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The Dong research group is interested in harnessing the power of transition metal catalysis to transform simple molecules and reagents (such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen gas, olefins, and C–H and C–O bonds) into valuable products (such as functionalized heterocycles, chiral carbonyl compounds and natural products). This thesis will describe our continual effort to achieve this goal. Part I describes the Pd-catalyzed functionalization of sp2 and sp3 C–H bonds. Carbon monoxide is used as a stoichiometric reductant in the cyclization of diarylnitroalkenes to afford biologically relevant 3-arylindoles and other N-containing heterocycles with carbon dioxide as the only stoichiometric byproduct. Also, an aryl sulfoxide moiety is shown to direct the arylation of sp3 C–H bonds to afford beta-functionalized amides. Part II describes the Ru-catalyzed sp3 C–O bond activation of alkoxypyridines and related heterocycles. In this transformation, an O- to N-alkyl migratory rearrangement occurs to afford N-alkylated pyridones which are structures found in many natural products and pharmaceutical agents. Part III describes our pursuit of metal-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis. Readily available benzylic bromides are carbonylated with carbon monoxide in alcoholic solvent mixtures. The resulting medicinally relevant 2-arylpropionic esters are obtained with moderate to good enantioselectivities. Preliminary results for the asymmetric hydrogenation of gem-diarylethylenes and novel ligand development are also disclosed. Part IV describes our efforts towards the total synthesis of 6-deoxyerythronolide B. Our retrosynthetic analysis of the macrolide antibiotic involves disconnections at the lactone linkage and between C7 and C8. The two equally complex fragments were prepared via reliable aldol, hydroboration, crotylation and redox chemistry. Rather than the typical macrolactonization method to form the 14-membered ring, we propose an alternative strategy where we plan to cyclize with a metal-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis event. Currently, this step is under investigation by other members in the group.

The Dong research group is interested in harnessing the power of transition metal catalysis to transform simple molecules and reagents (such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen gas, olefins, and C–H and C–O bonds) into valuable products (such as functionalized heterocycles, chiral carbonyl compounds and natural products). This thesis will describe our continual effort to achieve this goal. Part I describes the Pd-catalyzed functionalization of sp2 and sp3 C–H bonds. Carbon monoxide is used as a stoichiometric reductant in the cyclization of diarylnitroalkenes to afford biologically relevant 3-arylindoles and other N-containing heterocycles with carbon dioxide as the only stoichiometric byproduct. Also, an aryl sulfoxide moiety is shown to direct the arylation of sp3 C–H bonds to afford beta-functionalized amides. Part II describes the Ru-catalyzed sp3 C–O bond activation of alkoxypyridines and related heterocycles. In this transformation, an O- to N-alkyl migratory rearrangement occurs to afford N-alkylated pyridones which are structures found in many natural products and pharmaceutical agents. Part III describes our pursuit of metal-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis. Readily available benzylic bromides are carbonylated with carbon monoxide in alcoholic solvent mixtures. The resulting medicinally relevant 2-arylpropionic esters are obtained with moderate to good enantioselectivities. Preliminary results for the asymmetric hydrogenation of gem-diarylethylenes and novel ligand development are also disclosed. Part IV describes our efforts towards the total synthesis of 6-deoxyerythronolide B. Our retrosynthetic analysis of the macrolide antibiotic involves disconnections at the lactone linkage and between C7 and C8. The two equally complex fragments were prepared via reliable aldol, hydroboration, crotylation and redox chemistry. Rather than the typical macrolactonization method to form the 14-membered ring, we propose an alternative strategy where we plan to cyclize with a metal-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis event. Currently, this step is under investigation by other members in the group.

The selective transformation of carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds represents an attractive approach and rapidly developing frontier in synthesis. Benefits include step and atom economy, as well as the ubiquitous presence in organic molecules. Advances to this exciting realm of synthesis are described in this thesis with an emphasis on the development of catalytic, selective reactions under mild conditions. Additionally some applications of the methodologies are demonstrated. In Chapter 1, the first examples of inter-and intramolecular enantioselective conjugate alkenylations employing organostannanes are reported. A chiral, cationic Rh(I)-diene complex catalyzed the enantioselective conjugate addition of alkenylstannanes to benzylidene Meldrum’s acids in moderate enantiomeric ratios and yields. Notably, the cationic and anhydrous conditions required for the asymmetric alkenylation are complementary to existing protocols employing other alkenylmetals. In Chapter 2, a domino, one-pot formation of tetracyclic ketones from benzylidene Meldrum’s acids using Sc(OTf)3 via a [1,5]-hydride shift/cyclization/Friedel-Crafts acylation sequence is described. Respectable yields were obtained in accord with the ability to convert to the spiro-intermediate, and considering the formation of three new bonds: one C-H and two C-C bonds. An intriguing carbon-carbon bond cleavage was also serendipitously discovered as part of a competing reaction pathway. In Chapter 3, the pursuit of novel C-H bond transformations led to the development of non-carbonyl-stabilized rhodium carbenoid Csp3-H insertions. This methodology enabled the rapid synthesis of N-fused indolines and related complex heterocycles from N-aziridinylimines. By using a rhodium carboxamidate catalyst, competing processes were minimized and C-H insertions were found to proceed in moderate to high yields. Also disclosed is an expedient total synthesis of (±)-cryptaustoline, a dibenzopyrrocoline alkaloid, which highlights the methodology. In Chapter 4, the Lewis acid promoted substitution of Meldrum’s acid discovered during the course of the domino reaction was explored in detail. The protocol transforms unstrained quaternary and tertiary benzylic Csp3-Csp3 bonds into Csp3-X bonds (X = C, N, H) and has even shown to be advantageous with regards to synthetic utility over the use of alternative leaving groups for substitutions at quaternary benzylic centers. This reaction has a broad scope both in terms of suitable substrates and nucleophiles with good to excellent yields obtained (typically >90%).

L'étude du mécanisme de la réaction d'oxydation de l'éthanol (EOR) a été réalisée sur des électrocatalyseurs bi- et tri-métalliques à base de Pt, Rh et SnO2 sur support carboné à l'aide de méthodes électrochimiques couplées (DEMS, in situ FTIR). Deux importantes problématiques de l'EOR ont été abordées: la déshydrogénation de la molécule d'éthanol et la cassure de sa liaison C-C.L'investigation de certains paramètres expérimentaux, comme l'épaisseur de la couche d'électrocatalyseur, a permis de démontrer q'une couche active épaisse conduit à une meilleure électrooxydation plus complète de l'éthanol en CO2, mais également que l'empoisonnement de l'électrocatalyseur par de très forts adsorbats advient dans l'épaisseur de couche active.Les performances de chaque électrocatalyseur ont été comparées entre elles et ont mis en évidence une meilleure sélectivité de l'EOR sur Pt-Rh-SnO2/C, ainsi que l'engendrement de courants plus élevés à bas potentiel à température ambiante. La tendance est amplifiée à température plus élevée (T = 60 °C). / The study of the ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) mechanism was performed on carbon supported bi- and tri-metallic Pt-, Rh-, SnO2-based electrocatalysts via electrochemical coupled techniques (DEMS, in situ FTIR). Two of the most important issues related to the EOR have been broached: the dehydrogenation of the ethanol molecule and its C-C bond breaking.The investigation of some experimental parameters, such as the thickness of the electrocatalyst layer, enabled demonstrating the better complete ethanol electrooxidation into CO2 for large electrocatalysts layers, combined to the enhanced poisoning effect inside the catalyst layer by very strong adsorbates.The performances of each electrocatalyst were compared and evidenced an improved selectivity of the EOR on Pt-Rh-SnO2/C, as well as the generation of higher currents at low potential at room temperature. The tendency was amplified at elevated temperatures (T = 60 °C).

Durant ma thèse, j'ai recherché les conditions pour l'activation / fonctionnalisation de liaisons C-H pour la construction de bi(hétéro)aryles tolérant des groupement fonctionnels réactifs tels que des silyles, des alcènes, des esters ou encore des amides. Par rapport aux protocoles de couplage classiques tels que les réactions de Suzuki, Stille ou Negishi, la fonctionalisation de liaisons C-H fournit des procédures moins coûteuses et plus écologiques si elle tolère des groupements utiles en synthèse. D'abord, nous avons observé que les thiophènes substitués par des silyles en C2 peuvent être arylés avec des bromures d'aryle sans désilylation en présence du précatalyseur Pd(OAc)2/dppb. Les produits de couplage sont obtenus avec de bons rendements et avec inhibition de la réaction de désilylation. Ensuite, nous avons démontré que le système Pd(OAc)2/KOAc sans ligand phosphine, favorise l'arylation directe des hétéroaromatiques et inhibe la réaction de type Heck avec des thiophenes substitués par des alcènes substituées sur les carbones 2 ou 3. Ensuite, nous avons démontré que les fonctions esters sur les hétéroaromatiques peuvent être avantageusement utilisées comme groupements protecteurs, permettant l'arylation directe d'hétéroaromatiques sur le carbone C5. Enfin, l'heteroarylation directe de 2- ou 4-bromobenzamides avec des hétéroarènes catalysée au palladium a été étudiée. En présence de KOAc comme base, aucune formation de liaisons C-C ou C-N par couplage de deux bromobenzamides n'a été observée. / During my thesis, I focused on condition for the activation / functionalisation of C-H bonds for the construction of biaryl derivatives tolerant to the reactive functional groups such as silyl, alkenes, esters or amides. Compared to classic cross-coupling protocols (Suzuki, Stille or Negishi), C-H bond functionalisation provides a costly effective and environmentally attractive procedures. At first, we observed that the silyl-substituted thiophenes can be directly arylated with aryl bromides without desilylation, using the simple Pd(OAc)2/dppb precatalyst for both conversion and desilylation inhibition. Then, we have demonstrated that the Pd(OAc)2/KOAc catalyst system without phosphine ligand, even using as few as 0.1 mol% of Pd catalyst, promotes the direct arylation of heteroaromatics and inhibits the Heck type reaction with 1,2-disubstituted alkenes. In addition, we demonstrated that easily accessible esters on heteroaromatics can be advantageously employed as blocking groups in the course of the direct arylation of several heteroaromatic derivatives. Finally, the palladium-catalyzed direct heteroarylation of 2- or 4-bromobenzamide with heteroarenes was studied. In the presence of KOAc as the base, no formation of C-N or C-C bonds by coupling of two bromobenzamide was observed.

Les travaux rapportés dans ce mémoire concernent le développement de nouvelles réactions métallo-catalysées pour la création de liaison carbone-hétéroatome et carbone-carbone ainsi que leurs applications à la synthèse de produits biologiquement actifs. La première partie de ce manuscrit est consacrée à l'étude de la réactivité des sucres dans les couplages organométalliques. Des conditions ont été développées pour la création de la liaison C-S entre glycosyl thiols et partenaires arylés. De plus, la création de la liaison carbone azote de glycosyl amines avec des acides boroniques a été étudiée. Les produits synthétisés dans cette première partie ont été évalués pour leur potentiel d'inhibition de la Lectine A chez Pseudomonas aeruginosa, impliquée dans de sévères infections pulmonaires.La seconde partie de ce travail est dédiée à la création d'une série inédite d'analogues du 6BrCaQ, inhibiteurs de la Hsp90 ainsi que leur évaluation biologique. Cette nouvelle série est obtenue grâce à une nouvelle méthodologie de synthèse basée sur l'activation C-H entre un hétérocycle halogéné et son partenaire C-H activable. L'activité antiproliférative et l'inhibition de la Hsp90 ont été évaluées et seront présentées dans ce manuscrit. / The work reported in this dissertation concerns the development of new metal-catalyzed reactions for the creation of carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bonds as well as their applications to the synthesis of biologically active products.The first part of this manuscript is devoted to the study of the reactivity of sugars as nucleophiles in organometallic couplings. Conditions were developed for the creation of the C-S bond between glycosyl thiols and aryl partners. Moreover, the creation of the nitrogen carbon bond of glycosyl amine with boronic acids was studied. The products synthesized in this first part have been evaluated for their potential to inhibit the lectin A, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa related lung infections.The second part of this work is dedicated to the creation of a new series of 6BrCaQ analogues as Hsp90 inhibitors and their biological evaluation. This new series was synthetized through a new CH activation methodology. The antitumoral potential was evaluated and will be presented in this manuscript.

The rapid increase in antibiotic resistance demands the identification of novel antibiotics with novel targets. One potential antibacterial target is the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan cell wall, which is both ubiquitous and necessary for bacterial survival. Both the caprazamycin-related compounds A-90289 and muraminomicin, as well as the capuramycin-related compounds A-503083 and A-102395 are potent inhibitors of the translocase I enzyme, one of the key enzymes required for cell wall biosynthesis. The caprazamycin-related compounds contain a core nonproteinogen b-hydroxy-a-amino acid referred to as 5’-C-glycyluridine (GlyU). Residing within the biosynthetic gene clusters of the aforementioned compounds is a shared open reading frame which encodes a putative serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT). The revelation of this shared open reading frame resulted in the proposal that this putative SHMT catalyzes an aldol-type condensation reaction utilizing glycine and uridine-5’-aldehyde, resulting in the GlyU core. The enzyme LipK involved in A-90289 biosynthesis was used as a model to functionally assign this putative SHMT to reveal its functions as an l-threonine: uridine-5’-aldehyde transaldolases. Biochemical analysis indicates enzymatic activity is dependent upon pyridoxal-5’-phosphate, is non-reactive with alternative amino acids, and produces acetaldehyde as a co-product. Structural characterization of the enzymatic product is consistent with (5’S,6’S)-GlyU indicating that this enzyme orchestrates a C-C bond breaking and formation resulting in two new stereocenters to make a new l-a-amino acid. The same activity was demonstrated for the LipK homologues involved in the biosynthesis of muraminomicin, A-503083, and A-102395. This l-threonine: uridine-5’-aldehyde transaldolase was used with alternative aldehyde substrates to prepare unusual l-a-amino acids, suggesting the potential for exploiting this enzyme to make new compounds.

Durant ma thèse, j’ai recherché des conditions pour l'activation / fonctionnalisation de liaisons C-H pour l’arylation d’hétérocycles viables pour l’industrie. Par rapport aux protocoles de couplage classiques tels que les réactions de Suzuki, Stille ou Negishi, la fonctionalisation de liaisons C-H fournit des procédures moins coûteuses et plus écologiques si elle tolère des groupements utiles en synthèse et si elle utilise des solvants peu ou non toxiques. Nous avons observé que le thiophène peut être arylé en C2 avec de nombreux bromures d'aryle en présence de seulement 0.2 mol% de Pd(OAc)2. Ensuite, nous avons démontré que des solvants de type alcool tels que le pentan-1-ol permet le couplage de thiazoles ou d’imidazoles avec des bromures d’aryle. Ce type de solvant est certainement plus viable pour l’industrie que les solvants usuellement utilisés pour ces couplages tels que le DMF ou le DMAc. Nous avons ensuite montré que certains de ces couplages peuvent même être effectués sans aucun solvant. Finalement, nous avons démontré que de nombreuses fonctions sur des bromopyridines sont tolérées lors de ces couplages, permettant l’accès à des pyridines arylées fonctionnelles utiles pour l’industrie pharmaceutique en une étape. / During my PhD, I searched for industrially viable conditions for activation / functionalization of CH bonds for the arylation of heterocycles. Compared to conventional coupling protocols such as Suzuki, Stille or Negishi reactions, the functionalization of CH bonds provides less costly and more environmentally friendly procedures if it tolerates synthetically useful functional groups and if it uses solvents with little or no toxicity. We observed that thiophene can be arylated at C2 with a wide scope of aryl bromides in the presence of only 0.2 mol% of Pd(OAc)2. Then, we demonstrated that alcoholic solvents such as pentan-1-ol allow the coupling of thiazoles or imidazoles with aryl bromides. This type of solvent is certainly more viable for the industry as the solvents commonly used for these couplings such as DMF or DMAc. We then showed that some of these couplings can even be performed without any solvent. Finally, we have shown that many functions on bromopyridines are tolerated in these couplings, enabling access to arylated functionalized pyridines useful for the pharmaceutical industry in one step.

Les travaux de thèse présentés dans ce manuscrit portent essentiellement sur la préparation, le criblage et l’utilisation des catalyseurs hétérogènes à base de polysaccharides. L’objectif principal du projet de thèse a plus particulièrement consisté à évaluer deux polysaccharides : les alginates et le chitosane en tant que supports renouvelables pour la catalyse hétérogène. Ces deux types de polysaccharides ont des structures et des propriétés physico-chimiques très différentes : les alginates sont connus pour être de bons complexants de métaux di ou trivalents de par la présence des fonctions carboxylates dans leur matrice, le chitosane résulte quant à lui de l’assemblage d’unités N-glucosamine pouvant être facilement modifiées chimiquement.Dans un premier temps, nos travaux ont essentiellement portés sur des catalyseurs bimétalliques Mn+ Pd supportés sur alginate dont nous avons évalué l’activité catalytique dans les réactions de couplage C—C de Mizoroki-Heck, Sonogashira et Suzuki-Miyaura. D’une manière générale, seuls les catalyseurs à base de nanoparticules de palladium ont montré une réactivité intéressante pour la catalyse de la réaction de Suzuki-Miyaura. Par la suite, nous avons également étudié les réactions d’oxydations d’alcools catalysées par du palladium (II) complexé à l’alginate. Cette étude nous a permis d’identifier deux catalyseurs actifs vis-à-vis de l’oxydation d’alcools allyliques et benzyliques.Dans un deuxième temps, nous avons développé de nouveaux ligands de type NHC en vue de les greffer sur la matrice chitosane : un ligand NHC pour les réactions de métathèse d’oléfines, et plusieurs ligands NHC de type pincer CNC pour les réactions de couplage C—C dans l’eau. Bien que les performances catalytiques des systèmes hétérogènes correspondant soient limitées, ces travaux ont conduit à l’élaboration de nouveaux ligands amphiphiles construits autour d’un noyau pyrazine porteurs de quatre ligands carbéniques. Après complexation de métaux tels que le palladium ou l’or, ces systèmes conduisent à des nanocatalyseurs ayant des performances catalytiques intéressantes. Enfin, dans un troisième temps, nous avons développé une nouvelle réaction de cyanation décarboxylante pallado-catalysée permettant de transformer en une étape des acides carboxyliques aromatiques en benzonitriles correspondants. Outre son intérêt synthétique, cette réaction présente un grand intérêt pour le marquage isotopique. / This work describes the preparation, screening and use of heterogeneous catalysts based on polysaccharides. The main goal of our project was to evaluate two polysaccharides: alginates and chitosan as renewable supports for heterogeneous catalysis.Alginates are known to form gels with most di- and multivalent cations due to the presence of the carboxylate functions of their matrix. And chitosan is an attractive polysaccharide for application in catalysis owing to the presence of readily functionalizable amino group and its insolubility in organic solvents.First, our work focused on evaluating the catalytic activity of bimetallic Mn+-Pd catalysts supported on alginate in C—C coupling reactions. Among them, one system demonstrated remarkable catalytic properties for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. Then, the oxidation of alcohols catalyzed by Alginate-Mn+-Pd2+ catalyst was investigated. Two catalysts demonstrated good activity for oxidation of benzylic and allylic alcohol.In a second time, we developed new NHC ligands in order to anchor them on chitosan: two new NHC ligands for olefin metathesis and several NHC pincer CNC ligands for C—C coupling reactions in water. A palladium complex obtained with one our new ligand bearing long alkyl chains showed good activity in the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling in pure water.Finally, a new palladium (II) catalyzed decarboxylative cyanation reaction was investigated. This methodology is the first example of direct conversion of aryl carboxylic acid into the corresponding aryl nitrile. This reaction is well adapted to labeled compound synthesis.