessed through optimized methods. / text

This work consists of four separate chapters. Although they are seemingly different projects, they have a common feature - the application of organometallic chemistry. 1. Lusianthridin and denbinobin, the phenanthrene derivatives, can be found in plants of the family Orchidaceae. They exhibit cytostatic activity against cancer of human lung and ovarian and against promyelocytic leukemia. Therefore, new synthetic methods for these substances may be applied in research and development of new bioactive compounds. I prepared 9,10- disubstituted phenanthrenes through reactions of biphenylene with alkynes, which were catalyzed by iridium complexes. Phenanthridine derivatives are found naturally in the group benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids. The most famous of these include sanguinarine and chelerythrine. Sanguinarine selectively induces apoptosis (planned cell death) of human cancer cells and, therefore, is investigated as a potential antitumor agent. Chelerythrine selectively inhibits protein kinase C, leading again to apoptosis. I have studied reactions of biphenylene with nitriles catalyzed by rhodium complexes that have not been described yet. By this, I prepared a series of 6-substituted phenanthridines. 2. Carboranes are artificially prepared organic compounds of boron, which are not represented in...

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