Ce travail de recherche décrit dans ce mémoire porte sur la valorisation de la biomasse en chimie fine, plus particulièrement la mise au point de transformation du furfural conduisant à de nouveaux solvants et tensioactifs. La synthèse de ces nouvelles molécules (solvants et tensioactifs) a été réalisée à partir du furfural par l'intermédiaire de méthodes peu coûteuses et écocompatibles (chimie verte). Deux réactions ont été plus particulièrement utilisées, la réaction de photooxygénation et la réaction d'addition radicalaire photoinduite permettant d'accéder avec des rendements élevés à des familles originales de solvants et tensioactifs. L'étude physico-chimique des différents composés synthétisés a montré qu'ils possédaient des propriétés intéressantes permettant d'envisager les applications industrielles. / The research work described in this thesis focuses on the valorisation of the biomass in fine chemistry. Is particularly studied the transformation of furfural into new solvents and surfactants. The synthesis of these new molecules (solvents and surfactants) was performed starting from furfural using cheap and eco-compatible (green chemistry) methods. Two reactions were particularly used, the photooxygenation and the photoinduced radical addition which allow to access to new families of solvents and surfactants in high yields. The physico-chemical study of different synthetised compounds showed that they possess interesting properties for industrial applications.

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Cyclitols have attracted a great deal of attention in recent years because of diverse biological activities exhibited by them and also synthetic usefulness in the synthesis of other natural compounds or pharmaceuticals. The presence of hydroxymethyl groups in many cyclitols units building natural products is also attracting a remarkable attention. In this study, novel synthetic strategies leading to cyclitol derivatives including hydroxymethyl groups were investigated and the syntheses of bis-homoinositol derivative 127 and hydroxymethyl containing conduritol derivative 137 were achieved successfully. For the synthesis of bishomo-chiro-inositol (127), lactone derivative 132 was synthesized as key compound. The molecule was functionalized with the use of photooxygenation and epoxidation reactions to get target stereochemistry. For the synthesis of hydroxymethyl containing conduritol 137, hydroxymethyl substituted p-benzoquinone derivative 136 was synthesized as a key compound. Bromination of related double bond, reduction of carbonyl groups and the following substitution of bromine atoms form the basis of our strategy. As a result we enabled to synthesize novel cyclitol derivatives stereoselectively by using commercially available starting compounds and well known reactions.

Aminocyclitols are cyclitols in which at least one of the hydroxyl groups is exchanged with an amino functional group. In turn, they constitute a wide group of natural products with interesting biological properties and are widely distributed throughout. In particular, antibiotics containing an aminocyclitol unit have stimulated the development of synthetic methodologies in the search for analogues with enhanced pharmacological profiles. In this study, three different methods were applied to synthesize diaminoconduritol derivative 202. In the first method, 1,2,3,6-tetraphthalic anhydrate (196), derived from Diels-Alder reaction between of maleic anhydride and 3-sulfolene, was used as a starting compound. Starting with the opening of anhydride group with trimethyl silylazide, tetrazolinone derivative 205 instead of bisamino cyclohexane derivative 201 was obtained. v In the second method, we started the synthesis of target compound 202 by the Birch reduction of benzene. Lactame 218 was synthesized as a key compound. Functionalization of lactame 218 was started with the cleavage of bond between nitrogen and carbonyl group in 218. At the end of the method, imidazole derivative 215 was obtained instead of target compound 202. Diaminoconduritol 242 was synthesized successfully by bishydrazide method. In this strategy, 1,2,3,6-tetraphthalic anhydrate (196) was used as a starting material. After conversion of bisurethane 223 to acylazide derivative 230, Curtius degradation and phtooxygenation reactions were used to introduce the amine and oxygen functionalities into the cyclohexene ring.

Over the last two centuries, the discovery and application of catalysts has had a substantial impact on how and what chemicals are produced.Given their broad significance, our group has focused on developing new catalyst systems that are recoverable and reusable, in an attempt to reduce concomitant costs. Our efforts have centered on constructing a recyclable chiral heterogeneous catalyst capable of effecting asymmetric hydrogenations of olefins with high stereoselectivity. A class of phosphinoimidazoline ligands, developed by researchers at Boehringer-Ingelheim, known as BIPI ligands, have proven efficacious in the asymmetric reduction of alkenes. However, these chiral ligands are homogeneous and coordinated to precious metals, rendering them irrecoverable and expensive. To address these issues, our group has derivatized the BIPI ligand-metal complex and immobilized it to the surface of graphene oxide as well as polystyrene. Their efficacy and recyclability toward the asymmetric hydrogenation of a functionalized olefin have been evaluated. Another facet of our work has included developing a cost effective synthetic process to artemisinin, the gold standard drug in the treatment of malaria.As a natural product, artemisinin’s worldwide supply remains highly unpredictable, contributing to great price volatility.Combining the benefits of catalysis and the advantages of continuous flow chemistry, our research has sought to develop an economical approach to convert a biosynthetic precursor, artemisinic acid, to artemisinin in three chemical transformations. High-throughput experimentation allowed us to screen a prodigious number of catalysts and identify those effective in the asymmetric hydrogenation artemisinic acid to dihydroartemisinic acid, the first step in the transformation. This screening directed us to an inexpensive, heterogeneous ruthenium catalyst. The second step of the process includes the photooxygenation of dihydroartemisinic acid, which involves photochemically generated singlet oxygen. We have evaluated a commercially available heterogeneous photocatalyst packed in a transparent bed, surrounded by light emitting diodes in the continuous photooxygenation of dihydroartemisinic acid to dihydroartemisinic acid hydroperoxide. The third and final step, an acid induced hock cleavage, initiates an intricate cascading reaction that installs an endoperoxide bridge to deliver artemisinin. Our process afforded a 57% yield from dihydroartemisinic acid to artemisinin.

In the first part of this thesis is related to the regioselectivity in ene reaction of singlet oxygen with cyclic alkenes. The photooxygenation of 1-methyl-, 2,3-dimethyl-, 1,4-dimethylcyclohexa-1,4-dienes, 1,2,3,4,5,8-hexahydronaphthalene (16) and 2,3,4,7-tetrahydro-1H-indene (17) which are readily available through Birch reduction, yielded the ene products. The formed endocyclic dienes were trapped by the addition of singlet oxygen to give corresponding bicyclic endoperoxy-hydroperoxides. In the case of 1-methylcyclohexa-1,4-diene (13) and 1,4-dimethyl-cyclohexa-1,4-diene (15), cis-effect determined the product distribution. Photooxygenation of 2,3-dimethylcyclohexa-1,4-dienes (14) gave mainly exocyclic olefin, which was attributed to the lowered rotational barrier of the methyl group and increased reactivity of the methyl groups. Photooxygeneation of 1,2,3,4,5,8-hexahydronaphthalene (16) and 2,3,4,7-tetrahydro-1H-indene (17) shows importance of the geometry of the allylic hydrogen in the ground state. In the second part of this thesis is related to the stereoselective synthesis of carbaheptopyranose derivatives. Two new carbaheptopyranoses, 5a-carba-6-deoxy-&alpha / -DL-galacto-heptopyranose (184) and 5a-carba-6-deoxy-&alpha / -DL-gulo-heptopyranose (185) have been prepared starting from cyclohexa-1,4-diene. The addition of dichloroketene to cyclohexa-1,4-diene followed by subsequent reductive elimination and Baeyer-Villiger oxidation formed the bicyclic lactone 188. Reduction of the lactone moiety followed by acetylation gave the diacetate 182b with cis-configuration. Introduction of additional acetate functionality into the molecule was achieved by singlet oxygen ene-reaction. The formed hydroperoxide 189 was reduced and then acetylated. The double bond in triacetate was further functionalized either by direct cis-hydroxylation using OsO4 or epoxidation followed by ring-opening reaction to give the hepto-pyranose derivatives 184 and 185.

Inositols belong to an important class of biologically active compounds, named as cyclitols (cyclic polyols), which have attributed high interest in the past decade due to the glycosidase inhbition property that affects many biological processes. Initially, 1,3,3a,7a-tetrahydro-2-benzofuran (69) was synthesized as a key compound to synthesize bishomo-inositol derivatives. Then photooxygenation and manganese(III) acetate oxidation reactions of this key compound were studied in order to obtain isomeric inositol derivatives. Moreover, dihydroxylation and acid catalyzed ring opening reactions were investigated. Finally, new synthetic approaches for the synthesis of bishomo-inositol derivatives have been developed. In addition to that whole products were conscientiously purified and characterized and mechanism for the formation of the products has been discussed.

Zusammenfassend konnte im Rahmen dieser Arbeit das Synthesepotential von Cyclohexadienen und Cyclohexenen deutlich erweitert werden. Die Darstellung der 1-Alkylcyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-carbonsäuren erfolgte mittels Birch-Reduktion in flüssigem Ammoniak und anschließender Umsetzung der intermediär entstehenden Dianionen mit Alkylhalogeniden. So konnte ausgehend von verschiedenen Benzoesäurederivaten eine Reihe interessanter Cyclohexadiene in sehr guten Ausbeuten synthetisiert werden. Erstmals gelangen säurekatalysierte Decarbonylierungen von Cyclohexadiencarbonsäuren, was die einfache Synthese substituierter Aromaten in ausgezeichneten Ausbeuten ermöglichte. In dieser Arbeit wird der Reaktionsmechanismus vorgestellt, welcher durch den Nachweis von Kohlenmonoxid in der Gasphase der Reaktionslösung durch IR-Spektroskopie untermauert wird. Bei der säurekatalysierten Umsetzung von 3-alkylsubstituierten Cyclohexadien-carbonsäuren entstanden neben den erwarteten Aromaten Lactone in ca. 50% Ausbeute. Schließlich zeigen die untersuchten Singulettsauerstoff-En-Reaktionen, der im ersten Teil dargestellten Cyclohexadiene und Lactone, durchweg hohe Regioselektivitäten und lieferten durch elektrostatische Wechselwirkungen und konformative Effekte zum Teil sehr gute Diastereoselektivitäten. Die auxiliarkontrollierte Photooxygenierungen von Cyclohexenon welches mit verschiedenen Weinsäureestern ketalisiert wurde, zeigten jedoch keine bevorzugte p-Facialität des Singulettsauerstoffs. / In this dissertation thesis it was possible to extend the synthetical potential of cyclohexadienes and cyclohexenes with partially newly developed and very efficient synthetic pathways. The alkylcyclohexadiene carboxylic acids were synthesized in good yields via well known Birch-reduction procedure in liquid ammonia from a broad variety of substituted benzoic acid derivatives. A wide range of alkylhalides were subsequently added to the resulting dianion. We were able to decarbonylize the cyclohexadienes through acid catalyses, which leads to ipso-substituted aromatics in excellent yields. The study presents the postulated mechanism, which is supported by the proof of carbon monoxide in the gas phase of the reactionmixture with IR-spectroscopy. When 3-alkylsubstituted cyclohexadiene carboxylic acids were subjected to the acid catalyses they gave lactones in up to 50% yield as side products of the aromatization product.The cyclohexadienes and lactones were used as substrates in singlet oxygen-en-reactions with photochemically induced singulet oxygen. The products showed high regioselectivitiy and partially high diastereoselectivity which is caused by electrostatic interaction and conformativ effects of the reaction intermediates. Experiments to induce auxiliary controlled photooxygenations of cyclohexenones, which were ketalysed with different chiral tartaric acid esters leaded to poor diastereoselectivity and a diverse mixture of isomers.