京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第21788号 / 工博第4605号 / 新制||工||1717(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科物質エネルギー化学専攻 / (主査)教授 近藤 輝幸, 教授 辻 康之, 教授 大江 浩一 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM

Amines are ubiquitous in nature and serve a variety of functions in living organisms. Because of this fact amines are of great biological and pharmaceutical interest. The iridium catalyst (pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) iridium dichloride dimer ([Cp*IrCl2]2) has been used in a number of ways to synthesize new carbon-nitrogen bonds. These studies were directed toward the development of a method for the iridium catalyzed N-alkylation of alpha-amino acid esters as well as the development of a strategy for synthesis of the natural product 275A. We have optimized a method for the N-alkylation for alpha-amino acid esters. Using this method, we have N-alkylated a series of alpha-amino acid esters with a variety of alcohols. We have shown that the N-alkylation of the alpha-amino acid esters works consistently and gives the desired products in moderate to high yields. We have examined the effect of this method on the chiral center of the obtained products by analyzing their optical rotation. Evaluation of these specific rotations indicated racemization was occurring but it is believed that any loss of the chiral center is due to the reaction conditions. Amphibian alkaloids are of great interest to the pharmaceutical and academic communities due to their biological activities. Unfortunately, they are not naturally available in large quantities which makes total synthesis the most common method of generating these compounds for evaluation. One amphibian alkaloid class of interest to us are the Lehmizidines. These are bicyclic ring structures consisting of a 7-member and 5-member ring with a nitrogen bridgehead. The alkaloid, 275A, was selected as a target for a general synthetic approach. This synthetic approach required the synthesis of novel diols. The construction of these diols along with a method for the synthesis of the azepane ring is presented here.

The pyrrolidine and piperidine ring systems are present in a variety of different classes of amphibian alkaloids. We have found the iridium catalyzed N-heterocylization reaction of diols with amines to be very useful for the construction of novel pyrrolidine, piperidine and piperazine derivatives. The scope and utility of the iridium catalyzed N-heterocyclization reaction for the construction of novel anuran scaffolds using amino diols and triols are presented. Studies directed towards the total synthesis of 4,6-disubstituted quinolizidine and (±)-epiquinamide are discussed. The second study is focused on the selective conversion of terminal dienes to primary diols. This conversion has always had problems with regioselectivity and low yields due to polymer formation with carbon chains having more than 7 carbon atoms. An improvement in the yield and regioselectivity was observed with disiamylborane prepared in situ using 2-methyl-2-butene and BH3•DMS. The scope of this method with 7, 8 and 9 carbon chains and different alcohol protecting groups for synthesis of triols is presented.

The focus of these studies has been toward the development of new synthetic methods and procedures for the synthesis of novel compounds with unique biological properties. This research has led to the development of two new synthetic strategies for the construction of two novel amphibian alkaloids. In addition, the efforts have led to the large-scale process for the preparation of a novel analgesic compound. The regioselective ring opening of lactones (δ-valerolactone and γ-butyrolactone) with aryllithium reagents is reported for the construction of a series of δ-hydroxyarylketones and γ-hydroxyarylketones. Both the R and S enantiomers of the amphibian alkaloid noranabasamine were prepared in >30% overall yield with 80% ee and 86% ee, respectively. An enantioselective iridium-catalyzed N-heterocyclization reaction with either (R)- or (S)-1-phenylethylamine and 1-(5-methoxypyridin-3-yl)-1, 5-pentanediol was employed to generate the 2-(pyridin-3-yl)-piperidine ring system in 69-72% yield. A cis-2, 5-disubstitued pyrrolidine building block derived from (-)-Cocaine•HCl was prepared. We utilized this compound as a chiral building block for the formal synthesis of (+)-gephyrotoxin. Using this pyrrolidine building block, Kishi's intermediate was obtained enantiospecifically in 15 steps and 9.4% overall yield. A large-scale process for the preparation of the analgesic compounds SCP-123 and its sodium salt, SCP-123ss•monohydrate has been developed. The process for the preparation of SCP-123 required three synthetic steps with no chromatography, while the process for the preparation of SCP-123ss required four synthetic steps and no chromatography. The overall yields for both SCP-123 and SCP-123ss were 47% and 46%, respectively, and both compounds were obtained in exceptionally high purity (>99%).

Les motifs imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines et imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines sont des noyaux très étudiés par la communauté scientifique, notamment dans le domaine thérapeutique. Ceci s’explique en partie par les progrès récents réalisés dans le domaine de la métallocatalyse qui ont permis une fonctionnalisation plus simple de ces molécules. Cependant, les dérivés tricycliques de ces structures sont restés assez peu étudiés malgré le fait que certains de leurs isostères présentent des propriétés biologiques intéressantes. Les travaux de cette thèse ont porté sur deux projets distincts : -La synthèse d’imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines présentant un troisième cycle diazoté entre les positions 7 et 8, dans le cadre d’un contrat conclu avec la société Sanofi-Aventis. Ces composés, totalement originaux, représentent un véritable défi chimique et leur synthèse a nécessité d’importants travaux de mise au point. Nous avons ainsi employé différentes méthodes de couplages métallocatalysés. -La synthèse d’imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines un troisième cycle pyridinique entre les positions 2 et 3. Ces molécules, peu décrites dans la littérature, n’ont fait l’objet d’aucune évaluation biologique. Dans le but de synthétiser efficacement une chimiothèque intéressante pour ces structures, j’ai développé une méthode d’hétérocyclisation qui nous permet d’obtenir en deux étapes, gràce à des produits de départ très accessible, une importante variété de tricycles. / The imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines moeities are very studied by scientific community, specially in therapeutic field. This is mostly due to recent progress in metallocatalyzed couplings which allow easier functionnalization of these structures. However, the tricyclic derivatives of these compounds remained not very studied despite important biological properties of some of there isosters. This thesis is divided in two parts : -The synthesis of imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines with a dinitrogenated third cycle between the positions 7 and 8 in collaboration with Sanofi-Aventis. These new compounds were a real chemical challenge and their synthesis required important works of development. We used various metallocatalyzed couplings methods. -The synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with a pyridinic cycle between the positions 2 and 3. These molecules, poorly described in the literature, have never been subject to biological study. In order to effectively synthesize an interesting range of these structures, I have developed a new heterocyclization method which allows us to obtain in two steps, starting from commercialy available starting materials, some original tricyclics compounds.