Für die Synthese neuer Furo[3,2-a]- und Pyrano[3,2-a]carbazolalkaloide wurde eine Sequenz aus oxidativer Cyclisierung verschiedener Diarylamine verwendet. Über diese Strategie konnten drei verschiedene Furo[3,2-a]carbazole dargestellt werden und aufgrund eines Vergleichs der analytischen Daten eine fehlerhafte Strukturzuweisung bei der Isolierung zweier dieser Verbindungen aus natürlichen Quellen festgestellt werden. Die Synthese von Furoclausin-B konnte durch diese Strategie erfolgreich durchgeführt werden und führte ferner zur Aufklärung der absoluten Konfiguration dieser Verbindung. Desweiteren konnte über eine ähnliche Synthesestrategie die racemische Synthese zweier Pyrano[3,2-a]carbazole erfolgen, namentlich Guillauminin-B und Clausin-T. Durch Studien zur enantioselektiven Epoxidierung konnte die Grundlage für eine zukünftige enantioselektive Synthese dieser Verbindungen gelegt werden.

Unspecific peroxygenase (EC 1.11.2.1) represents a group of secreted hemethiolate proteins that are capable of catalyzing the selective mono-oxygenation of diverse organic compounds using only H2O2 as a cosubstrate. In this study, the peroxygenase from Agrocybe aegerita (AaeUPO) was found to catalyze the hydroxylation of various linear (e.g n-hexane), branched (e.g. 2,3-dimethylbutane) and cyclic alkanes (e.g. cyclohexane). The size of n-alkane substrates converted by AaeUPO ranged from gaseous propane (C3) to n-hexadecane (C16). They were mono-hydroxylated mainly at the C2 and C3 position, rather than at the terminal carbon, and the corresponding ketones were formed as a result of overoxidation. In addition, a number of alkenes were epoxidized by AaeUPO, including linear terminal (e.g. 1-heptene), branched (2-methyl-2-butene) and cyclic alkenes (e.g. cyclopentene), as well as linear and cyclic dienes (buta-1,3-diene, cyclohexa-1,4-diene). Furthermore, the conversion of terminal alkynes (e.g. 1- octyne) gave the corresponding 1-alkyn-3-ol in low yield. Some of the reactions proceeded with complete regioselectivity and - in the case of linear alkanes, terminal linear alkenes and alkynes - with moderate to high stereoselectivity. The conversion of n-octane gave (R)-3-octanol with 99% enantiomeric excess (ee) and the preponderance of the (S)-enantiomer reached up to 72% ee of the epoxide product for the conversion of 1-heptene. Catalytic efficiencies (kcat/ Km) determined for the hydroxylation and respectively epoxidation of the model compounds cyclohexane and 2-methyl-2-butene were 2.0 × 103 M-1 s-1 and 2.5 × 105 M−1 s−1. The results obtained in the deuterium isotope effect experiment with semideuterated n-hexane and the radical clock experiment with norcarane clearly demonstrated that the hydroxylation of alkanes proceeds via hydrogen abstraction, the formation of a substrate radical and a subsequent oxygen rebound mechanism. Moreover, stopped-flow experiments and substrate kinetics proved the involvement of a porphyrin radical cation species (compound I; AaeUPO-I) as reactive intermediate in the catalytic cycle of AaeUPO, similar to other hemethiolate enzymes (e.g. cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, P450s). / Die Gruppe der Unspezifischen Peroxygenasen (EC 1.11.2.1) umfasst extrazelluläre Häm-Thiolat-Enzyme, die mittels H2O2 als Cosubstrat die selektive Monooxygenierung unterschiedlicher organischer Verbindungen katalysieren. In der vorliegenden Arbeit konnte gezeigt werden, dass die von Agrocybe aegerita sekretierte Peroxygenase (AaeUPO) verschiedene lineare (z. B. n-Hexan), verzweigte (z. B. 2,3-Dimethylbutan) und zyklische Alkane (z. B. Cyclohexan) hydroxyliert. Die Größe der von der AaeUPO umgesetzten Substrate reichte vom gasförmigen Propan (C3) bis hin zu n-Hexadekan (C16). Die Alkane wurden bevorzugt am zweiten und dritten Kohlenstoffatom (C2 und C3) hydroxyliert; eine Hydroxylierung am terminalen Kohlenstoff konnte nur vereinzelt und in geringem Umfang beobachtet werden. Die Überoxidationen der primär gebildeten, sekundären Alkohole führte außerdem zur Entstehung der entsprechenden Ketonderivate. Darüber hinaus wurde eine Vielzahl linearer terminaler (z. B. 1-Hepten), verzweigter (z. B. 2-Methyl-2-Buten) und zyklischer Alkene (z. B. Cyclopenten) sowie linearer und zyklischer Diene (1,3-Butadien, 1,4-Cyclohexadien) durch die AaeUPO epoxidiert. Die Umsetzung terminaler Alkine (z. B. 1-Octin) führte zur Entstehung der jeweiligen 1-Alkin-3-ole. Manche dieser Reaktionen verliefen ausgeprägt regioselektiv und, im Falle der linearen Alkane sowie der linearen terminalen Alkene und Alkine, mit mittlerer bis hoher Stereoselektivität. So ergab beispielsweise die Umsetzung von n-Octan einen Enantiomerenüberschuss größer 99% für (R)-3-Octanol; die Epoxidierung von 1-Hepten lieferte einen Enatiomeerenüberschuss (ee) von bis zu 72% für das (S)-Enantiomer. Die katalytischen Effizienzen, die für die Hydroxylierung bzw. Epoxidierung der Modellverbindungen Cyclohexan und 2-Methyl-2-Buten ermittelt wurden, betragen 2.0 × 103 M-1 s-1 und 2.5 × 105 M−1 s−1. Der ausgeprägte Deuterium-Isotopen-Effekt, der im Zuge der Umsetzung von semideuteriertem n-Hexan beobachtet wurde sowie die Ergebnisse des Radical-Clock-Experiments mit Norcarane als Substrat bestätigten, dass die Hydroxylierung von Alkanen über Wasserstoffabstraktion, die Bildung eines Substratradikals und anschließende direkte Sauerstoffrückbindung verläuft. Die Stopped-Flow-Experimente belegen zudem das Auftreten eines Porphyrin-Kationradikal-Intermediates (Compound I; AaeUPO-I) im katalytischen Zyklus der AaeUPO (vergleichbar mit dem reaktiven Intermediat der P450-Monooxygenasen).

Cette thèse a pour but de développer de nouveaux procédés catalytiques en combinant de réactifs de l’iode hypervalent avec des complexes de rhodium(II).Le premier chapitre concerne l’observation de l’époxyde comme produit secondaire inatendu dans les conditions de transfert de nitrène catalytique, et le développement d’une nouvelle méthode de préparation d’époxydes qui combine un réactif de l’iode hypervalent(III) et un complexe de dirhodium(II). Le second chapitre vise le développement d’une méthode d’amination C(sp³)–H benzylique intermoléculaire énantiosélective,en utilisant un nouveau complexe de rhodium chiral et un nouveau sulfamate benzylique et l’application de cette méthode à grande échelle et sur des produits complexes.Le dernier chapitre du manuscrit décrit une réaction d’amination régiosélective de liaisons C(sp³)–H non activées d’alcanes par catalyse au rhodium (II), en utilisant une quantité stoechiométrique d’alcanes comme substrats. / This thesis describes the development of new catalytic processes by combining hypervalent iodine reagents with rhodium (II) complexes.The first chapter concerns the observation of the epoxide as a unexpected product under catalytic nitrene transfer conditions, and the development of a new method to promote the epoxidation of alkenes by combining a reagent of hypervalent iodine (III) and a complex of dirhodium (II).The second chapter is centered on the development of a general method forasymmetric intermolecular benzylic C(sp³)–H amination by combining a chiral rhodium (II) catalyst and a benzyl sulfamate, and the application of this method on large scale.The third part of this work show the development of a regioselective C(sp³)–H amination of unactivated alkane by rhodium (II) catalysis, using a stoichiometric amount of alkane as the substrate.

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Chemical warfare agents are a toxic class of compounds that are incredibly harmful to human health. Methods of detoxification and decontamination currently exist, however they all suffer from problems that involve logistical transport or involve technologies that directly address liquid threats instead of vapors. One promising method of detoxification involves the oxidation of these compounds into less-harmful species. The relatively large chemical size and complexity of modern-day chemical warfare agents, however, precludes a straightforward analysis of the chemical transformations that take place on novel decontaminating materials. Additionally, a fundamental understanding of reaction mechanisms that occur on novel material surfaces is required before improved materials can be developed. To this end, the oxidation of three simpler, smaller organic molecules were studied over a variety of materials in order to build up a chemical understanding of the systems under study. The photoepoxidation of propene into propene oxide was observed to readily occur over an in-house developed dual titania-silica catalyst created by atomic layer deposition. The subsequent photoinduced degradation of produced propene oxide was observed to occur over the novel catalyst. Next, the oxidation of CO was studied over a Pt/TiO2 catalyst while in the presence of humidity. The addition of water was shown to enable an alternative, low energy pathway that closely followed the water gas shift, but ended upon the production of stable surface-bound formates. Gaseous oxygen was found to subsequently oxidize these surface formates into the full oxidation product, CO2. Next, the oxidation of methanol was studied over the same Pt/TiO2 catalyst. It was discovered that the water produced when methanol initially adsorbs to the catalyst surface is responsible for unlocking the oxidative capacity of the material. Finally, a custom packedbed reactor was designed and built that enabled unique experimental capabilities not yet available in commercial systems, and will be used in the future to directly test the oxidative capabilities of novel materials for chemical warfare agent destruction. / Doctor of Philosophy / The chemical interactions and reactions that occur between gases and surfaces are incredibly important for a multitude of technologies employed by governments, militaries, and citizens alike. The precise methods in which these gases interact with materials of interest determine whether said material can be used in a catalytic fashion. Much like how an automobile catalytic converter does not have to be replaced each time the vehicle is started; a catalyst is able to be used repeatedly without loss of function. Catalysts in general are unique in that they function to create or allow for chemical reactions to proceed through alternative, lower energy pathways that are more likely to occur under milder environmental conditions. In order to understand the chemical reactions that occur on a catalyst, a combination of specialized spectroscopic methods was used that allowed for tracking the precise chemical bonds that were formed or broken during reaction. A few different model chemical reactions are explored in this work, ranging from the conversion of carbon monoxide into CO2, and the oxidation of methanol, a small alcohol commonly found in fuel cells. The experimental techniques employed herein allowed for precise chemical mechanisms to be tracked, and the information gained will certainly be useful for the design of next-generation materials by future research.

In the scope of our BACE1 inhibitor project we used an originally designed microtiter plate-based screening to discover 4 triazole-linked reduced amide isosteres that showed modest (single digit micromolar) BACE1 inhibition. Our ligands were designed based on a very potent (single digit nanomolar) isopththalamide ligand from Merck. We supplanted one of the amide linkages in order to incorporate our triazole and saw a 1000-fold decrease in potency. We then enlisted Molsoft, L.L.C. to compare our ligand to Merck's in silico to account for this discrepancy. They found that the triazole linkage gives rise to a significantly different docking pose in the active site of the BACE1 enzyme, therefore diminishing its potency relative to the Merck ligand. The ability to control the regio- and stereochemical outcome of organic reactions is an ongoing interest and challenge to synthetic chemists. The pre-association of reacting partners through hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) can often to yield products with extremely high stereoselectivity. We were able to show that anilines, due to their enhanced acidity relative to amines, can serve as substrate directing moieties in the opening of cyclohexene oxides. We observed that by judicious choice of conditions we could control the regiochemical outcome of the reaction. These studies demonstrate that an intramolecular anilino-NH hydrogen bond donor can direct Fürst-Plattner epoxide opening. A unified mechanism for this phenomenon has been proposed in this work which consists of a novel mechanistic route we call "NH-directed Fürst-Plattner." We further studied the opening of cyclohexene oxides by incorporating amide and amide derivative substituents in both the allylic and homoallylic position relative to the epoxide moiety. Our attempts to control regioselectivity in the allylic systems were unsuccessful; however when the directing substituent was in the homoallylic position, we could demonstrate some degree of regioselectivity. An additional project that the author worked on for approximately one year during his graduate student tenure is not described within this work. In February of 2009 AstraZeneca, Mayo Clinic, and Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc. concomitantly announced that AstraZeneca licensed a portfolio of preclinical Triple Reuptake Inhibitor (TRI) compounds for depression. The lead compound, PRC200, was discovered by a collaborative effort between the Carlier and Richelson (Mayo Clinic Jacksonville) research groups in 1998. The author was tasked to develop backup candidates of PRC200 in order to improve the pharmacokinetics of the lead compound. Due to confidentiality agreements, this work is not reported herein. / Ph. D.

Unspecific peroxygenases (UPO, EC 1.11.2.1) secreted by fungi open an efficient way to selectively oxyfunctionalize diverse organic substrates, including less-activated hydrocarbons, by transferring peroxide-borne oxygen. We investigated a cell-free approach to incorporate epoxy and hydroxyl functionalities directly into the bulky molecule testosterone by a novel unspecific peroxygenase (UPO) that is produced by the ascomycetous fungus Chaetomium globosum in a complex medium rich in carbon and nitrogen. Purification by fast protein liquid chromatography revealed two enzyme fractions with the same molecular mass (36 kDa) and with specific activity of 4.4 to 12 U mg−1. Although the well-known UPOs of Agrocybe aegerita (AaeUPO) and Marasmius rotula (MroUPO) failed to convert testosterone in a comparative study, the UPO of C. globosum (CglUPO) accepted testosterone as substrate and converted it with total turnover number (TTN) of up to 7000 into two oxygenated products: the 4,5-epoxide of testosterone in β-configuration and 16α-hydroxytestosterone. The reaction performed on a 100 mg scale resulted in the formation of about 90 % of the epoxide and 10 % of the hydroxylation product, both of which could be isolated with purities above 96 %. Thus, CglUPO is a promising biocatalyst for the oxyfunctionalization of bulky steroids and it will be a useful tool for the synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant steroidal molecules.

Im Rahmen dieser Dissertation wurden die Herstellung sowie Reaktionen von geminalen Dihydroperoxiden erforscht. Dabei kamen die dargestellten Dihydroperoxide sowohl als Sauerstofftransferreagenz, insbesondere zur enantioselektiven Epoxidation, als auch als Baustein zur Synthese von 1,2,4,5-Tetroxanen zum Einsatz. Es wurde eine in unserem Arbeitskreis gefundene Methode zur Darstellung gem - Dihydroperoxide zunächst hinsichtlich der Reaktionsbedingungen optimiert, um dann eine Vielzahl an Dihydroperoxiden vornehmlich mit dieser Methode zu synthetisieren. Insbesondere gelang es hier erstmals, primäre Dihydroperoxide aus aliphatischen Aldehyden darzustellen. Desweiteren wurde erstmals eine größere Anzahl an enantiomerenreinen DHPs dargestellt. Weitere DHPs konnten durch Ozonolyse von olefinischen Terpenen mit etherischer Wasserstoffperoxidlösung dargestellt werden. Die enantiomerenreinen DHPs wurden verwendet, um enantioselektiv sowohl 2-substituierte Naphthochinone wie auch Allylalkohole, insbesondere tertiäre Allylalkohole, zu epoxidieren. Die Epoxide der letzteren sind nach der normalerweise verwendeten Methode nach Sharpless nicht zugänglich. Außerdem konnten durch Sulfidoxidation Sulfoxide enantiomerenangereichert dargestellt werden. Dies stellt die erste Nutzung von geminalen Dihydroperoxiden zur enantioselektiven Sauerstoffübertragung dar. Die primären aliphatischen gem-DHPs wurden desweiteren zur Darstellung bisher unbekannter 1,2,4,5-Tetroxane genutzt. Insbesondere wurde gefunden, daß durch Kondensation mit Orthoestern verläßlich alkoxysubstituierte Tetroxane erzeugt werden können. Diese wurden in der Literatur bisher nur an sehr wenigen Beispielen beschrieben. / In the course of this dissertation thesis the preparation and reactions of geminal dihydroperoxides were researched. The hereby synthesized dihydroperoxides were used as an oxygen transfer reagent, especially for enantioselective epoxidation, as well as a building block for the synthesis of 1,2,4,5-tetroxanes. A method for synthesis of gem-dihydroperoxides that was found in our workgroup was first optimized concerning reaction conditions, and later utilized to synthesize a large number of dihydroperoxides. It was notably possible to synthesize primary DHPs from aliphatic aldehydes for the first time. Also for the first time, a large number of enantiomerically pure gem-DHP was prepared by this method. Additional enantiomerically pure DHPs were made by ozonolysis of olefinic terpenes using ethereal hydrogen peroxide solution. The enenantiomerically pure DHPs were utilized to both epoxidize 2-substituted naphthoquinones as well as allylic alcohols, especially tertiary allylic alcohols. The latter kind does not react via the normally used Sharpless epoxidation. Additionally, enantioenriched sulfoxides could be prepared from sulfides. This is the first time that geminal dihydroperoxides were used for enantioselective oxygen transfer. Primary aliphatic DHPs were further utilized to prepare previously unknown 1,2,4,5-tetroxanes. Notably it was found that condensation with orthoesters reliably yielded alkoxy-substiuted tetroxanes. These were only described in a very few cases in literature before.

<p>This thesis describes the synthesis and application of new chiral bicyclic ligands and their application in asymmetric catalysis. The studies involved: [i] The development of novel chiral bicyclic amino sulfur ligands and their use in transfer hydrogenation. [ii] The development of the kinetic resolution of racemic epoxide through the use of chiral lithium amides. [iii] The synthesis and application of chiral bicyclic amine in the organocatalysed epoxidation of alkenes. [iv] Development and application of new chiral diamine ligands in the rearrangement of epoxides into allylic alcohols.</p><p>[i] The preparation of two-series of amino thiol ligands based on the structure of camphor is described, together with their application in the iridium-catalysed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of acetophenone using isopropanol as the hydrogen source. Excellent activity and good enantioselectivity have been achieved using 2 mol% of chiral ligand in combination with [IrCl(COD)]2.</p><p>[ii] The chiral diamines (1S,3R,4R)-3-(pyrrolidine-1-ylmethyl)-2-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane and its (2R,5R)-dimethylpyrrolidine derivative were applied to the kinetic resolution of a variety of racemic 5-7 membered cycloalkene oxides with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) as the bulk base. Using 5 mol% of the chiral diamines, both unreacted epoxides and allylic alcohols could be produced in enantiomeric excess up to 99%.</p><p>[iii] The synthesis of chiral bicyclic amines and their use in the organocatalysed epoxidation of alkene has been described. Using a substoichiometric amount of the chiral amines and aldehydes as ligands precursors, with Oxone® as oxidant, a good activity but moderate enantioselectivity was observed for the epoxidation of trans-stilbene. </p><p>[iv] The preparation of 6-substituted-7-bromo-aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes via nucleophilic addition of organocopper reagents to 3-bromo-1-azoniatricyclo[2.2.1.0]heptyle bromide has been described. These compounds have been utilised as chiral building blocks in the preparation of novel chiral diamine ligands, which have been successfully applied to the catalysed asymmetric rearrangement of epoxide into the corresponding allylic alcohol.</p>