Cinnamic acid (CA) is a naturally occurring organic acid that is found in some fruits and a number of spices. CA has antimicrobial activity against certain spoilage microorganisms and pathogenic bacteria. However, the acid is poorly soluble in water. Cyclodextrin molecules have a hydrophobic cavity that allows them to serve as a host for insoluble molecules in aqueous matrices. This study was conducted to determine if the aqueous solubility of cinnamic acid could be improved via complexation with α- or β-cyclodextrins, and if these complexes could be used to control bacterial pathogens in juices. Based upon phase solubility analysis, α-cyclodextrin was chosen as the host molecule for the remainder of this study. In complex with α-cyclodextrin, the solubility of cinnamic acid increased from approximately 400 mg/L to 3800 mg/L. Prepared cinnamic acid complexed with α-cyclodextrin was aseptically added (400 mg/L and 1000 mg/L) to orange juice inoculated with a Salmonella enterica (7 log CFU/mL) and apple cider inoculated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 (7 log CFU/mL). Cider and orange juice samples were extracted on day 0 and at 24 h intervals for seven days and spread plated onto Tryptic Soy Agar. Cinnamic acid was effective for reducing populations of both bacterial pathogens in juice. Populations of E. coli O157:H7 in the apple cider were significantly reduced after 7 days at 25.6 ± 0.42°C at concentrations of 400 mg/L (5-log CFU/mL reduction) and 1000 mg/L (6-log CFU/mL reduction) cyclodextrin-cinnamic acid. S. enterica counts were also reduced in orange juice at 4° C treated with 400 mg/L (2.7-log CFU/mL reduction) and 1000 mg/L (3.2-log CFU/mL reduction) complexed cinnamic acid. The much improved solubility of this compound provides food processors with greater flexibility in using cinnamic acid in their product formulations. / Master of Science

Orientador: Rogério Lopes Vieites / Banca: Giuseppina Pace Pereira Lima / Banca: Vera Lúcia Mores Rall / Banca: Maria Monteiro Sigrist / Banca: Nelida Lúcia Del Mastro / Resumo: O presente trabalho teve por objetivo verificar os efeitos da radiação gama e de antimicrobianos naturais na conservação de melão minimamente processado, armazenado sob refrigeração. Foram realizados 4 experimentos: 1 e 2 - frutos de melão Cantaloupe e Pele de Sapo provenientes de Baraúna/RN e Juazeiro/BA, respectivamente; 3 e 4 - frutos de melão Cantaloupe e Gália provenientes da região de Cartagena (Espanha). Após a colheita, os frutos dos experimentos 1 e 2 foram transportados ao Laboratório de Frutas e Hortaliças da Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - UNESP - Botucatu/SP, e os dos experimentos 3 e 4 transportados para o Laboratório de Postrecolección e Refrigeración da Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena/Espanha. Após o processamento manual (corte em seções trapezoidais) os melões MP (minimamente processados) dos experimentos 1 e 2 foram acondicionados em embalagens de poliestireno expandido recobertas com filme de polietileno e irradiados nas doses: 0,0kGy; 0,1kGy; 0,2kGy; 0,3kGy; 0,4kGy e 0,5kGy. Os melões MP dos experimentos 3 e 4, após o processamento, foram imersos durante 1 minuto a 5ºC em: água (testemunha); vanilina (1000 mg L-1 e 2000 mg L-1); ácido cinâmico (148,16 mg L-1 e 296,32 mg L-1) e outros dois tratamentos consistiram em aplicação de vapor de ácido cinâmico (148,16 mg L-1 e 296,32 mg L-1) nos melões MP dentro da embalagem (bandejas de polipropileno termo seladas com filme de polipropileno). O armazenamento refrigerado foi realizado durante 10 dias 5±1ºC e 85-90% UR (experimentos 1 e 2) e à 5±1ºC e 85-95% UR (experimentos 3 e 4). As alterações na qualidade foram detectadas por meio das análises: perda de massa fresca, conservação pós-colheita, firmeza, pH, acidez titulável, sólidos solúveis, teores de açúcares redutores e redutores totais, ácido ascórbico, vitamina C, taxa respiratória, produção de etileno... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso electrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The aim of this research was to evaluated the effects of the gamma radiation and the natural antimicrobials in the conservation of fresh-cut melon storaged under refrigeration. Four experiments were accomplished: 1 and 2 - the varieties used were 'Cantaloupe' and 'Pele de Sapo' from Baraúna/RN and Juazeiro/BA, respectively; 3 and 4 - the varieties used were 'Cantaloupe' and 'Gália' from Cartagena (Spain). After harvesting, fruits from experiment 1 and 2 were sent to the Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables at the University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP - Botucatu/SP). Fruits from experiment 3 and 4 were sent to the Postharvest and Refrigeration Group at the Technical University of Cartagena/Spain. After the manual processing (cut in trapezoidal sections) the fresh-cut melons of the experiment 1 and 2 were conditioned in polystyrene trays involved by polyethylene film and irradiated with doses: 0,0kGy; 0,1kGy; 0,2kGy; 0,3kGy; 0,4kGy and 0,5kGy. After processing, fresh-cut melons from experiment 3 and 4 were immersed for 1 min at 5ºC in water (control); vanillin (1000 mg L-1 and 2000 mg L-1); cinnamic acid (148,16 mg L- 1 and 296,32 mg L-1). Two additional treatments consisted on the application of cinnamic acid vapor (148,16 mg L-1 e 296,32 mg L-1) on fresh-cut melons within the packages (polypropylene trays heat-sealed with polypropylene). The storage was realized during 10 days in a cold camera to 5±1ºC and 85-90% HR (experiment 1 and 2) and to 5±1ºC and 85- 95% HR (experiment 3 and 4). The quality alterations were detected through the analyses: loss of fresh mass, postharvest conservation, firmness, pH, acidity titratable, soluble solids, reducing and total reducing sugar content, ascorbic acid, vitamin C, respiration rate, ethylene production, gas composition (CO2 and O2), enzymes activity (peroxidase, polygalacturonase and pectinmethylesterase), antioxidant... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-06-01Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:43:52Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 moreira_gc_dr_botfca.pdf: 1778915 bytes, checksum: c6b29f50c1945159f217677f6de1a95a (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O presente trabalho teve por objetivo verificar os efeitos da radiação gama e de antimicrobianos naturais na conservação de melão minimamente processado, armazenado sob refrigeração. Foram realizados 4 experimentos: 1 e 2 - frutos de melão Cantaloupe e Pele de Sapo provenientes de Baraúna/RN e Juazeiro/BA, respectivamente; 3 e 4 - frutos de melão Cantaloupe e Gália provenientes da região de Cartagena (Espanha). Após a colheita, os frutos dos experimentos 1 e 2 foram transportados ao Laboratório de Frutas e Hortaliças da Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas – UNESP – Botucatu/SP, e os dos experimentos 3 e 4 transportados para o Laboratório de Postrecolección e Refrigeración da Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena/Espanha. Após o processamento manual (corte em seções trapezoidais) os melões MP (minimamente processados) dos experimentos 1 e 2 foram acondicionados em embalagens de poliestireno expandido recobertas com filme de polietileno e irradiados nas doses: 0,0kGy; 0,1kGy; 0,2kGy; 0,3kGy; 0,4kGy e 0,5kGy. Os melões MP dos experimentos 3 e 4, após o processamento, foram imersos durante 1 minuto a 5ºC em: água (testemunha); vanilina (1000 mg L-1 e 2000 mg L-1); ácido cinâmico (148,16 mg L-1 e 296,32 mg L-1) e outros dois tratamentos consistiram em aplicação de vapor de ácido cinâmico (148,16 mg L-1 e 296,32 mg L-1) nos melões MP dentro da embalagem (bandejas de polipropileno termo seladas com filme de polipropileno). O armazenamento refrigerado foi realizado durante 10 dias 5±1ºC e 85-90% UR (experimentos 1 e 2) e à 5±1ºC e 85-95% UR (experimentos 3 e 4). As alterações na qualidade foram detectadas por meio das análises: perda de massa fresca, conservação pós-colheita, firmeza, pH, acidez titulável, sólidos solúveis, teores de açúcares redutores e redutores totais, ácido ascórbico, vitamina C, taxa respiratória, produção de etileno... / The aim of this research was to evaluated the effects of the gamma radiation and the natural antimicrobials in the conservation of fresh-cut melon storaged under refrigeration. Four experiments were accomplished: 1 and 2 – the varieties used were ‘Cantaloupe’ and ‘Pele de Sapo’ from Baraúna/RN and Juazeiro/BA, respectively; 3 and 4 - the varieties used were ‘Cantaloupe’ and ‘Gália’ from Cartagena (Spain). After harvesting, fruits from experiment 1 and 2 were sent to the Laboratory of Fruits and Vegetables at the University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP – Botucatu/SP). Fruits from experiment 3 and 4 were sent to the Postharvest and Refrigeration Group at the Technical University of Cartagena/Spain. After the manual processing (cut in trapezoidal sections) the fresh-cut melons of the experiment 1 and 2 were conditioned in polystyrene trays involved by polyethylene film and irradiated with doses: 0,0kGy; 0,1kGy; 0,2kGy; 0,3kGy; 0,4kGy and 0,5kGy. After processing, fresh-cut melons from experiment 3 and 4 were immersed for 1 min at 5ºC in water (control); vanillin (1000 mg L-1 and 2000 mg L-1); cinnamic acid (148,16 mg L- 1 and 296,32 mg L-1). Two additional treatments consisted on the application of cinnamic acid vapor (148,16 mg L-1 e 296,32 mg L-1) on fresh-cut melons within the packages (polypropylene trays heat-sealed with polypropylene). The storage was realized during 10 days in a cold camera to 5±1ºC and 85-90% HR (experiment 1 and 2) and to 5±1ºC and 85- 95% HR (experiment 3 and 4). The quality alterations were detected through the analyses: loss of fresh mass, postharvest conservation, firmness, pH, acidity titratable, soluble solids, reducing and total reducing sugar content, ascorbic acid, vitamin C, respiration rate, ethylene production, gas composition (CO2 and O2), enzymes activity (peroxidase, polygalacturonase and pectinmethylesterase), antioxidant... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

La fonctionnalisation des hétéroaromatiques suscite grand intérêt tant en chimie supramoléculaire qu’en chimie pharmaceutique. Parmi les techniques les plus employées, la chimie organométallique catalysée par les métaux de transition est une méthode de choix et apporte depuis plus d’un siècle une contribution majeure notamment depuis l’avènement des couplages croisés. Les défis méthodologiques contemporains reposent en grande partie sur le concept du ‘mieux avec moins’ et visent notamment au développement de couplages croisés directs catalytiques impliquant des liaisons C-CO₂H et C−H avec le souci (i) d’éviter la préparation et/ou l’isolement d’intermédiaires organométalliques hautement réactifs souvent préparés dans des conditions drastiques et/ou sensibles à l’humidité et parfois instables, (ii) de réduire la production massive de sels; (iii) d’éviter les étapes de protection/déprotection des fonctions sensibles aux attaques nucléophiles. Ce travail de thèse s’inscrit dans ce contexte et a pour objectif le développement de nouveaux couplages croisés directs décarboxylants de type CCO₂H/C-X et C-CO₂H/C-H impliquant deux partenaires de couplages inédits, les acides carboxyaziniques N-oxydés et les acides cinnamiques α-méthoxylés, traités dans deux parties distinctes. Un premier travail a conduit au développement d’une méthodologie générale de couplage décarboxylant,catalysée au palladium (0) et assistée par l’argent (I), d’acides quinaldiques et picoliniques N-oxydés ainsi que de l’acide isoquinoline 3-carboxylique avec des halogéno(hétéro)arènes. En effet, bien que le cuivre (I) se soit révélé plus performant par calculs DFT pour conduire l’ipso-décarboxylation-métallation, seul l’argent favorise la catalyse conventionnelle coopérative Pd(0)/Ag(I) assurant la sélectivité en lieu et place de la fonction acide carboxylique. Ayant montré un large spectre de réactivité, la méthodologie tolère en particulier la présence de substituants sur le noyau azinique. Elle représente également une alternative synthétique à l’arylation directe de la liaison C−H des azines N-oxydées pour accéder aux azines 2-hétéroarylées ainsi qu’aux pyridines 2,5-disubstituées et aux isoquinoléïnes 3-arylées. Comme application, une approche modulable et flexible a été développée pour la synthèse d’une isoquinoline fonctionnalisée en position 1 et 3 connue comme agent antitumoral. Le second travail a porté sur la mise au point des premiers couplages croisés décarboxylants oxydants de type CCO₂H/C−H pallado-catalysés et assistés par le cuivre (II) d’acides cinnamiques α-méthoxylés sur une large gamme d’hétérocycles pour conduire à la formation stérécontrollée d’éthers d’enol héteroarylés en position géminale. L’introduction directe et inédite de la fonction éther vient enrichir le panel des méthodologies de fonctionnalisation des liaisons C−H des hétérocycles. Leur haut potentiel d’aménagement fonctionnel permet de diversifier consécutivement et très largement la nature de la fonctionnalisation pour accéder en particulier aux hétéroarylalkyl cétones et aux alcènes poly-fonctionnalisés. / The functionalization of heterocycles arouse an interest both in supramolecular chemistry and in pharmaceuticals. Based on the so-called concept better with less, the development of direct functionalization methodologies of heterocycles involving C–H and C–CO₂H bonds has emerged as an efficient, modern alternative and complementary process to traditional cross coupling methods, avoiding thus the use of stoichiometric organometallic reagents that are often air and moisture sensitive. In this context, the aim of this PhD work was to develop new decarboxylative cross couplings, CO₂H / C-X and CO₂H / C−H, using substituted 2-carboxyazine N-oxides and α-methoxyacrylic acids as new coupling partners.The first part of this work has been focused on the development of the versatile Pd-catalyzed and Ag-assisted decarboxylative coupling of quinaldic and picolonic acids N-oxides as well as 3-carboxyisoquinoline acids with (hetero)aryl halides. Although copper (I) appeared to be more efficient by DFT calculations to perform ipsodecarboxylation-metallation step, only silver catalysis revealed to be much more adequate to achieve the conventional decarboxylative coupling and this was then pointed out with the high regioselectivity observed at the carboxy function site. This reaction showed a large reactivity spectrum and tolerated for the first time substituents on azinic core. It is also a synthetic alternative to the direct C−H arylation on azine N-oxides for the regioselective synthesis of 2-arylated substituted pyridines and 3-arylated isoquinolines. As application, a modular and flexible approach has been developed for the synthesis of the highly functionalized 1,3-substitute disoquinoline 5, shown as an antitumor agent.In the second part, the first Pd-catalyzed and Cu-assisted decarboxylative / C-H alkenylation of heterocycleswith various α−methoxyacrylic acids was reported offering general stereocontrolled access to heteroarylated enol ethers in geminal position. The direct introduction of vinyl ether allows to expand the panel of C-H bond functionalizations methodologies of heterocycles. The high potential for subsequent post-functional adjustment of the vinyl ether moiety enable thus the synthesis of heteroarylated α,β-enolizable ketones and polysusbituted alkenes.

L'inflammation est considérée comme un promoteur de la cancérogenèse. La cyclooxygénase-2 (COX-2), la forme inductible de la famille des cyclooxygénases est un médiateur important de l'inflammation. Cette enzyme est constitutivement exprimée dans un grand nombre de cancers tels que les cancers du sein, du colon ou de la prostate. De nombreuses études mettent en évidence que COX-2 est surexprimée lors des étapes pré-néoplasiques. La COX-2 représente de ce fait une cible thérapeutique potentielle en chimioprévention et également pour le traitement des cancers. L'utilisation d'inhibiteurs synthétiques de COX-2 qui ciblent l'activité enzymatique est le seul traitement clinique actuellement disponible pour réduire l'activité de COX-2. Cependant, ces agents présentent des effets secondaires sévères, ce qui limite leur prise chronique chimiopréventives ou au cours des traitements anti-cancéreux. Une stratégie alternative pour cibler la fonction de COX-2 est d'inhiber son expression. Un grand nombre d'études montrent que certains produits naturels (la curcumine, le resveratrol ou l'apigénine par exemple) inhibent, préférentiellement l'expression de COX-2, sans être toxique. Notre projet analyse l'effet de l'acide cinnamique, un produit naturel extrait de la plante Cinnamonium cassia, sur l'expression de COX-2 au cours de la cancérogenèse dans le but d'évaluer son intérêt en chimioprévention. Nous avons utilisé comme modèle les cellules mammaires non carcinogènes, MCF10A stimulées avec un ester de phorbol, le 12-phorbol myristate 13-acetate (PMA), qui induit l'expression de COX-2. Nous avons observé une diminution de l'expression de COX-2 au niveau de l'ARNm et de la protéine après le traitement avec différentes concentrations d'acide cinnamique (1 et 10μM). L'analyse des mécanismes impliqués dans la diminution de l'expression de COX-2 a mis en évidence que l'acide cinnamique régule l'expression de COX-2 de façon post-transcriptionnelle en réduisant la stabilité de son ARNm. Cet effet est associé à une prévention de la diminution de l'expression de microARN (miR)-16 et une inhibition de l'expression de p38 induite par l'acide cinnamique en réponse au traitement avec le PMA. / Inflammation is considered a cancer-promoting factor. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), the inducible form of the family of cyclooxygenases is an important mediator of inflammation, which has been found constitutively expressed in many forms of cancer including breast, colon or prostate. A number of studies show that COX-2 is stably expressed since the early pre-neoplastic stages. This encourages us to consider COX-2 as a potential target in chemoprevention as well as in the treatment of cancer. Synthetic inhibitors of COX-2, which target enzymatic activity, are the only clinical strategy to counteract COX-2. However, these compounds present severe side effects, a fact that limits their prolonged intake, like requested in chemoprevention or during anti-cancer treatment.An alternative strategy to target COX-2 is at the level of its expression. A number of studies show that several natural compounds including curcumin, resveratrol or apigenin preferentially target COX-2 expression without showing toxicity.Our study analyses the effect of cinnamic acid, a natural compound derived from Cinnamonium cassia on COX-2 expression during carcinogenesis, with the final aim to evaluate its potential in chemoprevention/therapy.For our chemopreventive purposes, we used the non-carcinogenic breast cell line MCF10A, stimulated by the phorbol ester 12-phorbol myristate 13-acetate (PMA), which typically induces COX-2. We show a reduction of induced COX-2 expression after treatment with different concentrations of cinnamic acid (1 and 10μM). The analysis of the mechanisms involved in COX-2 protein expression decrease shows that cinnamic acid regulated COX-2 expression at the post-transcriptional level by reducing COX-2 mRNA stability. This effect is associated with the ability of cinnamic acid to prevent downregulation of miR-16 expression and p38 activation in response to PMA treatment.

Poucos tratamentos têm efeito sobre melanomas metastáticos, mas novas drogas vêm sendo estudadas para combater esta doença. Este trabalho avaliou efeito de ácido cinâmico (AC) em melanócitos (NGM) e células de melanoma (HT144) sobre alterações no ciclo, morte, comunicação e mobilidade celular e morfologia nuclear e investigou efeito de proteção à radiação ultravioleta (UV). AC inibiu crescimento de HT144 em relação a NGM. Essa inibição deve ocorrer devido a dano no DNA que levou à inibição da fase S, formação de aberrações nucleares e indução de morte. AC induziu formação de micronúcleos nas células NGM. O citoesqueleto foi reorganizado após AC o que diminuiu a mobilidade celular. Apesar de não induzir comunicação entre as células HT144 o AC aumentou níveis citoplasmáticos de cx43 em células de hepatocarcinoma, o que contribui para a morte celular. Isto sugere maior citotoxicidade de AC em células HT144 em comparação com NGM. Porém, AC não protegeu as células dos efeitos de UV e sua genotoxicidade em células NGM indica que sua atividade depende de mais estudos. / Consumption of vegetables could decrease the risk of malignancies. Cinnamic acid (CA), commonly found in plants have been studied because their antitumor activitie. The present work aimed to evaluate effect of CA in melanocytes (NGM) and melanoma cells (HT-144) by focusing the cell cycle, death, mobility and communication and formation of nuclear aberration and to investigate potential of protection against UV radiation. CA inhibited cell growth of melanoma cells compared to melanocytes, probably due to DNA damage leading to DNA synthesis inhibition, induction of nuclear aberrations and apoptosis. High concentration of CA induced micronuclei in NGM cells. We observed cytoskeleton reorganization that decreased cell mobility in both cells. We have not observed communication in HT144 after treatment, but CA increased expression of cx43 in hepatocarcinoma cells, probably leading to apoptosis. CA did not showed protection effects against ultraviolet radiation and its genotoxic effects in NGM cells indicates that its mechanism of action must be further investigated.

The thesis entitled "SYNTHETIC INVESTIGATIONS IN TERPENOIDS AND STEROIDS" consists of 3 Chapters Chapter-I deals with the synthetic studies on the hexacyclic nortriterpene Pfaffic acid 1, and is divided into two sections. Section-I begins with a brief introduction to Pfaffic acid 1, a naturally occurring hexacyclic nortriterpene, in particular to its isolation, structural elucidation and antitumor activity. The antitumor activities of the Pfafosides A, B, C, D, E and F, the glycosides of pfaffic acid 1, isolated from the same plant is also described. The discussion presents the synthetic strategy developed to construct the AB ring system along with the results of the attempted synthesis of DEF ring of Pfaffic acid 1. The retrosynthetic analysis of 1 identified the key intermediates as AB synthon 2, and the DEF synthon 3, Regioselective hydride reduction of Wieland-Mischer ketone, followed by hydroxyl protection and Woodward methylation gave the dimethylated compound 4 Deprotection of the hydroxyl group and reduction of the carbonyl followed by acetylation resulted in the diacetate 5 Oxidation of the diacetate 5 with PDC-/BuOOH-celite system followed by lithium-liquid ammonia reduction yielded the saturated keto diol 6, which on dehydration and subsequent acetylation afforded the enone acetate 2, which formed the AB ring of Pfaffic acid 1 The synthetic studies towards the construction of DEF rings of Pfaffic acid commenced with the preparation of the indane methanol 7 The alcohol 7 was synthesized starting from 5-methoxyindan-l-one Thus 5-methoxyindanone was converted into the hydroxymethyl compound 8 by Wittig reaction and subsequent hydroboration Swern oxidation of 7, followed by methylation and reduction resulted in the indane methanol 7 Lithium-ammonia reduction of 7 gave a dihydrocompound, which on hydrolysis with oxalic acid gave the isomeric enones 9 and 10 in 1 1 ratio On the other hand, hydrolysis of the dihydrocompound with 5N HC1 in methanol afforded the isomers 9 and 10 in 85 15 ratio Addition of KCN to the isomeric enone mixture (85 15) resulted in the lactone 11 in 60% yield.The formation of the lactone 11 clearly established that the major isomer of the mixture has the angular hydrogen and hydroxymethyl group in as orientation as represented in 9, but unfortunately this geometry is unfavorable for the construction of the DEF ring of Pfaffic acid Similar Birch reduction of the alcohol 8 gave the corresponding dihydrocompound, which on hydrolysis with 5N HC1 in methanol afforded the isomeric alcohols 12 and 13 in 92 8 ratio Hydrogenation of the mixture followed by tosylation yielded the tosylates 14 and 15 in the same ratio Attempted intramolecular cyclisation of the tosylate mixture with different bases failed to yield any tricyclic compound, indicating that the major isomer has the unfavorable geometry for intramolecular alkylation. The origin of stereoselectivity during the hydrolysis of the enol-ether leading to the formation of the isomers 9 and 12 in major amount, was found to be due to a novel hydroxyl directed protonataon as represented in 16 Section-ll describes a novel oxidative C-C bond cleavage reaction with chromium reagents The alcohol 8 when oxidized with a variety of chromium reagents gave 5-methoxyindan-1-one in good yields. The mechanism of this reaction seems to go via the enol 17, which undergoes C-C bond cleavage to afford 5-methoxyindan-l-one. A number of 1-hydroxymethyl indanes 18 and 1-hydroxymethyl tetralins 19 were synthesized and their oxidation with PCC and PDC was examined In all these cases a smooth C-C cleavage was observed resulting in the respective aryl ketones Chapter-II deals with the synthetic investigations on the construction of the tricyclic ACE synthon 20, a potential intermediate for the synthesis of A-ring aromatic steroids, and is divided into two sections. Section-] describes the literature pertaining to the synthetic approaches towards A-ring aromatic steroids, with the emphasis being a critical analysis of the methodologies developed for estrone. Section-ll is divided into two parts Part-I presents the results of the synthetic studies on the construction of the tricyclic ACE synthon 20 The section starts with a need to develop a convenient methodology for the synthesis of aryltetralin 21 The new process developed for the synthesis of 21 involved a one pot Friedel-Crafts arylation of the 7-methoxy-l-tetralol 22 with the phenol to afford the aryltetralin 21 in high yield This methodology was extended to the synthesis of a number of aryl tetralins 22 to show the generality of this reaction Benzylic oxidation of the acetate of 21, afforded the aryl ketone, which on hydrolysis followed by benzylation with yielded the tetralone 24 Wittig olefination of the tetralone 24, followed by hydroboration afforded the hydroxymethyl compound 25 Swern oxidation of the hydroxymethyl compound 25 and subsequent methylation and sodium borohydride reduction gave the aryltetralin 26 along with its isomer 27 Both these isomers were separated by column chromatography over silica gel and subjected to hydrogenation to afford isomeric diols 28 and 29 Birch reduction of 28 afforded the dihydrocompound, which on acid hydrolysis resulted in a mixture of compounds consisting of 30, 31, 32, and 33 The diastereomeric isomers 30 and 31 were separated together from the other set of diastereomeric isomers 32 and 33 by column chromatography over silicagel, but the individual diastereomers could not be separated On the other hand hydrolysis of the dihydrocompound for a longer period (24 h) yielded the compound 32 as a single isomer along with the mixture 30 and 31 Part-II describes a new synthetic methodology for the construction of bicyclo[3 2 2]nonanes, During the preparation of the aryltetralin derivative 28, a hitherto unknown double Friedel-Crafts reaction, leading to the formation of bicyclo[3.2 2]nonane derivative was observed The diol 35 on treatment with phenol and A1C1, unexpectedly underwent a novel double Friedel-Crafts reaction to afford the bicyclo[3 2 2]nonane derivative 36 The mechanism of this reaction was found to go via the aryl tetralin 28 and the generality of this reaction was demonstrated by the synthesis of different aryltetralin derivatives 37, by reacting the diol with various arylating agents Chapter-III deals with the direct conversion of 130-alkylgona tetraenes into 19-nortestosterone derivatives Birch reduction of 8-dehydroestradiol-3-methyl ether 38 and 9(11)-dehydroestradiol-3-methyl ether 39 followed by acid hydrolysis results in a mixture of 19-nortestosterone 40 and retro-19- nortestosterone 41 in varying amounts However, reduction of the acetates of 38 and 39 with sodium or lithium, in the presence of aniline affords exclusively 19-nortestosterone 40 Similarly the acetate of 42 was converted to 18-homo-19-nortestosterone 43

Poucos tratamentos têm efeito sobre melanomas metastáticos, mas novas drogas vêm sendo estudadas para combater esta doença. Este trabalho avaliou efeito de ácido cinâmico (AC) em melanócitos (NGM) e células de melanoma (HT144) sobre alterações no ciclo, morte, comunicação e mobilidade celular e morfologia nuclear e investigou efeito de proteção à radiação ultravioleta (UV). AC inibiu crescimento de HT144 em relação a NGM. Essa inibição deve ocorrer devido a dano no DNA que levou à inibição da fase S, formação de aberrações nucleares e indução de morte. AC induziu formação de micronúcleos nas células NGM. O citoesqueleto foi reorganizado após AC o que diminuiu a mobilidade celular. Apesar de não induzir comunicação entre as células HT144 o AC aumentou níveis citoplasmáticos de cx43 em células de hepatocarcinoma, o que contribui para a morte celular. Isto sugere maior citotoxicidade de AC em células HT144 em comparação com NGM. Porém, AC não protegeu as células dos efeitos de UV e sua genotoxicidade em células NGM indica que sua atividade depende de mais estudos. / Consumption of vegetables could decrease the risk of malignancies. Cinnamic acid (CA), commonly found in plants have been studied because their antitumor activitie. The present work aimed to evaluate effect of CA in melanocytes (NGM) and melanoma cells (HT-144) by focusing the cell cycle, death, mobility and communication and formation of nuclear aberration and to investigate potential of protection against UV radiation. CA inhibited cell growth of melanoma cells compared to melanocytes, probably due to DNA damage leading to DNA synthesis inhibition, induction of nuclear aberrations and apoptosis. High concentration of CA induced micronuclei in NGM cells. We observed cytoskeleton reorganization that decreased cell mobility in both cells. We have not observed communication in HT144 after treatment, but CA increased expression of cx43 in hepatocarcinoma cells, probably leading to apoptosis. CA did not showed protection effects against ultraviolet radiation and its genotoxic effects in NGM cells indicates that its mechanism of action must be further investigated.

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Les molécules aromatiques se retrouvent dans de nombreux produits de la chimie fine ou de spécialité. Aujourd'hui toutes sont obtenues par voie pétrochimique ; il est donc nécessaire de trouver des ressources alternatives renouvelables. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés à des méthodologies applicables en chimie fine et mettant en oeuvre la transformation de molécules aromatiques issues de la biomasse soit pour obtenir des synthons équivalents à ceux de la filière pétrochimique, soit pour synthétiser des composés de chimie fine sans recourir à des fonctionnalisation intermédiaires. Ainsi, une nouvelle voie d'obtention de styrènes fonctionnels à partir d'acides cinnamiques par décarboxylation cuprocatalysée dans le PEG a été mise au point. Cette stratégie a été étendue à la préparation de composés aromatiques et hétéroaromatiques à partir des acides correspondants, et aux amines à partir d'aminoacides biosourcés. Un second axe a concerné le développement d'un système catalytique [Pd/Cu] homogène, et en partie hétérogène, pour la synthèse de biaryles par couplage décarboxylant de deux acides benzoïques. Appliqué aux acides 2-Nitrobenzoïque et 2,6- diméthoxybenzoïque, le système permet l'obtention du biaryle visé avec un rendement de 70%. Des études supplémentaires sont nécessaires pour lever les verrous technologiques limitant l'utilisation en termes de substrats. Le dernier axe traite de la synthèse de stilbènes par couplage d'un acide cinnamique et d'un halogénure d'aryle. L'étude a permis la mise au point d'une palladocatalyse très efficace qui permet d'obtenir la molécule cible avec un rendement allant jusqu'à 78%. La méthodologie a été transposée en catalyse hétérogène par l'utilisation de PdO/SiO2 et Pd/C ; le PdO/SiO2 s'est avéré stable sur au moins 4 cycles. Comme pour la synthèse de biaryles, le système nécessite d'autres développements pour étendre son champ d'action aux dérivés d'acides cinnamiques peu réactifs / Aromatic molecules are present in a large field of products in fine chemistry. Nowadays, all are obtained by petrochemical way ; Thus, it’s necessary to find alternative renewable resources. As part of this thesis, we are interested in the fine chemical methodologies and implementing the transformation of aromatic molecules from biomass either to obtain building blocks equivalent to those from the petrochemical industry, or to synthesize fine chemicals compounds without the necessity of intermediate functionalization. Thus, a new way to obtain functionalized styrenes from cinnamic acids by decarboxylation copper catalyzed into PEG was developed. This strategy has been extended to the preparation of aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds from the corresponding acids and amines from biosourced amino acids. A second axis concerned the development of a homogeneous catalytic system [Pd/Cu], and partly heterogeneous, for the synthesis of biaryls by decarboxylating coupling of two benzoic acids. Applied to 2-Nitrobenzoic acid and 2,6 dimethoxy acid, the system allows the production of biaryl covered with a yield of 70%. Further studies turn out to be necessary to remove technological barriers in terms of limited substrates. The last axis deals with the synthesis of carbons by coupling a cinnamic acid and an aryl halide. The study development allowed a very efficient palladocatalyse that achieves the target molecule with a yield up to 78%. The methodology has been implemented in heterogeneous catalysis using PdO/SiO2 and Pd/C; PdO / SiO2 was stable for at least 4 turnover. As for the synthesis of biaryls, the system requires further development to expand its scope to derivatives cinnamic acids less reactive