[pt] A importância terapêutica dos compostos contendo 1,2,3-triazóis deve-se ao seu espectro de atuação farmacológica, entre as quais podemos destacar a ação anticâncer, antiviral, antibacteriana, antifúngica, anticonvulsivante entre outras. A facilidade sintética de obtenção de 1,2,3- triazóis por meio da reação de cicloadição 1,3 –dipolar catalisada por cobre (CuAAc), também denominada click chemistry, bem como a reação de cicloadição térmica 1,3-dipolar, torna este grupo bastante atraente como um grupo farmacofórico. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo geral o planejamento, síntese e avaliação de fenil(1-fenil-1H-1,2,3-triazóis-4-il)metanol, também denominados hidróxi-1,2,3-triazóis, visando analisar suas ações farmacológicas frente a leishmaniose. Duas estratégias foram desenvolvidas para a obtenção destes compostos: (i) reação de cicloadição 1,3-dipolar catalisada por cobre (CuAAC) entre 1-fenil-3-(trimetilsilil)prop-2-in-1-óis e aril azidas substituídas previamente preparadas levando assim a obtenção dos fenil(1-fenil-1H-1,2,3-triazóis-4-il)metanol com rendimentos entre 20 e 30 por cento. As aril azidas foram preparadas à partir das anilinas em 60 a 85 por cento de rendimentos e os 1-fenil-3-(trimetilsilil)prop-2-in-1-óis foram preparados à partir da adição de etiniltrimetilsilano aos benzaldeídos comerciais (ii) reação de cicloadição térmica entre aril azidas e (E)-3-(dimetilamino)-1-fenilprop-2-en-1-ona - previamente preparadas à partir de 4-bromoacetofenonas, em rendimentos de 40-50 por cento, seguida de redução dos fenil(1-fenil-1H-1,2,3-triazóis-4-il)metanona com rendimentos variando entre 35-50 por cento levando assim a obtenção dos fenil(1-fenil-1H-1,2,3-triazóis-4-il)metanóis com rendimentos entre 20 e 30 por cento. Os compostos sintetizados foram caracterizados por técnicas de espectroscopia de ressonância magnética nuclear (RMN), infravermelho (IV) e espectrometria de massas (CG-MS). / [en] The therapeutic importance of compounds containing 1,2,3-triazoles is due to their spectrum of pharmacological activity, among which we can highlight the anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, anticonvulsant action, among others. The synthetic facility to obtain 1,2,3-triazoles through the 1,3-dipolar copper-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction (CuAAc), also called click chemistry, as well as the 1,3-dipolar thermal cycloaddition reaction, makes this group quite attractive as a pharmacophoric group. The present work has a general objective the planning, synthesis and evaluation of phenyl (1-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazoles-4-yl) methanol, also called hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles, aiming to analyze their pharmacological actions against leishmaniasis. Two strategies were developed to obtain these compounds: (i) 1,3-dipolar copper-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction (CuAAC) between 1-phenyl-3- (trimethylsilyl) prop-2-in-1-ois and aryl azides substituted previously prepared thus leading to obtaining phenyl (1-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazoles-4-yl) methanol with yields between 20 and 30 percent. Aryl azides (50a-i) were prepared from anilines in 60 to 85 percent yields and 1-phenyl-3- (trimethylsilyl) prop-2-in-1-ois were prepared from the addition of ethinyltrimethylsilane to commercial benzaldehydes (ii) thermal cycloaddition reaction between aryl azides and (E) -3- (dimethylamino) -1-phenylprop- 2-en-1-one - previously prepared from 4-bromoacetophenones, in yields of 40-50 percent, followed by reduction of phenyl (1-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazoles-4- il) methanone with yields varying between 35-50 percent thus leading to the obtaining of phenyl (1-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazoles-4-yl) methanols with yields between 20 and 30 percent. The synthesized compounds were characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), infrared (IR) and mass spectrometry (CG-MS) techniques.

In the everlasting battle against cancer the development of drugs targeting new therapeutic pathways is of crucial importance. In the attempt to develop new anticancer agents we have synthesized a library of anthraquinone compounds that show selectivity against leukemia. Mechanistic evaluation of the lead compound reveal that this class of compounds achieve their effects through inhibition of MDM2-MDM4 heterodimer and upregulation of the tumor suppressor p53. Computer aided rational design resulted in the development of a number of compounds with activities in the nanomolar range against various cancer cells. Analysis of the physicochemical properties of selected compounds allowed for their evaluation as potential drug candidates. The successful development of non-toxic formulations permits for the further in vivo investigation of the compounds. Click reactions have found wide spread applications in sensing, materials chemistry, bioconjugation, and biolabeling. A number of very useful click reactions have been discovered, which allow for various applications. In bioconjugation applications, the ability to conduct a secondary conjugation will be very useful in, e.g., protein pull down and binding site identification. Along this line, we describe a neighboring group-assisted facile condensation between an aldehyde and a vicinal aminothiol moiety, leading to the formation of benzothiazoles. The conversion is completed within 5 minutes at low micromolar concentrations at ambient temperature. The facile reaction was attributed to the presence of a neighboring boronic acid, which functions as an intramolecular Lewis Acid in catalyzing the reaction. The boronic acid group is compatible with most functional groups in biomolecules and yet can also be used for further functionalization via a large number of well-known coupling reactions.

Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The creation of nanometer-scale (nanoscale) materials has fascinated and inspired the scientific community for more than a quarter of a century because of the wide range of applications of these materials, e.g. applications in drug delivery, medicine, tissue engineering, memory storage, display and audio devices, semiconductors, etc. π-Conjugated dendrimers have a proposed flat packing arrangement. An alternating phenyl isoxazole dendrimer system was developed to investigate this phenomenon. The synthesis of this dendritic system was attempted by divergent and convergent approaches. Preparation of the second generation failed because some functional groups inhibited the monomers to react to the first generation. Other examples of nano materials that have attracted a vast amount of interest are the so-called discotic amphiphiles. Discotic amphiphilic molecules have the potential to self-assemble into helical architectures. Discotic systems bearing chiral polar side chains (one and three respectively) were developed. Their self-assembly was investigated in variable concentration and variable solvent composition experiments. These systems did show signs of aggregation in UV-vis and CD spectroscopy experiments. Thread-like helical structures were observed with transmission electron microscopy. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Nanometer-skaal materiale inspireer en fassineer wetenskaplikes al vir meer as 25 jaar as gevolg van hulle wye verskeidenheid toepassings bv.: die vervoer van geneesmiddels, weefsel ontwerp, geheue stoorspasie, digitale skerms, klank toerusting, geleiers, ens. π-Gekonjugeerde dendrimere het 'n plat drie dimmensionele rangskikking. 'n Afwisselende feniel isoxazole dendrimer stelsel was ontwikkel om hierdie verskynsel te ondersoek. Die sintese van hierdie dendritiese stelsel is aangepak deur divergerende en konvergerende benaderings. Sintese van die tweede generasie het misluk omdat sommige funksionele groepe die monomere geïnhibeer het om te reageer met die eerste generasie. Ander interessante voorbeelde van nano materiale, is die sogenaamde skyfvormige amphiphiles. Skyfvormige amphiphiles het die potensiaal om spontaan te versamel in heliese strukture. Skyfvormige molekules met chirale polêre sykettings (een en drie onderskeidelik) is ontwikkel. Hulle potensiaal om spontaan te versamel is ondersoek met wisselende konsentrasie en wisselende oplosmiddel samestelling eksperimente. Hierdie stelsels het tekens van versameling gewys in UV-vis en CD-spektroskopiese eksperimente. Staaf-vormige heliese strukture is waargeneem met transmissie-elektronmikroskopie.

Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Cancer is the leading cause of death on the planet, killing an estimated 8.2 million people in the year of 2012.The disease is associated with two families of genes, namely oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes. The hallmarks of cancer pathogenesis include gene amplification, point mutations or chromosomal rearrangements within these genes. Kinases are responsible for the reversible phosphorylation of proteins, which plays a significant and extensive role in cellular signal transduction. Aberrant kinase activity provokes overexpression, mutations and chromosomal translocation and results in the onset of onco- and tumorogenesis, ultimately leading to cancer. Inactivation of this class of enzyme is thus critical as it would result in the suppression of these unwanted activities. For this, researchers have developed kinase inhibitors, specifically targeting these proteins and thus inhibiting signal transduction pathways and tumour growth. This has resulted in great successes, particularly in the case of the commercial inhibitor, imatinib. However, resistance to approved therapeutic agents through mutations has resulted in the search for more potent and selective inhibitors to overcome these obstacles. This project involved the synthesis of bioactive heterocycles linked to 1,2,3-triazoles using either a C-C or C-N bond forming strategy. The synthetic methodology followed included the use of Sonogashira coupling reactions between3-bromoquinoline, 7-chloro-4-iodoquinoline, 4-bromoisoquinolineand5-bromoisoquinolineand trimethylsilylacetylene (TMSA), followed by deprotection of the TMS group to yield heterocycles bearing terminal alkynes. The synthesis of both benzyl azide and 2-(azidomethyl)pyridine as azide fragments, allowed for subsequent coupling of the synthesized azide and alkyne fragments through copper-mediated click chemistry, affording a library of 1,4-substituted 1,2,3-triazole based reversible kinase inhibitors. Synthesis of a second library of o-, m- and p-substituted nitro benzyl azides, allowed for both copper- and ruthenium-mediated click reactions, between the alkynes and nitro benzyl azides synthesized, to yield 1,4- and 1,5-substituted 1,2,3-triazoles, respectively. Finally, reduction of the incorporated o-, m- and p- substituted nitro group, and acylation of the resultant amine with acryloyl chloride, resulted in the incorporation of the important Michael acceptor moiety required for irreversible inhibition. This afforded a library of both reversible and potential irreversible triazole-based kinase inhibitors through efficient copper- and ruthenium-mediated click chemistry. Biological screening and activity assays against the wildtype, and two mutated forms of the EGFR kinase, were undertaken with these synthesized compounds.A number of synthesized inhibitors showed good selectivity for the mutated forms of the EGFR kinase only.The most potent inhibitor N-{2-{[4-(isoquinolin-4-yl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl]methyl}phenyl}acrylamide,displayed efficacy in the low μM range - comparable to that of the FDA approved drug, gefitinib. The synthetic methodology derived in this project could be applied to the use of biological space probes with further investigatory research. Furthermore, from the biological screening results obtained, and the selectivity profile shown by these inhibitors, the synthesis of a second generation library of compounds is an additional research possibility. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Kanker is die hoof oorsaak van sterftes ter wêreld, wat verantwoordelik is vir die dood van ongeveer 8.2 miljoen mense in die jaar 2012. Die siekte word geassosieer met twee geenfamilies, naamlik onkogene en gewasonderdrukkingsgene. Die kenmerke van kanker pathiogene behels geenversterking, puntmutasies of chromosomale herrangskikking binne in die gene. Kinase is verantwoordelik vir die omkeerbare fosforilering van proteine wat 'n uiters belangrike rol in sellulere sein transduksie speel. Abnormale kinase aktiwiteit lei tot ooruitdrukking, mutasies en chromosomale translokasie wat tot die ontwikkeling van onko- en gewasgroei en wat eindelik tot kanker lei. Deaktivering van die klas van ensieme is dus krities want dit sal die ongewenste abnormale aktiwiteite onderdruk. As gevolg van die bogenoemde, het navorsers kinase inhibeerders ontwikkel wat die spesifieke protein teiken en hiermee die sein transduksie roete asook gewas groei inhibeer. Hiermee het die sukses van inhibeerders veral die kommersiele inhibeerder, imatinib, grootliks toegeneem. Oor die afgelope jare het die belangstelling in die ontwikkeling van meer selektiewe en kragtige inhibeerders toegeneem as gevolg van die weerstand wat goedgekeurde terapeutiese middels opbou. In hierdie projek is daar gebruik gemaak van 'n C-C of C-N bindingsvorming strategie om bioaktiewe heterosikliese molekules te sintetiseer wat gekoppel is aan 1,2,3-triasool funksionele groepe. Die sintetiese metode maak gebruik van Sonogashira reaksies vir die 3-bromo-kwinolien, 7-chloro-4-iodokwinolien, 4-bromoisokwinolien en 5-bromoisokwinolien met trimetielsilielasetileen (TMSA), gevolg met die ontskerming van die TMS-groep om die terminale alkyn op die heterosiklusse te ontbloot. Die asied fragmente, bensiel asied en 2-(asidometiel)piridien, was toe gesintetiseer om met die gevormde heterosiklus alkyne 'n koper ondersteunende kliek chemie te ondergaan. 'n Reeks van 1,4-digesubstitueerde 1,2,3-triasool gebaseerde omkeerbare kinase inhibitore is toe gevorm. 'n Tweede reeks met o-, m-, en p- gesubtitueerde nitro bensiel asiede was gesintetiseer om 1,4- en 1,5- digesubtitueerde 1,2,3-triasole te sintetiseer met behulp van koper- en ruthenium ondersteunende kliek chemie. Laastens was die o-, m-, en p- nitro groepe gereduseer om 'n primêre amien te vorm. Die gevormende amien het 'n asileringsreaksie met akriloïel chloried ondergaan om die kern, die Michael akseptor, te inkorporeer. Die Michael akseptor word benodig om 'n onomkeerbare inhibitoriese aktiwiteit te kan uitvoer. Die projek het dus met behulp van kliek chemie, twee 1,2,3-triasool reekse gelewer wat omkeerbare en onomkeerbare inhibitoriese aktiwiteit kan uitvoer. Die verbindings gesintetiseerd in hierdie projek het keuringstoetse ondergaan teen die wilde tipe en teen twee gemuteerde forme van die EGFR kinase ensiem. Van hierdie verbindings het goeie selektiwiteit vertoon teenoor die gemuteerde EGFR kinase ensiem. Die mees aktiewe inhibeerder, N-{2-{[4-isokwinolin-4-iel)-1H-1,2,3-triasool-1-iel]feniel}akrielamied, het aktiwiteit in die lae μM reeks vertoon. Dié inhibisie waarde is vergelykbaar met die FDA goedgekeurde medikasie, gefitinib. In hierdie projek is sintetiese metodes ontwikkel wat toegepas kan word op meer intensiewe biologiese ondersoeke en asook meer navorsing. Die resultate vekry van die biologiese aktiwiteit, asook die verbindings se selektiwiteit, gee die moontlikheid vir die ontwikkeling en sintese van 'n tweede generasie verbindings.

Glycans are macromolecules that contain several classes. Glycans can play an important role in biological activities. Studying the cell surface glycans can provide a very powerful way to understand the fundamental process. Also it could help to regulate expected cell response. Thus it is very necessary to have a method to detect cell- surface glycans efficiently. An efficient method for glycan detection is necessary. Metabolic glycan labeling and chemoenzymatic glycan labeling are most commonly used. Chemoenzymatic glycan labeling is a rapid and sensitive method which also has high specificity. This method can be applied in both vitro and vivo. However the availability of unnatural sugar nucleotides functioned by bioorthogonal groups is the main limitation for chemoenzymatic labeling. In this thesis, UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-GalNAc derivatives were prepared for further chemoenzymatic labeling by using chemoenzymatic synthesis method.

Click chemistry is a very powerful chemical strategy that overcome carbon-carbon bond with carbon-heteroatom bond by joining small units with heteroatom links (C-X-C) using spring-loaded reactants. The Cu(I)-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition is a major example based on the click chemistry philosophy. This method was used for the last 10 years to join different functional groups, carbohydrates, aminoacids, polymers to calix[4]arene and resorcin[4]arene cavitands by a stable 1,2,3-triazole linkages. Herein I describe our interest in this type of click chemistry reaction in the synthesis of dimeric capsules resorcin[4]arene via four 1,2,3-triazole linkages. Two different resorcin[4]arene derivatives were synthesized in which four azide and four alkyne functional groups were attached on the upper rim of two different resorcin[4]arenes. The dimerization reaction was quite challenging due to steric factors. Each resorcin[4]arene derivative was then studied individually via click chemistry and all click reaction results were excellent and the products were isolated in good yields. These results enhanced the synthesis of the dimeric resorcin[4]arene.

Depuis quelques années on assiste au développement de nouveaux bio-catalyseurs qui sont des hybrides combinant les avantages de la catalyse organométallique (système robustes, efficaces, mais couteux) à ceux de la catalyse enzymatique (écologique, spécifique mais peu flexible). Parmi les différentes stratégies mises en œuvre pour créer des enzymes artificielles, aucune d'elles n'a jusqu'à présent véritablement envisagé d'utiliser l'activité d'une enzyme et de la combiner à celle d'un composé organique. C'est la nouvelle approche proposée dans ce travail pour tenter d'orienter l'activité catalytique d'une oxydase à fort potentiel industriel, la laccase. Les produits d'oxydation de la laccase sont des radicaux phénoxyls qui se recombinent dans le milieu sans contrôle de l'enzyme. Chez certaines plantes, des petites protéines nommées « dirigent proteins » interagissent avec les radicaux phénoxyls pour conduire à la formation d'un seul produit optiquement pur. Dans ce travail, nous avons tenté de mimer ces « dirigent proteins » en greffant une molécule cage de type cyclodextrine à proximité du site actif de la laccase. Dans un premier temps, nous avons réalisé la synthèse de modules organiques dits « plateformes » possédants a) un point d'attachement à l'enzyme, b) un groupement pour la purification des protéines fonctionnalisées et c) une cyclodextrine qui permet d'encapsuler un grand nombre de molécules organiques. Par des mesures de fluorescences et d'immuno-détection, nous avons identifié les conditions optimales de fonctionnalisation pour la laccase et ainsi validé sa dérivatisation. / In recent years we are witnessing the development of new bio-catalysts which are hybrids combining the advantages of organometallic catalysis (robust and efficient system, but expensive) to those of enzymatic catalysis (ecological, specific but not very flexible). Among the various strategies used to create artificial enzymes, none of them has yet seriously considered to combine an enzyme activity with that of an organic compound. This is the new approach proposed in this work to try to orient the catalytic activity of the laccase, an oxidase with an industrial potential. The oxidation products of the laccase are phénoxy radicals which recombine in the medium regardless of the activity of the enzyme. In some plants, small proteins called "dirigent proteins" interact with phénoxy radicals leading to the formation of a single optically pure product. In this work, we tried to mimic the "dirigent proteins" by grafting a cyclodextrin-cage molecule near the active site of the laccase. As a first step, we performed the synthesis of organic modules called "platforms" with a) an anchor point to the enzyme, b) a group for functionalized protein purification c) a cyclodextrin that encapsulates a large number of organic molecules. By fluorescence and immunodetection measurements, we identified the optimal conditions for laccase functionalization and thus validated its derivatization. Monitoring the oxidation of coniferyl alcohol by the functionalized laccase with a cyclodextrined platform highlights a change in the kinetic profiles of the substrate and products. This difference appears due to the location of the cyclodextrin near the substrate oxidation site.

La leucémie myéloïde chronique (LMC) est une affection hématologique maligne caractérisée par l’apparition dans la moelle osseuse et le sang, d’un nombre important de globules blancs dont certains sont immatures. A l’heure actuelle, le principal traitement est l’Imatinib, commercialisé sous le nom de Glivec®. Ce traitement conduit, chez certains patients, à l'émergence de souches résistantes, ce qui complique la thérapeutique et nécessite un large panel de molécules actives pour contourner les mécanismes de résistance. Par conséquent, la recherche de nouvelles molécules bioactives agissant sur de nouvelles cibles biologiques reste toujours un défi important et d’actualité. Au cours de ce projet de thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés au développement de nouveaux procédés de synthèse pour accéder et découvrir de nouvelles molécules bioactives, en série nucléosidique, pour contourner les mécanismes de résistances dans des modèles de LMC. Nous avons tout d’abord développé une nouvelle méthode de synthèse propre et efficace de nouveaux analogues de C-nucléosides en utilisant une catalyse par le fer. Nous avons ensuite réalisé plusieurs modifications post-synthétiques pour accéder à de nouveaux C-nucléosides hautement fonctionnalisés, en particulier les analogues de la thiophènefurine. Nous avons également développé un nouveau procédé de synthèse d’une famille de O-glycosides, en combinant l’activation par les ultrasons à la catalyse par le fer. Ce procédé a été exploité par la suite pour concevoir et synthétiser les analogues glycosidiques du résvératrol. Enfin, nous avons mis au point une méthode efficace et peu couteuse d’azidation de sucres protégés. / Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a malignant hematological disorder characterized by the formation, in the blood and bone marrow, of an excessive number of white blood cells, some of which are immature. Currently, the main treatment of CML is based on tyrosine-kinase inhibitors, such as Imatinib, the first approved drug of this class of compounds and marketed as Gleevec ®. However, this treatment results, in some patients, to the emergence of resistance, which complicates the treatment and requires a wide range of active molecules to circumvent resistance mechanisms. Therefore, the search for new bioactive molecules featuring new mode of action still remains a challenging.In this thesis project, we were interested in the design and discovery of new bioactive molecules in nucleoside series to circumvent resistance mechanisms in CML models, as well as in the development of new synthetic methods for the preparation of these targeted molecules. We first developed a clean and efficient procedure for the synthesis of new C- nucleoside analogues using iron catalysis. Then, several post-synthetic modifications were carried out, starting from halogenated nucleoside derivatives, to access highly functionalized C- nucleosides, as new analogues of thiophenefurin . We also developed a new procedure for the synthesis of O-glycosides using a cooperative effect of iron catalysis and ultrasound activation. This method has been applied for the synthesis of resveratrol O-glycosides. Finally, we developed an effecient and inexpensive method for anomeric sugar azidation. This method was applied for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazolyl glycosides using a one-pot azidation-click procedure.

The research investigations presented herein are concerned with the syntheses and applications of arylboronic acids and their derivatives; with a particular focus on their accessibility or utility in certain of the most significant modern transition metal-catalysed reactions to involve organoborons. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the field of organoboron chemistry, from its roots employing borane and related highly reactive derivatives for uncatalysed hydroboration of olefins and acetylenes, to the modern classes of organoboron reagents of the greatest significance to the related contemporary transition metal-catalysed methodologies. Furthermore particular emphasis is placed on the discussion of arylboronic acids, their synthesis, and application to transition metal catalysis as a result of their propensity to undergo useful transmetallation events. Chapter 2 details the use of a commercially available sulfonated monophosphine ligand in the rhodium-catalysed 1,2-addition reaction employing aryl aldehydes and arylboronic acids in aqueous media. The high and continued activity of the catalytic complex is demonstrated by it being successfully recycled five consecutive times in the arylation reaction of an aryl aldehyde; as well as being active for the arylations of more sterically demanding aryl methyl ketone substrates. Chapter 3 details the design and synthesis of a novel bench-stable azidomethylene substituted arylboronate ester. The reactivity of this compound and a related analogue in both the coppercatalysed azide alkyne cycloaddition reaction and the Suzuki coupling reaction are detailed, culminating in the proof-of-concept use of such versatile synthetic building blocks in the synthesis of a drug-substance derivative. Chapter 4 details alternative synthetic approaches to that used in Chapter 3 in order to access bifunctional azidomethylene substituted arylboronate esters. In particular the application of Miyaura borylation of arylhalides bearing benzylic azides is addressed as a means to rapidly access substrates which are otherwise shown to be incompatible with classical s-block synthetic intermediates.

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AMPs have been coupled to molecular scaffolds for biomedical applications such as hydrogels for wound dressings and covering implants. Here AMPs were chemically conjugated to the CR4 hydrophilic polymers. The CPF_C1 is a short peptide isolated from Xenopus clivii, the original sequence was modified one called LCPF_C1, aiming to create some distance between the first glycine and the azide added on the N terminus (on the coupled sequence). The conjugation between the AMP and the CR4 polymer used a click chemistry reaction with two steps, dependent of a hetero crosslinker (DBCO???PEG4???NHS Ester). Dynamic light scattering (DLS) and fluorimeter assays were used to evaluate the efficiency of coupling. MALDI-ToF analysis showed 3 molecules of LCPF_C1 peptide for each CR4 polymer. Moreover, microrheology showed changes on hybrids increasing the viscosity. Finally, the compounds were evaluate against four different bacteria: Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiela pneumoneae carbapenemases (Kpc), Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It was possible to observe MIC???s against P. aeruginosa of 11 mM by using the peptide (LCPF_C1) and 55 mM for the original sequence. When the hibrids were compared to the free polymer was not found MIC values against K. pneumoneae (CR-Kp). On the other hand, the hibrids showed three times less activity than the free polymer against P. aeruginosa. No MIC values were found aganst S. aureus. Finally, against E. coli was observed a MIC value of 1000 mM for the free CR4 and 250 mM for the hibrids. On this way, the present work showed the possibility to functionalize biopolymers by using bioactive molecules coupled to biopolimers, changing the physical-chemical characteristics and increasing they applicability against bacterial infections. / Uma taxa alarmante de bact??rias tem se tornado resistente a um grande n??mero de antimicrobianos convencionais. Desta forma, a demanda por novas terapias antimicrobianas tem aumentado proporcionalmente. Assim, o uso de pept??deos antimicrobianos (PAMs) consistem em uma promissora alternativa para antibacterianos convencionais, particularmente podendo ser acoplado a estruturas moleculares para aplica????es biom??dicas, como hidrog??is para curativos e cobertura de implantes. No presente trabalho, PAMs foram quimicamente conjugados ao pol??mero hidrof??lico inspirado nas prote??nas naturais col??geno e seda CR4. O pept??deo CPF_C1 consiste em um pept??deo contendo 17 res??duos de amino??cidos isolado de Xenopus clivii, com atividade comparada ?? bact??rias Gram-negativas e -positivas. Para este estudo, a sequ??ncia original do CPF-C1 foi modificada e intitulada LCPF_C1, objetivando aumentar a dist??ncia entre a primeira glicina e a azida adicionada na por????o N-terminal. A conjuga????o entre o PAM e o pol??mero CR4 foi realizada por meio de click chemistry reaction em dois passos, dependentes do hetero crosslinker (DBCO???PEG4???NHS Ester). Ensaios de espalhamento de luz din??mico (DLS) e fluorimetria foram utilizados para avaliar a efici??ncia de acoplamento e demonstraram a presen??a do pept??deo acoplado ao pol??mero. An??lises de MALDI-ToF demonstraram 3 mol??culas do pept??deo LCPF-C1 para cada mol??cula do pol??mero CR4. Al??m disso, dados de microrreologia demonstraram mudan??as nos h??bridos como aumento de viscosidade. Finalmente, os compostos foram avaliados contra quatro bact??rias diferentes: Staphylococcus aureus, K. pneumoneae carbapenemase (Kpc), Escherichia coli e Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Foi poss??vel observar para P. aeruginosa MICs de 11 mM utilizando o pept??deo (LCPF_C1) e 55 mM para a sequ??ncia original. Quando comparados aos h??bridos em rela????o a atividade do pol??mero livre n??o foi encontrado valor de MIC contra K. pneumoneae (CR-Kp). Por outro lado, os h??bridos demonstraram um MIC cerca de tr??s vezes menor que o pol??mero livre contra P. aeruginosa. Nenhum valor de MIC foi encontrado contra S. aureus. Finalmente, contra E. coli observou-se MIC de 1000 mM para o pol??mero CR4 e 250 mM para os h??bridos. Desta forma o presente trabalho demonstrou a possibilidade de funcionalizar biopol??meros por meio do acoplamento de mol??culas bioativas, alterando suas caracter??sticas f??sico-qu??micas e aumentando sua aplicabilidade contra infec????es bacterianas.