Under the conditions of transfer hydrogenation employing ortho-cyclometallated iridium C,O-benzoate catalysts, selective silylallylation and CF₃-allylation were developed. In both cases, high levels of catalyst-directed enantioselectivity and diastereoselectivity were observed. Column chromatography was then tested as a new protocol to purify the iridium precatalyst; this single component precatalyst was proved to be more efficient to promote carbonyl crotylation reactions, both diastereo- and enantioselectivity were increased. Then, double asymmetric crotylation of 1,3-diols to deliver (pseudo-)C₂-symmetric adducts with exceptional level of enantioselectivity was devised. Implementation of this methodology and other hydrogenative C-C bond formations proved to be effective means for the preparation of two known polypropionate natural product fragments of C19-C25 of scytophycin C, C19-C27 of rifamycin S and the total synthesis of 6-deoxyerythronolide B. / text

La synthèse stéréosélective d'une nouvelle classe d'amino acides boronatés est réalisée par réaction de Wittig, puis borylation catalysée par un complexe d'iridium. Des amino esters portant un noyau aromatique en position δ de la chaîne latérale, sont tout d'abord préparés par réaction de Wittig d'un sel de phosphonium dérivé d'amino acide avec l'aldéhyde aromatique correspondant, puis estérification et hydrogénation. La borylation de ces amino esters avec le bis(pinacolato)diborane (B2Pin2) en présence d'un complexe d'iridium comme catalyseur, conduit aux dérivés correspondants boronatés avec des rendements atteignant 74% . Enfin, des dérivés iodés ou trifluoroboratés sont facilement obtenus à partir des amino acides boronatés, par réaction avec Nal ou avec KHF2. L'hydrolyse des trifluoroborates d'amino acides en solution tampon a été étudiée par RMN 19F. Dans le cas des amino esters difluorophényle et thiophényle, ces composés montrent une très bonne stabilité à l'hydrolyse. D'un autre côté, la synthèse stéréosélective d'amino acides silylés est également obtenue par réaction de Wittig du sel de phosphonium dérivé d'amino acide avec le 4-di-t-butylsilanobenzaldéhyde. L'amino acide silylé a été utilisé pour la préparation d'un dipeptide avec un rendement de 80%, puis son dérivé fluorosilane sans racémisation, par réaction avec KF. Le dipeptide fluorosilylé obtenu montre une excellente stabilité à l'hydrolyse après 10 jours. Finalement, la méthode de synthèse mise au point, se révèle très efficace pour la préparation d'amino acides boronatés et silylés, et pour leur application au marquage par l'iode ou les fluorures / The stereoselective synthesis of new boronato amino acid derivatives, using Wittig and C-H iridium-catalyzed borylation as key step reactions, is described. Firstly, the synthesis of amino ester precursors bearing an aromatic moiety in -position of the lateral chain, was achieved by Wittig reaction of a phosphonium salt derived from amino acid with the corresponding aromatic aldehyde, then esterification and hydrogenation. The reaction of the amino esters with the bis(pinacolato)diborane reagent (B2Pin2) in presence of an iridium complex as catalyst, leads to the corresponding boronato derivatives in yields up to 74 %. Finally, the iodo- or trifluoroborato derivatives were easily prepared from the boronato amino acid by reaction either with NaI or with KHF2. The hydrolysis of the trifluoroborato amino acid derivatives was studied in buffer solution using 19F NMR monitoring. In the case of the difluorophenyl and thiophenyl amino esters, the corresponding trifluoroborates derivatives show good to excellent stability toward hydrolysis. In addition, the stereoselective synthesis of silano amino acid has been developped by Wittig reaction of the phosphonium salt derived from amino acid with the 4-di-t-butylsilanobenzaldehyde. The silano amino acid was used to prepare a dipeptide with 80% yield, and the corresponding fluorosilane derivative without racemization, by reaction with KF. The hydrolysis of the fluorosilylated dipeptide in aqueous media shows an excellent stability, up to 10 days. Finally, this stereoselective synthesis of hetero substituted amino acids, offers a promising tool for the application of the boronated and silyled derivatives to the fluoride labeling

Carbon-carbon bond formation is one the fundamental reactions in organic synthesis. The quest for the development of new and more efficient processes for the construction of this bond has been an ongoing focus for years. The transformations that permit the use of simple precursors to access complex structural architectures in the absence of stoichiometric quantities by-products are highly desirable. Hydrogen is a cheapest and cleanest reductant available to the mankind. The catalytic hydrogenation has been widely utilized in the industry, however the construction of the carbon-carbon bond under hydrogenative conditions has been achieved only for alkene hydroformylations and Fisher-Tropsh process and limited to the use of carbon monoxide. The extension of the hydrogenative carbon-carbon bond formations beyond aforementioned processes would be of a great significance to the synthetic community. The overview of allene use in the metal catalyzed reactions to achieve carbonyl and imine allylation and vinylation is presented in Chapter 1. The following chapter vii discusses the development of metal catalyzed hydrogenative and transfer hydrogenative coupling of allenes and carbonyl compounds to afford allylation products. These studies have resulted in the development of the first carbonyl allylation from the alcohol oxidation level. Chapter 3 discusses efforts towards achieving highly enantioselective hydrogenative coupling of alkynes to carbonyl compounds. / text