Chapter I deals with novel approaches for α-amino acids. This chapter has been divided into three sections. Section A describes the synthesis of α-amino acids via the Beckmann rearrangement of carboxyl-protected β-keto acid oximes. The synthesis of α-amino acids using the Beckmann rearrangement involves the preparation of the Z-oxime and efficient protection of the carboxyl group. Various 2-substituted benzoylacetic acids were synthesized, in which the carboxyl function was masked as a 2,4,10-trioxaadamantane unit (an orthoacetate), and were converted to their oximes (Scheme 1).1 The oximes were converted to the their mesylates, which underwent the Beckmann rearrangement with basic Al2O3 in refluxing CHCl3. The corresponding 2-substituted-N-benzoyl-α-amino orthoacetates were obtained in excellent overall yields. In Section B, the synthesis of α-amino acids via the Hofmann rearrangement of carboxyl-protected malonamic acids is described. The Hofmann rearrangement involves the migration of the alkyl moiety of the amide onto the N-centre. Various 2-substituted malonamic acids (malonic acid mono amides) were synthesized with the carboxyl group masked as a 2,4,10¬trioxaadamantane unit (an orthoacetate). These underwent the Hofmann rearrangement with phenyliodoso acetate and KOH/MeOH (Scheme 2). The resulting (N-methoxycarbonyl)¬trioxaadmantylmethylamines (carbamates) were formed in yields > 90%, and are α-amino acids with both carboxyl and amino protection.2 In Section C, an approach to chiral amino acids via the reductive amination of ketones, involving the hydride reduction of 1-(S)-phenethyl amine derived Schiff bases of C-protected α¬keto acids is described. An efficient synthesis of α-amino acids has thus been developed in high diastereoselectivity. Various 1-acyl-2,4,10-trioxaadamantanes were prepared from the corresponding 1-methoxycarbonyl derivatives, via conversion to the N-acylpiperidine derivative followed by reaction with a Grignard reagent in refluxing THF (Scheme 3). These α-keto orthoformates were converted to corresponding imines with 1-(S)-phenethyl amine (TiCl4/Et3N/toluene/reflux), the Schiff bases being reduced with NaBH4 (MeOH/0 °C) to the corresponding 1-(S)-phenethyl N-alkylamines (diastereomeric excess by NMR ~ 90:10).3 Hydrogenolysis of the phenethyl group (Pd-C/H2/MeOH) finally led to the (aminoalkyl)trioxaadamantanes, which are chiral C-protected α-amino acids, in excellent overall yields. Here a mild, inexpensive and efficient hydride reducing agent for the reductive amination of α-keto acids has been developed. Chapter II deals with the enantioselective synthesis of piperidines and its applications in the synthesis of piperidine alkaloids.4 This chapter has been divided into two sections. In Section A, the enantioselective synthesis of 2-substituted piperidines and its applications in the synthesis of (R)-(-)-coniine and (R)-(+)-anatabine are described. Various N-tert-butylsulfinyl imines were synthesized, which upon allyl Grignard addition followed by N-allylation gave the diallyl compound with good diastereoselectivity (Scheme 4). The diallyl compound underwent ring closing metathesis with Grubbs’ first generation catalyst and subsequent reduction of the double bond with H2-Pd/C, furnished N-sulfinyl-2-susbstituted piperidines. Using this methodology (R)¬(-)-coniine hydrochloride and (R)-(+)-anatabine were synthesized. In Section B, the enantioselective synthesis of (S)-tert-butyl 2-(2¬hydroxyethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate and its elaboration to the synthesis of (S)-(+)-δ-coniceine and (S)-(+)-pelletierine are described. The (S)-tert-butyl 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperidine-1¬carboxylate is a synthon used for the synthesis of various 2-substituted piperidine natural products. Using the above methodology (S)-tert-butyl 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperidine-1¬carboxylate was synthesized starting from (S)-(+)-2-methyl-2-propanesulfinamide and 3¬(benzyloxy)propanal (Scheme 5). This alcohol was further elaborated to furnish two piperidine alkaloids (S)-(+)-pelletierine and (S)-(+)-δ-coniceine. Scheme 5. Enantioselective synthesis of (S)-tert-butyl 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperidine-1¬carboxylate, (S)-(+)-pelletierine and (S)-(+)-δ-coniceine. Chapter III deals with the formation of barbituric acid in an aprotic medium and related mechanistic studies. The generally accepted mechanism for the formation of barbituric acid involves the nucleophilic attack of urea anion on diethyl malonate.5 This is debatable for at least two reasons: (1) the normally employed base, sodium ethoxide, is too weak to deprotonate urea and (2) diethyl malonate is more acidic than urea, so the initial deprotonation by base has to be from diethyl malonate. When diethyl malonate (DEM) enolate was treated with urea in DMF, barbituric acid was formed in 61% yield. The reaction was also extended to several 2-substituted DEM derivatives, the corresponding substituted barbituric acids being formed in reasonable yields. The reaction between diethyl 2-(ethoxycarbonyl)malonate and urea, with potassium carbonate in refluxing ethanol, led to the formation of barbituric acid. This is apparently facilitated by hydrogen bonding involving the enolate oxygen atom, which renders one of the carbonyl groups relatively electrophilic (Scheme 6). Meldrum’s acid failed to react with urea, despite its greater acidity, indicating that the reaction requires the formation of the E from of the s-trans enolate ion, in which the hydrogen bonding interaction and nucleophilic attack can occur in concert. Scheme 6. Proposed transition state for formation of Barbituric acid. Chapter IV deals with an improved Erlenmeyer synthesis with 5-thiazolone and catalytic manganese (II) acetate for aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes. A serious limitation to the classical Erlenmeyer reaction is that it generally fails in the case of aliphatic aldehydes. This chapter describes a convenient approach to this problem that extends the scope of the Erlenmeyer synthesis. The present study was aimed at developing milder conditions for the synthesis of 4¬arylidene and alkylidenethioazlactones. Thus, N-(thiobenzoyl)glycine was treated with DCC in DCM at room temperature for 10 min., according to a reported procedure, to form the thioazlactone.6 The same reaction mixture was treated with catalytic Mn(II) acetate and an equivalent of an aromatic aldehyde, to furnish the corresponding 4-arylidenethioazlactones in good yields. The scope of the reaction was extended to alphatic aldehydes also under similar reaction conditions, to obtain the 4-alkylidene thioazlactones in good to moderate yields (Scheme 7). Scheme 7. The Erlenmeyer synthesis with 5-thiazolone and manganese acetate. (for figures & structural formula pl refer pdf file)

Submitted by Geandra Rodrigues (geandrar@gmail.com) on 2018-04-27T10:56:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 isabellafloresdesouzamarra.pdf: 6949720 bytes, checksum: 3ef266443c230cb7ef58f9760b630a2f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-04-27T11:18:27Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 isabellafloresdesouzamarra.pdf: 6949720 bytes, checksum: 3ef266443c230cb7ef58f9760b630a2f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-27T11:18:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 isabellafloresdesouzamarra.pdf: 6949720 bytes, checksum: 3ef266443c230cb7ef58f9760b630a2f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-20 / A obtenção de aminoácidos halogenados é de grande importância para síntese orgânica e para a área biológica, uma vez que estes são valiosos intermediários sintéticos e se apresentam como produtos biologicamente funcionais. Neste contexto, as azalactonas são precursores interessantes, uma vez que podem atuar como aminoácidos protegidos e serem utilizadas na síntese de derivados de aminoácidos e heterociclos complexos. Neste trabalho são descritas a abertura e halogenação das azalactonas de Erlenmeyer-Plöchl sob uma abordagem organocatalítica, utilizando ácido canforsulfônico (ACS) e N-bromosuccinimida (NBS) como agente halogenante. A condição otimizada para obtenção do produto halogenado consistiu na utilização de 30 mol% de ACS, 1.2 equivalente de NBS e 4 mL de metanol, a 65°C por 7 horas, obtendo-se uma imina halogenada com 83% de rendimento. Devido as dificuldades encontradas durante a avaliação do escopo de substratos, investigou-se a redução one-pot da imina halogenada, entretanto não foi possível obter um aumento da razão diastereoisomérica no produto desejado. Diante dos contratempos encontrados na metodologia proposta, investigou-se o uso da catálise foto redox irradiada por luz visível na tentativa de halogenação do heterociclo azalactônico. Entretanto, ao utilizar esta abordagem, observou-se a homodimerização das azalactonas de Erlenmeyer-Plöchl ao invés da halogenação da mesma, levando a um produto de cicloadição [2+2]. Em diclorometano, a utilização do fotocatalisador de rutênio favoreceu a formação de um sistema tricíclico do tipo espiro. Já em meio metanólico, o fotocatalisador metálico favoreceu a formação do produto de abertura dos dois anéis azalactônicos com 59% de rendimento, enquanto que o uso do corante orgânico Eosina Y levou à formação de um cicloaduto assimétrico, com a abertura de apenas um dos anéis azalactônicos (40% de rendimento). Avaliou-se o escopo de substratos utilizando Eosina Y como fotocatalisador e os rendimentos obtidos foram de moderados a bons (12 a 78%). Todos os produtos foram caracterizados por RMN de 1H, 13C, e IV. / Halogenated amino acids are of great importance for both organic synthesis and biological areas, once these are valuable synthetic intermediates and presented as biologically functional products. In this context, azlactones are interesting precursors that can act as protected amino acids and have been used in the synthesis of amino acid derivatives and complex heterocycles as well. This work describes Erlenmeyer-Plöchl’s azlactone ring opening following by halogenation under an organocatalytic approach, using camphorsulfonic acid (CSA) and N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) as halogenating agent. The optimized reaction conditions for the halogenated product consisted on the use of 30 mol% CSA, 1.2 equivalent of NBS and 4 mL of methanol, at 65°C for 7 hours, to afford a halogenated imine with 83% of yield. Due to the difficulties in the substrate scope (purification process), a one-pot reduction of the halogenated imine was investigated, however, it was not possible to obtain a good diastereoisomeric ratio of the desired product. In view of setbacks encountered in the proposed methodology, the use of visible light photoredox catalysis in attempt to halogenate the azlactone heterocycle was investigated. However, using this approach, homodimerization of Erlenmeyer-Plöchl’s azlactones was observed instead of halogenation, leading to a cycloaddition [2+2] derived product. In dichloromethane, the use of ruthenium photocatalyst favored the formation of a tricyclic spiro type system. Switching to methanol as solvent, the metallic photocatalyst led the formation of the opening product with two azlactone rings, in 59% yield, whereas the organic dye Eosin Y conducted the formation of an asymmetric cycloadduct, with the ring opening of only one of the azlactone (40% yield). The substrate scope was evaluated using Eosin Y as photocatalyst and the products were isolated in yields ranging from 12 to 78%. All products were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C and IR.

This thesis reports diverse synthetic and mechanistic studies in six chapters, as summarized below. Chapter 1. Revised mechanism and improved methodology for the perkin condensation.1 The generally accepted mechanism for the well-known Perkin condensation is unviable for at least two reasons: (1) the normally employed base, acetate ion, is too weak to deprotonate acetic anhydride (Ac2O, the substrate); and (2) even were Ac2O to be derprotonated , its anion would rapidly fragment to ketene and acetate ion at the high temperatures employed for the reaction. It has proved in this study that the Perkin condensation occurs most likely via the initial formation of a fem-diacetate (3, Scheme 1) from benzaldehyde (2) and acetic anhydride (1).1 The key nucleophile appears to be the enolate of 3 (and not of 1), which adds t the C=O group of the aldehyde 2 (present in equilibrium with 3). Thus cinnamic acid (4a) was formed in -75% yield with 3 as the substrate under the normal conditions of the Perkin reaction. The deprotonation of the diacetate appears to be electrophilically assisted by the neighbouring acetate group, the resulting enolate being also thermodynamically stabilized in form of an orthoester (I). The possibility that the diacetate 3 is the actual substrate in the Perkin reaction indicates that the reaction can be effected under far milder conditions, with a base much stronger than acetate ion. This was indeed realized with potassium t-butoxide in dioxane, which converted the gem-diacetates derived from a variety of aromatic aldehydes to the corresponding cinnamic acids (4), rapidly and in good yields at room temperature (Scheme 2). This represents a vast improvement in the synthetic protocol for the classical Perkin reaction, which remains an important carbon-carbon bond forming reaction to this day. Chapter 2. Aromaticity in azlactone anions and its sifnificance for the Erlenmeyer synthesis.2 The classical Erlenmeyer azlactone synthesis of amino acids occur via the formation of an intermediate azlactone, and its subsequent deprotonation by a relatively weak base(acetate ion),. The resulting azlactone anion (cf. II, Scheme 3) functions as a glycine enolate equilvalent, and is considered in situ with an aromatic aldehyde, subsequent dehydration leading to the 4-alkylidene oxazolone(analogously to the Perkin reaction). Interestingly, azlactone anions are possibly aromatic, as they possess 6π electrons in cyclic conjugation; this would explain their facile formation as also the overall success of the Erlenmeyer synthesis. The following studies evidence this possibility. The strategy involved studying the rates of base-catalyzed deprotonation in 2-phenyl-5(4H)-oxazolone (azlactone, 5) and its amide and ketone analogs, 3-methyl-2-phenyl-4(5H)-imidazolone (6), and 3,3-dimethyl-2-phenyl-493H)-pyrrolone (7) respectively.2 Two processes were studied, deuterium exchange and condensation with hexadeuteroacetone (Scheme3): both are presumably mediated by the anions II-IV, so their stabilities would govern the overall rates. These were followed by 1H NMR spectroscopy by monitoroing the disappearance of the resonance of the proton α to the carbonyl group. The order of deprotonation was found to be 6 > 5 > 7. However, the expected order based on pKa values would be ketone > ester > amide, i.e. 7 > 5 > 6. The inverted order observed strongly indicates the incursion of aromaticity, which would be enhanced by the electron-donor capabilities of the heteroatoms is 5 and 6. This is further substantiated by the greater reactivity in the case of the nitrogen analog 6 relative to the oxygen 5, which parallel the electronegativity order. (The aromaticity order would thus be: III > II > IV. The imidazole nucleus is indeed to be considerably more aromatic than the oxazole.) The synthesis of the analogs 6 and 7 was accomplished via an interesting intramolecular aza-Wittig reaction (Schemes 4 & 5) Chapter 3. Umpolung approach to the Erlenmeyer process in the synthesis of dehydro amino acids. These studies are based on the general observation that most of the strategies for the synthesis of α-amino acids introduce the side chain (or part was inverted in an umpolung sense. The key reaction studied was that of 2-phenyl-4-ethoxymethylne-5(4H)-oxazolone (11) with Grignard reagents: this resulted in the opening to yield a protected dehydro amino acid (12), in good to excellent yields (65-87%)(Scheme ^). As the azlactone reactant 11 is the ekectrophilic partner, this may be viewed as a partial umpolung version of the classical Erlenmeyer process. The readily available reactants, simple procedure and mild reaction conditions make this a very attractive method for the synthesis of a variety of α-dehydro amino acids. Chapter 4. The Erlenmeyer azlactone synthesis with aliphatic aldehydes under solvent-free microwave conditions. 3 A serious limitation to the classical Erlenmeyer reaction is that it generally fails in the case of aliphatic aldehydes. This chapter describes a convenient approach to this problem that extends the scope of the Erlenmeyer synthesis, via a novel microwave-induced, solvent-free process. This, it was observed that azlactones (5) react with aliphatic aldehydes (13) upon adsorption on neutral alumina and irradiation with microwaves (< 2 min), forming the corresponding Erlenmeyer products (14) in good yields (62-78%, Scheme 7). (The possible mechanistic basis of the procedure, which is presumably mediated by V , is discussed).3 Chapter 5. 2,4, 10-Trioxaadamantane as a carboxyl protecting group: application to the asymmetric synthesis of α-amino acids (umpolung approach).It is known that the 2,4,10-trioxaadamantane moiety is not only remarkably stable to nucleophilic attack, but can also be easily hydrolyzed to the corresponding carboxylic acid.4 It was of interest to apply this carboxyl protection strategy for designing a synthesis of α-amino acids, essentially by starting with a protected glyoxylic acid. The corresponding aldimine was expected to (nucleophilically) add organometallic reagents at the C=N moiety (cf. Shceme 8), the side chain of the amino acid being thus introduced in umpolung fashion. Also, a chiral aldimine would define an asymmetric synthesis of amino acids. Indeed, the chiral aldimine 17, derived from 2,4,10-troxaadamantane-3-carbaldehyde 15 and [(S)-(-)-1-phenylethylamine] 16, reacted with a variety of Grignard reagents to furnish the corresponding protected α-amino acids (18) in good yields, with moderate diastereometric excess (Scheme 8). Better yields and ‘de’ values were obtained with organolithium reagents. Chapter 6: possible one-pot oligopeptide synthesis with azlactones or amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides (NCAs). This chapter describes a novel approach to oligopeptide synthesis employing azlactones or NCA’s as amino acid equivalents which are simultaneously protected and activated (Scheme 9). Thus, the addition of the 4-substituted 2-benzyloxyazlactone (19) to an N-protected amino acid under basic conditions, was initially explored. The reaction was expected to yield a dipeptide (21) via the rearrangement of the mixed anhydride intermediate (VI) (Scheme 9). The subsequent addition of a different azlactone to the dipeptide (21) would analogously lead to the formation of a tripeptide (22). This may be performed repetitively to define a strategy for C-terminal extension of an oligopeptide chain, noting that no intervening deprotecting and activating steps are necessary. (In toto deprotection may be effected finally via the hydrogenolyis of the bvenzyloxy groups, to obtain 23.) A closely analogous strategy may also be envisaged by employing N.carboxyanhydrides (NCA’S, 24) instead of azlactones, as shown in Scheme 10 (forming dipeptide 26 and tripeptide 27). The main difference n this case is that the carbamic acid moiety of the intermediate mixed anhydride (VII) is expected to undergo decarboxylation to VIII (thus obviating the need for a deprotection step). However, this putative advantage is offset by the instability of NCA’s and their tendency toward polymerization. However, only partial success could be achieved in these attempts, although a variety of conditions were explored. The strategy and the experimental results have been analyzed in detail, as this interesting approach appears to be promising, and worth further study. (For structural formula pl refer the pdf file)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / A produÃÃo de enzimas por fermentaÃÃo semi-sÃlida (FSS) à influenciada por diversos fatores de cultivo que afetam o crescimento microbiano e a produÃÃo de metabÃlitos. O estudo de fatores como aeraÃÃo e umidade do ar torna-se indispensÃvel para a otimizaÃÃo deste bioprocesso. Neste contexto, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a produÃÃo de protease pelo fungo Aspergillus oryzae CCBP001 por FSS em biorreator de colunas. A FSS para a produÃÃo de protease utilizando o fungo filamentoso A. oryzae CCBP 001 ocorreu em condiÃÃes dinÃmica e estÃtica, visando observar o mÃtodo que apresentou a maior produÃÃo. Para tanto foram testados os resÃduos agroindustriais: torta de canola, torta de girassol, farelo de trigo, pelÃcula da amÃndoa de caju e farelo de algodÃo como substrato, observando o perfil de produÃÃo em funÃÃo de diferentes atividades de Ãgua (Aw) iniciais obtidas pela adiÃÃo de distintos volumes de Ãgua para umidificaÃÃo. A produÃÃo de protease em reator de colunas nas condiÃÃes otimizadas foi comparada com a produÃÃo em Erlenmeyer, durante dez dias. Foram avaliados procedimentos para recuperar, identificar, concentrar, e estocar o extrato enzimÃtico produzido. Para a concentraÃÃo do extrato enzimÃtico produzido realizou-se estudo de secagem em âspray dryerâ e acompanhou-se o tempo de estocagem do extrato seco durante 90 dias. Com os resultados foi possÃvel selecionar a torta de canola como o substrato onde apresentou uma produÃÃo 33% superior aos demais substratos testados. No estudo das condiÃÃes operacionais em reator de colunas foi possÃvel avaliar a influÃncia da vazÃo do ar, umidade relativa do ar e umidade do substrato na produÃÃo de protease. A utilizaÃÃo de glicose, maltodextrina e carboximetilcelulose como adjuvantes se mostraram eficientes com relaÃÃo à manutenÃÃo da atividade de protease durante o processo de secagem utilizando âspray dryerâ, onde foi possÃvel obter um produto seco com baixos valores de umidade e Aw, importante para o processo de estocagem do extrato enzimÃtico. A secagem por atomizaÃÃo do extrato enzimÃtico possibilitou concentrar e estocar a enzima. / Enzyme production by solid state fermentation (SSF) is influenced by several factors that affect crop growth and production of microbial metabolites. The study of factors such as aeration and moisture in the air becomes indispensable for this bioprocess optimization. In this context, the present study aimed to assess the protease production by Aspergillus oryzae CCBP001 by FSS bioreactor columns. The FSS for the production of protease using the filamentous fungus A. oryzae CCBP 001 occurred in dynamic and static conditions in order to observe the method with the highest production. Therefore, tested the agroindustrial waste: canola cake, sunflower cake, wheat bran, almond cashew film and cottonseed meal as substrate, observing the production profile for different water activity (Aw) obtained by initial adding different volumes of water for humidification. Protease production in reactor columns in the optimized conditions was compared to production in flasks for 10 days. Evaluated procedures to recover, identify, focus and store the enzyme extract produced. For the concentration of the enzyme extract produced a study was conducted in dry "spray dryer" and followed up the storage time of the dry extract for 90 days. From the results it was possible to select the canola cake as the substrate where it presented a production 33% higher than the other substrates tested. In the study of operating conditions in reactor columns was possible to evaluate the influence of air flow, air humidity and substrate moisture in protease production. The use of glucose, maltodextrin and carboxymethylcellulose as adjuvants proved to be efficient with regard to maintenance of protease activity during the drying process using a "spray dryer", where it was possible to obtain a dry product with low values of humidity and Aw important for the storage process of enzyme extract. Spray drying of the enzyme extract and concentrate stockpile allowed the enzyme.