Pyrazoles have been intensely studied in the design and synthesis of biologically active agents because they display considerable medicinal activities. Recent studies have shown that integration of a ferrocenyl unit with structural features of pyrazoles can result in the formation of the new products with enhanced or/and unexpected biological activity since several ferrocene derivatives have already been illustrated to be active against a number of tumors. Therefore, we have investigated the electrophilic cyclizations of the hydrazones to afford 5-ferrocenyl-4-((4-nitrophenyl)sulfenyl)-substituted pyrazole derivatives. First, the requisite hydrazone derivatives were synthesized by the reactions of ferrocenyl propargyl aldehydes or ketones with a series of hydrazines. Then electrophilic cyclizations of these hydrazones were investigated by treating with 4-(nitrophenyl)sulfenyl chloride as electrophile. By employing these electrophilic cyclizations, a series of 5-ferrocenyl-4-((4-nitrophenyl)sulfenyl)-1H-pyrazoles, 5-ferrocenyl-4-((4-nitrophenyl) sulfenyl)-3-methyl-1H-pyrazoles and 5-ferrocenyl-4-((4-nitrophenyl)sulfenyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazoles have been synthesized in moderate to good yields.

Esta tese consiste do estudo de reações de ciclofuncionalização de compostos β-enamino carbonílicos e β-dicarbonílicos, contendo uma cadeia alquenílica nas posições α ou γ. Os eletrófilos empregados para este fim foram: iodo, brometo de fenilselenenila e tricloreto de p-metóxifeniltelurio. Os iodo-β-enamino ésteres e cetonas cíclicas, após desidroiodação mediada por base, levaram à formação dos correspondentes pirróis, indóis e aminobenzofuranos. A ciclização dos β-ceto ésteres e β-dicetonas levou a enol éteres e benzofuranos funcionalizados. Estes resultados, juntamente com outros obtidos em nosso grupo de pesquisa, foram utilizados em um estudo comparativo entre reagentes de iodo, selênio e telúrio frente a reações de ciclização eletrofílica de substratos β-dicarbonílicos. / This thesis presents a study of the cyclofunctionalization of β-enamino carbonyl and β-dicarbonyl compounds, substituted by an alkenyl group at the α or γ positions. Iodine, phenyl-selenenyl bromide and p-methoxyphenyltellurium trichloride were employed as the electrophilic reagent. The cyclic iodo-β-enamino esters and ketones, after base-promoted dehydroiodination, led to the corresponding pyrroles, indoles and aminobenzofurans. The cyclization of the β-keto esters and β-diketones afforded five- and six-membered enol ethers and benzofuranones. These results, together with others previously obtained in our research group, allowed us to compare the behavior of the three above mentioned electrophiles toward the cyclofunctionalization of β-dicarbonyl substrates.

Pyrazoles have been studied for over a century as an important class of heterocyclic compounds and continue to attract considerable interest due to the broad range of biological activities they possess. The electrophilic cyclization of the acetylenic hydrazones initiated by molecular iodine could provide new ways of synthesizing biologically active 4-iodopyrazole derivatives, which are important precursors for the synthesis of highly substituted pyrazole derivatives. For this reason, we investigated the synthesis of 4-iodopyrazole derivatives, such as 1-aryl- 5-alkyl/aryl-4-iodopyrazoles, starting from phenylhydrazine and ,-acetylenic aldehyde derivatives. Initially, ,-acetylenic aldehydes were synthesized by formylation reaction of corresponding alkynes with DMF. Then, hydrazone derivatives of these aldehydes were prepared by heating them with phenylhydrazine in a neat manner at 55 &deg / C for 5 h. Finally, acetylenic phenyl hydrazone derivatives were subjected to electrophilic cyclization by treating with excess molecular iodine at 80 &deg / C for 3 h. Although electrophilic cyclization is commonly used in organic chemistry, it has not been employed for the cyclization of acetylenic phenyl hydrazones to pyrazole derivatives. Under optimized conditions, these reactions afforded 1-aryl-5-alkyl/aryl-4-iodopyrazole derivatives in moderate to good yields as the single or the major product of the reactions. In some cases, 1-aryl-5-alkyl/arylpyrazole derivatives resulted from these reactions as minor products. In conclusion, 4-iodopyrazole derivatives were synthesized for the first time directly from acyclic starting materials, ,-acetylenic phenylhydrazones and iodine, via electrophilic cyclization.

Pyrazoles constitute one of the most important classes of heterocyclic compounds due to their interesting chemical and biochemical features. Researchers have studied many pyrazole containing structures for almost over a century in order to investigate the various biological activities possessed by these molecules. A new and important trend in these studies is to produce ferrocenyl substituted pyrazoles since ferrocene attracts considerable interest in the research field of organometallic and bioorganometallic chemistry because of its valuable chemical characteristics like high stability, low toxicity and enhanced redox properties. Moreover, the results of the studies focusing on ferrocenyl compounds have been quite promising. Therefore, the scope of this project involves the combination of the essential structural features of pyrazoles with a ferrocene moiety, which could provide new derivatives with enhanced biological activities. In the course of the project the synthesis of new pyrazole derivatives was performed through Sonogashira and Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of 5-ferrocenyl-4-iodo-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole with terminal alkynes and boronic acids respectively in the presence of a catalytic amount of PdCl2(PPh3)2. Although Sonogashira and Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions are well known in literature, they were not studied in much detail with multi-substituted pyrazoles. This also revealed the requirement of the reinvestigation of the reactions and improvement of the yields of pyrazoles by optimizing the reaction conditions.

Synthesis of five-membered heteroaromatic compounds such as pyrazoles, isoxazoles and 1,2,4-oxadiazoles are important for pharmaceutical industry and material science due to their applications. Although there are many methods to prepare such compounds, new variants continue to appear since they exhibit a wide range of biological and medicinal activities. In this thesis, new methods were developed for the synthesis of 4-iodopyrazoles, pyrazoles, isoxazoles, 1,2,4-oxadiazoles and/or 1,2,4-oxadiazepines. In the first part of the study, electrophilic cyclization of &alpha / ,&beta / -alkynic hydrazones by molecular iodine and copper iodide were investigated as new ways for the synthesis of 4-iodopyrazoles and pyrazoles, respectively. Initially, &alpha / ,&beta / -alkynic hydrazones were prepared by the reactions of propargyl aldehydes and ketones with hydrazines. Then &alpha / ,&beta / -alkynic hydrazones were treated with molecular iodine in the presence of NaHCO3, which afforded 4-iodopyrazoles in good to excellent yields. Subsequently, the same reactions were carried out with CuI in the presence of NEt3, which furnished corresponding pyrazoles in good yields. Moreover, ferrocenyl-substituted 4-iodopyrazoles and pyrazole derivatives were synthesized from corresponding

In this study, the synthesis of 5-ferrocenyl/aryl-4-(phenylselenyl)-1H-pyrazole derivatives was investigated since the integration of ferrocenyl and selenium moieties into pyrazole derivatives may increase their current biological activities. Initially, the starting propargyl aldehydes were synthesized from corresponding acetylenes. Subsequently, propargyl aldehydes were reacted with hydrazines to yield corresponding hydrazones. Then the in situ synthesized hydrazones were subjected to electrophilic cyclization with phenylselenyl chloride, which afforded 5-ferrocenyl/aryl-4-(phenylselenyl)-1H-pyrazoles in one-pot manner. Subsequently, reaction conditions were optimized in terms of electrophile, base, temperature and solvent. Best results were obtained with phenylselenyl chloride and NaHCO3 at room temperature in DCM for ferrocenyl substituted pyrazoles and DCE for aryl substituted pyrazoles. In summary, by employing the electrophilic cyclizations of in situ synthesized acetylenic hydrazones, a variety of 5-ferrocenyl/aryl-4-(phenylselenyl)-1H-pyrazole derivatives were synthesized in one-pot way in moderate to good yields.

Esta tese consiste do estudo de reações de ciclofuncionalização de compostos β-enamino carbonílicos e β-dicarbonílicos, contendo uma cadeia alquenílica nas posições α ou γ. Os eletrófilos empregados para este fim foram: iodo, brometo de fenilselenenila e tricloreto de p-metóxifeniltelurio. Os iodo-β-enamino ésteres e cetonas cíclicas, após desidroiodação mediada por base, levaram à formação dos correspondentes pirróis, indóis e aminobenzofuranos. A ciclização dos β-ceto ésteres e β-dicetonas levou a enol éteres e benzofuranos funcionalizados. Estes resultados, juntamente com outros obtidos em nosso grupo de pesquisa, foram utilizados em um estudo comparativo entre reagentes de iodo, selênio e telúrio frente a reações de ciclização eletrofílica de substratos β-dicarbonílicos. / This thesis presents a study of the cyclofunctionalization of β-enamino carbonyl and β-dicarbonyl compounds, substituted by an alkenyl group at the α or γ positions. Iodine, phenyl-selenenyl bromide and p-methoxyphenyltellurium trichloride were employed as the electrophilic reagent. The cyclic iodo-β-enamino esters and ketones, after base-promoted dehydroiodination, led to the corresponding pyrroles, indoles and aminobenzofurans. The cyclization of the β-keto esters and β-diketones afforded five- and six-membered enol ethers and benzofuranones. These results, together with others previously obtained in our research group, allowed us to compare the behavior of the three above mentioned electrophiles toward the cyclofunctionalization of β-dicarbonyl substrates.

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Au cours de nos différents travaux sur les réactions de cyclisations électrophiles diastéréosélectives 5-endo d’hydroxamates insaturés par l’hexafluorophosphate de bromo biscollidine (HBB). Nous avons constaté la formation d’imidates cycliques et nous avons mis en évidence un réarrangement lactames-imidates. Une fragmentation de type Beckman aboutissant à la formation d’une famille de cyano énones, anisi qu’une nouvelle formation d’imidates a été étudiée.Dans l’introduction générale, nous avons rapporté différents exemples d’halolactonisations électrophiles 5-endo et 5-exo, énantio et diastériosélectives rapportés dans la littérature, ainsi que les facteurs influençant la régio et la diastereoselectivité de ces cyclisations.Dans le premier chapitre, après un rappel bibliographique sur les différentes synthèses de lactames à partir de différents substrats par cyclisation électrophile, nous avons présenté nos propres travaux.Le traitement d’hydroxamates β, γ−éthyléniques γ-disubstitués avec de l’hexafluorophosphate de bromo bis(sym-collidine) dans du dichlorométhane aboutit à la formation de lactames et d’imidates cycliques. On a pu confirmer par des études RMN, l’existence d’un réarrangement lactame-imidate cyclique.Dans une deuxième partie, nous avons étudié la diastereosélectivité de la cyclisation. A cet effet, des hydroxamates optiquement actifs ont été synthétisés via la méthodologie développée par Evans. Dans tous les cas, un seul produit, un bromo-imidate cyclique optiquement actif est obtenu.Dans le deuxième chapitre, l’étude de la réaction de cyclisation des hydroxamates β, γ−éthyléniques γ-monosubstitués avec HBB, nous a permis de mettre en évidence une fragmentation de type Beckmann. Cette dernière est améliorée par réaction des produits de cyclisation avec de la triethylamine. On a généralisé cette fragmentation en l’appliquant à différents substrats.Enfin, dans le troisième chapitre, après une étude bibliographique sur la synthèse d’imidates et leurs utilités en synthèse organique, on a synthétisé des imidates β, γéthyléniques, afin de les utiliser comme substrats dans la réaction de cyclisation éléctrophile utilisant HBB. Dans ce cas aussi, la formation d’imines cycliques est constatée. / This work deals with the 5-endo halogeno electrophilic cyclization reactions of β,γ-ethylenic hydroxamates to give halolactames and halo cyclic iminolactones.In the first chapter, the reaction of γ-disubstituted β,γ-unsaturated hydroxamates with bis(collidine)bromine(I) hexafluorophosphate is studied. This type of reaction led mainly to the formation of bromo cyclic imidates, which were the thermodynamic products. Unsaturated cyclic imidates were then obtained by reaction with triethylamine. A lactame-iminolactone rearrangement was obtained during those reactions. In a next step we decided to study the diastereoselectivity of the reaction, using optically actif hydroxamates. In the second chapter, we decided to study the reaction of bis(collidine)bromine(I) hexafluorophosphate with γ-aryl β,γ-unsaturated hydroxamates, the corresponding bromo cyclic imidates were also obtained. However, by reaction with triethylamine, these compounds led with good yields, to the formation of 3-cyano-2-propen-1-ones by a Beckmann type fragmentation reaction. In the third chapter, the reaction of γ-mono and disubstituted β,γ-unsaturated imidates with bis(collidine)bromine(I) hexafluorophosphate is studied. The results that we obtained were not sufficient enough to understand the electrophilic cyclization mechanism of these types of substrates.