Le N-acétylcolchinol est un composé hémi-synthétique connu pour inhiber la polymérisation de la tubuline en microtubules. Il a montré une activité prometteuse en tant qu'agent ciblant la vascularisation tumorale, cependant, sa cardiotoxicité a conduit à l'arrêt des essais cliniques en phase I. Cette thèse porte sur la synthèse et l'évaluation biologique de nouveaux allocolchicinoïdes, composés analogues du N-acétylcolchinol. Dans un premier temps, une nouvelle voie de synthèse permettant l'accès, de façon racémique, au squelette dibenzoxépine de ces molécules a été mise au point. Elle comprend notamment trois étapes clés, un couplage de Suzuki-Miyaura, une addition de Grignard et une cyclodéshydratation effectuée en présence d'un acide de Brønsted. Par la suite, trois séries d'allocolchicinoïdes de structures variées, que ce soit au niveau du cycle médian oxépine ou des substituants présents sur les noyaux benzéniques, ont été synthétisées. L'activité sur tubuline de la plupart de ces molécules a été évaluée, ce qui a conduit à une rationalisation des relations structure-activité.

Face à l'apparition grandissante de souches bactériennes multi-résistantes à l'arsenal d'antibiotiques actuels, les thiopeptides antibiotiques, bien que connus depuis plus de 60 ans, suscitent actuellement un fort regain d'intérêt. En effet, cette classe de molécules présente une forte activité antibiotique contre des souches bactériennes résistantes et multirésistantes, et met en œuvre deux modes d'inhibition originaux de la synthèse protéique encore inexploités en thérapie antibiotique humaine. Leur développement pharmacologique est en particulier freiné par la difficulté de préparation de ces molécules très complexes. L'élaboration d'une stratégie innovante de synthèse de la partie la plus complexe de ces molécules, le cœur hétérocyclique est étudiée dans ce travail. Cette approche repose sur l'étude et la valorisation de nouvelles méthodologies de fonctionnalisation directe des liaisons C-H et C-X de mono- et bis-thiazoles avec une large gamme d'hétéroaromatiques. Sa viabilité est démontrée par la préparation du cœur hétérocyclique commun aux amythiamicines.

Synthesis and Studies of Dendritic Poly(Ether Imine) Boronates and Cholesteryl-Functionalized Mesogens SYNOPSIS Dendrimers are hyperbranched synthetic macromolecules having branches-upon-branches structures, high molecular weights, globular shapes and monodispersities. Dendrimers possess a large number of modifiable functional groups at their peripheries. Initial efforts were largely concerned with the synthesis, design and development of new dendrimers. Exploring the chemical, biological and material applicability of these macromolecules are relevant to current interests, as a result of the unique structural features of dendrimers. Incorporation of transition metals and organic moieties at the peripheries of the dendrimers was studied to determine their efficacies in catalysis. Evolution of dendritic effects was observed in few instances, that were non-linear in nature. On the other hand, dendritic peripheries were also utilized to study mesogenic properties in liquid crystals. Chapter 1 of the Thesis gives an overview of the types of dendrimers, its structural features and their application in catalysis and as liquid crystalline materials. Chapter 2 describes the synthesis of a new type of poly(ethyl ether imine) dendrimer, having nitrogen as a branching unit, ethylene moiety as the spacer and an oxygen as the connecting linker. Synthesis, characterization, and studies of the photophysical properties of these dendrimers are described in this chapter. The molecular structure of second generation dendrimer is shown in Figure 1. Synthesis of this dendrimer was initiated using 2,2'-oxy-bis(ethan-1¬amine) as the core. The reaction sequence of two alternate nucleophilic substitutions and two alternate reductions, involving ethyl bromoacetate and bromoacetonitrile as monomers was employed in the synthesis of the dendrimer. The formation of dendrimers having ether linkage and tertiary amines as branching unit was established by spectroscopies and mass spectrometry. A number of functional groups, such as, acid, alcohol, amine, ester and nitrile are present at the peripheries of each generation the dendrimers that open up the possibilities for further studies. Carboxylic acid terminated poly(ethyl ether imine) dendrimers are substituted iminodiacetic acids, belonging to the class of polyaminocarboxylic acid. Methyl iminodiacetic acid boronates with NB coordination have emerged as an excellent substitute for unstable boronic acids. Upon increasing the steric bulk on the nitrogen moiety, the hydrolytic stability of the boronates to a base-catalyzed hydrolysis is increased. Combining the structure of carboxylic acid terminated dendrimer and the stability of the dendritic boronates, such dendritic iminodiacetic acids were reacted with arylboronic acids to prepare bis-and tetrakis-boronates (Figure 2). Kinetic hydrolytic studies of boronates were conducted to assess the stabilities of the newly synthesized dendritic boronates. From the studies it was observed that the tetrakis-boronate was ~20 times more stable in comparison with dimeric and monomeric boronates (Figure 3). Subsequent to synthesis and hydrolytic stability studies, C-C bond-forming Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions were conducted. A comparison of the reactivities among monomeric, dimeric and tetrameric arylboronates in C-C bond-forming reactions showed a higher reactivity of monomeric and dimeric boronates, than the tetrameric aryl boronate to construct ter-and tetra-aryl in one-pot iterative manner (Figure 4). Chapter 3 of this Thesis describes the synthesis and characterization of dendritic boronates and studies of their hydrolytic stability in Suzuki-Miyaura cross¬coupling reactions to construct ter-and tetraaryls. Figure 4. Synthesis of (a) ter-(6) and (b) tetra-aryls (7) by following one-pot iterative cross-coupling reactions. Step-wise iterative synthesis of dendrimer allows a uniform branching throughout the structure. The first and second generation poly(ether imine) dendrimer series, having hydroxyl groups at their peripheries were chosen for further modification. A versatile mesogenic group, namely, cholesterol was covalently attached at the peripheries of the dendrimers with succinic moiety as linker, so as to install 4 and 8 cholesteryl moieties at the peripheries of the dendrimers (Figure 5), that were characterized by H, C NMR spectroscopies and elemental analysis, so as to confirm their structural homogeneities. Figure 5. Molecular structures of the first and second generation dendritic mesogens. Subsequent to synthesis and characterization, liquid crystalline properties of all the dendritic mesogens was assessed through differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarizing optical microscopy (POM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies. In POM study, broken fan or leaf like texture revealed the lamellar arrangement, whereas homeotropic appearance of texture on surfactant (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) coated substrate indicated the lamellar nature of G1-Et-(OCS)4, G1-Pr-(OCS)4 and G2-Pr-(OCS)8 (Figure 6). From DSC studies, the change in enthalpy was found to increase with increase in generation and change in enthalpy per mesogenic unit was found to be ~ -1 1-2 kJ mol, which indicated the mesophase arrangement to be lamellar. Decrease in the length of spacer dendritic backbone and increase in the generation increased the isotropization temperature of the dendritic liquid crystals. Variable temperature XRD studies were undertaken to characterize the mesophase property. Two sharp peaks in small angle region and a diffused halo in wide angle region in XRD pattern of the material suggested the smectic A (SmA) liquid crystalline arrangement of G1-Et-(OCS)4, G1-Pr-(OCS)4 and G2-Pr-(OCS)8 (Figure 7). Figure 6. POM textures of (a) G1-Et-(OCS)4 at 136 oC; (b) G2-Et-(OCS)8 at 129 oC; (c) G1-Pr-(OCS)4 at 92 oC; (d) G2-Pr-(OCS)8 at 118 oC and (e) transition temperatures for dendromesogens (DSC second heating cycle, heating-cooling rate = 10 oC min-1). Figure 7. Small angle XRD profiles of: (a) G1-Pr-(OCS)4 and (b) G2-Et-(OCS)8 at 60 o C (black), 150 oC (red) and 180 oC (green), (Insets: Lorentzean fit of wide angle peak). The second generation ethyl-linker dendrimer G2-Et-(OCS)8 exhibited a layered structure with a superimposed in-plane modulation (SmÃ), the length of which corresponded to a rectangular column width. Chapter 4 describes the synthesis, characterization and studies of mesophase property and fluorescence property of cholesterol functionalized homologous pairs of the PETIM dendritic liquid crystals. Peripheral functionalization of the dendrimers provides an easy access to dendritic liquid crystalline materials. The covalent functionalization was extended further with the dendrimers for both the series, so as to have 2, 4, 8 and 16 cholesteryl groups at the peripheries of 0, 1, 2 and 3 generation dendrimers, respectively, having succinic amide and phthalic ester functionalities for 1, 2 and 3 generation dendrimers with 4, 8 and 16 cholesteryl groups. Molecular structures of third generation dendrimers are shown in Figure 8. Figure 8. Molecular structures of third generation G3-Pr-(NHCS)16 and G3-Pr-(OCP)16. Subsequent to synthesis and characterization, mesophase property was studied through POM, DSC and XRD techniques. In POM study, a birefringent texture was observed in heating and cooling cycles. Leaflet, broken fan or bâtonnet like texture suggested the layered arrangement of the molecules (Figure 9). In DSC studiues, it was observed that the amide-linked dendrimers showed higher glass transition and isotropization temperatures than that of ester-linked dendrimers within the same generation irrespective of the back-bone of the dendrimer. Succinic moiety linked dendrimers showed lower glass transition temperature than that of phthalic moiety linked dendrimers and consequently, larger mesophase range. The change in enthalpy for isotropization was found to increase with increase in generation, whereas change in -1 enthalpy per mesogenic unit was 1-2 kJ mol, indicative of a layered arrangement in the mesophase. Figure 9. POM textures (20x) of (a) G3-Pr-(NHCS)16 at 90 oC; (b) G3-Pr-(OCS)16 at 90 ooo C; (c) PG1-(NHCS)4 at 134 C; (d) G3-Pr-(OCP)16 at 98 C and (e) transition temperatures for dendromesogens (second cycle, heating-cooling rate = 10 oC min-1). Appearance of two sharp peaks in small angle region and a wide halo in wide angle region in XRD pattern supported lamellar mesophase property of the material (Figure 10). On decreasing the temperature, increase in the layer thickness also suggested the smectic A arrangement of the molecules except third generation phthalate derivative G3-Pr-(OCP)16, which showed rectangular columnar mesophase. For all the dendromesogens, the layer thickness increased with the increase in generation. Upon protonation, the first generation dendrimer showed a change in mesophase from simple smectic A to modulated smectic A with decrease in layer thickness. The change in liquid crystal property of the dendromesogens from lamellar to columnar mesophase by changing the linker of the mesogen is unknown so far in the dendrimer liquid crystals. Chapter 5 gives details of synthesis, characterization and mesophase property study of ester-and amide-linked dendritic liquid crystals. Overall, the Thesis establishes a synthetic methodology for the synthesis of a new homologous series of poly(ether imine) dendrimers with ethyl spacer; synthesis of dendritic boronates and their studies in cross-coupling reactions through in-situ slow release of boronic acid; hydrolytic stability study showed higher stability of dendritic boronates which was used in one-pot iterative cross-coupling reactions to construct ter-and tetra-aryls. decrease in linker length in dendrimer backbone modified the thermal, as well as, mesophase behavior of the dendritic liquid crystals; change in the linker functionality from ester to amide changed the thermal behavior of dendritic liquid crystals; a switching of mesophase property from lamellar to columnar was observed by changing the rigidity of the linker from succinate to phthalate without changing the linker length. The results of the above chapters are in different stages of publications: 1 Dendritic iminodiacetic acids and their boronates in Suzuki-Miyaura cross¬coupling reactions. Sharma, A.; Kumar, P.; Pal, R.; Jayaraman, N. Revised Manuscript submitted. 2 In-plane modulated smectic à vs smectic A lamellar structures in homologous pairs of dendritic liquid crystals. Kumar, P.; Rao, D. S. S.; Prasad, S. K.; Jayaraman, N. Revised Manuscript submitted. 3 Effect of protonation on dendritic liquid crystals of poly(ether imine) dendrimers: structure property relationship studies. Kumar, P.; Rao, D. S. S.; Prasad, S. K.; Jayaraman, N. Manuscript submitted. 4 Smectic to rectangular columnar switch from succinic to phthalic linker alteration in poly(ether imine) dendritic liquid crystals. Kumar, P.; Rao, D. S. S.; Prasad, S. K.; Jayaraman, N. Manuscript in preparation.

Face aux problèmes de résistance aux médicaments actuels sur le marché, issus pour la grande part du milieu terrestre, les molécules isolées du milieu marin ont suscité un grand intérêt ces dernières années. Pour notre part, nous nous sommes intéressés au R1864-03, un macrocycle a 16 chaînons qui a été extrait d¿une éponge marine présente en Nouvelle Calédonie et qui possède des propriétés anticancéreuses. La synthèse de ce produit naturel a été envisagée à partir de deux fragments principaux, qui ont été rassemblés grâce à un couplage chimiosélectif de Suzuki. Dans un premier temps, une réaction intramoléculaire de Diels-Alder a été envisagée pour construire le motif cis- décaline du R1864-03 avant de réaliser le couplage des deux fragments. Suite à la mauvaise stéréosélectivité inverse observée pour la réaction de Diels-Alder intramoléculaire, une réaction de Diels-Alder transannulaire sur le macrocycle à 24 chaînons du R1864-03 a été envisagée. Nous avons pu accéder au précurseur de macrocyclisation, ayant le squelette carboné complet du R1864-03, en 16 étapes avec un rendement global de 4.2%. La macrocyclisation sur ce dernier, suivie de la Diels-Alder transannulaire semble avoir conduit au R1864-03 protégé ou à un diastéréoisomère. Ces étapes restent à optimiser et a réaliser sur plus grosse échelle pour pourvoir réaliser la détermination structurale complète du produit de Diels-Alder transannulaire et de compléter la synthèse totale du R1864-03. / Due to resistance problems faced by existent drugs on the market, originated most from terrestrial sources, a great attention has recently been devoted to marine natural products. In this context, we have been interested in the total synthesis of R1864-03, a new 16-membered macrolide isolated from a Caledonian marine sponge and with important anticancer properties. The synthesis of this natural product was designed around the chimiosélective Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of two main fragments. A key intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction was first planed to install the cis-decalin motif of R1864-03 to generate one of these fragments. Due to an inverse stereoselectivity of the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction, a transannular Diels-Alder reaction on the 24-membered macrocycle of R1864-03 was considered. We have been able to obtain the macrocyclisation precursor with the complete carbon skeleton of R1864-03 in place in 16 steps (4.2% overall). Macrocyclisation of the latter, followed by the transannular Diels-Alder reaction, seems to have provided the protected R1864-03 or a diastereoisomer. These last steps have to be optimized and carried out on larger scale in order to achieve complete structural determination of the transannular Diels-Alder product and to complete the total synthesis of R1864-03.

Mass spectrometry was used to study two disparate transformations: in an applied project, the supposed degradation of perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS); and in a fundamental study, the Suzuki-Miyaura (SM) reaction was investigated in detail. The first investigation revealed that published methods to degrade PFOS were ineffectual, with apparent decreases being associated with adsorption onto available surfaces. In the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction, a dynamic series of equilibria were observed, and there is no direct evidence of a single pathway. Instead, there appear to be two mechanisms which are active in different conditions (one fluoride, one aqueous). Studies were initiated into the related SM polycondensation reaction and the hydrolysis of aryltrifluoroborates, the former indicating a step-growth mechanism, and the latter indicating a dynamic series of equilibria which are very sensitive to experimental conditions. Processing and interpretation of mass spectrometric data was a significant part of all of these projects, so a python framework was developed to assist in these tasks and its features are also documented herein. / Graduate / 0488 / 0486 / larsy@uvic.ca

Les interactions protéine-protéine (IPPs) contrôlent de nombreux processus physiologiques importantsdans les cellules humaines. Une caractéristique des cancers est l'échappement des cellules àl'apoptose, qui est souvent associé à la surexpression de protéines anti-apoptotiques, membres de lafamille de protéines Bcl-2. Cette famille comprend des membres anti-apoptotiques (Bcl-2, Bcl-xL,Mcl-1) et pro-apoptotiques. Dans de nombreux cancers dont les cancers de l’ovaire chimiorésistants,l'équilibre entre les membres pro- et anti-apoptotiques de la famille de protéines Bcl-2 est altéré etconduit à la survie des cellules cancéreuses. Une des stratégies envisagées pour surmonter cettechimiorésistance est rétablir l’apoptose par l’inhibition concomitante des protéines Mcl-1 et Bcl-xL.L’objectif est de concevoir des inhibiteurs à dualité d’action visant les protéines Mcl-1 et Bcl-xL.Les travaux antérieurs du laboratoire ont permis la découverte d’un inhibiteur sélectif de la protéineMcl-1, appelé Pyridoclax. Par une approche combinant les méthodes de Fragment-Based Drug Designet Structure-Based Drug Design, à partir de la structure du Pyridoclax, la conception de dual inhibiteurs,leur synthèse et leur évaluation biologique, sont rapportées dans cette thèse. L’exploration de nouveauxespaces chimiques et biologiques est ainsi rendue possible par la mise en oeuvre de cette approche ausein de laquelle le développement de nouvelles méthodologies de synthèse dans le but de concevoirdes fragments tridimensionnels originaux sera présenté.Ces travaux de thèse ont permis de concevoir, synthétiser et caractériser plus de 90 molécules.Certaines ont montré une activité pro-apoptotique intéressante en inhibant les protéines Mcl-1 et Bcl-xLnotamment. / Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) control many important physiological processes within human cells.A hallmark of cancers is the escape of cells from apoptosis, which is often associated with theoverexpression of the anti-apoptotic proteins of the Bcl-2 family. This family comprises pro-survival(Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Mcl-1) and pro-apoptotic members. In many cancers and, in particular, chemoresistantovarian cancers, the balance between the pro- and anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members is alteredleading to the survival of cancerous cells. One of the strategies used to overcome chemoresistance isto re-establish apoptosis by the concomitant inhibition of Mcl-1 and Bcl-xL proteins. Therefore, theobjective is to design dual Mcl-1/Bcl-xL inhibitors.Our groups previous work allowed the discovery of a selective Mcl-1 inhibitor, named Pyridoclax. UsingFragment-Based Drug Design and Structure-Based Drug Design approaches, from the structure ofPyridoclax, the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of dual inhibitors are reported in this thesis.The exploration of novel chemical and biological space is possible by the implementation of thisapproach. The development of synthetic methodologies for the design of new 3-dimensional fragmentswill be presented.In this work, around 90 molecules were synthesized using an approach which combined Fragment-Based Drug Design and Structure-Based Drug Design methods. Some showed a pro-apoptotic activityby inhibiting Mcl-1 and Bcl-xL proteins.

Los líquidos iónicos (IL) son unos disolventes constituidos principalmente por pares iónicos y cuyo punto de fusión se encuentra por debajo de los 100 ºC. Desde su descubrimiento a principios del siglo XX hasta la actualidad, el uso de los ILs en todos los campos de la Química ha experimentado un crecimiento exponencial debido a sus propiedades físicoquímicas únicas (e.g. estabilidad química, conductividad, presión de vapor, etc.). En este sentido, los ILs pueden funcionalizarse con diferentes grupos funcionales de tal forma que presenten propiedades adicionales (task-specific ionic liquids, TSILs). Así, por ejemplo, los TSILs se han utilizado en catálisis en combinación con diversos metales o como agente quelantes para la recuperación de metales. A pesar de los númerosos estudios realizados hasta la fecha, sigue habiendo un gran desconocimiento a cerca del potencial de los TSIL en catálisis y extracción-preconcentración de metales. En la presente Tesis Doctoral se ha sintetizado el TSIL hexafluorofosfato de 1-butil-2-(difenilfosfino)-3-metilimidazolio y, gracias a su capacidad coordinante por el grupo fosfano, se ha empleado en combinación con diversos metales como catalizador de: (i) cicloadiciones 1,3-dipolares de iluros de azometino y alquenos electrofílicos (metal: Ag); (ii) acoplamientos Suzuki-Miyaura (metal: Pd); y (iii) alilaciones Tsuji-Trost (metal: Pd). En todos los casos, los complejos catalíticos formados muestran una gran eficiencia catalítica y reciclabilidad (>8 ciclos catalíticos). Por otro lado, debido a la estabilidad de los complejos formados entre este TSILy Pd, se ha desarrollado un método de análisis para determinar Pd en productos farmacéuticos. Para ello, se utilizó una metodología basada en la microextracción líquido-líquido y la determinación de Pd se realizó mediante espectroscopía de emisión óptica con plasma acoplado inductivamente. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que esta nueva metodología analítica presenta numerosas ventajas (i.e. límite de detección, velocidad de análisis, etc.) respecto a los métodos convencionales de preparación de muestra (i.e. digestión y disolución) y permite el control de Pd en productos farmacéuticos según la USP (United States Pharmacopeia).

La synthèse de deux familles de ligands a été envisagée. La première famille de ligands concerne la préparation de nouveaux ligands dérivés de la D-glucosamine ou du D-glucose qui seront engagés dans la réaction de substitution allylique de type Tsuji-Trost en phase homogène. La deuxième famillede ligands concerne la préparation de ligand supportés par un bras poly(éthylène) glycol et dérivés dela D-glucosamine ou de la di-(2-pyridyl)méthylamine. Ces ligands hydrosolubles ont été engagés dans deux réactions pallado-catalysées en phase aqueuse à savoir la substitution allylique de type Tsuji-Trost et la réaction de couplage croisé de type Suzuki-Miyaura, respectivement. / Ligands derived from saccharides and, or supported on poly(ethylene) glycol arm: synthesis and applications in organometallic catalysis. The synthesis of two types of ligands has been investigated. The first family of ligands has been the preparation of new ligands derived from D-glucosamine or D-glucose, which have been tested in the allylic substitution of Tsuji-Trost in homogeneous phase. The second one has een the preparation of ligand supported on poly(ethylene) glycol arm and derived from D-glucosamine or di-(2- pyridyl)methylamine. These last hydrosoluble ligands have been tested in two Pd-catalyzed reactions in aqueous phase: the allylic substitution of Tsuji-Trost and the cross-coupling Suzuki-Miyaura reaction, respectively.

Die vorliegende Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit der Synthese, der Charakterisierung und der Anwendung neuartiger Phosphane in homogenkatalytischen Reaktionen. Dabei wurden die Ferrocenyl- und Ferrocenylethinylphosphan-Palladium und Ferrocenylethinylphosphan-Ruthenium Komplexe in der Palladium-vermittelten Mizoroki-Heck- und Suzuki-Miyaura-Reaktion sowie der Ruthenium-katalysierten Synthese von β-Oxopropylestern verwendet. Der Schwerpunkt lag dabei auf der Untersuchung des Einflusses der elektronischen und räumlichen Eigenschaften der Phosphanliganden auf die Aktivität und Produktivität der entsprechenden Katalysatoren in den homogenkatalytischen Reaktionen. Weiterhin beschäftigt sich die vorliegende Arbeit mit der Synthese und Charakterisierung von funktionalisierten (Phosphino)Imidazol und (Phosphino)Imidazolium Salzen und deren Anwendung in der Suzuki-Miyaura-Reaktion. Dabei wurde neben der Untersuchung des Einflusses der Position der Phosphanylgruppe und der unterschiedlichen Substituenten ebenfalls die Auswirkung von elektronenziehenden und -schiebenden Gruppen am Phosphanrest untersucht. Die neutralen Mono- und Diphosphane wurden außerdem in der Kreuzkupplung von Arylhalogeniden und in der Synthese räumlich anspruchsvoller Biaryle verwendet. Des Weiteren wurden die (Phosphino)Imidazolium-Salze als Liganden in der Suzuki-Miyaura-Reaktion in ionischen Flüssigkeiten als Reaktionsmedium angewendet, um die Möglichkeit des Recyclings der Katalysatorphase zu untersuchen.

Les imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazoles tout comme les imidazo[1,2-a]imidazoles sont des entités présentant diverses applications intéressantes notamment dans le domaine pharmacologique. Cependant, malgré ce potentiel, ces structures hétérobicycliques ont été, jusqu’à ce jour, relativement peu étudiées tant au niveau de leur préparation que de leur fonctionnalisation. De ce fait, ces travaux de thèse ont pour objet la mise au point de nouvelles voies d’accès à ces systèmes bicycliques et ce, au départ de substrats facilement accessibles. Des stratégies de fonctionnalisation de ces charpentes moléculaires ont ensuite été développées dans le but de concevoir des librairies diversifiées de ce type de composés, librairies destinées à être évaluées biologiquement. Les premiers résultats d’évaluation sur des lignées cancéreuses de dérivés imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazoliques sont également présentés. / Imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazoles and imidazo[1,2-a]imidazoles are entities with some interesting applications in pharmacology. However, despite this potential, few methods of preparation and direct functionalisation of the heterocyclic moiety have been described. In this context, the overall goal of our research is to develop new routes to these bicyclic systems from readily available starting materials. Strategies of functionalisation of the heterocyclic moiety were then explored in order to design diversified libraries for the evaluation of potential biological activities. Herein, the results of the tests of imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazole series against various cancer lines are reported.