The design, synthesis and evaluation of chiral selectors that allow the determination of enantiomeric composition using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry are detailed herein. The enantiomers of the chiral selector were mass labeled at a distant site from the chiral recognition sites of the molecules. The mass-labeled enantiomers were mixed in a one-to-one ratio to form a quasi-racemate. Chiral recognition can be observed by comparing relative abundances of the pseudo-diastereomeric selector-analyte complexes in the mass spectrum. The observed sense of chiral recognition with mass spectrometry was consistent with that observed chromatographically using a corresponding chiral stationary phase in every case. The complex intensity fraction (CIF, intensity of one selector-analyte complex divided by the sum of the intensities for both selector-analyte complexes) is linear with the enantiomeric composition. The slope of this line is an indication of the extent of the enantioselectivity: the larger the slope, the more significant the enantioselectivity. In addition, this line can be used as a calibration curve for the quantitative determination of enantiomeric composition of the same analyte with unkown enantiomeric composition. Amide derivatives of DNB-amino acids were first used as pseudo-enantiomeric chiral selectors in the presence of added lithium chloride. The enantioselectivity values were smaller than those observed on chiral HPLC using the corresponding chiral stationary phase. The use of deprotonated DNB-amino acids as chiral selectors provides higher enantioselectivities, but with low ion abundances. Tertiary amine appended analogues of the chiral stationary phase DNB-Leucine were prepared. The amine was appended to provide a site for ready ionization (through protonation). The performance of chiral selectors of this type was compared to the original chiral selectors that lack this functional group. Chiral recognition was also observed in a reciprocal sense using proline-derived pseudo-enantiomeric chiral selectors and analytes similar to DNB-amino acid esters or amides. Optimization of the electrospray ionization conditions provided similar enantioselectivities to those from chiral HPLC. Libraries of tertiary amine appended derivatives of DNB-dipeptides, which were prepared through combinatorial peptide synthesis, were screened using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The use of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry as a discovery tool for new chiral selectors is discussed.

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京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第24904号 / 工博第5184号 / 新制||工||1990(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科分子工学専攻 / (主査)教授 関 修平, 准教授 須田 理行, 教授 生越 友樹, 教授 水落 憲和 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DFAM

Chapter one; “(-)-Rhazinilam and (-)-Rhazinal: Alkaloids with Anti-mitotic Properties Derived from Kopsia teoi”, provides the background information behind the motives that initiated this research project. The plant alkaloid (-)-rhazinilam [(-)-1] and its naturally-occurring derivative (-)-rhazinal [(-)-13] both exhibit potent anti-mitotic activities and, as such, are interesting targets for total synthesis. Chapter one is a review of the literature regarding these two compounds and discusses the occurrence, proposed biosynthetic origins, structural elucidation and biological activites of compound (-)-1 and that of its analogues including alkaloid (-)-13. Previous total syntheses of these two compounds are then examined, concluding with the only reported total synthesis of compound (-)-13. Developed within the Banwell research group, this total synthesis produced the racemic modification of alkaloid (-)-13 due to a lack of any stereocontrol in the key intramolecular Michael addition step. This unprecedented key step, involving cyclisation of the C2 of pyrrole onto an N-tethered and ?,?-disubstituted acrylate to produce a quaternary-carbon stereogenic centre, would be of greatly enhanced utility if it could be achieved in a catalytic-enantioselective fashion. The realisation of this goal is the central aim of the research conducted within this thesis. ¶ Chapter two; “Investigating Asymmetric Induction in the Intramolecular Michael Addition of pyrrole to N-Tethered Acrylates and Related Species”, introduces the model study used to direct research towards achieving the goal of asymmetric induction in the title process. The model is a somewhat simplified version of the original process used in the total synthesis of compound (-)-13 involving cyclisation of the C2 of pyrrole onto an N-tethered and ?-monosubstituted Michael acceptor, to produce a tertiary-carbon stereogenic centre. This simplification allows the rapid synthesis of a broad range of potential substrates for use in the title process, thus enabling the investigation of various different approaches to inducing asymmetry therein. High levels of asymmetric induction are observed with the use of chiral substrates or catalysts, facilitating the synthesis of both 6- and 7-membered rings annulated to pyrrole with construction of the relevant tertiary-carbon stereogenic centre in enantio-enriched form. For the reactions producing a 6-membered ring annulated to pyrrole, unambiguous proof of the absolute sense of asymmetric induction observed in the intramolecular Michael addition event is established using a chemical correlation study involving elaboration of a key indolizine-type cyclisation product, to the plant alkaloid of known absolute stereochemistry, (-)-tashiromine [(-)-75]. For the reaction producing a 7-membered ring annulated to pyrrole, the same information is obtained via X-ray crystallographic analyses of a dibrominated derivative of a key pyrroloazepine-type cyclisation product. ¶ Chapter three “An Enantioselective Total Synthesis of the Alkaloid (-)-Rhazinal: An Anti-mitotic Agent Isolated from Kopsia teoi.”, focuses on the application of methodology developed in the previous chapter, to the original goal of inducing asymmetry in the intramolecular Michael addition reaction, involving cyclisation of the C2 of pyrrole onto an N-tethered and ?,?-disubstituted acrylate to produce a quaternary-carbon stereogenic centre. This is ultimately achieved in a catalytic-enantioselective fashion, resulting in the first such total synthesis of the anti-mitotic alkaloid (-)-rhazinal [(-)-13]. ¶ Chapter four “Extending the Reaction Manifold to the Syntheses of Related Natural Products: A Formal Total Synthesis of (+)-Aspidospermidine and Syntheses of (-)-Rhazinilam and (-)-Leuconolam from (-)-Rhazinal”, describes three extensions to the reaction manifold used in the enantioselective total synthesis of alkaloid (-)-13: The acquisition in an enantioselective manner, of an intermediate previously obtained in racemic form, en route to the racemic modification of the natural product (±)-aspidospermidine [(±)-134], constitutes a formal and enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-aspidospermidine [(+)-134]. The direct deformylation of (-)-rhazinal [(-)-13], is carried out, to produce the parent alkaloid (-)-rhazinilam [(-)-1]. The pyrrole ring present in (-)-rhazinilam [(-)-1] is oxidised, to produce the related natural product (-)-Leuconolam [(-)-12] which has not, hitherto, been prepared by total synthesis. ¶Chapter five contains the experimental procedures and characterisation data associated with compounds described in chapters two to four.

Ce mémoire porte sur la synthèse asymétrique de ligands à pont méthano P-stéréogénique, ainsi que sur leurs applications en catalyse asymétrique, en chimie de coordination et pour la préparation de polymères de coordination avec des métaux de transition. Les diphosphines P-stéréogéniques sont synthétisées par création d'une liaison phosphore-carbone au niveau du pont méthano, à partir d'un anion formé en position α d'une méthylphosphines borane. Plusieurs stratégies ont été étudiées selon que l'électrophile est un complexe d’oxazaphospholidine borane, un phosphinite borane ou une chlorophosphine borane. L'utilisation de chlorophosphine borane dans cette synthèse s'est révélée la plus stéréosélective car les excès énantiomériques obtenus sont supérieurs à 99%. Les différentes stratégies étudiées montrent qu'il est possible d’accéder à des diphosphines diborane à pont méthano variées, dissymétriques ou de symétrie C2, porteuses de substituants alkyl ou aryl, tels que Me, OMe, Ph, o-An... Les diphosphines P-stéréogéniques obtenues ont été utilisées pour la synthèse des premiers clusters chiraux du palladium. Ceux-ci sont obtenus par réaction des ligands diphosphines, fraîchement décomplexées avec du DABCO, avec l’acétate de palladium en présence d’acide trifluoroacétique dans un mélange eau/acétone sous pression de CO. La structure cristallographique d'un des clusters de palladium préparés a pu être établie, confirmant la structure avec un cœur trimétallique de palladium. L'étude des propriétés électrochimiques et l'analyse RPE de ces clusters a permis de mettre en évidence la formation du premier radical dans un environnement chiral hautement structuré. Une étude de la réactivité de ces clusters chiraux dans une réaction de Friedel Craft a été réalisée, mais le produit est obtenu de façon non catalytique et sans activité optique significative. Par contre dans le cas de réactions asymétriques, tels que l’hydrogénation, l’hydrosilylation, l’allylation ou la réaction de Diels Alder, catalysées par des complexes du rhodium, du palladium ou d’argent, des inductions asymétriques de 30-38% sont obtenus. Il ressort que les synthèses stéréosélectives mises au point dans ce travail, permettent d'envisager maintenant les modifications structurales nécessaires à l'optimisation de ces catalyses asymétriques. Enfin dans une dernière partie, les diphosphines à pont méthano P-stéréogéniques ont été utilisées pour la préparation d'une nouvelle classe de polymères de coordination chiraux, dérivés du cuivre ou de l'argent. Les études photophysiques et le dichroïsme circulaire ont permis d’établir pour la première fois la structure 1-D de tels polymères et de mettre en évidence les propriétés optiques des macrocomplexes énantiomères. / We were interested in asymmetric synthesis of P-stereogenic methano bridged ligands and in their applications in asymmetric catalysis, coordination chemistry and in the preparation of coordination polymers of transition metals. P-stereogenic diphosphines were obtained highly stereoselectively by creation of a phosphorus-carbon bond on the methano bridge, starting from the anion formed in α position of methylphosphine borane. Several strategies were investigated, with the electrophiles varying from oxazaphospholidine borane complex, phosphinite borane, to chlorophosphine borane. The most stereoselective synthesis was obtained using chlorophosphine borane leading enantiomeric excesses up to 99%. Various methano bridge diphosphine diboranes, dissymmetric or C2-symmetric, bearing alkyl or aryl substituants (Me, OMe, Ph, o-An...), have been synthetised. The first chiral palladium clusters was prepared by reaction of the freshly decomplexed diphosphine with palladium acetate and trifluorocetic acid in water/acetone mixture under CO pressure. The palladium trimetallic center structure of the cluster was confirmed by X-ray analysis. Electrochemical properties and EPR analysis pointed out the formation of the first radical in highly structurated chiral environment. Preliminary studies of the chiral clusters in asymmetric Friedel Craft reaction were carried out, but lead to the product in a non-catalytic way and with no significant optical activity. The prepared chiral ligands were tested in asymmetric catalyzed hydrogenation, hydrosilylation, allylation and Diels Alder reaction using rhodium, palladium and silver derived catalysts and afforded low selectivities from 30 to 38% e.e. Nevertheless, the stereoselective syntheses of the diphosphine ligands elaborated in this work allow to pursue the optimisation of asymmetric catalysis by structural modifications. In the last chapter, P-stereogenic methano bridge diphosphines were used for the preparation of a new class of chiral coordination polymers derived from copper and silver. Photophysical studies and circular dichroism confirmed the 1-D structure and the optical properties of such polymers.

Applications of conjugated polymer (CPs) in optoelectronic devices are critically depend on nature of thin film morphology. In thin film of CPs, the distribution of conjugation length is highly heterogeneous because of conformational defects, distortions of polymer chain and aggregates. A greater understanding of the self-assembly properties of polymer in solution, in particular control over aggregation leads to richer description of electronic properties and hence reproducible fabrication of thin film devices. Recently, chiral CPs have attracted profound interest because of their promising chiroptical properties in thin films and easy control over the selective agglomeration process. In this thesis, we have investigated the role of chiral side-chains on a series of thiophene diketopyrrolopyrrole (TDPP)-benzodithiophene (BDT) based copolymers. Chiral 3,7-dimethyloctyl chain was introduced as an asymmetric chain to incorporate chirality on one of the repeating unit (TDPP) of copolymers. Two polymers with side-chains of identical chirality (S),(S)-PTDPP-BDT; (R),(R)-PTDPP-BDT and a third polymer with similar side-chains of opposite chirality (R),(S)-PTDPP-BDT were synthesized. The chiroptical properties were investigated by UV-visible and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. Figure 1: The structure of the TDPP-BDT copolymers. The copolymers dissolved in a good solvent (e.g. chloroform, chlorobenzene) in which polymers adopts random coil conformation, no chiral response has been observed. However, a critical addition of non-solvent (methanol), the copolymers stack in a chiral fashion and leads to typical bisignate Cotton effects. It is noteworthy that the two polymers, (S),(S)-PTDPP-BDT and (R),(R)-PTDPP-BDT exhibiting a nearly ideal mirror-image relationship in CD spectra (Figure 2a) whereas the (R),(S)-PTDPP-BDT lacks chiropticity even with the addition of methanol. The aggregation induced CD phenomena are dependent on the temperature of solution and do not exhibit reversibility in a heating-cooling cycle. Figure 2: (a) The mirror image Cotton effects of (S),(S)-PTDPP-BDT and (R),(R)-PTDPP-BDT (b) No CD signal was observed for the (R),(S)-PTDPP-BDT polymer. Figure 3: The variation of (a) UV-vis and (b) CD spectra of (R),(R)-PTDPP-BDT polymer with thickness of the solid film. To investigate the role of thickness and annealing temperature on optical and chiroptical properties of polymer films, thin films were prepared using drop-casting method from a solution of chlorobenzene. Both the polymer showed gradual enhancement of CD signal with the increase of film thickness but we did not see any such order with temperature (Figure 3). Figure 4: The morphology observed for the film by (a) AFM; (b); (c) FESEM. The thin film morphology of polymers is characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) (Figure 4). AFM studies show the polymer molecules self-assembled and formed interconnected nanofibers. Whereas FESEM images clearly revealed that, the nanofibers of polymers are predominantly stack in a chiral fashion and mimic a one-handed helix which leads to bisignate Cotton effects. The (S),(S)-PTDPP-BDT and (R),(R)-PTDPP-BDT form fibers with opposite handedness whereas (R),(S)-PTDPP-BDT do not have such preferred handedness. The research described in this thesis aims to explore the role of chiral side-chains to impose chiral stacking and hence resulting chiral expression. Chirality in this class of polymers may endows them promising optoelectronic properties. (For figures pl see the abstract pdf file)

Le développement de méthodes de synthèse asymétrique est très important pour l’accès à des molécules à visées thérapeutiques. Dans ce contexte, nous nous sommes intéressés à l’utilisation d’organocatalyseurs chiraux pour la synthèse de molécules cycliques énantioenrichies. Dans une première partie sont présentées des réactions de cycloadditions formelles (3+2), (4+2) et (4+3) à partir d’ènecarbamates ou de diènecarbamates catalysées par des acides phosphoriques chiraux. Ces derniers étant bifonctionnel, ils permettent l’activation des deux partenaires de cycloaddition menant à la synthèse d’indolines, de 2,3-dihydrobenzofuranes, de benzoquinones carbonannulées, de cyclohepta[b]indoles et de tétrahydroquinolines de façon hautement stéréosélective. Dans une seconde partie, nous nous sommes intéressés à l’utilisation de composés d’iode hypervalent chiraux comme organocatalyseurs. En effet, ces composés présentent une réactivité intéressante tout en étant stable et faiblement toxique. Ainsi, leur utilisation dans une réaction de lactonisation à partir de substrats flexibles a permis l’obtention de divers hétérocycles avec de bons résultats. / The development of new enantioselective methodologies is essential for the synthesis of bioactive compounds. In this context, we were interested in using organocatalysts for the synthesis of enantioenriched cyclic molecules. In a first part will be describe chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed (3+2), (4+2) and (4+3) formal cycloadditions using enecarbamate or dienecarbamate. These catalysts are bifunctional and can interact with both cycloaddition partners leading to the synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzofuranes, carboannulated benzoquinones, cyclohepta[b]indoles and tetrahydroquinolines with high stereocontrol. In a second phase, we were interested in using chiral hypervalent iodine as organocatalyst. Theses compounds present interesting reactivity while being stable and not very toxic. Their use permits us to develop a lactonisation starting from flexible substrate and led to the synthesis of various heterocycles with good results.

The theoretical part shortly describes chirality with focus on chiral pharmaceuticals. The processes of their absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination in human body are discussed. These points are very important to understand possible fate of chiral drugs in the environment as there is only little data concerning their environmental behaviour. The occurrence and enantioselective toxicity of chiral drugs is also discussed here. One of the chapters describes non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, as they are analyzed in the wastewater in the experimental part, and their occurrence in the environment. The experimental part describes optimization of the enantioselective HPLC method using Chiralpak AD as column for ibuprofen and ketoprofen. Reproducible separation of enantiomers wasn’t achieved for naproxen. Optimized methods were then applied for analysis of samples from municipal wastewater treatment plant in Brno-Modřice.

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