Während meiner Dissertation beschäftigte ich mich mit der Synthese von polyhalogenierten Pyrrolalkaloiden. Im Zentrum der Darstellung dieser Verbindungen stand die von mir in meiner Diplomarbeit erfolgreich zur Synthese von Pentabrompseudilin angewandte silber-katalysierte Cyclisierung von N-tosylsubstituierten Homopropargylaminen. So konnte das Pentachlorpseudilin in der zweiten Totalsynthese überhaupt sowie mehrere gemischt halogenierte synthetische Derivate aufgebaut werden. Diese Verbindungen konnten in einer Kooperation mit Herrn Prof. Gutzeit aus der Fachrichtung Biologie der TU Dresden und Herrn Prof. Manstein von der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, als hochwirksame Myosin ATPase-Inhibitoren identifiziert werden. Bei den verschieden halogenierten Verbindungen ließen sich deutliche Unterschiede in der inhibitorischen Aktivität feststellen. Ein zum Pentabrompseudilin benzologes Indolderivat, welches in einer kurzen Synthese aufgebaut werden konnte, war hingegen nicht aktiv. Im zweiten Teil der Promotion beschäftigte ich mich in einer Kooperation mit Dr. Kurzchalia vom Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik (Dresden) mit der Synthese von hormonell aktiven Steroiden, speziell den Cholesten-26-säuren, welche Liganden für den hormonellen Rezeptor DAF-12 des Nematoden Caenorhabditis elegans repräsentieren. Die an C-25 R-konfigurierten Säuren waren in der Literatur mit einer deutlich geringeren Aktivität als die 25S-Säuren beschrieben. Die 25R-Steroide waren synthetisch leicht aus kommerziell erhältlichem Diosgenin zugänglich. So konnten alle drei 25R-Säuren in kurzen Synthesen dargestellt werden. In deren Verlauf wurden verschiedene Oxidations- und Schutzgruppenreaktionen eindrucksvoll angewendet. Für die Einführung der 25S-Konfiguration in der Seitenkette sollte eine EVANS-Aldolreaktion an geeignetem Startmaterial angewandt werden. In der Tat führte die Verwendung eines chiralen Oxazolidinons stereoselektiv zum gewünschten Enantiomer in sehr guten Ausbeuten, selbst bei großen Ansätzen. Zur weiteren Transformation musste die durch die Aldolreaktion eingeführte Hydroxygruppe an C-24 entfernt werden. Dies gelang in exzellenter Ausbeute mit Hilfe einer radikalischen Deoxygenierung nach BARTON und MCCOMBIE. So konnte in acht Stufen ein zentrales Syntheseintermediat gewonnen werden, dass in alle drei Naturstoffe überführt werden konnte. Damit waren ausreichende Mengen für biologische Untersuchungen hergestellt worden. Mit der gesättigten (25S)-Dafachronic Acid konnte ein neuer Ligand für DAF-12 synthetisiert werden. Gleichzeitig konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Existenz einer Doppelbindung in den Cholesten-26-säuren für die biologische Aktivität unerheblich ist. Für weitere biologische Tests konnten neue Normethylderivate des Cholesterols gewonnen werden. Diese zeigten zum Teil ungewöhnliche biologische Aktivität. Außerdem wurden Versuche zu an verschiedenen Positionen bromierten Cholesterolderivaten unternommen. Im letzten Teil meiner Dissertation konnten neue hoch hydroxylierte Steroide dargestellt werden, die in einer Kooperation mit Prof. Franzblau vom Institute for Tuberculosis Research (Chicago, USA) auf ihre Aktivität gegen Mycobacterium tuberculosis getestet werden sollten. Dabei konnte eine ungewöhnliche 1,2-anti-Hydroborierung beoachtet werden, deren Mechanismus noch genauer untersucht werden muss.

<p>This thesis describes the synthetic preparation of somecompounds, which can serve as chemical signals for use in thedevelopment of control methods for pest insects. The compoundssynthesised are of the isoprenoid type and of two kinds:carvone derivatives and germacranes. The derivatives of carvoneare based on modifications of this compound, by reactions ofeither its endocyclic or its exocyclic double bond. One type ofmodifications was accomplished by chemoselective additions ofthiophenol. The latter ones imply additions to the exocyclicdouble bond and seem to constitute general, previously rarelystudied reactions.</p><p>In other modifications of its exocyclic side chain, carvoneafforded some sesqui- and diterpeniod natural products. Thefollowing compounds were synthesised in an enantioselectiveway: (-)-epi-delobanone, (-)-delobanone,(-)-7-hydroxy-3,10-prenylbisaboladien- 2-one (an insecticidalconstituent of Croton linearis) as well as its diastereomer andsome other compounds with similar structures. All of thesecompounds weretested for their antifeedant/feeding deterrentcapability against gnawing of the pine weevil, Hylobiusabietis.</p><p>The germacranes prepared by means of enantioselective totalsyntheses are: (–)- 1(10),5-germacradien-4-ol and(–)-germacrene D. The former is a constituent of thedefence secretion (an allomone) from the larvae of the pinesawfly, and the needles of Scots pine. (–)-Germacrene D isa ubiquitous compound in nature. For example, it occurs in thepeels of apples and acts as one component of a lure (akairomone) to the apples, which attracts the codling moth,Cydia pomonella.</p><p>The main problem in the total syntheses of the germacraneswas the formation of the unsaturated monocyclic 10-memberedring. This was achieved by intramolecular alkylation with asuitably functionalised/protected cyanohydrin derivative,which, after further elaboration, afforded a monocyclic10-membered enone, that was used in the syntheses of the twogermacranes mentioned above. In the initial steps in thesynthetic sequence the stereochemistry was established byalkylation of an amide enolate attached to a chiral auxiliary.This approach could most likely also readily furnish the(+)-enantiomers of these germacrenes (of the germacraneterpenoid class) using the opposite enantiomer of the chiralauxiliary in the initial steps.</p><p><b>Keywords</b>: isoprenoids, natural product synthesis,allelochemicals, kairomones, allomones, bisabolane terpenoids,Hylobius abietis, germacrane terpenoids, Neodiprion sertifer,stereoselective synthesis.</p>

<p>  </p> <p>The access of ring junction functionalized 5,6-hydrindanone systems has been elusive in the realm of synthetic methodology, and the functionalization of a pre-built ring system rarely explored. These 5,6-hydridanone systems are prevalent in a variety of terpenoid ring systems, especially that of steroidal molecules. Previous synthetic methods to reach these systems using a Diels-Alder cycloaddition proved to be difficult and lacked labile functional groups that would be useful for substitution after the cycloaddition. The design of the α-nitrile cyclopentenone dienophile allows for both post-cyclization adduct functionalization, as well as lowering the energy barrier of the cycloaddition itself. In this work, it is shown that the Lewis acid promoted Diels-Alder reaction with α-nitrile β-methyl cyclopentenone dienophile can be performed under standard temperatures and pressures unlike previously established methods.1 This reaction can generate four chiral centers in a single synthetic step when the starting materials are prochiral. After the generation of 5,6-hydrindanone systems, radical cleavage of the nitrile functionality also allowed for electrophile trapping at the ring junction. This radical cleavage and electrophile trapping pathway allows for functionalization of a quaternary carbon at the ring junction, a method that should be fruitful in the generation of difficult to synthesize steroidal and other terpenoid molecules.</p> <p>In the work on synthetic cell penetrating peptides, camptothecin whilst a notably effective topoisomerase I inhibitor, has never quite reached it’s potential as a therapeutic due to its poor solubility in living systems. Previously, cationic amphiphilic polyproline helices (CAPH) molecules from the Chmielewski lab have been hydrophobically functionalized through O-alkylation of hydroxyprolines at specific regions within the peptide to generate a hydrophobic face. The combination of the cationic faces and the hydrophobic face have made the CAPH molecules notably cell penetrant and tunable. With camptothecin’s notable insolubility in water, it may serve as valuable surrogate to the hydrophobic groups on CAPH molecules and allowing it to be delivered intracellularly. Using an endogenously cleavable linker, we have worked towards a CPP that acts as a drug delivery vehicle. Acting as a replacement of the hydrophobic residue of a CAPH molecule, camptothecin will be chaperoned into the cell and should be released through the action of intracellular esterases.</p>

Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Dissertation wurden drei neue Zugangswege zu kettenverlängerten Kohlenhydraten aus ungeschützten Aldosen entwickelt. Dabei ermöglichen diese Protokolle die Synthese verschiedener Klassen von kettenverlängerten Strukturen. Neben der selektiven Darstellung von 2-Ketoaldonsäurederivaten konnten effiziente Zugangsstrategien zu hoch funktionalisierten bizyklischen C-Glycosiden und polyhydroxylierten Pseudopeptiden präsentiert werden. Dabei konnte gezeigt werden, dass ein breites Spektrum dieser verschiedenen Arten kettenverlängerter Kohlenhydrate aus ungeschützten natürlichen Hexose- und Pentose-Substraten zugänglich ist. Durch den Einbezug der natürlich vorhandenen Hydroxylgruppen der Aldosen ermöglichen die präsentierten Kaskadenreaktionen einen sehr effektiven Zugang zu hoch funktionalisierten Produkten, welche in Sequenzen unter Verwendung von Schützungsstrategien nur in aufwendigen, mehrstufigen Reaktionen zugänglich wären. Zudem konnte gezeigt werden, dass die natürlich vorkommende Chiralität in den verwendeten Substraten für ein stereoselektives Dirigieren der neu installierten Stereozentren nutzbar ist. Damit konnte eine bedeutende Erweiterung des bestehenden Repertoires von Methoden für die Verlängerung ungeschützter Kohlenhydrate erreicht werden.. Die entwickelten Transformationen bestechen durch ihre hohe Atomökonomie, wie auch durch ihre sehr gute ökologische und ökonomische Bilanz und erfüllen damit die Anforderungen an nachhaltige Synthesemethoden. / The scope of the presented work was the investigation of new organocatalysed synthesis strategies of carbon chain elongated carbohydrates. Here three new accesses to three different structure motifs of these biologically highly important and manifold compounds from unprotected carbohydrates were developed. Using naturally occurring, unprotected pentoses and hexoses, a wide variety of keto aldonic acids, bicyclic C-glycosides and glycosylated pseudopeptides are accessible in three different cascade reactions. All of the presented strategies enable the C-chain elongation by employment of the naturally occurring aldehyde motive without tedious protection ad deprotection protocols or synthetic modifications of the substrates. By utilisation of the chiral hydroxyl moieties of the carbohydrate chain, diastereoselective control of the installation of the stereocenters formed in the cascade reactions is achieved. The high regio- and diastereoselectivities, high yields as well as the convenient synthesis conditions of the presented protocols make the presented cascade reactions valuable tools among the already described accesses to the biological important compounds of chain elongated carbohydrates. The presented cascades enable the diastereoselective synthesis of a high variety of these motifs in only one synthetic step from readily available unprotected carbohydrates without additional modification steps. These advantages give rise to a very high atom economy of the transformations, which therefore fulfil the requirements to green chemistry and sustainable synthesis methods.

Ausgangspunkte der vorliegenden Arbeit waren stereoselektive Synthesen von Reissert-Verbindungen über chirale N-Acylisochinoliniumsalze. Es galt die Konfiguration der erhaltenen Produkte zu beweisen und deren Synthesepotential zu erforschen. Ein Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, weiterführende Reaktionen für die Synthese von alkaloidanalogen Substanzen zu entwickeln. Es gelang, die Reissert-Reaktion mit Chlorameisensäurementhylester erfolgreich auf andere Heterocyclen als Isochinolin auszudehnen. Die Annahme eine stereoselektiven Verlaufes mußte korrigiert werden. Das Reissert-Produkt konnte mit einer großen Anzahl von Alkylhalogeniden in 1-Position alkyliert werden. Die Cyanogruppe konnte in zwei Verfahren abgewandelt werden. Die Behandlung des Reissert-Produktes und der alkylierten Verbindungen mit Säuren, Halogen und Grignard-Reagenzien führte zu verschiedenen interessanten Cyclisierungen. Es gelang, die Reissert-Reaktion auf elektronenreiche Aromaten und metallorganische Reagenzien als Nucleophile zu erweitern. Es gelang eine asymmetrische C-C-Knüpfung mit Zink-Nucleophilen sowie Grignard-Verbindungen. 4-Bromsubstituierte Mannich-Produkte konnten erfolgreich in einer Suzuki-Kupplung zu 4-arylsubstituierten Isochinolinaddukten umgesetzt werden. Es gelang die Hydrierung der Enamindoppelbindung und die Abspaltung des chiralen Auxiliars auf zwei verschiedenen Wegen. Während Additionsreaktionen an die 1-Position von 2-Menthyloxcarbonylisochinoliniumsalzen im wesentlichen nicht stereoselektiv verliefen, konnte beim Einsatz von geschützten Aminosäurefluoriden als chirale Auxiliare Diastereoselektivitäten bis zu 6:1 erzielt werden. Der Einsatz der elektronenreichen Aromaten als Nucleophile führte zu Mannich-Produkten in guten Ausbeuten. Auch der Einsatz von Grignard-Reagenzien als Nucleophile konnte erfolgreich getestet werden. Hiermit ist die erste stereoselektive Addition von elektronenreichen Aromaten an cyclische Iminiumsalze gelungen. / Starting points of the present work were stereoselective syntheses of Reissert compounds about chiral N-acylisoquinoliniumsalts. It was a matter of proving the configuration of the preserved products and of investigating synthesis potential. A purpose of this work was to develop continuing reactions for the synthesis of alkaloide-analogous substances. One succeeded in expanding the Reissert reaction with menthylchloroformat successfully to other heterocycles than isoquinoline. The acceptance a stereoselective course had to be corrected. The Reissert product could be alkylated with a big number of alkylhalides in 1 position. The Cyanogroup could be modified in two procedures. The treatment of the Reissert product and the alkylated compounds with acids, halogens and Grignard reagents led to different interesting cyclisations. One succeeded in extending the Reissert reaction to electronrich aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds and metal-organic reagents as nucleophiles. An asymmetrical C-C-bondformation with Zink-nucleophiles as well as Grignard compounds succeeded. 4-Bromine-substituted Mannich products could be transformed successfully in a Suzuki coupling to 4-arylsubstituted isoquinolineadducts. The hydrogenation of the enamindoublebond and the splitting off chirale auxiliary on two different ways succeeded. While addition reactions ran to the 1 position of 2-Menthyloxcarbonylisoquinoliniumsalts basically not stereoselectively, could be achieved by the application by protected Aminosäurefluoriden as chirale auxiliaries slide stereo selectivities up to 6:1. The application of the electronrich aromatics as nucleophiles led to Mannich products in good exploiting. Also the application of Grignard reagents as nucleophiles could be tested successfully. Herewith the first stereoselective addition from electronrich aromatics to cyclic iminiumsalts has succeeded.

Ausgangspunkte der vorliegenden Arbeit waren stereoselektive Synthesen von Reissert-analogen N-Acylaminohydroperoxiden über chirale N-Acylisochinoliniumsalze. Edukte waren Isochinolin(derivaten), Menthylchloroformiat und Wasserstoffperoxid. Es galt die Konfiguration der erhaltenen Produkte zu beweisen und deren Sauerstoffübertragungspotential zu erforschen. Ein zweites Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, von bekannten Diketopiperazinhydroperoxiden ebenfalls das Sauerstoffübertragungspotential zu überprüfen, weil sie die gleiche N-Acylaminohydroperoxidstruktur aufweisen aber bisher wenig untersucht wurden. Es gelang durch NMR-Untersuchungen und Vergleich mit ähnlichen Reaktionen die Annahme eines stereoselektiven Verlaufes zu widerlegen. Weiterhin wurde gezeigt, dass anstelle von Hydroperoxiden Peroxide vorliegen. Es konnte eine in situ Methode entwickelt werden, um mit dem vorgegebenen Substanzen unter Zusatz eines Metallkatalysators wie Vanadium(V)triisopropylat und Titan(IV)tetraisopropylat eine Sauerstoffübertragung auf Methylphenylsulfid zu erzielen. In Abhängigkeit der eingesetzen Isochinolinderivate gelang eine kinetische Racematspaltung, so dass eine stereoselektive Sulfoxidation möglich wurde. Das günstigste Ergebnis betrug 51 % Sulfoxid bei 73 % Enantiomerenüberschuss. Mit einem bekannten Diketopiperazinhydroperoxid konnte Methylphenylsulfid direkt in 62 % Sulfoxid mit 32 % Enantiomerenüberschuss überführt werden. Dies sind die ersten erfolgreichen stereoselektiven Sulfoxidationen mit N-Acylaminohydroperoxiden. / Starting points of the present work were stereoselective syntheses of Reissert analogous N-acylaminohydroperoxides derived from chiral N-acylisochinoliniumsalts. Starting materials were isochinoline (and derivates), menthylchloroformiate and hydrogen peroxide. It was a matter of proving the configuration of the preserved products and of investigating the oxygen transfer potential. The second purpose of this work was to check the oxygen transfer potential of known diketopiperazinehydroperoxides likewise because they show the same N-acylaminohydroperoxide structure, however, up to now they were only examined scarcely. One succeeded by NMR investigations and comparison with similar reactions in disproving the acceptance of a stereoselective course. Furthermore it was shown that there are peroxides instead of hydroperoxides. We developed an in situ method to achieve with the given substances under addition of a metal catalyst like vanadium(V)triisopropylate and titanium(IV)tetraisopropylate an oxygen transfer to methylphenylsulfide. In dependence of the used isochinoline derivates a kinetic resolution was observed, so that a stereoselective sulfoxidation became possible. The most favorable result amounted to 51% sulfoxide with 73% enantiomeric excess. With a known diketopiperazinehydroperoxide methylphenylsulfide could be directly transfered into 62% sulfoxide with 32% enantiomeric excess. These are the first successful stereoselective sulfoxidations with chiral N-acylaminohydroperoxides.

<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>

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. 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 p-methoxybenzylidene acetals was obtained. 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. 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

This thesis is divided into four separate parts with amino alcohols as the common feature. The first part of the thesis describes the development of an efficient three-component approach to the synthesis of α-hydroxy-β-amino esters. Utilizing a highly diastereoselective Rh(II)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of carbonyl ylides to various aldimines, syn-α-hydroxy-β-amino esters are formed in high yields and excellent diastereoselectivities. An asymmetric version was also developed by employing chiral α-methylbenzyl imines as dipolarophiles yielding enantiomerically pure syn-α-hydroxy-β-amino esters. This methodology was also applied on a short asymmetric synthesis of the paclitaxel side-chain as well as in an asymmetric synthetic approach towards the proteasome inhibitor omuralide. Furthermore, the use of chiral Rh(II) carboxylates furnishes the syn-α-hydroxy-β-amino esters in moderate enantioselectivity (er up to 82:18), which indicates that the reaction proceeds via a metal-associated carbonyl ylide. The second part describes the development of a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of azomethine ylides to aldehydes for the synthesis of α-amino-β-hydroxy esters. Different methods for the generation of the ylides, including Vedejs’ oxazole methology and an Ag(I)/phosphine-catalyzed approach have been evaluated. The best results were obtained with the Ag(I)/phosphine approach, which yielded the desired α-amino-β-hydroxy ester in 68% yield and 3.4:1 syn:anti-selectivity. The last two parts deals with the total synthesis of the amino alcohol-containing natural products D-erythro-sphingosine and (−)-stemoamide. The key transformation in the sphingosine synthesis is a cross-metathesis reaction for the assembly of the polar head group and the aliphatic chain. In the stemoamide synthesis, the key feature is an iodoboration/Negishi/RCM-sequence for the construction of the β,γ-unsaturated azepine core of stemoamide followed by a stereoselective bromolactonization/1,4-reduction strategy for the installation of the requisite C8-C9 trans-stereochemistry. / QC 20100820

This thesis deals with the development and application of new synthetic methodology for stereo- or regioselective construction of carbon-carbon bonds in organic synthesis. The first part of this thesis describes the development of a divergent protocol for stereoselective synthesis of chiral aminodiols by employing Mukaiyama aldol additions to syn- and anti-α-amino-β-silyloxy aldehydes. The stereoselectivity of the nucleophilic attack is governed by either chelation to the α-amino moiety or by nucleophilic attack in the Felkin-Anh sense. This study is also directed towards the elucidation of the factors that dictate aldehyde π-facial selectivity in substrate-controlled nucleophilic additions to these and similar systems. In the second part, a highly stereoselective [3 + 2]-annulation reaction of N-Ts-α-amino aldehydes and 1,3-bis(silyl)propenes for stereoselective construction of densely functionalized pyrrolidines is presented. In addition, this methodology is also implemented as a keystep in a synthetic approach towards the polyhydroxylated pyrrolidine and pyrrolizidine alkaloids DGDP and (+)-alexine from a common late pyrrolidine intermediate. Finally, a divergent protocol for regioselective opening of vinyl epoxides using alkyne nucleophiles is described, in which the regioselectivity of the nucleophilic attack is controlled by the choice of reaction conditions. The regioselectivities of the SN2 and SN2’ processes are, however, significantly influenced by the nature of the alkyne substituents and the best results are obtained using ethoxyacetylene. The SN2 opening of vinyl epoxides with ethoxyacetylene as nucleophile is also shown to provide a straightforward entry to functionalized γ-butyrolactones. / QC 20100917