Oxygen and Nitrogen containing compounds are of utmost importance due to their interesting and diverse biological activities. The construction of the C-O and C–N bonds is of significance as it opens avenues for the introduction of ether and amine linkages in organic molecules. Despite significant advancements in this field, the construction of C-O and C–N bonds is still a major challenge for organic chemists, due to the involvement of harsh reaction conditions or the use of expensive catalysts or ligands in many cases. Thus, it is a challenge to develop alternative, milder, cheaper and more reproducible methodologies for the construction of these types of bonds. Herein, we introduce a new efficient ligand free catalytic system for C-O and C-N bond formation reactions.

The first section of this dissertation (Chapter I-III) describes the development of new methodologies for the rhodium catalyzed C-N bond formation between sp3 hybridized carbon atom of phenyl substituted alpha-lactams and the nitrogen atom of indole derivatives. Phenyl substituted alpha-lactams generated in situ from the corresponding alpha-bromoamides reacted with indoles in the presence of rhodium catalyst to afford the ring opening products of alpha-lactams. The scope of this methodology was extended to various types of indole derivatives including electron donating and withdrawing substituents. Furthermore, a series of functionalized phenyl substituted alpha-lactams generated in situ reacted with indole to assess the viability of this methodology. The developed method provides an atom-economical approach for the formation of substituted alpha-amino amides in good to excellent yields. The main goal of the research described in the second section (Chapter IV-VII) is the synthesis of the corannulene-based molecular receptors with polar tethers and their immobilization on silica gel. First, we have considered a preparation of bis-corannulenoanthracene, formally possessing the pentacene core as a potential precursor for a series of barrelene based bis-corannulene receptors with polar groups. Bis-corannulenoanthracene was synthesized by the double Diels-Alder cycloaddition of isocorannulenofuran with bis-benzyne precursor, followed by deoxygenation of the endoxide adducts. While bis-corannulenoanthracene is stable enough to be isolated and stored, its pentacene core undergoes facile cycloaddition with maleic anhydride to afford bis-corannulene molecular receptor with the barrelene tether adorned with the anhydride moiety. The 1H NMR titration experiments carried out in chlorobenzene-d5 proved the high binding affinity of the receptor toward C60. In addition, the presence of polar anchors on its tether allowed for its deposition on silica gel through the (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane linker.

The catalysis reaction performance, such as yield, is very crucial in organic chemistry. And predicting the reaction yield is still very challenging. In this thesis, machine learning is used to predict the reaction yield in a C–N cross-coupling approach. The reaction data are from the high-throughput experimental data with four variables: reactants, Pd catalysts, additives, and bases. Each reaction data will give the corresponding yield. The data are from the literature, which has been uploaded. The total data number used in machine learning is 7910. The method mainly consists of four steps. First, load the csv data and import modules. Second, encode data with molecular fingerprint or one-hot encoding. The data will be normalized if there is need. Third, split the dataset into train and test set with the size ratio of 7/3 or 8/2. Fourth, use six machine learning models to learn the data and evaluate their performance. Then, compare the prediction yield of the test set. The accuracy in prediction (RMSE value and R-squared) and running time will be considered for evaluation. By comparing the RMSE and R-squared values of different models, we can decide which one has better performance and better fitting results. Improved reaction performance, or high-performance catalysts and their characteristics may be obtained.

À la lumière du changement climatique et de l'épuisement des réserves de combustibles fossiles, l'innovation dans les technologies énergétiques vertes et durables devient un défi crucial. La fabrication de produits chimiques consomme de grandes quantités d'énergie et est responsable d'une part importante des émissions mondiales de carbone. Dans ce contexte, l'électrosynthèse, alimentée par de l'électricité renouvelable, peut remplacer de nombreux procédés thermochimiques industriels pour générer des carburants, des produits chimiques et des engrais. Plutôt que de nous concentrer sur des domaines qui ont reçu beaucoup d'attention ces dernières années (par exemple, l'électrolyse de l'eau et la réduction du CO2), nous avons exploré les domaines émergents de l'électrosynthèse hétérogène pour lesquels il existe un besoin substantiel. Dans le chapitre 3, nous soulignons l'importance de concevoir des électrocatalyseurs avec des sites actifs bien définis. Nous rapportons l'utilisation de la chimie réticulaire pour concevoir un système de modèle électrocatalytique à base d'organo-métallique conducteur avec des sites actifs moléculaires M-O4 pour l'oxydation électrochimique du 5-hydroxyméthylfurfural (HMFOR). L'activité des MOF portant des sites actifs Ni-O4 (Ni-CAT) et Co-O4 (Co-CAT) a été analysée avec des techniques spectroscopiques électrochimiques et operando pour élucider le mécanisme de réaction se produisant à la surface. Les expériences électrochimiques révèlent que le Co-CAT a un potentiel d'apparition plus précoce pour activer le HMFOR, par rapport à la plupart des catalyseurs établis, tandis que le Ni-CAT présente une cinétique plus rapide pour la conversion du 5-hydroxyméthylfurfural (HMF) en acide 2,5-furandicarboxylique (FDCA) . Nous avons déterminé que Ni-CAT atteignait des rendements de FDCA (notre molécule cible) de 98,7 %. L'efficacité faradique peut atteindre 86,8% d'efficacité faradique. La spectroscopie infrarouge indique le HMF avec un groupe aldéhyde lié à la surface comme intermédiaire clé dans le cycle catalytique, qui se forme une fois que l'oxydation M (II \ III) se produit. Ce travail illustre l'avantage d'utiliser des sites actifs moléculairement définis couplés à la spectroscopie operando pour fournir des informations fondamentales sur une variété de réactions électrosynthétiques et ouvrir la voie à la conception future de catalyseurs. Suite à ce projet, nous nous sommes tournés vers l'utilisation d'un réacteur à membrane sélective pour l'hydrogène afin d'explorer de nouveaux concepts de réaction et de catalyseurs. La clé ici était d'utiliser une feuille de Pd comme matériau qui réduisait les protons en *H dans un compartiment aqueux et transférait l'hydrogène dans un compartiment organique où il hydrogénait le réactif de choix. À l'aide d'un réacteur à membrane, nous avons pu séparer physiquement la réduction électrochimique de l'hydrogène et la chimie de l'hydrogénation d'une manière qui contournait l'utilisation du gaz H2 qui serait autrement nécessaire. Nous choisissons comme point de départ un produit chimique produit industriellement en excès, l'acétonitrile. Le réacteur à membrane Pd est appliqué pour hydrogéner complètement la liaison C≡N de l'acétonitrile. Avec succès, nous avons obtenu de l'ammoniac et de l'acétaldéhyde comme produits de réaction à un potentiel de début record de 0,4 V vs Ag/AgCl. Enfin, en concevant soigneusement une cellule spectroélectrochimique unique, nous avons pu effectuer des mesures spectroscopiques infrarouges pour visualiser le processus de réaction dans la membrane Pd et par conséquent proposé un mécanisme unique de réaction d'hydrolyse de l'imine (Chapitre 4). Dans le chapitre 5, nous choisissons d'innover dans un domaine émergent : la formation de liaisons électrochimiques C-N à partir de réactifs de petites molécules (par exemple CO2, NH3). Le mécanisme conventionnel de formation de liaisons électrochimiques C-N est basé sur le CO2RR électrochimique. Dans ce chapitre, nous proposons une stratégie orthogonale pour activer simultanément le CO2 et les N-réactifs en appliquant respectivement des impulsions de potentiel négatives et positives. Les nanoparticules de Cu sont utilisées comme catalyseur modèle, le CO2 agit comme réactif C et le NH3 agit comme réactif N pour le couplage C-N. Dans des conditions optimisées dans lesquelles la couverture *NH2 est maintenue à l'état stable tandis que Cu reste métallique, l'électrolyse pulsée augmente à la fois le taux de formation et la sélectivité des produits C-N urée, formamide et acétamide de 3 à 20 fois. En étendant le champ d'application à des réactifs C et N supplémentaires, ainsi qu'au couplage C-S, cette nouvelle approche démontre davantage sa valeur générale en électrosynthèse. / In light of climate change and depleting fossil fuel reserves, innovating green and sustainable energy technologies becomes a critical challenge. Chemical manufacturing consumes large amounts of energy and is responsible for a substantial portion of global carbon emissions. Against this backdrop, electrosynthesis, powered by renewable electricity, can replace many industrial thermochemical processes to generate fuels, chemicals, and fertilizers. Rather than focusing on areas that have received much attention in recent years (e.g. water electrolysis and CO2 reduction), we explored emerging areas within heterogeneous electrosynthesis for which there is a substantial need. In chapter 3, we highlight the importance of designing electrocatalysts with well defined active sites. We report the use of reticular chemistry to design a conductive metal organic framework-based electrocatalytic model system with molecular M-O4 active sites for electrochemical oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMFOR). The activity of MOFs bearing Ni-O4 (Ni-CAT) and Co-O4 (Co-CAT) active sites were analyzed with electrochemical and operando spectroscopic techniques to elucidate the reaction mechanism occurring on the surface. Electrochemical experiments reveal that Co-CAT has an earlier onset potential for enabling HMFOR, relative to most established catalysts, while the Ni-CAT shows faster kinetics for the conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). We determined that Ni-CAT achieved FDCA (our target molecule) yields of 98.7% yield. The faradic efficiency can reach out to 86.8% faradic efficiency. Infrared spectroscopy points to HMF with a surface-bound aldehyde group as the key intermediate in the catalytic cycle, which forms once the M(II\III) oxidation occurs. This work illustrates the advantage of utilizing molecularly defined active sites coupled with operando spectroscopy to provide fundamental insights into a variety of electrosynthetic reactions and pave the way for future catalyst design. Following this project, we turned to the use of a hydrogen-selective membrane reactor to explore more new reaction and catalysts concepts. The key here was using a Pd foil as a material that reduced protons to *H at an aqueous compartment and transferred the hydrogen through to an organic compartment where it hydrogenated the reactant of choice. Using a membrane reactor, we could physically separate electrochemical hydrogen reduction and hydrogenation chemistry in a manner that circumvented the use of H2 gas as would otherwise be necessary. We choose a chemical that is industrially produced in excess, acetonitrile, as a starting point. The Pd membrane reactor is applied to fully hydrogenate the C≡N bond of acetonitrile. Successfully, we obtained ammonia and acetaldehyde as reaction products at a record onset potential of 0.4 V vs Ag/AgCl. Finally, by carefully designing a unique spectroelectrochemical cell, we were able to carry out infrared spectroscopic measurements to visualize the reaction process in Pd-membrane and consequently proposed a unique imine-hydrolysis reaction mechanism (Chapter 4). In Chapter 5, we choose to innovate in an emerging area: electrochemical C-N bond formation from small molecule reactants (e.g. CO2, NH3). The conventional electrochemical C-N bond formation mechanism is based on electrochemical CO2RR. In this chapter, we propose an orthogonal strategy to simultaneously activate CO2 and N-reactants by applying negative and positive potential pulses, respectively. Cu nanoparticles are used as a model catalyst, CO2 acts as the C-reactant, and NH3 acts as the N-reactant for C-N coupling. Under optimized conditions in which *NH2 coverage is maintained at steady state while Cu remains metallic, pulsed electrolysis increases both the rate of formation and the selectivity of the C-N products urea, formamide and acetamide by 3-20 times. By extending the scope to additional C- and N-reactants, as well as C-S coupling, this new approach further demonstrates its general value in electrosynthesis.

Development of C–N bond formation chemistry is a continuing field of study. Recently copper based Chan-Evans-Lam cross-coupling was discovered, and although our understanding of the mechanism has grown, there are still many unanswered questions to be explored. Herein, we set out to develop a series of copper complexes that can stabilize different oxidation states in an attempt to probe how this impacts the mechanism. Initially complexes of copper(II) with 1,10 phenanthroline (phen) and related ligands were generated for use with CEL coupling. The complexes were probed electrochemically and photophysically and found that the 4,5-diazafluorenone complex 4 had a Cu2+/Cu+ potential +1.1 V relative to phen. We observed that the copper complex 4, which stabilize the Cu+, gave the greatest yield of the desired product. Following this study, we aimed to synthesize novel N-heterocyclic carbene copper complexes, which could better stabilize the copper(II) and copper(III) states. Several ligands and derivatives were synthesized, and copper(II) complexes were made using Cu(OAc)2 as a direct metalation agent. This complex was characterized via several spectroscopic methods and it was found to be a copper(II) complex. Initially this complex was thought to be relatively air stable but it was found to slowly decomposed to a novel di-copper bis-imidazolium complex over the course of 96 hours. While the identity of some of the intermediates are unknown, crystals of a potential end point were grown. A series of preliminary C–N coupling reactions show that the NHC copper(II) complexes are possible catalysts in alcoholic solvents.

To achieve a sustainable use of energy we must increase our use of renewable energysources, biogas if one such source. One of the greatest potentials for biogas are in theagricultural sector and the Energy Agency calculates that 25% of the available manurecan be used for biogas production. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute withknowledge of co-digestion of manure and how this affects the methane potential andhow co-digestion affects the contents of NH4 in the sludge. The report includes a literature study to understand the digestion process and its partsand allows interpretation of data. The report includes analysis of data from HalmstadUniversitys experiment of anaerobic digestion and an additional digestion. The resultsobtained in this study shows that the effect of co-digestion varies depending on manure.Horse and chicken manure and beef and pig manure gives a positive effect to the codigestion.

The liquid carbon accounting balance in the soil is important to identify agricultural practices that contribute to mitigation of global climate change. In this sense, research must be conducted to improve the accuracy of estimates of emission rates and C sequestration in field experiments to quantify the actual capacity of the soil to accumulate C and how much can be reissued to the atmosphere as CO2 by changes in soil management. This work is divided into two chapters, aims to investigate the relationship between tillage systems and types of wastes in emissions of C-CO2 and C sequestration potential. The study was conducted in plots making up the experiment "Influence of tillage and crop rotation on yield and profitability of crops", installed in 1985, located in the current Central Cooperative Gaucha LTDA Technology (CCGL-tec) former Foundation Experimentation and Research Center Fecotrigo (FUNDACEP), in Cruz Alta - RS. The first study evaluated the flow of C-CO2 for 125 days from November 2013 to March 2015, using dynamic closed flow chamber with infrared analyzer (LI-8100), combining tillage and conventional tillage (PC) reduced tillage (PR) and no tillage (NT) with different types of land cover. In the second combined if the cumulative flows of C-CO2 that period with the decomposition of crop residues of oat (Avena strigosa Schreber), common vetch (Vicia sativa (L.) Walp.) and the consortium of the same. The results indicated that in clayey Oxisol, in the absence of plant residues, the breakdown of households by tillage in PR and PC had limited increase in outflows of C-CO2. Soil moisture was the variable that best explains the variations of C-CO2 efflux for PR and NT cropping systems. The decay of outflows until reaching the lower phase and stable efflux differ among tillage systems, persisting in the PC until the end of the first month in PR until about 20 days after preparation and NT up to 7 days after sowing. Of the C-CO2 emissions from waste, the first 10 days after soil management were responsible for issuing the largest amount, especially in the PC ER waste with 445.0 kg ha-1 (19.4%) in PR AV+ER waste with 889.9 kg ha-1 (29.6%) and NT the ER waste with 384.9 kg ha-1 (24.5%). The type of coverage has an effect on the flow of C-CO2, with an increase of them as decreased the C/N waste to the PC and PR. In NT the portion with waste ER smaller C/N, was not significantly different PC and PR higher C/N, being less sensitive to variations of the C/N ratios. The time in which the soil acts as a sink for C-CO2 PC was 43, 40 and 10 days for waste AV, AV+ER and ER, respectively, from these periods the soil began to act as a source of C-CO2 into the atmosphere. In NT the influx of C-CO2 into the AV persisted until the end of the experiment, AV+ER and ER to the first 86 and 44 days respectively. Independent crop residue NT partial balance of C-CO2 in the soil was positive, with greater influx to the waste of AV, intermediate for the AV+ER consortium and less to the ER, with C the conversion rates of 24.8, 13.9 and 11.4% for waste AV, AV+ER and ER, respectively. In PC soil acts as C drain only when submitted to management with AV C with the conversion rate of 16.4%, in other managements soil served as a source of C-CO2 into the atmosphere with 103.7 and efflux 105.5% relative to the total C added to the residue consortium AV+ER and ER, respectively. / A contabilidade liquida do balanço de carbono no solo, tem como relevância a identificação de práticas agrícolas que contribuam para mitigação das mudanças climáticas globais. Neste sentido, pesquisas devem ser conduzidas visando melhorar a precisão das estimativas das taxas de emissão e sequestro de C em experimentos de campo, para quantificar a capacidade real do solo em acumular C e o quanto poderá ser reemitido para atmosfera na forma de CO2 por mudanças no manejo do solo. Este trabalho, dividido em dois capítulos, tem por objetivo investigar as relações entre sistemas de preparo e tipos de resíduos vegetais nas emissões de C-CO2 e no potencial de sequestro de C. O trabalho foi desenvolvido em parcelas que constituem o experimento "Influência do preparo do solo e da rotação de culturas sobre o rendimento e a rentabilidade das culturas", instalado em 1985, situado na atual Cooperativa Central Gaucha LTDA, Tecnologia (CCGL-tec), antiga Fundação Centro de Experimentação e Pesquisa Fecotrigo (FUNDACEP), no município de Cruz Alta RS. O primeiro estudo avaliou o efluxo de C-CO2 durante 125 dias no período de novembro de 2013 a março de 2015, utilizando câmara de fluxo fechado dinâmica com analisador infravermelho (LI-8100), combinando sistemas de preparo, plantio convencional (PC), preparo reduzido (PR) e plantio direto (PD) com diferentes tipos de cobertura do solo. No segundo combinaram-se os efluxos acumulados de C-CO2 desse período com a dinâmica de decomposição de resíduos culturais de aveia preta (Avena strigosa Schreber), ervilhaca comum (Vicia sativa (L.) Walp.) e o consórcio das mesmas. Os resultados indicaram que em Latossolo argiloso, na ausência de resíduos vegetais, a ruptura dos agregados pelo preparo do solo em PR e PC teve limitado incremento nos efluxos de C-CO2. A umidade do solo foi a variável que melhor explicou as variações do efluxo de C-CO2 para os sistemas de cultivo PR e PD. O decaimento dos efluxos até alcançar a fase de menor e estável efluxo diferiu entre os sistemas de preparo, persistindo no PC até o final do primeiro mês, em PR até cerca de 20 dias após o preparo e em PD até 7 dias após a semeadura. Do total de C-CO2 emitido pelos resíduos, os primeiros 10 dias após o manejo do solo foram responsáveis por emitir a maior quantidade, destacando-se em PC os resíduos de ER com 445,0 kg ha-1 (19,4%), em PR os resíduos de AV+ER com 889,9 kg ha-1 (29,6%) e em PD os resíduos de ER com 384,9 kg ha-1 (24,5%). O tipo de cobertura exerceu influência sobre o efluxo de C-CO2, com aumento dos mesmos à medida que decresceu a relação C/N dos resíduos para o PC e PR. Em PD a parcela com resíduos de ER de menor relação C/N, não diferiu estatisticamente do PC e PR de maior relação C/N, mostrando-se menos sensível as variações das relações C/N. O tempo em que o solo atuou como dreno de C-CO2 em PC foi de 43, 40 e 10 dias, para os resíduos de AV, AV+ER e ER, respectivamente, a partir desses períodos o solo passou a atuar como fonte de C-CO2 para a atmosfera. Em PD o influxo de C-CO2 para a AV persistiu até o final do experimento, para AV+ER e ER até os primeiros 86 e 44 dias respectivamente. Em PD independente do resíduo cultural o balanço parcial de C-CO2 no solo foi positivo, com maior influxo para os resíduos da AV, intermediário para o consorcio AV+ER e menor para a ER, com taxas de conversão do C de 24,8, 13,9 e 11,4% para os resíduos de AV, AV+ER e ER, respectivamente. Em PC o solo atuou como dreno de C somente quando submetido ao manejo com AV com taxa de conversão do C de 16,4%, nos demais manejos o solo atuou como fonte de C-CO2 para a atmosfera com efluxo de 103,7 e 105,5% em relação ao C total adicionado pelos resíduos para o consorcio AV+ER e ER, respectivamente.

Les travaux rapportés dans ce mémoire concernent le développement de nouvelles réactions métallo-catalysées pour la création de liaison carbone-hétéroatomes ainsi que leurs applications à la synthèse d’inhibiteurs de la protéine de choc thermique 90.Au cours de ce travail, l’étude de la réactivité d’hétérocycles de type quinoxalinones et N-aminoazoles vis-à-vis du couplage de Buchwald-Hartwig a été réalisée. Des conditions ont ainsi pu être développées pour créer la liaison carbone-azote entre des 3-chloroquinoxalinones et des partenaires nucléophiles azotés (amides, azoles…) afin de construire une bibliothèque d’analogues du 6BrCaQ en série quinoxalinone. Par ailleurs, la création de la liaison carbone-azote de motifs N-aminoazoles avec des partenaires hétérocycliques halogénés (coumarines, quinoléines…) ou aromatiques halogénés a été étudiée. Celle-ci a permis l’accès à une chimiothèque d’analogues du 6BrCaQ ainsi que le développement du couplage permettant la mono- ou di-substitutions des motifs N-aminoazoles.Dans le dernier chapitre de ce manuscrit, la création de la liaison carbone-soufre en série glycosidique métallo-catalysés (Pd et Ni) entre des thioglycosides et divers aglycones électrophiles (halogénures (hétéro)aromatiques, vinyliques et acétyleniques) a été examiné. Tous les composés obtenus lors de ce travail sont en cours d’évaluation biologique. / The development of new metal-catalyzed reactions to form carbon-heteroatom bonds have been studied in order to access to hsp90 inhibitors. For this purpose, reactivity of various 3-chloroquinoxalinone have been explored towards Pd-catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig reaction with nitrogen nucleophiles (amides, azoles…) which allow access to a serie of 6BrCaQ analogues. In the same objective, the reactivity of N-aminoazole moieties in a Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling reaction has been also performed. This methodology led to the synthesis of new 6BrCaQ analogues. Moreover, conditions have been defined to access mono- or di-arylated N-aminoazoles structures starting from aryl chlorides. Finally, reactivity studies on metal-catalyzed carbon-sulfur bond forming reaction between thioglycosides as new nucleophiles partners with various aglycon halides ((hetero)aromatics, alkenyls and alkynyls halides) have been performed. Thanks to a nickel- or a palladium-catalysis, we have been able to introduce these thiosugars on various electrophiles partners and complex molecules. Thioglycosylated 6BrCaQ has been thus obtained.Biological evaluations of new synthesized compounds are currently in progress.

Les travaux rapportés dans ce mémoire concernent le développement de la réactivité de N-tosylhydrazones dans la création de liaisons carbone-carbone et carbone-azote ainsi que leurs applications à la synthèse des analogues de l’isocombrétastatine A-4 (isoCA-4), aux propriétés antivasculaires.Au cours de ce travail, des molécules de type 1,1-diaryléthylène furent synthétisées par un couplage pallado-catalysé entre des N-tosylhydrazones et des aryles halogénés. Ainsi, des oléfines polysubstituées avec un motif alcoxyle, analogues de l’isoCA-4, ont présenté des activités biologiques intéressantes. De même, les N-tosylhydrazones constituent des intermédiaires pour la synthèse de 1,5-énynes aromatiques. La cyclisation de ces derniers a pu être contrôlée selon la nature du catalyseur utilisé. En effet, en présence de l’or comme catalyseur, une cyclisation 6-endo-dig majoritaire est obtenue alors qu’en présence du palladium, une cyclisation 5-exo-dig exclusive est observée. Cette méthode permettrait de synthétiser des analogues contraints de l’isoCA-4. Le couplage réducteur, catalysé au cuivre, entre des N-tosylhydrazones et des amines et conduisant à des motifs arylalkylamines fut développé. Enfin, un processus cascade entre des 2’-halogéno-biaryl- N-tosylhydrazones et des amines fournit des dérivés du fluorène par la création d’une liaison CN et d’une liaison CC sur le même atome carbénique. / This manuscript reports the development of new metal-catalyzed reactions using N-tosylhydrazones as coupling partners for the creation of carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bonds. These reactions are applied in the synthesis of analogues of isocombretastatine A-4 (isoCA-4), a vascular disrupting agent.First, a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between N-tosylhydrazones and aryl halides was developed. By this means, polysubstituted olefins with an alkoxy motif were synthesized and presented good biological activities. Then, aromatic 1,5-enynes were synthesized by a multi-step approach using N-tosylhydrazones as intermediates. The regioselectivity of the cyclisation of these enynes was controlled depending on the reaction conditions. Under gold catalysis, a major 6-endo-dig cyclisation pattern leads to naphthalene derivatives while under palladium catalysis; an exclusive 5-exo-dig cyclisation furnishes benzofulvène derivatives. Conformationnally restricted isoCA-4 analogues could be synthesized by applying this method. A copper-catalyzed reductive coupling between N-tosylhydrazones and amines leading to -branched amine derivatives was also developed. Finally, a cascade reaction between 2’-halo-biaryl-N-tosylhydrazones and amines furnished fluoren scaffold by the formation of CC and CN bonds on the same carbenic atom.

Esse trabalho buscou avaliar a possibilidade de utilização do glicerol como fonte de carbono para a desnitrificação conjunta à remoção biológica de fósforo de um efluente sintético em um reator de fluxo contínuo submetido à aeração intermitente e com biomassa suspensa. O regime operacional do reator foi dividido em duas fases: a primeira visando somente a remoção de nitrato, testando diferentes relações Carbono/Nitrogênio (C/N) em Tempo de Detenção Hidráulica (TDH) de 4 horas; e a segunda visando a remoção de nitrato e fosfato com períodos de aeração e não aeração de 2 e 4 horas respectivamente, para uma relação Carbono/Fósforo de 10 ± 1. Na primeira fase operacional foram testadas 3 relações C/N, a saber: 1,2 ± 0,1; 1,5 ± 0,1 e 1,8 ± 0,2. Para a relação C/N de 1,8 ± 0,2 foi possível atingir uma maior eficiência de desnitrificação com uma maior estabilidade operacional - 91 ± 8%. Para a segunda fase de operação que apresentou relação C/N de 3,5 ± 0,2, a desnitrificação foi completa na maior parte do tempo com 99 ± 2% de eficiência de remoção de NOx (nitrato mais nitrito), indicando que a desnitrificação com glicerol é favorecida para relações C/N mais altas. Não foi evidenciado uma remoção biológica de fósforo expressiva (9 ± 12%), indicando que não houve desenvolvimento dos organismos acumuladores de fósforo (OAPs), uma vez que a liberação de fosfato durante a fase não aerada não ocorreu. Isso pode ser explicado pela falta de ácidos graxos voláteis (AGV), que seriam provenientes da degradação anaeróbia do glicerol, sendo a maior parte desse consumida na desnitrificação. Portanto, o teor de nitrato pode ter sido um fator de impedimento ao desenvolvimento dos OAPs. Pelos ensaios de microscopia óptica foi observado a presença de bactérias filamentosas semelhantes às do gênero Beggiatoa, que também podem ter consumido parte dos substratos da fermentação do glicerol. Por essas razões, sugere-se avaliar outras configurações de reatores de modo a promover uma efetiva fermentação do glicerol previamente ao sistema de remoção de fósforo. / This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of glycerol as a carbon source for denitrification and biological phosphorus removal of a synthetic wastewater in a continuous flow reactor with suspended biomass and subjected to intermittent aeration. The reactor operation was divided in two phases: the first one aimed only at removing nitrate, testing different C/N (Carbon/Nitrogen) ratios at an HRT (Hydraulic Retention Time) of 4 hours; and the second one aimed at the removal of nitrate and phosphate. During the second phase, the reactor was subjected to periods of aeration and non-aeration of 2 and 4 hours, respectively, for a C/P (Carbon/Phosphorus) ratio of 10 ± 1. In the first operational phase, three C/N ratios were tested, as follows: 1.2 ± 0.1; 1.5 ± 0.1 and 1.8 ± 0.2. For the C/N ratio of 1.8 ± 0.2, it was possible to achieve higher denitrification efficiency with greater operational stability - 91 ± 8%. For the second operational phase, with the C/N ratio of 3.5 ± 0.2, the denitrification was complete most of the time presenting 99 ± 2% of NOx (nitrate and nitrite) removal efficiency, indicating that the denitrification with glycerol is enhanced at higher C/N ratios. The biological phosphorus removal in this phase was not significant (12 ± 9%), indicating that there was no development of Phosphorus Accumulating Organisms (PAO), since the phosphate release during the anaerobic phase did not occur. This can be explained by the lack of Volatile Fatty Acids (VFA), which would come from the anaerobic degradation of glycerol that was consumed in denitrification. Therefore, the nitrate content may have been an interfering factor to the development of PAO. The optical microscopy analysis indicated the presence of filamentous bacteria similar to the genus Beggiatoa, which can also have consumed part of the substrates from the glycerol fermentation. For these reasons, it is suggested to evaluate other reactor configurations in order to promote the effective fermentation of glycerol previously to the phosphorus removal system.