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Methods for the remotely triggered release of biologically active molecules has been an area of intense research in recent years, as it would allow hard-to-obtain biomolecules to be tested in cell-like environments.1 The removal of polar functional groups from hydrophilic structures upon the application of an external stimulus would generate unfunctionalised molecules, which could then participate in amphiphilic self-assembly. This could be used in the release of bioactive molecules and therefore in the in vitro investigation of drug activity. In this PhD project, diazene chemistry was identified as the optimal method for the generation of unfunctionalised compounds through the removal of polar groups since fragmentation takes place rapidly and without the formation of potentially toxic intermediates or by-products. The synthesis of a range of protected hydrazines is described in this thesis (Scheme 1), in addition to the investigation of the rates of decomposition of various simple sulfonyl hydrazides, which led to the isolation of the product of the decomposition of a sulfonyl hydrazide. The photolysis of NVOC- and NPPOC-protected hydrazine derivatives is discussed.

The use of 4-acetoxy-2,2-dimethylbutanoyl protecting group for the C2-hydroxyl allows the selective formation of β-glycosides without producing α-glycosides. This very bulky protecting group can be removed under mild conditions.

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La variante « glyoxylique » de la réaction de Perkin permet de lier entre eux deux fragments aromatiques par un pont maléique. La rigidification de cet intermédiaire flexible mène à des systèmes aromatiques polycycliques étendus par création des liaisons carbone-carbone manquantes. Cette stratégie requiert l'utilisation d'acides arylacétiques et arylglyoxyliques, et l’utilisation d'unités bifonctionnelles a auparavant permis la synthèse de cibles variées allant des phénacènes plans aux (poly)hélicènes très distordus, mais aussi des macrocycles conjugués. Afin d'étendre la taille et la variété des molécules obtenues à l'aide de cette stratégie, des méthodes générales de protection/déprotection sont développées. Une dissymétrisation efficace des unités bifonctionnelles mène à des nouveaux précurseurs monoprotégés qui sont ensuite assemblés par la réaction de Perkin en oligomères de taille contrôlée possédant encore des fonctions chimiques réactives aux extrémités après déprotection. L'utilisation de ces derniers lors d'une deuxième réaction de Perkin donne alors accès à de longs précurseurs flexibles, d’au moins cinq unités, qui donneront ensuite de très longs phénacènes, de grands macrocycles mais aussi des cyclo-tris[5]hélicènes qui présentent une géométrie de Möbius persistante et une aromaticité de Möbius. / The “glyoxylic” variant of the Perkin reaction allows to link two aromatic fragments by a maleic bridge. The stiffening of the obtained flexible intermediate by the creation of the missing carbon-carbon bonds leads to extended polycyclic aromatic systems. This strategy relies on the use of arylacetic and arylglyoxylic acids, and the use of bifunctional units has previously allowed the synthesis of a variety of targets spanning from flat phenacenes to strongly distorted (poly)helicenes, as well as of conjugated macrocycles. This approach is generalized here by developing protection/deprotection techniques in order to enhance the size and the variety of the molecules that can be obtained by this strategy. These techniques enable an efficient dissymetrization of bifunctional units and the recycling of symmetrical side products. The new monoprotected building blocks are connected by Perkin reactions to yield oligomeric intermediates with reactive functions at their extremities after deprotection. Several of these intermediates are assembled in a second Perkin reaction to obtain long phenacenes, large macrocycles and also cyclo-tris[5]helicenes with persistent Möbius geometry and Möbius aromaticity.

Green chemistry principles served as a guide for three industrially-relevant projects. In the first project, silylamines were applied as reversible ionic liquids for carbon dioxide capture from post-combustion flue gas streams. The effect of silylamine structure was thoroughly researched to develop a comprehensive library of silylamines and an accompanying set of structure-property relationships. The proposed solvent systems have the potential to present significant energy savings, as design has focused on their use in a non-aqueous, solvent-free environment. The second project also dealt extensively with carbon dioxide capture, as a reversible, in-situ protecting group for amines. Three strategies for the reversible protection of amines using carbon dioxide were developed and evaluated. Further, a chemoselective reaction was performed using carbon dioxide to protect a reactive amine and consequentially direct reactivity elsewhere within the same molecule. The carbon dioxide-protection technology developed has significant impact in multi-step industrial syntheses, as reversible, in-situ protection with carbon dioxide could eliminate the need for separate protection and deprotection unit operations. Lastly, a study was performed on the thermal degradation and stabilization of PVC in the presence of both plasticizers and thermal stabilizers. The study combined both model compound experiments as well as work with bulk PVC blends to gain a holistic understanding of the processes that take place during the degradation and stabilization of PVC. A bio-based plasticizer was investigated as a replacement for petroleum-based phthalate plasticizers. Additionally, two novel thermal stabilizers for PVC were presented and evaluated.

Au cours de la dernière décennie, l’utilisation de la catalyse à l’or a connu un essor important en synthèse organique. Les complexes d’or permettent de générer des molécules complexes hautement fonctionnalisées à partir de substrats simples de manière efficace et dans des conditions réactionnelles douces. Les propriétés de cet élément découlent des effets relativistes et confèrent aux complexes d’or un caractère à la fois carbophile et oxophile. Cette dualité a été exploitée au laboratoire à travers de nombreuses réactions, notamment des réarrangements d’alcynyloxiranes en furanes ou en divinylcétones.En approfondissant ces travaux, une nouvelle méthode de synthèse d’alpha-pyrones 6 et 3,6-disubstituées à partir de beta-lactones acétyléniques a pu être développé grâce à la catalyse à l’or. Ce motif alpha-pyrone est particulièrement intéressant car il est présent dans de nombreux produits naturels dont certains ont montré une activité biologique intéressante.Toujours en exploitant la dualité des complexes d’or, nous avons tenté de générer des motifs observés dans des substances naturelles, notamment des spironolactones ou des acétals spiranniques, en variant la nature du substrat et des nucléophiles internes. Malgré plusieurs échecs, nous avons bon espoir de développer une méthode de préparation de spironolactones catalysée par l’or. Au cours de ces travaux, nous avons découvert une nouvelle méthode de déprotection des éthers de p-méthoxybenzyle, un groupement protecteur d’alcool communément utilisé en synthèse organique. Des conditions réactionnelles employant une quantité catalytique d’argent, compatible avec de nombreux groupes fonctionnels a ainsi pu être développé. / During the last decade, gold catalysis has experienced significant growth in organic synthesis. Gold–catalyzed reactions can generate highly functionalized, complex molecules from simple substrates efficiently and under mild conditions. The properties of this element, arising from relativistic effects, provide to gold complexes both carbophilic and oxophilic character. This duality has been largely exploited in the laboratory in the rearrangements of alcynyloxiranes to furan or divinylcétones.By expanding this work, a new method for the synthesis of 6 and 3,6-disubstituted alpha-pyrones from beta-alcynylpropiolactones catalyzed by gold has been developed. This alpha-pyrone motif is particularly interesting as it can be found in many natural products, some of which have shown interesting biological activity. Still exploiting the duality of gold complexes, we attempted to generate motifs observed in natural substances, namely spironolactones or spirannic acetals, by modifying the substrate and internal nucleophiles. Despite several failures, we hope to develop a gold catalyzed reaction for the preparation of spironolactones. During this work, we have found a novel method for the p-methoxybenzyl ether cleavage, a protecting group of alcohol commonly used in organic synthesis. The reaction conditions using a catalytic amount of silver, compatible with many functional groups has thus been developed.

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