A preparação do EM Pd foi escolhida pelo fato de já terem sido estudados em nossos laboratórios os EM Ni e EM Pt. Estes três eletrodos modificados (EMs) foram utilizados nas hidrogenações eletrocatalíticas (HEC) de substratos orgânicos para comparação de suas reatividades. A preparação deste novo eletrodo modificado revestido pelo filme misto poli-[éter alílico do p-(2-etilamônio) benzeno] e co-monômero éter fenil e alílico no suporte de bastão de grafite contendo partículas de Pd foi iniciada com a síntese do éter alílico do p-(2-etilamônio) benzeno a partir da acetamida do p-(2-etilamônio). A utilização do co-monômero éter fenil e alílico na estrutura do filme polimérico se fez na tentativa de espaçar a malha polimérica para conseguir melhorar os resultados das HEC de substratos orgânicos, pois estes teriam maior facilidade de permear (difundir) pela malha e também proporcionar um aumento na quantidade de partículas de paládio incorporadas ao filme. Depois da preparação, utilização e comparação dos EMs Ni, Pd e Pt foram desenvolvidos novos EMs mistos visando aumentar a eficiência nas HEC dos substratos orgânicos. O EM misto Ni/Ni já havia sido preparado e estudado nas HEC mostrando uma eficiência moderada. Preparou-se então os EMs mistos Ni/Pd e Ni/Pt para compará-los com o EM Ni/Ni e com os EMs Ni, Pd e Pt para verificar se ocorreria um aumento na eficiência nas HEC. A preparação destes EMs mistos foi feita utilizando a técnica de electroless. A eficiência dos EMs foi verificada através da GH a partir de uma solução de ácido sulfúrico, do volume de hidrogênio gerado, medidas de potencial de circuito aberto e de reação de HEC de substratos orgânicos. A caracterização dos EMs foi feita pelo cálculo da massa de partículas incorporadas e análise de raios X e MEV-EDX. Os substratos orgânicos estudados nas HEC foram: benzaldeído, n-valeraldeído, isoforona, 2-cicloexen-1-ona, cicloexanona, acetofenona, benzofenona, eugenol, isoeugenol, fenilacetileno, 3-butin-1-ol, benzonitrila, fenilacetonitrila, malononitrila e valeronitrila. Comparando-se os EMs Ni, Pt, Pd, Ni/Ni, Ni/Pd e Ni/Pt, o que levou aos melhores rendimentos nas HEC foi o EM misto Ni/Pd. A HEC da acetofenona e benzofenona levou a resultados inéditos na literatura com a hidrogenação dos anéis aromáticos. / The modified electrode (ME) Pd was chosen because ME Ni and ME Pt had already been studied in our laboratory. These three different MEs were used in the electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) of organic substrates so that their reactivity could be compared. The preparation of the new modified electrode ME Pd by using the mixed film poly-[ether allyl p-(2-ammoniumethyl) benzene] and the co-monomer allyl phenyl ether in carbon stick containing Pd particles. The preparation was initiated by synthesizing the allyl p-(2-ammoniumethyl) benzene ether through reaction with the acetamyde of the p-(2-ammoniumethyl) group. The co-monomer allyl phenyl ether in a polymeric film was used in an attempt to obtain more space between the polymeric film and to achieve better results in the ECH of organic substrates, since they could be introduced through the polymer and increase the quantity of Pd particles of incorporated in to the film. After the preparation of the MEs Ni, Pd and Pt and after they had been used and compared, new mixed MEs were developed in order to study their efficiency in the ECH of organic substrates. Mixed ME Ni/Ni had already been prepared and studied in our laboratory and it was shown to be moderately efficient for ECH. Mixed ME Ni/Pd and Ni/Pt were prepared so that they could be compared with mixed ME Ni/Ni, ME Ni, ME Pd and ME Pt. The preparation of these mixed MEs was carried out by electroless deposition. The efficiency of these MEs was verified by hydrogen generation from a mineral acid solution, hydrogen generation volume, potential of the open circuit and ECH of organic substrates. The characterization of the MEs was done by calculating the mass of incorporated particles and by SEM-EDX analyses. The organic substrates used for in ECH were benzaldehyde, n-valeraldehyde, isophorone, 2-cyclohexen-1-one, cyclohexanone, acetophenone, benzophenone, eugenol, isoeugenol, phenylacetylene, 3-butin-1-ol, benzonitrile, phenylacetonitrile, malononitrile and valeronitrile. A comparison of these MEs shows that the mixed ME Ni/Pd are the most efficient for ECH for all studied substrates. Acetophenone and benzophenone gave fully hydrogenated products; a fact that has not yet been published in the literature.

Ce travail de thèse a consisté en la synthèse et en la valorisation d’une nouvelle famille de cyclodextrines amphiphiles en catalyse aqueuse : les OléoSodioSuccinyl-Cyclodextrines (OSS-CDs). Ces OSS-CDs ont été obtenues en trois étapes principales. La première étape a consisté en la maléinisation thermique ou rhodiocatalysée de l’acide oléique ou de son ester méthylique. Les anhydrides succiniques substitués obtenus peuvent ensuite optionnellement subir une réaction d’hydrogénation de leur double liaison carbone-carbone par catalyse au rhodium sur charbon. Mis en réaction avec diverses cyclodextrines natives ou modifiées, ces anhydrides ont conduit à des esters de cyclodextrines présentant des fonctions acides carboxyliques. Les OSS-CDs, obtenues par neutralisation à la soude de ces fonctions, possèdent une solubilité aqueuse élevée (50-500 g.L-1 à 20°C), sont tensioactives (concentration d’agrégation critique : 4-360 g.L-1 à 20°C) et forment des agrégats en phase aqueuse. Les chaines grasses de ces OSS-CDs possèdent une forte tendance à s’inclure dans la cavité de la cyclodextrine sur laquelle elles sont greffées. Les OSS-CDs ont montré une très bonne capacité à promouvoir le transfert de matière en hydroformylation biphasique aqueuse et rhodiocatalysée d’alpha-oléfines grasses, avec des vitesses de réaction plus importantes obtenues lors de l’utilisation d’OSS-CDs issues de l’oléate de méthyle. Certaines OSS-CDs issues de l’acide oléique se sont avérées quant à elles de très bons stabilisants de nanoparticules de ruthénium. Les suspensions colloïdales auxquelles elles ont conduit présentent une forte stabilité, sont actives dans l’hydrogénation de nombreux substrats et peuvent être recyclées sans perte d’activité. / This thesis work consisted of the synthesis and valorisation of a new family of amphiphilic cyclodextrins in aqueous catalysis: OleoSodioSuccinyl-Cyclodextrins (OSS-CDs). These OSS-CDs were obtained in three main steps. The first step consisted of the thermal or rhodiocatalysed maleinisation of oleic acid or its methyl ester. The carbon-carbon double bond of the obtained substituted succinic anhydrides can then possibly be hydrogenated by rhodium on carbon catalysis. By reacting with native or modified cyclodextrins, these anhydrides led to cyclodextrin esters having carboxylic groups. The OSS-CDs, obtained by neutralisation with sodium hydroxide of these functions, have high aqueous solubilities ( 50-500 g.L-1 at 20° C), are surfactant (aggregation concentration: 4-360 g.L-1 at 20°C) and form aggregates in water. The fatty chains of these OSS-CDs have a strong tendency to include in the cavity of the cyclodextrin on which they are grafted. The OSS-CDs showed a very good mass transfer capacity in aqueous biphasic rhodiocatalysed hydroformylation of alpha-olefins, with higher reaction rates when using the OSS-CDs obtained from methyl oleate. Some OSS-CDs coming from oleic acid have been found to be very good stabilizers for ruthenium nanoparticles. The colloidal suspensions obtained with them were very stable, active in the hydrogenation of many substrates and can be recycled without loss of activity.

Magnetic separation has received a lot of attention as a robust, highly efficient and rapid catalyst separation technology. Many studies have focused on developing methodologies for the immobilization of catalytic active species, but the development of magnetic supports has been mainly limited to silica, polymer or carbon-coated magnetic nanoparticles (NPs). The design of magnetic nanocomposites and the incorporation of other oxides are highly welcome to broaden the application of this separation technology in the field of catalysis. In this context, studies of the thermal stability of silica-coated magnetite (Fe3O4@SiO2) were performed to evaluate the possibility of calcining it without losing the magnetic properties of the support. The calcination would permit the deposition of different oxides on the silica surface, such as ceria and titania. The calcined Fe3O4@SiO2 material preserved the core-shell morphology and magnetic properties, but increased its surface area six times. New magnetic supports were developed by using post-coating process for the deposition of ceria and titania onto silica-coated magnetite. Magnetically recoverable Rh, Pd and Ru nanocatalysts were prepared. The catalysts were employed in hydrogenation of cyclohexene, benzene or phenol and the study of the influence of each support on the catalytic activity was a main objective of this thesis. The catalysts were prepared by two different approaches: the impregnation and the sol-immobilization of pre-formed metal NPs. The colloidal metal NPs were prepared by reduction of metal salts and also by decomposition of organometallic complexes. Rhodium catalysts prepared by impregnation of rhodium(III) chloride and reduction with H2 showed some reproducibility issues that were surpassed by using NaBH4 or hydrazine as reducing agents. The preparation of catalysts by the immobilization of colloidal NPs is an interesting alternative to obtain reproducible and very active catalysts. Nanoparticles of Pd, Rh and Ru were prepared by an organometallic approach and immobilized on calcined Fe3O4@SiO2, Fe3O4@SiO2CeO2 and Fe3O4@SiO2TiO2. The elimination of the stabilizing agent leads to more active catalysts upon recycling. Rhodium catalysts supported on ceria support was the most active catalyst in the hydrogenation of cyclohexene (TOF 125,000 h-1). Palladium catalysts were the most selective catalyst for the hydrogenation of phenol to cyclohexanone, no matter the support used. The formation of cyclohexanol is enhanced with titania and the hydrodeoxygenation to produce cyclohexane occurred mainly with silica. / A separação magnética tem recebido muita atenção como uma tecnologia robusta, altamente eficiente e rápida para recuperar catalisadores sólidos após uso em reações em fase líquida. Muitos estudos têm focado nas metodologias para a imobilização de espécies cataliticamente ativas, mas o desenvolvimento de suportes magnéticos tem se limitado a nanopartículas magnéticas revestidas com sílica, polímeros ou carbono. O desenvolvimento de nanocompósitos magnéticos com a incorporação de outros óxidos é muito desejável para ampliar a aplicação dessa tecnologia de separação em catálise. Nesse contexto, estudos da estabilidade térmica de magnetita revestida com sílica (Fe3O4@SiO2) foram realizados para avaliar a possibilidade de calcina-la sem perder as propriedades magnéticas do suporte. Uma etapa de calcinação é necessária para a deposição de diferentes óxidos na superfície da sílica, tais como céria e titânia. O Fe3O4@SiO2 calcinado preservou a morfologia \"core-shell\" e as propriedades magnéticas, porém apresentou um aumentou de seis vezes na área superficial. Novos suportes magnéticos foram desenvolvidos pela deposição de céria e titânia sobre magnetita previamente revestida com sílica. Nanocatalisadores magneticamente recuperáveis de Rh, Pd e Ru foram preparados. Os catalisadores foram utilizados na hidrogenação de ciclo-hexano, benzeno ou fenol e o principal objetivo dessa tese foi o estudo da influência de cada suporte na atividade catalítica. Os catalisadores foram preparados de duas formas diferentes: impregnação-redução e imobilização de nanopartículas (NPs) metálicas pré-formadas. As NPs coloidais foram preparadas pela redução de sais metálicos e, também, pela decomposição de complexos organometálicos. Catalisadores de ródio preparados pela impregnação de cloreto de ródio(III) e redução com H2 mostraram alguns problemas de reprodutibilidade, que foram superados utilizando NaBH4 ou hidrazina como agentes redutores. A preparação de catalisadores pela imobilização de NPs coloidais é uma alternativa interessante para obter catalisadores reprodutíveis e muito ativos. Nanopartículas de Pd, Rh e Ru foram preparadas a partir de organometálicos e imobilizadas em Fe3O4@SiO2 calcinada, Fe3O4@SiO2CeO2 e Fe3O4@SiO2TiO2. A eliminação do agente estabilizante torna os catalisadores mais ativos durante os reusos. O catalisador de Rh sobre o suporte de céria foi o catalisador mais ativo na hidrogenação de ciclohexeno (TOF 125000 h-1). O catalisador de Pd foi o catalisador mais seletivo para a hidrogenação de fenol em ciclo-hexanona, independente do suporte usado. A formação de ciclo-hexanol é favorecida pelo suporte de titânia e a hidrodesoxigenação para produzir ciclo-hexano ocorreu principalmente no suporte de sílica.

Fossils fuels are highly demanded in everyday life domestically or industrially. Fossil fuels are finite resources and they are rapidly depleting, as such alternative renewable feedstocks are sought to replace fossil fuels. Tall oil from paper processing and cashew nut shell liquid from the cashew nut industry are the two major renewable sources we studied, they are both waste byproducts, and have the potential to be converted into value-added materials. Tall oil from the paper industry mainly contained tall oil fatty acid, and under isomerising methoxycarbonylation with palladium catalyst, dimethyl 1,19-dimethyl nonadecanedioate can be obtained. This difunctional ester, dimethyl 1,19-dimethyl nonadecanedioate, is converted to diols, secondary and primary diamines by a hydrogenation reaction with ruthenium complexes of 1,1,1-tris(diphenylphosphinometyl)ethane (triphos) as catalysts in the presence of water, amine or aqueous ammonia respectively. In the case of aqueous ammonia it is necessary to use a two step reaction via diol to obtain 1,19-diaminononadecane. Diesters, diols and diamines are useful precursors for the synthesis of polyesters and polyamides. Difunctional substrates with 8-19 carbon chains are all tolerated under the reaction conditions and are successfully converted to the corresponding diols and diamines in high yields. Under similar hydrogenation conditions with the same ruthenium catalyst, cyclic products were predominantly produced with decreased chain length. N-heterocycles, which are important building blocks for the synthesis of drug molecules, were formed from the hydrogenation of diesters with 4-7 carbon chains in the presence of an amine. Another polymer precursor, ε-caprolactam, which is the precursor for Nylon 6, is obtained in a reasonable yield from both adipic acid and adipate esters together with aqueous ammonia in the presence of ruthenium catalyst. Cashew nut shell liquid was also converted into useful medical drugs, such as norfenefrine, rac-phenylephrine, etilefrine and fenoprofene in reasonable yields. Most of these drug molecules have been formed from 3-vinylphenol by catalytic hydroxyamination followed by methylation or ethylation. 3-Vinylphenol was synthesised from cardanol by ethenolysis to 3-non-8-enylphenol followed by isomerising ethenolysis, whilst the N-alkylation reactions used methyl or ethyl triflate to avoid dialkylation. Fenoprofene was formed by firstly O-phenylating cardanol then ethenolysis followed by isomerising ethenolysis to form 1-phenoxy-3-vinylbenzene. Methoxycarbonyation followed by hydrolysis formed the final product in good yield. Our methods start from renewable waste materials and avoid unpleasant reagents in the original stoichiometric synthesis of those drugs, for example, cyanide is no longer essential for the synthesis of fenoprofene.

Ce travail de thèse porte sur la chimie organométallique des complexes pince indényle/indénediide de palladium et de platine et leurs applications en catalyse coopérative métal-ligand. Le premier chapitre de ce manuscrit fait un point bibliographique non-exhaustif du domaine de la coopérativité métal-ligand, des travaux de Noyori sur l'hydrogénation asymétrique, jusqu'aux récents travaux de Milstein avec les ligands désaromatisés. Les ligands pince sont également présentés. Du premier exemple PCP décrit par Shaw jusqu'au CNC développé par Bezuidenhout. La versatilité de ces ligands est illustrée à travers quelques modifications permettant des réactivités originales ou l'isolation d'espèces hautement instables. Le second chapitre présente une nouvelle réaction de formation de cycle avec le complexe pince indénediide de palladium. Cette réaction implique pour la première fois deux molécules de substrat, le CO2 comme source C1 et les propargylamines/homopropargylamines. L'étude mécanistique du système a permis d'établir l'implication de la coopérativité métal-ligand. Ensuite, le troisième chapitre est un chapitre de chimie exploratoire. De nouvelles réactivités ont été étudiées avec les complexes pince de platine. L'activation de liaisons peu polaires telles que H-H et H-Si ont permis la réduction de liaisons insaturées. Les propositions mécanistiques, qu'il reste à confirmer, semblent indiquer que les métathèses ?, ainsi que les insertions migratoires, sont possibles avec ces complexes. Finalement, le dernier chapitre est consacré au développement d'un nouveau ligand pince ayant la particularité d'être hémilabile et ouvrant ainsi la voie à de nouvelles réactivités. Sa coordination au palladium, ainsi que la déprotonation de ce dernier, a permis le développement d'un complexe coopératif qui a été testé en cycloisomérisation. L'ensemble de ces travaux reflètent l'importance des ligands pince indényle/indénediide et de la coopérativité métal-ligand en catalyse. / This Ph.D. work deals with organometallic chemistry of indenyl/indenediide palladium and platinum pincer complexes and their applications in metal-ligand cooperative catalysis. The first chapter of this manuscript compiled a non-exhaustive bibliographic survey of the field of metal-ligand cooperation, from Noyori's system applied to the asymmetric hydrogenation, to the recent examples described by Milstein involving non-aromatic pincer ligands. Pincer ligands are also presented. Starting from the first example, in which Shaw shed light a PCP pincer, to the contemporary CNC pincer reported by Bezuidenhout. The versatility of those ligands is illustrated through few modulations allowing originals reactivities or stabilisation of highly unstable species. The second chapter is focused on the development of a new catalytic reaction with the indenediide palladium pincer complex. This reaction entail, for the first time, two substrates, the CO2 as a C1 source and propargylamines/homopropargylamines. The mechanistic studies turn out the importance of the metal-ligand cooperativity. Then, the third chapter concerns exploratory chemistry. New reactivities have been studied with the platinum complexes. The activation of low polar bond such as H-H and H-Si allowed the reduction of unsatured C-C bond. The mechanistic propositions, that remain to be confirmed, seem to indicate the feasibility of ? bond metathesis and migratory insertions. Finally, the last chapter is dedicated to the development of a new ligand. The latter showed the distinctive characteristic to be hemilabile, leading the way of new reactivities. His coordination to palladium, followed by his deprotonation to give rise to the non-innocent nature of the complex is presented, as well as the application of the resulting complex in the context of a cycloisomerisation. Those results are reflecting the importance of the indenyl and indenediide pincer ligands besides the metal-ligand cooperativity in catalysis.

Cette étude porte principalement sur l’influence de déformations plastiques sévères réalisées par torsion sous forte pression (ou HPT) sur différentes natures de poudres de magnésium pour la modification des propriétés d’absorption de l’hydrogène de Mg. La nature différente des poudres a été obtenue soit par un procédé d'atomisation de gaz, soit par un procédé d'évaporation/condensation par plasma d'arc. Ces poudres ont été consolidées en produits en vrac par un procédé HPT en deux étapes. Parmi les poudres composites étudiées, la poudre de magnésium contenant du graphène a montrée d’excellentes propriétés d’absorption de l’hydrogène correspondant à des cinétiques d’activation plus rapides. Un avantage significatif du procédé HPT est de briser les couches d’oxyde MgO, imperméables au passage de l’hydrogène et de venir les disperser uniformément avec les additifs dans le Mg. Par l’introduction de défauts cristallins associés à un affinement microstructural, le procédé HPT a permis d’obtenir des améliorations significatives dès le premier cycle d’hydrogénation pour les poudres consolidées de Mg par rapport aux poudre initiales, tandis que des résultats inverses ont été obtenus au sein de la poudre dopée au C et déformée par HPT. Un autre impact du procédé HPT a été de réduire l’hystérésis entre les plateaux de pression d’absorption et de résorption au cours des essais PCT (pressure-composition-temperature). De plus, il a été observé que le procédé HPT réduit de manière drastique la température de résorption pour toutes les combinaisons de poudres tandis que le taux de résorption de l’hydrogène a été légèrement diminué pour les produits consolidés. Toutefois, l’inconvénient majeur du procédé HPT, indépendamment de la nature des composés étudiés, est qu’il altère systématiquement la capacité de stockage maximum des poudres initiales. / The present work mainly focuses on the effects of severe plastic deformation through high-pressure torsion (HPT) of different nature of magnesium based powders on improving the hydrogen sorption properties of Mg. The different nature of powders was obtained by either a gas-atomization process or an arc-plasma evaporation/condensation method. These powders were consolidated into bulk products by a two-step HPT process. Among the studied powder composites, the Mg/graphene based powder demonstrated excellent hydrogen sorption properties representing faster activation kinetics. A significant advantage of the HPT processing was to break the impervious MgO oxide layers, and to disperse them uniformly along with catalytic additives within the Mg domains. Through the introduction of structural defects and microstructural refinement, the HPT processing has allowed significant improvements in the first hydrogenation kinetics for the consolidated Mg products compared to their initial powder precursors while it was reverse for the C-doped HPT products. Another significant impact of the HPT processing was to reduce the hysteresis between the absorption and desorption plateau pressures during the pressure-composition-temperature (PCT) experiments. Moreover, it was revealed that the HPT processing has drastically reduced the hydrogen desorption temperatures for all the powder combinations while the rate of dehydrogenation was slightly diminished for their consolidated products. Nevertheless, the major drawback of the HPT processing, irrespective of the nature of studied composites, was that it always impaired the maximum hydrogen storage capacity of the starting powder precursors.

Cette thèse a été réalisée en cotutelle entre l'Université Technique Nationale Ivan Pul'uj de Ternopil (TNTU, Ukraine) et l’Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont Ferrand, France). Les travaux ont été effectués au sein de l'Institut Pascal de l’Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont II, de l’IFMA et du CNRS, dans le thème scientifique Matériaux actifs et intelligents, modélisation multi-échelle de l'axe Mécanique, Matériaux et Structures, et au sein de l'Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée. Les travaux réalisés sont inscrits dans l'action transversale « Matériaux et Modélisations Multi-Echelles » de l'Institut Pascal et, en partie, dans l'action MAIM du Laboratoire d'Excellence Labex IMobS3. La thèse présentée appartient au domaine scientifique de la mécanique de la rupture et la science des matériaux.Le but de ce travail est l’étude de l'effet du temps de fonctionnement sur les dommages de la structure, les propriétés mécaniques et la ténacité d'acier de collecteur de surchauffe dans les centrales thermiques et de développer les méthodes qui sont basées sur l'évaluation de la résistance résiduelle du collecteur en tenant compte des dispersions des propriétés mécaniques, du chargement opérationnel et des défauts de taille. La thèse étudie l'influence de l'hydrogénation sur le comportement mécanique, la ténacité et les micro-mécanismes de rupture dans le matériau du collecteur de surchauffe à déformation lente. / This thesis has been performed under the cotutelle agreement between Ternopil Ivan Pul’uj National Technical University (TNTU, Ukraine) and Blaise Pascal University (Clermont Ferrand, France). The thesis has been carried out within Pascal Institute of the Blaise Pascal University - Clermont II, the IFMA and the CNRS, in the Scientific Theme “Active and Smart Materials and Multiscale Modeling” of the Mechanics, Materials and Structures Department, and within the French Institute for Advanced Mechanics. The work is included in the Transversal Action "Materials and Multi-scale Modelling" of the Pascal Institute and in the Action MAIM of the Excellence Laboratory Labex IMobS3. The presented thesis belongs to the scientific field of fracture mechanics and material science. The aim of the thesis is to study the effect of operating time on damage of structure, mechanical properties and fracture toughness of superheater collector steel at thermal power plants (TPPs) and to develop the methods that are based on the assessment of the residual strength of collector taking into account the mechanical properties scatter, operational loading and defect sizes. The thesis studies the influence of hydrogenation on mechanical behavior, fracture toughness and fracture micromechanisms in the material of superheater collector at slow deformation.

Les hétérocycles sont des motifs présents dans un grand nombre de produits naturels et synthétiques possédant une activité biologique. Le développement de méthodes pour construire ces motifs constitue un axe de recherche important et de nombreuses voies de synthèse ont été et sont encore aujourd'hui étudiées. Au cours de ces travaux de thèse, plusieurs méthodologies ont été développées permettant l'accès à de nouveaux hétérocycles: Une première étude sur l'hydrogénation des indoles et sur l'influence de leur substitution a été réalisée. Ces travaux ont permis de mettre au point une méthode simple et efficace pour obtenir des indoles partiellement ou totalement saturés. Dans un second temps la mise au point de conditions sans solvant et sans métal pour la réaction de cyclisation de Prins a conduit à l'isolation de tetrahydropyranes et à leur utilisation de manière séquentielle avec la réaction de Bartoli. Ces conditions se sont également avérées très efficaces pour la formation de sultames. Enfin, une approche synthétique vers les decytospolides A et B a été réalisée en utilisant comme réaction clé la réaction de cyclisation de Prins / The heterocyclic skeleton is present in many natural and synthetic products with biological activity. The development of methods to build these patterns is an important area of research and many synthetic routes have been and are still being studied. During this work, several methods have been developed allowing access to new heterocyclic compounds: first the hydrogenation of indoles and the influence of their substitution was realised. This work allowed to develop a simple, selective and efficient method to obtain partially or fully saturated indoles. Next the development of neat and metal-free conditions for the Prins cyclization reaction gave tetrahydropyrans and was sequentially used with the Bartoli reaction. These conditions have also proved to be very efficient for sultam synthesis. Finally, a synthetic approach to decytospolides A and B was performed using the Prins cyclization reaction as key step

Le paracétamol est un analgésique parmi les plus consommés dans le monde. Les synthèses actuelles de cette molécule induisent la formation de quantités non-négligeables de sels ou de produits secondaires non valorisables. En plus d'induire de faibles économies d'atomes, la présence de ces déchets engendre des surcoûts importants pour la synthèse du paracétamol dus aux lourds traitements des réactions. Les objectifs de la thèse étaient à la fois de proposer une synthèse plus respectueuse de l'environnement mais également économiquement viable. En ce sens, deux synthèses du paracétamol ont été étudiées. La première synthèse étudiée concerne la réduction sélective du nitrobenzène en p-aminophénol, l'intermédiaire clé du paracétamol. Cette synthèse nécessite typiquement une quantité importante d'acide sulfurique qui est corrosif et engendre la formation de sels (sulfate d'ammonium) importante. Un catalyseur acide recyclable à base d'oxyde de niobium a été utilisé et associé à l'acide sulfurique. Ainsi les sélectivités en aminophénol de 74 % sans catalyseur de niobium ont été améliorées à 82 % en présence de ce catalyseur. En outre, la quantité d'acide sulfurique a été réduite au minimum sans pertes significatives de sélectivité. La deuxième synthèse est la substitution de l'hydroquinone par l'acétate d'ammonium en milieu acide acétique. Cette synthèse innovante s'est révélée être particulièrement performante car elle induit la formation du paracétamol en une étape en partant d'un produit disponible en grande quantité, avec de très bons rendements et sélectivités. De plus, un test à large échelle a permis de montrer que le paracétamol produit est facilement récupérable par précipitation et l'acide acétique récupérable par distillation. Enfin, la réaction a été testée avec succès à d'autres polyhydroxybenzènes et aux naphtols / Paracetamol is an analgesic among the most consumed in the world. Currents syntheses of paracetamol induce a quantity of salts and non-reusable by-products. These wastes lead to both a low atom economy and a high process cost due to the work-ups. The main objectives of this thesis were to propose eco-friendly and competitive synthesis of paracetamol. Two syntheses have been studied. The first one was the selective reduction of nitrobenzene to p-aminophenol, the key intermediate of paracetamol. This synthesis requires a large amount of sulphuric acid which is corrosive and induces salts formation. A reusable niobium oxide-based catalyst has been associated with sulphuric acid. This association gave better selectivities to aminophenol (82%) compare to sulphuric acid alone (74%). Moreover, the quantity of sulphuric acid has been minimized without significant loss of selectivities. The second synthesis study was the hydroquinone substitution to paracetamol with ammonium acetate in acid acetic. This new synthesis is very powerful due to the one-step synthesis of paracetamol from bulk quantity available products, with very good conversion and selectivity. Moreover, a large scale synthesis has been tested which demonstrates that paracetamol and acetic acid were easily recovered by precipitation and distillation, respectively. The reaction has been successfully extended to other polyhydroxybenzenes and naphtols

<p>This thesis describes stereoselective syntheses of four amino acids, three of which are C-glycosidic analogues of glycosylated amino acids. The overall goal of the project was to probe the interactions between MHC molecules, glycopeptide antigens and T cell receptors, that are essential for development of collagen induced arthritis. Collagen induced arthritis is a frequently used mouse model for rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that attacks joint cartilage and leads to a painful and eventually crippling condition.</p><p>The thesis is based on four studies. The first study describes the synthesis of hydroxylysine, an amino acid that is found in collagen and is an important constituent of the glycopeptide proposed as an antigen in collagen induced arthritis. During the synthesis of hydroxylysine some new insight into the mechanism of the reductive opening of <i>p</i>-methoxybenzylidene acetals was obtained.</p><p>The remaining three studies deals with the synthesis of C-glycosidic analogues of glycosylated amino acids, hydroxy norvaline, threonine and hydroxylysine.The synthesis of each amino acid required control of several stereogenic centra and utilizes a variety of approaches such as use of stereoselective reactions, chiral auxilaries, chiral templates and asymmetric catalysis.</p><p>The C-glycosidic analogues of galactosylated hydroxynorvaline and hydroxylysine were incorporated in glycopeptides from type II collagen and evaluated in T cell response assays. It was found that the T cells were stimulated by the C-glycopeptides, but that higher concentrations were required than for the native O-glycopeptide</p>