Natural products continue to inspire synthetic chemists to develop novel methodologies to provide efficient and expedient syntheses of the target molecules. Haterumalide NA aroused our interest and prompted development of four differing methodologies. Three of the strategies pursued involved use of B-lactone scaffolds as intermediates. Extensions of the nucleophile catalyzed, aldol-lactonization (NCAL) reaction were also pursued and targeted toward alternative natural product targets. The reactivity of the unexpectedly stable strained spirocycle, spiroepoxy-B- lactone, was explored. Spiroepoxy-B-lactones exhibited a wide range of reactivity, but largely rearranged to tetronic acids. The desired reaction manifold remained inaccessible and led to application of the NCAL process to tetrahydrofuran-fused B-lactones. Several tetrahydrofuran-fused B-lactones were prepared, which displayed low diastereoselectivity. The diastereoselectivity could be somewhat improved in a double diastereoselective NCAL process with varied solvent systems, yet the carbocyclic analogues gave much more promising results. The use of carbocycle-fused !-lactones ultimately culminated in a double diastereoselective NCAL process, and overall led to improvements in diastereoselectivities from 1:1-2 up to >19:1. Further expansion of the substrate scope for the NCAL process was studied for application to bridged tricyclic B- lactones, access to carbocycle-fused y-lactones, and towards development of a dynamic kinetic resolution NCAL process. With our interest aimed at haterumalide NA, a modified Negishi cross coupling between zincates and dichloroolefins was also revisited. The stringent anhydrous reaction conditions led to reexamination of initial leads, which provided user-friendly anhydrous conditions by utilizing commercially available anhydrous solvent. However, application was implemented solely to a simplified model system.

This work describes the synthesis and functionalization of azoles employing different methodologies, based on organometallic catalysis or not. Firstly, we disclose the synthesis tetra-substituted 5-trifluoromethyl pyrazoles via sequential halogenation of 5-trifluoromethyl pyrazoles and palladium-catalyzed carbon–carbon and carbon–nitrogen cross-coupling reactions employing organozinc reagents and amines as coupling partners, respectively. This work allowed to achieve new pyrazolic systems in moderated to good yields. Posteriorly, we show the synthesis of 1,3-di(hetero)aryl indazoles exploring the complementary catalytic activity of nickel and copper complexes. We commenced this study evaluating different nickel pre-catalysts to perform the intramolecular amination of unprotected 2-chlorophenyl hydrazones. In a second moment, we described the N-(hetero)arylation of the in situ generated NH indazoles, using a simple catalytic system based on copper/DMEDA. This sequential one-pot fashion procedure allowed the achievement of several 1,3-di(hetero)aryl indazoles in moderate to good yields. Lastly, we disclose the formation of pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4(5H)-ones by the reaction between ethyl 1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate and primary amines. The one-pot methodology undergoes by two sequential reactional pathways: i) amidation of the ester moiety attached to the pyrazole ring, and ii) intramolecular cyclization via nucleophilic aromatic substitution. This synthetic approach proved to be efficient only for primary aliphatic amines, allowing to achieve molecules with different substitution patterns in moderate to good yields. Key-words: Azoles, quinoxalinones, Negishi cross-coupling, Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling. / Este trabalho descreve a síntese e a funcionalização de azóis através de diferentes metodologias, ancoradas ou não na catálise organometálica. Primeiramente, descrevemos a síntese de 5-trifluormetil pirazóis tetrassubtituídos através de reações de acoplamento cruzado catalisadas por complexos de paládio entre 5-trifluormetil-4-halo pirazóis, reagentes organozinco e aminas. Este trabalho permitiu a obtenção de novos sistemas pirazólicos com rendimentos moderados a bons. Posteriormente realizamos a síntese de 1,3-di(hetero)aril indazóis explorando as atividades catalíticas complementares de complexos de níquel e cobre. Primeiramente avaliamos diferentes pré-catalisadores de níquel para realizar a aminação intramolecular de diferentes 2-clorofenil hidrazonas não protegidas. Em um segundo momento, realizamos a N-(hetero)arilação dos NH indazóis gerados in situ, através do emprego de um sistema catalítico baseado em cobre/DMEDA. A metodologia permitiu a obtenção de diferentes indazóis 1,3-di(hetero)aril substituídos, com rendimentos moderados a bons. Por fim, demonstramos a síntese de pirazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4(5H)-onas a partir da reação entre 1-(2-clorofenil)-1H-pirazolo-5-carboxilatos de etila e aminas primárias. A metodologia one-pot envolve duas etapas sequenciais; i) amidação da função éster do pirazol e ii) ciclização intramolecular via substituição nucleofílica aromática. Esta abordagem sintética provou ser eficiente ao se empregar aminas alquílicas primárias, permitindo a obtenção de diferentes padrões de substituição com rendimentos moderados a bons.

Nos últimos anos, houve um aumento considerável dos estudos envolvendo o núcleo indolizínico, um entre os milhares de heterociclos existentes, sendo 2012 o ano de maior destaque, com 102 publicações. Esse crescente interesse é atribuído principalmente à busca por novos substratos funcionalizados que apresentem características medicinais e biológicas. Todavia, as indolizinas ainda são pouco exploradas se comparadas a outros núcleos heterocíclicos, principalmente no que diz respeito a sua funcionalização por emprego de reagentes organometálicos. Desta forma, o objeto deste trabalho foi o estudo da reatividade de diversas indolizinas perante diferentes organometálicos, por meio de reações de metalação dirigida, troca iodo-magnésio e acoplamento cruzado de Negishi com o intuito de construir indolizinas polifuncionalizadas. Assim sendo, inicialmente foi estudada a reatividade de bases organometálicas diante de algumas indolizinas e as reações de seus intermediários organometálicos com uma variedade de eletrófilos. Para tanto, as indolizinas foram divididas por posicionamento das funcionalizações, ou seja, indolizinas funcionalizadas na posição 1 do anel (-CO2Et, -CO2tBu e CN), indolizinas funcionalizadas na posição 2 do anel (-CO2Et, CN) e indolizinas funcionalizadas nas posições 1 e 3 do anel. Na sequência, foram estudadas as reações de troca iodo-magnésio diante das indolizinas funcionalizadas nas posições 1 e 3 e, por último, as reações de metalação dirigida com os substratos 2-arilindolizínicos seguidas por reações de acoplamento cruzado de Negishi. As moléculas sintetizadas nesta última etapa, por terem apresentado fortes propriedades fluorescentes, foram submetidas a um estudo minucioso sobre essas características. Essas estratégias sintéticas desenvolvidas no presente trabalho foram altamente eficientes, permitindo o preparo de uma série de compostos com grande diversidade estrutural, sendo sintetizadas 64 indolizinas polifuncionalizadas inéditas e 11 indolizinas polifuncionalizadas já descritas na literatura por meio de outras metodologias, com rendimentos variando de 15% a 87%. / In recent years, there has been a considerable increase in studies involving the indolizinic core, one of thousands of existing heterocycles, with 2012 being the most outstanding year, with 102 publications. This growing interest is mainly attributed to the search for new functionalized substrates that have medicinal and biological characteristics. However, indolizines are unexplored when compared to other heterocycles, particularly regarding their functionalization with the use of organometallic reagents. Thus, the object of this work was the reactivity study of several indolizines with different organometallics by means of directed metalation reactions, iodine-magnesium exchange and Negishi cross-coupling, in order to build functionalized poly-indolizines. Therefore, initially, it was investigated the reactivity of organometallic bases upon some indolizines and the reactions of their organometallic intermediates with a variety of electrophiles. To achieve this, indolizines were divided according to their function position, i.e. indolizines functionalized at position 1 of the ring (-CO2Et, CN and -CO2tBu), indolizines functionalized at position 2 of the ring (-CO2Et, CN) and functionalized at positions 1 and 3 of the ring. Furthermore, the iodine-magnesium exchange reactions of indolizines functionalized at positions 1 and 3 were studied and, finally, directed metalation reactions with 2-aryl indolizinic substrates followed by Negishi cross-coupling reactions were performed. The ultimate products of such reactions showed strong fluorescent properties and, for this reason, were subject of detailed studies on these characteristics. The synthetic strategies developed in this research were highly efficient, enabling the preparation of a large number of compounds with structural diversity, having been synthesized 64 novel poly-functionalized indolizines and 11 known poly-functionalized indolizines, with yields ranging from 15% to 87%.

O núcleo quinolínico constitui uma das classes de heterociclos nitrogenados de maior destaque, pois são amplamente encontradas em produtos naturais, além de comporem a lista dos considerados esqueletos \"privilegiados\", relacionados com as diversas classes terapêuticas como: anticâncer, anticolinesterásicos, antimaláricos, etc. Diante das abordagens sintéticas de funcionalização de anéis heteroaromáticos, o uso de espécies organometálicas ocupa, hoje, uma posição central na química orgânica sintética, principalmente na formação de novas ligações carbono-carbono. Dessa forma, o presente trabalho explorou essencialmente a reatividade de quinolinas frente à reagentes organometálicos tais como alquil-lítio, amidetos de lítio, turbo-Grignard e amidetos mistos de magnésio e lítio. Inicialmente, foi estudada a funcionalização da 4,7- dicloroquinolina através da reação de metalação dirigida frente aos diferentes reagentes disponíveis. Em seguida, foi desenvolvida uma metodologia de troca iodo-magnésio para a 7-cloro-4-iodoquinolina visando a obtenção de derivados funcionalizados na posição C4 bastante estratégica para atividade antimalárica. Neste estudo foi utilizado o reagente turbo-Grignard para etapa de troca, seguida da reação com eletrófilos. Os compostos obtidos tiveram sua atividade antimalárica avaliada pelo grupo do Dr. Adrian M. Pohlit do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). A metodologia de troca iodomagnésio do turbo-Grignard frente à 7-cloro-4-iodoquinolina também foi aplicada para a obtenção de outros derivados por reações de acoplamento cruzado de Negishi, e na rota sintética de um híbrido molecular planejado com potencial atividade antimalárica. Além disso, foi estudada a reação de troca halogênio-metal da 3-bromoquinolina frente a reagentes de lítio seguida da reação com aldeídos. Por fim, algumas das estruturas sintetizadas também tiveram avaliação da atividade anticâncer realizada pelo grupo da Prof. Dra. Letícia Lotufo da Universidade Federal do Ceará. Portanto, foram demonstradas neste trabalho estratégias simples e eficientes utilizando reagentes organometálicos para funcionalização de quinolinas de interesse sintético e medicinal. / The quinoline unit is one of most important nitrogen heterocycle classes since it is found in a large number of natural products. Moreover, it is considered a privileged scaffold presenting a variety of pharmacologic activities such as: anti-cancer, anticholinesterase, antimalarial and others. Among the available aromatic heterocycle functionalization approaches, the organometallic chemistry have a prominent position mainly on the construction of new carbon-carbon bonds. In this context, this work have explored the quinoline reactivity against organometallic reagents like alkyl-lithium, lithium amides, turbo-Grignard and magnesium lithium amides. Initially, the functionalization of 4,7- dichloroquinoline was studied through the direct metalation reaction of the substrate with several available organometallic reagents. Afterwards, a new iodo-magnesium exchange methodology for the 7-chloro-4-iodoquinoline was developed in order to obtain C-4 functionalized quinoline derivatives. The turbo-Grignard was the reagent of choice in iodo-magnesium exchange reactions that were subsequently reacted with different electrophiles. The antimalarial activity of the compounds obtained in this study was evaluated by Dr. Adrian M. Pohlit group of National Institute of Amazon Research (INPA). The developed iodo-magnesium exchange methodology was further applied in Negishi cross-coupling reactions and on a synthetic study of a planned molecular hybrid with potential antimalarial activity. In addition, the halogen-metal exchange reaction on 3-bromoquinoline was studied using alkyl-lithium reagents with subsequent reaction with aldehydes. Finally, the anti-cancer activity of some of structures obtained in this work was evaluated by Prof. Dra Letícia Lotufo group of Federal University of Ceará

Depuis de nombreuses années, des notions telles que « l'économie d'atome » ou encore la nécessité de développer des méthodes de valorisation rapide des hydrocarbures, ont pris une place importante en chimie organique. Dans ce contexte, la fonctionnalisation de liaisons carbonehydrogène (C–H) s'avère être un outil puissant de la chimie moderne, thématique fort présente au sein du laboratoire depuis de nombreuses années. En 2010, le développement de la réaction de β- arylation d'esters a initié au sein du laboratoire de nouvelles perspectives. L'extension de cette réaction fait l'objet des travaux de recherches réalisés dans ce manuscrit, pour la fonctionnalisation de liaisons C(sp3)–H en position α, β et γ d'amines. Ces structures sont présentes au sein de nombreuses molécules naturelles de la famille des alcaloides, ou molécules d'intérêt pharmacologique, ce qui en fait des motifs d'intérêt majeur. Les travaux réalisés dans le cadre de ce projet de thèse s'articulent autour de la réaction de couplage de Negishi (co-lauréat du prix Nobel de Chimie 2010), qui est un outil de synthèse puissant pour la formation de liaisons carbone-carbone. Son application aux couplages migratoires est au coeur des développements présentés dans ce manuscrit, selon trois grands axes de recherche. Le premier s'intéresse à la réalisation de couplages palladocatalysés sélectifs en positions β de N-Boc-pipéridines. Il y est développé l'importance de la flexibilité des ligands biarylphosphines dans le contrôle de la sélectivité α/β. Le second étudie l'extension de ces premiers travaux pour l'α– et β–fonctionnalisation sélective de N-Boc-amines acycliques, qui a nécessité de nouvelles avancées pour la lithiation dirigée d'amines acycliques, et le développement de nouvelles biarylphosphines plus flexibles, et plus sélectives. L'étude des étapes de lithiation, et de transmétallation, a été réalisée par analyse IR in-situ, ainsi que l'influence d'aryles aux propriétés électroniques variées lors de l'α-arylation. Un dernier axe d'étude pour la γ- fonctionnalisation d'allylamines, permet d'étendre le champ d'application du couplage de Negishi pour la fonctionnalisation C–H d'alkylamines, pour la formation de γ–arylamines et β–aryles aldéhydes / Since several years, the emergence of terms such as atom- and step-economy, or the need for the development of rapid and efficient synthetic methods have taken an important place in chemistry. In this context, the transition-metal-catalyzed functionalization of unactivated carbonhydrogen bonds has emerged as a powerful tool and an important field of research. In 2010, the development of the β arylation of esters has initiated a new perspective in our laboratory, and has been at the origin of the research described in this manuscript on the selective C(sp3)–H functionalization of amines at α, β and γ positions. The work performed during this Ph.D. project is related to the Negishi cross-coupling reaction (co-laureate of Chemistry Nobel prize in 2010), an important method for the formation of carbon-carbon bonds. Three different aspects are explored in this manuscript. The first one deals with the development of the palladium-catalyzed β -arylation of N-Boc-piperidines, which highlights the importance of ligand flexibility to control the α- vs. β- arylation selectivity. The second part focuses on the selective α - and β -functionalization of acyclic N-Boc-amines, which required to reinvestigate the directed lithiation of acyclic amines and to synthesize new biarylphosphines possessing greater flexibility. A kinetic analysis of each individual step from the lithiation to the α -arylation was performed by in situ IR spectroscopy, and proved an efficient method to gain further mechanistic insights. Finally, we have developed a selective γ - arylation reaction of allylamines, which represents a new extension of the Negishi cross-coupling for the C–H functionalization of alkylamines, and allows a direct access to valuable γ -arylamines and β - arylaldehydes