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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This work describes our results on the use of indium(I) bromide in Organic Synthesis, namely the reaction mechanisms and stereochemical outcome. Indium enolates, generated from the reaction between indium(I) bromide and α,α-dichloroketones, react with carbonyl compounds. The primary coupling with aldehydes leads to the diastereoselective synthesis of (syn+anti)-2-chloro-3-hydroxypropan- 1-ones, which can be converted to the respective trans-epoxyketones, exclusively. The indium(III) alkoxides of the 2-chloro-3-hydroxy-propan-1-ones are transformed into their (E)-prop-2-en-1-ones derivatives upon reaction with InBr according to a sequenced reaction mechanism. The most relevant feature of these reactions is that although the primary coupling with aldehydes affords a mixture of the two diastereoisomers of the indium(III) alkoxides, both the trans-epoxyketones and the E-enones were produced with rigorous stereoselectivity. These results are understood in terms of the enolate geometry (E or Z) and the retro-aldol reaction (kinetic/thermodynamic control) relating both forms of the enolate. / Este trabalho descreve os resultados dos estudos realizados sobre aplicações de brometo de índio(I) em Síntese Orgânica. Especificamente os aspectos pertinentes aos mecanismos reacionais e estereoquímicos. A reação entre brometo de índio(I) e α,α-diclorocetonas produz, in situ, enolatos de índio que reagem com compostos carbonílicos. O acoplamento com aldeídos leva à formação diastereosseletiva de (syn+anti)-2-cloro-3-hidroxi-propan-1-onas, que podem ser convertidas às respectivas oxiranas, exclusivamente trans. O aldolato de índio dos compostos 2-cloro-3-hidroxi-propan-1-onas é transformado, pela ação de um equivalente extra de InBr, nos respectivos derivados (E)-prop-2-en-1-onas, segundo um mecanismo de reações seqüenciais. Embora o acoplamento primário com aldeídos leve a uma mistura diastereoisomérica dos aldolatos de índio, as transoxiranas e as E-enonas são produzidas com rigorosa estereosseletividade. Estas são as características mais relevantes e podem ser compreendidas em termos da geometria do enolato (E ou Z) e do equilíbrio retro-aldol (controle cinético ou termodinâmico) entre as duas formas do enolato.

Memory of chirality (MOC) is an emerging strategy for asymmetric synthesis which relies upon the intermediacy of transiently non-racemic reactive species. In these reactions the configuration of the sole stereogenic center of the enantiopure starting material is "memorized" by a chiral non-racemic conformation in the intermediate; trapping then captures the stereochemical information, and generates a new stereogenic center with high fidelity. We experimentally and computationally studied the highly retentive deprotonation/alkylations of 1,4-benzodiazepin-2-ones (BZDs) that rely upon this strategy. We captured a transiently non-racemic BZD enolate intermediate in enantiopure form, then released the enolate and observed its subsequent reaction. This approach allowed the first ever step-wise observation of the stereochemical course of such a MOC process. Approximately 2 million deaths are caused by malaria every year in the world. In total roughly 3.2 billion people are living under the risk of malaria transmission. Current use of anticholinesterase insecticides has been limited by their toxicity to human beings. A major African malaria insect vector, Anopheles gambiae (Ag), was targeted. Based on sequence alignment and homology models of AgAChE, a strategy of dual-site binding was adopted that targets Trp84 in the active site and Cys286 at the peripheral site. Selective AChE inhibitors have been designed and synthesized. / Ph. D.

Les acides α-aminés non protéinogènes sont des composés riches d’applications et peuvent donner accès à des composés possédant des propriétés biologiques intéressantes ou à des analogues de peptides. Ainsi, de nombreuses méthodes de synthèse asymétrique ont été développées. Parmi celles-ci, seulement quelques méthodes utilisent la chiralité d’acides α -aminés tertiaires naturels pour accéder à des acides α -aminés quaternaires et il n’existe que peu de synthèses asymétriques absolues d’acides α -aminés tertiaires.Notre équipe a précédemment développé une méthode de synthèse d’acides α-aminés quaternaires reposant sur le concept de la mémoire de chiralité. Cette méthode utilise la chiralité axiale d’amides aromatiques tertiaires pour l’alkylation stéréoselective d’énolates d’acides aminés. Lors de ma thèse, nous avons souhaité appliquer cette méthode d’alkylation stéréosélective d’énolate à d’autres types de réaction tels que la réaction d’aldolisation (utilisant un aldéhyde comme électrophile, et dans ce cas il est nécessaire de contrôler un second centre asymétrique), la réaction d’arylation (utilisant un sel de diaryliodonium comme électrophile) ou à la synthèse totale des composés biologiques intéressants. Des résultats préliminaires encourageants obtenus dans des réactions d’aldolisation (dans le cas avec du benzaldéhyde), d’arylation ainsi que dans la synthèse du précurseur de la L-Méthyl DOPA seront présentés.D’autre part, nous exposerons également la stratégie de synthèse des dérivés d’acides α-aminés tertiaires et des aminoalcools, qui utilise le concept de la chiralité gelée. Cette méthode repose sur l’emploi de la chiralité axiale dynamique des amides aromatiques tertiaires, qui est gelée dans un cristal chiral, et une réaction d’alkylation stéréosélective d’énolate conduisant à des acides aminés énantiomériquement enrichis. En effet, en partant de la glycine, nous avons réussi à trouver un composé de départ qui cristallise dans un groupe d’espace chiral, qui donne donc des cristaux chiraux après la cristallisation. Après avoir trouvé des conditions optimales pour la réaction d’allylation, plusieurs autres électrophiles ont été employés avec succès. Les produits alkylés sont obtenus avec des rendements allant jusqu’à 80% et des excès énantiomériques allant jusqu’à 96% sans utiliser d’autre source de chiralité externe que celle du cristal. L’ouverture de ces composés conduit à la formation des acides α-aminés tertiaires énantiomériquement enrichis. Il s’agit donc d’une synthèse asymétrique absolue d’acides α-aminés. / Non proteinogenic α-amino acids can lead to compounds which exhibit interesting biological properties, or peptides analogues. Numerous methods for asymmetric synthesis of these compounds have been developed. However, few examples have used the chirality of natural tertiary α-amino acids for the synthesis of quaternary α-amino acids, and few examples of asymmetric absolute synthesis to access to tertiary α -amino acids have been described so far. Our research group has previously developed a synthesis of enantioenriched quaternary α-amino acids, based on memory of chirality and using the axial chirality of tertiary aromatic amides for stereoselective alkylation of an enolate of an amino acid.This thesis focuses on expending this methodology to other type of reactions, for example, aldolisation reactions (using an aldehyde as electrophile, in this case it is necessary to control the second asymmetric center), arylation reactions (using a diaryliodonium salt as electrophile) or to the the total synthesis of compounds exhibiting interesting biological properties. Herein, we will show our preliminary results in aldolisation reactions (with benzaldehyde), in arylation reactions and also in the total synthesis of L-Methyl DOPA.On the other hand, we will also present an enantioselective synthesis of tertiary α-amino acids derivatives and of amino alcohols based on the principle of frozen chirality. The strategy uses the dynamic axial chirality of tertiary aromatic amides, which is frozen in chiral crystal, and a stereoselective alkylation reaction of enolate leads to enantioenriched α-amino acids. A compound synthesized from glycine has been finally selected to optimise the asymmetric allylation reaction. These optimales conditions were then successfully employed with various electrophiles. Alkylated products were obtained in yield up to 80% and enantiomeric excesses up to 96% using only chirality of crystal. The deprotection of alkylated products leads to the formation of enantienriched α-amino acids.

Enolate formation by proton abstraction from an sp3-hybridized carbon atom situated next to a carbonyl or carboxylate group is an abundant process in nature. Since the corresponding nonenzymatic process in water is slow and unfavorable due to high intrinsic free energy barriers and high substrate pKa s, enzymes catalyzing such reaction steps must overcome both kinetic and thermodynamic obstacles. Computer simulations were used to study enolate formation catalyzed by glyoxalase I (GlxI) and 3-oxo-Δ5-steroid isomerase (KSI). The results, which reproduce experimental kinetic data, indicate that for both enzymes the free energy barrier reduction originates mainly from the balancing of substrate and catalytic base pKas. This was found to be accomplished primarily by electrostatic interactions. The results also suggest that the remaining barrier reduction can be explained by the lower reorganization energy in the preorganized enzyme compared to the solution reaction. Moreover, it seems that quantum effects, arising from zero-point vibrations and proton tunnelling, do not contribute significantly to the barrier reduction in GlxI. For KSI, the formation of a low-barrier hydrogen bond between the enzyme and the enolate, which is suggested to stabilize the enolate, was investigated and found unlikely. The low pKa of the catalytic base in the nonpolar active site of KSI may possibly be explained by the presence of a water molecule not detected by experiments. The hemoglobin-degrading aspartic proteases plasmepsinI and plasmepsin II from Plasmodium falciparum have emerged as putative drug targets against malaria. A series of C2- symmetric compounds with a 1,2-dihydroxyethylene scaffold were investigated for plasmepsin affinity, using computer simulations and enzyme inhibition assays. The calculations correctly predicted the stereochemical preferences of the scaffold and the effect of chemical modifications. Calculated absolute binding free energies reproduced experimental data well. As these inhibitors have down to subnanomolar inhibition constants of the plasmepsins and no measurable affinity to human cathepsin D, they constitute promising lead compounds for further drug development.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This PhD thesis describes our results on the application of indium(I) bromide in carbon-carbon bond forming reactions. Indium enolates, generated in situ from the reaction between indium(I) bromide and α,α-dichloroketones, react with carbonyl compounds and electron-deficient alkenes. Reactions of indium enolate with α,α-dichloroketones, in presence of extra InBr, leads to the formation of 1,4-diketones. The coupling with aldehydes leads alternatively, according as the stoichiometry, to the diastereoselective synthesis of (syn+anti)-2-chloro-3-hydroxy-propan-1-ones (which can be converted to the respective trans-epoxyketones), (E)-α,β-unsaturated ketones and cyclopropanes, upon a sequenced reaction mechanism. We also have developed a methodology for the preparation of cyclopropanes through the reaction of the indium enolate and other organoindium(III) compounds, derived from the reactions between InBr and α,α-dihalo carbonyl compounds and halo-acetonitriles, with electron-deficient alkenes. / Este trabalho descreve os resultados dos estudos realizados sobre aplicações de brometo de índio(I) em reações para formação de ligações carbono-carbono. A reação entre brometo de índio(I) e α,α-diclorocetonas produz, in situ, enolatos de índio que reagem com compostos carbonílicos e alcenos deficientes em elétrons. As reações do enolato de índio com outras moléculas de α,α-diclorocetonas, na presença de InBr em excesso, leva à formação de 1,4-dicetonas. O acoplamento com aldeídos leva alternativamente, conforme a estequiometria, à formação diastereosseletiva de (syn+anti)-α-cloro-β-hidróxi-cetonas (que podem ser convertidas às respectivas trans-epóxi-cetonas), cetonas (E)-α,β-insaturadas e ciclopropanos, segundo um mecanismo de reações sequenciais. Ainda foi desenvolvida uma metodologia para preparação de ciclopropanos através da reação do enolato de índio e de outros compostos organoíndio(III), derivados da reação entre InBr e vários compostos carbonílicos α,α-di-halogenados e halogeno-acetonitrilas, com alcenos deficientes em elétrons.

Les alcaloïdes Daphniphyllum constituent une vaste famille de produits naturels isolés à partir de plantes à feuillage persistant couramment utilisés dans la médecine chinoise traditionnelle. Ils affichent une gamme impressionnante d'activités biologiques; antipyrétique, anti-inflammatoire, antioxydant et même anticancéreux. La calyciphylline B appartient à cette famille et possède un motif original comprenant sept stéréocentres adjacents, dont un stéréocentre quaternaire tout carbone, avec un échafaudage hexacyclique. Sa structure a été déterminée par données spectroscopiques, plus précisément par des techniques de RMN 2D. Malgré le peu d'information sur son activité biologique, sa synthèse représente sans le moindre doute un grand défi pour les chimistes organiciens. Le groupe de recherche du Prof. Hanessian a entrepris la synthèse totale de la calyciphylline B en 2010, laquelle est toujours en cours. Une nouvelle approche a été développée pour la préparation d'un intermédiaire azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane avancé. Ce mémoire résume les travaux de recherche de l'auteur sur les progrès réalisés pour la voie alternative élaborée par le groupe du prof. Hanessian. Le travail effectué comprend la formation d'un stéréocentre quaternaire, l'alkylation d'un énolate sur un triflate d'alkyle secondaire, une réduction diastéréosélective, une cyclisation réductrice ainsi qu'une oxydation de Wacker régiosélective. / The Daphniphyllum alkaloids constitute a broad class of natural products isolated from a genus of evergreen plants extensively used in traditional Chinese medicine. These alkaloids display an impressive range of biological activities, including antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and even anticancer properties. Calyciphylline B is a structurally unique member of this family containing seven contiguous stereocenters including an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter with a fused-hexacyclic ring scaffold. Its structure was determined by spectroscopic methods, especially 2D NMR techniques. Despite the sparse availability of information on its biological activity, its synthesis is undoubtedly a great challenge for synthetic chemists. The research group of Prof. Hanessian embarked on the total synthesis of calyciphylline B in 2010 and the project is still ongoing. A new route was developed for the preparation of an advanced azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane intermediate. This thesis summarizes the research work of the author on the progress made for the synthetic route developed by the Hanessian group. The work done includes the formation of a quaternary stereocenter, alkylation of an enolate using a secondary alkyl triflate, diastereoselective reduction, reductive cyclization, and a regioselective Wacker oxidation.

La fonctionnalisation de liaisons C-H réputées peu réactives ouvre de nouvelles perspectives en synthèse organique. Une stratégie efficace consiste en l’utilisation d’un métal de transition. Les travaux de thèse présentés dans ce mémoire s’inscrivent dans ce contexte. Dans un premier temps, la réaction étudiée, catalysée par le palladium, vise à étendre une méthodologie mise au point au laboratoire, permettant la synthèse de benzocyclobutènes par activation intramoléculaire de liaisons C(sp3)-H de groupements méthyles benzyliques, à des composés non aromatiques. Plusieurs substrats ont été synthétisés pour être ensuite placés dans les conditions de la réaction d’activation C(sp3)-H, dans le but d’induire la formation du cyclobutène ou du cyclobutane désiré. Le processus n’est pas sélectif et de nombreux produits secondaires sont obtenus par des réactions péricyliques ou par des réarrangements suite à l’ouverture du palladacycle intermédiaire. Dans un deuxième temps, nos travaux ont permis de mettre à jour une nouvelle réaction de fonctionnalisation C(sp3)-H, catalysée par le palladium permettant l’arylation d’esters en position β par un mécanisme original. Les investigations portent sur l’optimisation complète de cette réaction, la compréhension du mécanisme et le développement d’une version énantiosélective prometteuse. Le mécanisme de cette réaction, confirmé par des calculs DFT réalisés en collaboration avec C. Kefalidis et E. Clot, se rapproche formellement de celui observé en α-arylation, puisqu’il repose sur la formation d’un énolate de palladium. La stratégie mise au point permet le couplage, dans des conditions douces, d’esters simples et commerciaux avec des halogénures d’aryles contenant un groupement électronégatif en position ortho, donnant ainsi accès à des intermédiaires de synthèse intéressants tels qu’un analogue de la phénylalanine ou des composés fluorés. / The direct functionalization of C-H bonds represents an atom- and step-economical alternative to more traditional synthetic methods based on functional group transformation, which often require multi-step sequences. In particular, transition-metal catalysis has recently emerged as a powerful tool to functionalize otherwise unreactive C-H bonds. In this context, we first investigated the extension of a methodology that has been developed in our laboratory for the synthesis of benzocyclobutenes via C(sp3)-H activation, to non aromatic compounds. Substrates have been synthesized in order to be evaluated in the reaction to form cyclobutenes or cyclobutanes. The process was not selective and several by-products were formed via pericylic reactions or rearrangements of the intermediate palladacycle. Our research has also focused on a conceptually new palladium catalyzed β-C-H arylation of carboxylic esters method. The investigations consisted of a complete optimization of the reaction conditions, an evaluation of the scope and elucidation of the mechanism. It was found that this type of [bêta]-arylation is mechanistically related to α-arylation because it involves the formation of a palladium-enolate. Computational studies (DFT calculations, C. Kefalidis et E. Clot) confirmed the proposed mechanism. Our strategy allowed a mild and efficient intermolecular arylation reaction from aryl halides bearing an ortho electronegative group, giving rise to a range of synthetically useful functionalized carboxylic esters such as phenylalanine analogues and new fluorinated building blocks.

Les alcaloïdes Daphniphyllum constituent une vaste famille de produits naturels isolés à partir de plantes à feuillage persistant couramment utilisés dans la médecine chinoise traditionnelle. Ils affichent une gamme impressionnante d'activités biologiques; antipyrétique, anti-inflammatoire, antioxydant et même anticancéreux. La calyciphylline B appartient à cette famille et possède un motif original comprenant sept stéréocentres adjacents, dont un stéréocentre quaternaire tout carbone, avec un échafaudage hexacyclique. Sa structure a été déterminée par données spectroscopiques, plus précisément par des techniques de RMN 2D. Malgré le peu d'information sur son activité biologique, sa synthèse représente sans le moindre doute un grand défi pour les chimistes organiciens. Le groupe de recherche du Prof. Hanessian a entrepris la synthèse totale de la calyciphylline B en 2010, laquelle est toujours en cours. Une nouvelle approche a été développée pour la préparation d'un intermédiaire azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane avancé. Ce mémoire résume les travaux de recherche de l'auteur sur les progrès réalisés pour la voie alternative élaborée par le groupe du prof. Hanessian. Le travail effectué comprend la formation d'un stéréocentre quaternaire, l'alkylation d'un énolate sur un triflate d'alkyle secondaire, une réduction diastéréosélective, une cyclisation réductrice ainsi qu'une oxydation de Wacker régiosélective. / The Daphniphyllum alkaloids constitute a broad class of natural products isolated from a genus of evergreen plants extensively used in traditional Chinese medicine. These alkaloids display an impressive range of biological activities, including antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and even anticancer properties. Calyciphylline B is a structurally unique member of this family containing seven contiguous stereocenters including an all-carbon quaternary stereocenter with a fused-hexacyclic ring scaffold. Its structure was determined by spectroscopic methods, especially 2D NMR techniques. Despite the sparse availability of information on its biological activity, its synthesis is undoubtedly a great challenge for synthetic chemists. The research group of Prof. Hanessian embarked on the total synthesis of calyciphylline B in 2010 and the project is still ongoing. A new route was developed for the preparation of an advanced azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane intermediate. This thesis summarizes the research work of the author on the progress made for the synthetic route developed by the Hanessian group. The work done includes the formation of a quaternary stereocenter, alkylation of an enolate using a secondary alkyl triflate, diastereoselective reduction, reductive cyclization, and a regioselective Wacker oxidation.