Thesis advisor: Snapper / Thesis advisor: Hoveyda / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Chemistry.

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Biocatalysts are increasingly prevalent in the large-scale synthesis of enantiomerically pure compounds. However, many sought-after reactions lack a suitable enzymatic production route. This work describes the development of a novel amine dehydrogenase through the application of directed evolution altering the substrate specificity of an existing leucine dehydrogenase scaffold. Eleven rounds of directed evolution completely altered the enzyme’s specificity and successfully created amination activity. The resulting amine dehydrogenase asymmetrically catalyzes methyl isobutyl ketone and free ammonia to 1, 3-dimethyl butyl amine. The enantioselectivity of the wild-type enzyme was maintained despite the drastic changes to the binding pocket and yielded (R)-1,3-DMBA with nearly complete conversion making it an attractive catalyst in the synthesis of chiral amines. This was the first example of a cofactor-dependent amine dehydrogenase capable of selectively synthesizing chiral amines from a prochiral ketone and free ammonia. Additionally, knowledge gained altering the specificity of the leucine dehydrogenase scaffold was applied to an analogous phenylalanine dehydrogenase scaffold allowing for rapid evolution of novel activity. A single mutational library resulted in a second amine dehydrogenase with enhanced activity toward significantly different substrates, while maintaining comparable conversion and enantioselectivity. These two scaffolds provide examples of the broad applicability of the identified mutations in creating amine dehydrogenase activity.

La synthèse d'amines chirales par catalyse asymétrique à l'aide de complexes de métaux de transition suscite un grand intérêt, puisque cela conduit à la production de molécules à haute valeur ajoutée. La voie catalytique offre une alternative avantageuse par rapport aux voies de synthèses conventionnelles, dont les inconvénients sont d'une part des produits de départ coûteux et d'autre part un grand nombre de produits secondaires, sans parler des étapes de synthèse souvent nombreuses. Dans le cadre d'un projet industriel visant à développer des outils catalytiques performants pour la synthèse d'amines chirales, nous nous sommes orientés vers le développement d'un système qui permettrait de réaliser l'hydroaminométhylation d'alcènes de façon énantiosélective. L'hydroaminométhylation est une réaction tandem combinant deux réactions catalytiques, l'hydroformylation et l'hydrogénation. A partir de molécules modèles, nous avons développé une approche permettant de rationnaliser la création de centres asymétriques en fonction du type de substrat utilisé, soit au cours de l'hydroformylation, soit au cours de l'hydrogénation de l'énamine intermédiaire. La réaction a été étudiée en version intermoléculaire et intramoléculaire. Le cycle catalytique de l'hydroformylation et celui de l'hydrogénation possèdent chacun des exigences différentes au niveau de la sphère de coordination du métal. De plus, les conditions de la réaction tandem ont une influence sur les espèces catalytiques formées et les sélectivités de la réaction. Grâce à des études de RMN sous pression, confirmées par des calculs théoriques, nous nous sommes attachés à étudier le comportement des complexes du rhodium mis en jeu, sous pression et dans les conditions d'hydroaminométhylation. Ces études nous ont permis d'approfondir la connaissance des espèces catalytiques impliquées dans cette réaction tandem. L'ensemble du travail de recherche a été mené en combinant les approches fondamentale et appliquée, nous permettant ainsi de proposer un outil catalytique adapté au substrat de départ considéré, dans la perspective d'une application industrielle de la réaction. / Amines are of great importance as building blocks or reactants in the chemical industry. The development of catalytic processes for their synthesis is thus of particular interest from an industrial point of viewsince they can afford an alternative to conventional synthetic pathways. In the context of an industrial project aiming to synthesize chiral amines, we focused on the development of a catalytic system adapted to the asymmetric hydroaminomethylation of alkenes. This tandem reaction includes two transition metal catalyzed reactions under CO and H2 pressure: the hydroformylation and the hydrogenation reactions. Starting from model molecules, we proposed an approach to carefully study the creation of asymmetric centers during the reaction sequence, either in the hydroformylation step or in the enamine intermediary hydrogenation step. The reaction was studied in its inter- and intramolecular version.Rhodium is often used for the hydroaminomethylation reaction, since it is able to complete both catalytic cycles of hydroformylation and hydrogenation. However, requirements in the coordination sphere of the metal center and species involved in each catalytic cycle are presumed to be different. Thanks to high pressure NMR experiments, combined with DFT calculations, the behaviour of rhodium complexes involved in the catalysis was investigated under conditions close to those of hydroaminomethylation. The knowledge of the rhodium species involved in the reaction was also improved thanks to these spectroscopic and catalytic experiments. The fundamental and applied approaches result in a deeper understanding of the tandem reaction sequence and allow us to design a catalytic system adapted to the starting substrate, in the purpose of an industrial application of the reaction.

O capítulo 1 descreve o estudo da biorredução do grupo carbonílico de cetoazidas e β-ceto-1,2,3-triazois para a produção de β-hidroxi-1,2,3-triazois enantiomericamente puros ou enriquecidos. Cinco linhagens de fungos de origem marinha foram avaliadas para a redução da 2-azido-1-feniletanona 1 e duas linhagens, A. sydowii CBMAI 935 e M. racemosus CBMAI 847, foram selecionadas também para a biorredução das 2-azido-1-feniletanonas 2-4 para a produção dos (R)- e (S)-2-azido-1-feniletanois 2a-4a. Os azidoálcoois enantiomericamente enriquecidos obtidos 1a-4a das reações biocatalíticas foram empregados como material de partida para a síntese dos β-hidroxi-1,2,3-triazois 7a-10a enantiomericamente enriquecidos através da click reaction entre a azida terminal e o alcino, fenilacetileno. Uma segunda abordagem para a obtenção de β-hidroxi-1,2,3-triazois enantiomericamente enriquecidos foi o estudo da biorredução de β-ceto-1,2,3-triazois, que são cetonas contendo dois substituintes volumosos. Uma triagem inicial para a biorredução do β-ceto-1,2,3-triazol 7 foi realizada com seis linhagens de fungos de origem marinha, na qual a linhagem do fungo P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 foi selecionada para estudos de otimização da reação biocatalítica. Estudos com variação do meio reacional, utilização de co-solvente e efeito do pH mostraram que as condições ótimas de reação foram utilizando-se tampão fosfato (Na2HPO4/KH2PO4, 0,07 M) em pH 5 e metanol 5% (v/v) como co-solvente. O fungo P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 foi empregado na biorredução dos β-ceto-1,2,3-triazois 8-12 com excelentes resultados de rendimento e seletividade para a produção dos (S)-β-hidroxi-1,2,3-triazois 8a-12a. O Capítulo 2 apresenta a síntese multienzimática da diidropinidina, um alcaloide de origem natural. A nonano-2,6-diona utilizada como material de partida foi obtida através da descarboxilação do dicetoéster, 2-butiril-5-oxo-hexanoato de etila. Estudos para a otimização tanto da síntese do dicetoéster quanto da etapa de descarboxilação foram realizados. Condições ótimas de produção do 2-butiril-5-oxo-hexanoato de etila foram obtidas através da reação da but-3-em-2-ona com o 3-oxo-hexanoato de metila catalisada por CeCl3/NaI. A descarboxilação do dicetoéster foi avaliada através do método de Krapcho empregando-se sais de cloro e água em altas temperaturas, entretanto, a elevada formação de subprodutos estimulou a busca por uma diferente metodologia para a obtenção da nonano-2,6-diona. Foram avaliadas diferentes lipases e esterases para a hidrólise enzimática do dicetoéster seguida por descarboxilação por HCl, na qual a esterase de fígado de porco foi selecionada e promoveu a hidrólise de até 1,6 M de dicetoéster para a produção da nonano-2,6-diona. Diferentes transaminases (TAs) foram estudadas para a aminação redutiva assimétrica da nonano-2,6-diona e duas linhagens foram selecionadas para a produção da (R)- e (S)-2-metil-6-propil-2,3,4,5-tetra-hidropiridina, as TAs de Arthrobacter sp. e Arthrobacter citreus, respectivamente empregando-se isopropilamina como amino doador. As (R)- e (S)-2-metil-6-propil-2,3,4,5-tetra-hidropiridina foram avaliadas pela redução assimétrica para a síntese da diidropinidina por imina redutases (IREDs) e duas linhagens foram selecionadas, a IRED de Mesorhizobium sp. e Norcardiopsis alba, respectivamente. TAs e IREDs foram acopladas em um sistema one-pot multienzimático utilizando como material de partida a nonano2,6-diona (100 mM) para a obtenção dos isômeros cis da diidropinidina com excelentes excessos diastereoisoméricos. / The Chapter 1 describes the bioreduction of the carbonyl group of ketoazides and β-keto-1,2,3-triazoles to produce enantiomerically pure or enriched β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles. Five marine-derived fungi strains were screened to perform the reduction of 2-azido-1-phenylethanone 1. The strains from A.sydowii CBMAI 935 and M. racemosus CBMAI 847 were selected for the bioreduction of the 2-azido-1-phenylethanones 2-4 to yield the (R)- and (S)-2-azido-1-phenylethanols 2a-4a. The enantiomerically enriched azidoalcohols 1a-4a obtained from biocatalytical reactions were used as starting materials for the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles 7a-10a through the click reaction between the terminal azide and phenylacetylene. A second approach for obtaining enantiomerically enriched β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles was the bioreduction of β-keto-1,2,3-triazoles, which are ketones with two bulky substituents. The screening for the bioreduction of the β-keto-1,2,3-triazol 7 was performed with six marine-derived fungi strains and P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 was selected for the optimization studies for the biocatalytic reduction of β-keto-1,2,3-triazoles 8-12.Studies about the composition of reaction medium, use of cosolvent and pH effect showed that the optimal conditions was in phosphate buffer (Na2HPO4/KH2PO4, 0.07 M) at pH 5 and methanol 5% (v/v) as cosolvent. P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 was applied to the bioreduction of β-keto-1,2,3-triazoles 8-12 and good yields and selectivities were obtained for the (S)-β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles 8a-12a. The Chapter 2 describes the multienzymatic synthesis of dihydropinidine, a natural alkaloid. The nonane-2,6-dione used as starting material was obtained through the reduction of the diketoester, methyl butyryl-5-oxohexanoate, and the optimization studies for both diketoester synthesis and decarboxylation reaction were performed. Optimal conditions for the synthesis of methyl butyryl-5-oxohexanoate were obtained by the reaction between but-3-en-2-one and 3-oxohexanoate catalyzed by CeCl3/NaI. The diketoester decarboxylation step was evaluated by the Krapcho method using chlorine and water at high temperatures. However, because of the production of side products by this method, a different procedure for the synthesis of nonane-2,6-dione was studied. Different enzymes (lipases and esterases) were evaluated for the diketoester hydrolysis followed by decarboxylation by HCl. The porcine liver esterase was selected to promote the diketoester hydrolysis up to 1.6 M, yielding nonane-2,6-dione. Different transaminases (TAs) were applied to the asymmetric reductive amination of the nonane-2,6-dione and TAs from Arthrobacter sp. e Arthrobacter citreus were selected for the production of (R)- and (S)-2-methyl-6-propyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine, respectively, using isopropylamine as the amine donor. The asymmetric reduction of (R)- and (S)-2-methyl-6-propyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine by imine reductases (IREDs) was evaluated and the IREDs from Mesorhizobium sp. and Norcardiopsis alba were selected. TAs and IREDs were coupled in multienzymatic one-pot system using nonane-2,6-dione (100 mM) as starting material for the syntheses of cis isomers of dihydropinidine in excellent diastereoisomeric excess.

Orientador: Antonio Claudio Herrera Braga / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-12T16:47:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rocha_DanieleFernandadeOliveira_M.pdf: 3918609 bytes, checksum: ca79955ba1bba5d8eb4ed332338d0115 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Neste trabalho foi estudado o comportamento de uma série de iminas estruturalmente análogas quando submetidas à biocatálise com fermento de pão e cenoura. Também foi testado NaBH4 em conjunto com alguns aminoálcoois de diferentes tamanhos, como 1-amino-2-propanol, prolinol e 2-a-hidroxibenzil-benzimidazol ou ácido tartárico. A utilização da biocatálise já é consolidada para a redução assimétrica de carbonilas, mas para a ligação C=N há poucos relatos na literatura, devido à facilidade com que esta ligação sofre hidrólise em meios aquosos. Os resultados foram negativos para biocatálise, apresentando hidrólise do substrato em diversas condições e solventes testados, mesmo com a utilização de 18-C-6 como aditivo e com a imobilização do substrato ou do fermento. As causas destes resultados podem ser tanto a falta de afinidade das enzimas com os substratos testados quanto a instabilidade dos mesmos nos meios utilizados. Foi aplicada uma metodologia bastante simples, com mistura manual de ambos em um almofariz. Testadas várias condições e diferentes solventes, nenhuma delas proporcionou um bom excesso enantiomérico. Uma provável causa para estes resultados pode ser a não eficiência da complexação entre o NaBH4 e os reagentes quirais. Testes de EM e RMN de B e H mostram a formação de um boroidreto quiral, mas não em quantidade suficiente para gerar maior assimetria na redução. Uma grande contribuição deste trabalho é a caracterização de um boroidreto quiral formado a partir de NaBH4 e S-(+)-2- a-hidroxibenzil-benzimidazol já reportado na literatura, mas sem um conjunto de dados conciso acerca de sua estrutura. Este composto gerou o maior excesso enantiomérico 27%, para a redução de N-benzil-(1-feniletilideno)amina / Abstract: This project studies the behavior of a series of imines structurally analogues in bioreductions with baker yeast and carrots, and also with NaBH4 using alternative chiral reagents like 1-amine-2-propanol, prolinol and 2-a- hidroxybenzyl-benzimidazole or tartaric acid. For biocatalysis we investigated different temperatures, solvents and proportions of reagents, but all conditions resulted in hydrolysis of the substrate. The instability of the imines or the lack of affinity can be the cause for these results, even using 18-C-6 as additive and immobilized yeast or substrate. By the chemical imine reduction we tried a simple method of induction, mixing manually NaBH4 and the chiral reagent in a mortar, using different solvents and temperatures, but none of them gave a good enantiomeric excess. Probably there was no coupling between NaBH4 and the chiral reagents, and consequently no preference in for one face in the reduction transition state. MS and NMR analysis have shown the formation of a chiral borohydride, but not an enough amount to give asymmetry in the reduction. A great contribution of this project is the characterization of a chiral borohydride obtained from NaBH4 and S-(+)-2-a-hydroxybenzyl-benzimidazole. It was previously reported, but with no confirmation of its structure. This compound reduced Nbenzyl-(1-phenyletilidene)amine with 27% enantiomeric excess / Mestrado / Quimica Organica / Mestre em Química

O capítulo 1 descreve o estudo da biorredução do grupo carbonílico de cetoazidas e β-ceto-1,2,3-triazois para a produção de β-hidroxi-1,2,3-triazois enantiomericamente puros ou enriquecidos. Cinco linhagens de fungos de origem marinha foram avaliadas para a redução da 2-azido-1-feniletanona 1 e duas linhagens, A. sydowii CBMAI 935 e M. racemosus CBMAI 847, foram selecionadas também para a biorredução das 2-azido-1-feniletanonas 2-4 para a produção dos (R)- e (S)-2-azido-1-feniletanois 2a-4a. Os azidoálcoois enantiomericamente enriquecidos obtidos 1a-4a das reações biocatalíticas foram empregados como material de partida para a síntese dos β-hidroxi-1,2,3-triazois 7a-10a enantiomericamente enriquecidos através da click reaction entre a azida terminal e o alcino, fenilacetileno. Uma segunda abordagem para a obtenção de β-hidroxi-1,2,3-triazois enantiomericamente enriquecidos foi o estudo da biorredução de β-ceto-1,2,3-triazois, que são cetonas contendo dois substituintes volumosos. Uma triagem inicial para a biorredução do β-ceto-1,2,3-triazol 7 foi realizada com seis linhagens de fungos de origem marinha, na qual a linhagem do fungo P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 foi selecionada para estudos de otimização da reação biocatalítica. Estudos com variação do meio reacional, utilização de co-solvente e efeito do pH mostraram que as condições ótimas de reação foram utilizando-se tampão fosfato (Na2HPO4/KH2PO4, 0,07 M) em pH 5 e metanol 5% (v/v) como co-solvente. O fungo P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 foi empregado na biorredução dos β-ceto-1,2,3-triazois 8-12 com excelentes resultados de rendimento e seletividade para a produção dos (S)-β-hidroxi-1,2,3-triazois 8a-12a. O Capítulo 2 apresenta a síntese multienzimática da diidropinidina, um alcaloide de origem natural. A nonano-2,6-diona utilizada como material de partida foi obtida através da descarboxilação do dicetoéster, 2-butiril-5-oxo-hexanoato de etila. Estudos para a otimização tanto da síntese do dicetoéster quanto da etapa de descarboxilação foram realizados. Condições ótimas de produção do 2-butiril-5-oxo-hexanoato de etila foram obtidas através da reação da but-3-em-2-ona com o 3-oxo-hexanoato de metila catalisada por CeCl3/NaI. A descarboxilação do dicetoéster foi avaliada através do método de Krapcho empregando-se sais de cloro e água em altas temperaturas, entretanto, a elevada formação de subprodutos estimulou a busca por uma diferente metodologia para a obtenção da nonano-2,6-diona. Foram avaliadas diferentes lipases e esterases para a hidrólise enzimática do dicetoéster seguida por descarboxilação por HCl, na qual a esterase de fígado de porco foi selecionada e promoveu a hidrólise de até 1,6 M de dicetoéster para a produção da nonano-2,6-diona. Diferentes transaminases (TAs) foram estudadas para a aminação redutiva assimétrica da nonano-2,6-diona e duas linhagens foram selecionadas para a produção da (R)- e (S)-2-metil-6-propil-2,3,4,5-tetra-hidropiridina, as TAs de Arthrobacter sp. e Arthrobacter citreus, respectivamente empregando-se isopropilamina como amino doador. As (R)- e (S)-2-metil-6-propil-2,3,4,5-tetra-hidropiridina foram avaliadas pela redução assimétrica para a síntese da diidropinidina por imina redutases (IREDs) e duas linhagens foram selecionadas, a IRED de Mesorhizobium sp. e Norcardiopsis alba, respectivamente. TAs e IREDs foram acopladas em um sistema one-pot multienzimático utilizando como material de partida a nonano2,6-diona (100 mM) para a obtenção dos isômeros cis da diidropinidina com excelentes excessos diastereoisoméricos. / The Chapter 1 describes the bioreduction of the carbonyl group of ketoazides and β-keto-1,2,3-triazoles to produce enantiomerically pure or enriched β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles. Five marine-derived fungi strains were screened to perform the reduction of 2-azido-1-phenylethanone 1. The strains from A.sydowii CBMAI 935 and M. racemosus CBMAI 847 were selected for the bioreduction of the 2-azido-1-phenylethanones 2-4 to yield the (R)- and (S)-2-azido-1-phenylethanols 2a-4a. The enantiomerically enriched azidoalcohols 1a-4a obtained from biocatalytical reactions were used as starting materials for the synthesis of enantiomerically enriched β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles 7a-10a through the click reaction between the terminal azide and phenylacetylene. A second approach for obtaining enantiomerically enriched β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles was the bioreduction of β-keto-1,2,3-triazoles, which are ketones with two bulky substituents. The screening for the bioreduction of the β-keto-1,2,3-triazol 7 was performed with six marine-derived fungi strains and P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 was selected for the optimization studies for the biocatalytic reduction of β-keto-1,2,3-triazoles 8-12.Studies about the composition of reaction medium, use of cosolvent and pH effect showed that the optimal conditions was in phosphate buffer (Na2HPO4/KH2PO4, 0.07 M) at pH 5 and methanol 5% (v/v) as cosolvent. P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 was applied to the bioreduction of β-keto-1,2,3-triazoles 8-12 and good yields and selectivities were obtained for the (S)-β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles 8a-12a. The Chapter 2 describes the multienzymatic synthesis of dihydropinidine, a natural alkaloid. The nonane-2,6-dione used as starting material was obtained through the reduction of the diketoester, methyl butyryl-5-oxohexanoate, and the optimization studies for both diketoester synthesis and decarboxylation reaction were performed. Optimal conditions for the synthesis of methyl butyryl-5-oxohexanoate were obtained by the reaction between but-3-en-2-one and 3-oxohexanoate catalyzed by CeCl3/NaI. The diketoester decarboxylation step was evaluated by the Krapcho method using chlorine and water at high temperatures. However, because of the production of side products by this method, a different procedure for the synthesis of nonane-2,6-dione was studied. Different enzymes (lipases and esterases) were evaluated for the diketoester hydrolysis followed by decarboxylation by HCl. The porcine liver esterase was selected to promote the diketoester hydrolysis up to 1.6 M, yielding nonane-2,6-dione. Different transaminases (TAs) were applied to the asymmetric reductive amination of the nonane-2,6-dione and TAs from Arthrobacter sp. e Arthrobacter citreus were selected for the production of (R)- and (S)-2-methyl-6-propyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine, respectively, using isopropylamine as the amine donor. The asymmetric reduction of (R)- and (S)-2-methyl-6-propyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine by imine reductases (IREDs) was evaluated and the IREDs from Mesorhizobium sp. and Norcardiopsis alba were selected. TAs and IREDs were coupled in multienzymatic one-pot system using nonane-2,6-dione (100 mM) as starting material for the syntheses of cis isomers of dihydropinidine in excellent diastereoisomeric excess.

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Les amines, et plus généralement les dérivés organiques qui contiennent de l’azote, constituent la clef de voûte de bien des domaines de la chimie à haute valeur ajoutée. Ils ont toujours fait l’objet de nombreuses recherches dans différents domaines de la chimie organique et de la chimie fine telles que l’agrochimie et la pharmacie. Malgré tout, la synthèse de ces structures azotées constitue encore souvent défi important pour les équipes de recherche, qu’elles soient académiques ou industrielles. De nombreuses méthodes permettent la synthèse des amines dont la grande majorité est caractérisée par la présence d’un centre chiral en alpha ou en béta de l’atome d’azote. L’une des voies les plus largement explorées pour l’obtention des amines chirales depuis plus de cinquante ans demeure l’hydrogénation asymétrique de substrats azotés. Ce travail de recherche a été mené dans le cadre d’une collaboration avec la société HOLIS Technologies. Nous nous sommes concentrés sur la mise au point d’outils catalytiques de synthèse d’amines chirales primaires et plus précisément sur des systèmes homogènes mettant en œuvre des métaux de transition pour accéder à des réactions d’hydrogénation énantiosélective. Nous nous sommes intéressés à la synthèse de trois amines chirales cibles en chimie pharmaceutique, étayée par l’étude de molécules modèles analogues. Nous avons étudié l’hydrogénation de substrats prochiraux azotés de type oxime, imine ou énamine conduisant, en une ou deux étapes, à l’amine primaire chirale visée. Dans le premier chapitre, notre étude a porté sur la synthèse et la caractérisation fine de chacun des substrats et de leurs amines chirales correspondantes. La RMN 15N étudiée sur ces molécules a permis de constituer un outil d’analyse complémentaire dans l’élucidation de ces structures. Dans le deuxième chapitre nous nous sommes attachés à développer un outil de synthèse catalytique avec pour objectif l’hydrogénation asymétrique pour les molécules modèles comme pour les molécules complexes de chacun des trois projets. Le troisième chapitre est dédié à la compréhension fine du cycle catalytique que nous avons entamée grâce à des analyses RMN multinoyaux (essentiellement 103Rh et 31P) et à des calculs quantiques conduits sur les complexes cationiques du rhodium qui se sont révélés actifs. La synthèse globale de ces résultats nous amène à avoir la capacité de choisir le meilleur substrat (imine, énamine, oxime) et le système catalytique associé pour son hydrogénation, afin de répondre au besoin industriel précis de synthèse d’une amine primaire chirale donnée. / Amines, and more generally, nitrogen-containing compounds are key building blocks in the field of fine chemicals, especially agrochemistry and pharmaceuticals. Synthesis of these nitrogen-containing compounds still is a frequent challenge to academic as well as industrial research teams. Several methods are available for the synthesis of amines containing an alpha or beta chiral center and for more than fifty years, one of the most widely investigated methods is the asymmetric hydrogenation of unsaturated substrates. Our research in this field has lead to an industrial partnership with the HOLIS Technologies company. We focus on the development of catalytic tools in order to synthesize chiral primary amines and more precisely, homogeneous catalysis with transition metals to obtain enantioselective hydrogenation. We got involved with the synthesis of three primary chiral amines well known as key targets in the pharmaceutical industry, with the study of analogous models conducted in parallel. We have studied the hydrogenation of prochiral substrates such as enamines, imines, and oximes leading in one or two steps to the desired primary chiral amine. In the first chapter, synthesis and characterization of substrates and chiral amines are described. Use of 15N NMR on these nitrogen-containing molecules allows us to establish a complementary tool for the structure elucidation. The second chapter is dedicated to the optimization of a catalyst system for the asymmetric hydrogenation of these molecules. The third chapter contains the initial studies into the intricate details of the catalytic cycle with the use of multinuclear NMR analysis (especially 103Rh and 31P) and DFT calculations on rhodium cationic complexes. An overview of these results gives us insight into the choice of the best substrate (imine, enamine, oxime) and the optimal catalyst system for the hydrogenation with the goal of addressing the industrial need of a given chiral primary amine.