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No / Indolo[3,2-b]carbazole is a molecule of great biological significance, as it is formed in vivo after consumption of cruciferous vegetables. The reaction of 1H-indole and various aldehydes in the presence of a catalytic amount of N,2-dibromo-6-chloro-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[e][1,2,4]thiadiazine-7-sulfonamide 1,1-dioxide as an efficient and homogeneous catalyst in acetonitrile at 50°C produces 6,12-disubstituted 5,7-dihydroindolo[2,3-b]carbazole with an in good to excellent yield. The presented technique offers a fast and robust method, by the use of inexpensive commercially available starting materials toward 6,12- disubstituted 5,7-dihydroindolo[2,3-b]carbazole. A new anomeric-based oxidation was kept in mind for the final step of the indolo[2,3-b]carbazoles synthesis. The suggested anomeric-based oxidation mechanism was supported by experimental and theoretical evidences. / The Grant of Allameh Tabataba’i’s Award, Grant Number: BN093

The fidelity of an organism’s genome is central to biology. DNA, however, is constantly being damaged and modified by a variety of sources. As a result of these changes, repair enzymes, polymerases, and other interrogating biomolecules must be able to recognize, repair, and adapt to a multitude of different structures and dynamics presented. Manipulation of natural systems via the development and introduction of novel bases and DNA structures only adds to this complexity. In addition, specific RNA sequences are becoming more prevalent therapeutic and diagnostic targets. These include retroviruses and other viruses that maintain their genome with RNA. Unlike DNA, RNA poses a unique challenge as targets due to their highly diverse secondary and tertiary structures. In this manuscript, three different nucleic acid systems were chosen to investigate how intramolecular and intermolecular interactions impact their own structure as well as giving further insight into how nucleic acids are recognized and distorted by interrogating damage specific enzymes as well as structure specific proteins.

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L’Héparane sulfate (HS) est un polysaccharide linéaire et sulfaté présent à la surface des cellules ou dans le milieu extracellulaire des tissus animaux. Le long des chaines d'HS, des régions présentant une densité de charge négative élevée (domaines S) alternent avec des régions plus faiblement chargées (domaines A). Différents motifs SAS sont ainsi exposés à la surface des cellules et permettent des interactions spécifiques avec de nombreuses protéines comme l’interféron gamma (INF-γ). Cette cytokine interagit avec haute affinité avec les chaines d'HS, ce qui module son activité in vivo (accumulation et localisation tissulaire, clairance sanguine). Pour moduler l’activité de l’INF-γ en inhibant ses interactions avec les chaines d'HS de la surface des cellules, nous avons entrepris la synthèse de mimes de motifs SAS, dans lesquels des fragments synthétiques de domaines S sont liés par un espaceur de longueur modulable. Pour effectuer cette conjugation, nous avons choisi d'utiliser deux types de chimie click la "CuAAC" et la "ligation oxime". Cette stratégie a nécessité de mettre au point des fonctionnalisations orthogonales des extrémités réductrices et non réductrices d'oligosaccharides synthétiques. Nous avons mis au point les réactions sur un disaccharide modèle dérivé du cellobiose, puis les avons transférées à la modification d'un tetrasaccharide synthétique d'HS. Dans ce travail, nous avons optimisé deux réactions clef : une alkylation anomérique dans l’eau et une allylation de fonction alcool dans des conditions neutres / Heparan sulfate (HS) is a linear polysaccharide found in animal tissues at the cell surface or in the extracellular matrix. HS chains display alternating highly negatively charged regions (S) and less charged ones (A). SAS domains with different topologies can thus be exposed at the cell surface with the aim of interacting specifically with different proteins. Gamma interferon (INF-γ) is a cytokine that binds tightly to HS chains. This interaction allows controlling numerous bioactivities of the cytokine (accumulation and location in tissues as well as blood clearance). The discovery of HS fragment able to modulate the activity of IFN-γ could open the way to new innovative therapeutics. To this aim we launched a program aiming at synthesizing mimetic of the SAS motifs found in HS. We devised a strategy allowing linking two synthetic S fragments of HS through a spacer. To this aim we selected two click chemistry reactions: the "CuAAC" triazole formation and "oxime ligation". To implement this strategy, we optimized, on a disaccharide model derived from cellobiose, a methodology allowing the functionalization of the reducing and non-reducing end of synthetic oligosaccharides by to orthogonal reactive functions. Then we extended the methodology to a HS tetrasaccharide fragment. In this work, we optimized two key reactions: an anomeric alkylation in water and a hydroxyl allylation in neutral condition

As populações axial/equatorial em oximas e O-metiI oximas de 2-X-cicloexanonas (X= F, CI, Br, OCH3, SCH3 e N(CH3)2) foram efetivamente determinadas pela análise dos deslocamentos químicos dos prótons 6, utilizando-se os derivados da 4-tércio-butil-cicloexanona como modelos das conformações equatorial e axial. As populações dos confôrmeros axiais também foram determinadas pela análise dos deslocamentos químicos do carbono 4. Este carbono está em uma posição gama gauche em relação ao heteroátomo e sofre assim uma blindagem quando a conformação é axial. Usando-se os deslocamentos químicos observados do carbono 4 do isômero Z, foi possível calcular estas populações no isômero E. Os isômeros Z não apresentam este equilíbrio axial I equatorial porque existe uma compressão estérica grande entre o heteroátomo e o oxigênio na hipotética conformação equatorial. As populações axiais nestes compostos variam de 86% a 96% e apresentam uma dispersão muito pequena com os diferentes métodos utilizados. Ao se comparar oximas com éteres nota-se que para os substituintes mais polarizáveis, como metiltio, cloro e bromo há um aumento da população axial nos éteres comparado às oximas. As frequências de estiramento vCN se correlacionaram com os parâmetros indutivos de Taft (σl) e com a polarizabilidade média da ligação carbono-heteroátomo, o que apoia a idéia de uma interação πCN/σ*cx. Além disso, as frequências de estiramento vOH também se correlacionaram com estes parâmetros e neste caso o efeito indutivo e a polarizabilidade levam a um aumento de acidez destas oximas. / The axial/equatorial populations of oximes and O-methyl oximes of 2-X-cyclohexanones ((X= F, CI, Sr, OCH3, SCH3 e N(CH3)2) were determined by the chemical shifts of the protons bonded to carbon 6, making use of the 4-tert-butyl- cyclohexanone derivatives as models for the equatorial and axial conformations. The axial conformer populations were also determined by the C-4 chemical shift analysis. This carbon lies in a gamma gauche position to the heteroatom and suffers shielding when the conformation is axial. It has been possible to calculate those populations in the E isomer, using the C-4 chemical shift of the Z isomer. The latter do not present an axial/equatorial equilibrium because there is a too high steric compression between the nitrogen and the heteroatom in the hypothethical equatorial conformation. The axial populations of these compounds vary from 86 to 96% and present a small deviation along the different methods used. All substituents are preferentially in the axial conformation, even fluorine and methoxyl, which are predominantly equatorial in the corresponding ketones. It is noted that there is a increase in the axial population for more polarizable substituents like methylthio, chloro and bromo, on going from the oximes to the oximes O-methyl ethers. The vCN stretching frequencies are correlated with Taft\'s inductive parameters (σl) and the mean polarizability of the carbon-heteroatom bond, which supports the view of a πCN/σ*cx interaction. Sesides, the vOH stretching frequencies are also correlated with those parameters and in this case, both the inductive effect and polarizability lead to a increase of the oximes acidity.

As populações axial/equatorial em oximas e O-metiI oximas de 2-X-cicloexanonas (X= F, CI, Br, OCH3, SCH3 e N(CH3)2) foram efetivamente determinadas pela análise dos deslocamentos químicos dos prótons 6, utilizando-se os derivados da 4-tércio-butil-cicloexanona como modelos das conformações equatorial e axial. As populações dos confôrmeros axiais também foram determinadas pela análise dos deslocamentos químicos do carbono 4. Este carbono está em uma posição gama gauche em relação ao heteroátomo e sofre assim uma blindagem quando a conformação é axial. Usando-se os deslocamentos químicos observados do carbono 4 do isômero Z, foi possível calcular estas populações no isômero E. Os isômeros Z não apresentam este equilíbrio axial I equatorial porque existe uma compressão estérica grande entre o heteroátomo e o oxigênio na hipotética conformação equatorial. As populações axiais nestes compostos variam de 86% a 96% e apresentam uma dispersão muito pequena com os diferentes métodos utilizados. Ao se comparar oximas com éteres nota-se que para os substituintes mais polarizáveis, como metiltio, cloro e bromo há um aumento da população axial nos éteres comparado às oximas. As frequências de estiramento vCN se correlacionaram com os parâmetros indutivos de Taft (σl) e com a polarizabilidade média da ligação carbono-heteroátomo, o que apoia a idéia de uma interação πCN/σ*cx. Além disso, as frequências de estiramento vOH também se correlacionaram com estes parâmetros e neste caso o efeito indutivo e a polarizabilidade levam a um aumento de acidez destas oximas. / The axial/equatorial populations of oximes and O-methyl oximes of 2-X-cyclohexanones ((X= F, CI, Sr, OCH3, SCH3 e N(CH3)2) were determined by the chemical shifts of the protons bonded to carbon 6, making use of the 4-tert-butyl- cyclohexanone derivatives as models for the equatorial and axial conformations. The axial conformer populations were also determined by the C-4 chemical shift analysis. This carbon lies in a gamma gauche position to the heteroatom and suffers shielding when the conformation is axial. It has been possible to calculate those populations in the E isomer, using the C-4 chemical shift of the Z isomer. The latter do not present an axial/equatorial equilibrium because there is a too high steric compression between the nitrogen and the heteroatom in the hypothethical equatorial conformation. The axial populations of these compounds vary from 86 to 96% and present a small deviation along the different methods used. All substituents are preferentially in the axial conformation, even fluorine and methoxyl, which are predominantly equatorial in the corresponding ketones. It is noted that there is a increase in the axial population for more polarizable substituents like methylthio, chloro and bromo, on going from the oximes to the oximes O-methyl ethers. The vCN stretching frequencies are correlated with Taft\'s inductive parameters (σl) and the mean polarizability of the carbon-heteroatom bond, which supports the view of a πCN/σ*cx interaction. Sesides, the vOH stretching frequencies are also correlated with those parameters and in this case, both the inductive effect and polarizability lead to a increase of the oximes acidity.

Dans cet ouvrage sera décrite la synthèse de nouveaux analogues du sialyl Lewis X (sLex). A cet effet, nous avons préparé une librairie d’analogues synthétisée à partir d’une approche mettant en jeu un «espaceur» acyclique permettant d’avoir un biais conformationnel que nous avons défini comme la stratégie ATC-B. Nous avions déjà démontré que certains analogues portant un groupe benzoate en C-2 et en C-4 du galactose présentent une activité 50 fois supérieure à celle du sLex. Nous avions par ailleurs démontré qu’en l’absence du benzoate en C-2, l’activité devient alors trois fois plus faible. A présent, il paraissait interessant de synthétiser des analogues ayant seulement un groupe benzoate en C-4 pour evaluer l’impact de ce groupement sur la puissance de nos analogues. Par le passé, nous avions également mis en évidence le rôle des esters sur l’activité des analogues portant un «espaceur» acyclique dans le cadre de la stratégie ATC-B. Nous effectuerons donc des variations à ce niveau pour en évaluer l’impact. Enfin, nous avons préparé une nouvelle famille d’analogues de type dimère. Ceux-ci seront constitués de 2 unités des composés monomériques synthétisés précédemment. La synthèse de ces dimères fera l’emploi de la «Click Chemistry». Cette étude nous mènera a vous présenter la synthèse de ces composés et la méthodologie employée. / This work describes the synthesis of novel sialyl Lewis X (sLex) analogues. To this end, we have prepared a library of analogues by implementing a strategy that makes use of an Acyclic Tether which allows for defined Conformational Bias (ATCB strategy). We have previously shown that analogues bearing a benzoate group at both positions C-2 and C-4 of the galactose exert an activity 50-fold greater than that of sLex. Indeed, removing the benzoate at position C-4 while keeping the one at C-2 led to a three fold decrease in potency. We are currently preparing the corresponding analogues that have the benzoate only at position C-4 in order to fully evaluate its impact on the potency of the analogue. We have also previously elucidated the role of esters on the activity of analogues that have acyclic tether as part of the ATC-B strategy. Variations have been made at the level of the ester and their impact has been evaluated. Lastly, we have prepared a novel family of analogues consisting of two identical monomeric subunits linked together. Synthesis of these dimers was performed via «Click Chemistry». This study describes the synthesis of the compounds and the methodology employed.

Plusieurs analogues de nucléosides thérapeutiques (Ara-C, Clofarabine), utilisés pour le traitement de leucémies, présentent un arrangement 1’,2’-cis entre la nucléobase reliée au centre anomère et le substituant (électroattracteur) en C-2’. Récemment, notre laboratoire a développé une approche synthétique pour former sélectivement des analogues de nucléosides et de thionucléosides 1’,2’-trans et 1’,2’-cis à partir de précurseurs acycliques. Ce mémoire présente une nouvelle méthodologie pour accéder efficacement aux analogues de nucléosides 1’,2’-cis à partir de furanosides. Différents groupements en position anomérique ont été examinés, sous conditions cinétiques en utilisant le bromure de diméthylbore pour générer sélectivement des produits acycliques ou cycliques. Les intermédiaires cinétiques de différents furanosides de méthyle formés en présence de Me2BBr ont été piégés in situ par un thiol pour générer des thioacétals acycliques avec de bonnes voire d’excellentes diastéréosélectivités. Les produits générés sont en accord avec une rétention globale de l’information stéréochimique du centre acétal et deux déplacements SN2 consécutifs ont été suggérés pour rationaliser ces résultats. Toutefois, l’objectif de synthétiser des analogues de nucléosides à partir de furanosides de méthyle a échoué. Tel que démontré par le Dr Michel Prévost, l’activation par Me2BBr des lactols des quatres différents furanosides suivie d’une addition in situ d’une base silylée a permis de former diastéréosélectivement les analogues de nucléosides 1’,2’-cis correspondants avec d’excellents rendements. Nous avons démontré que d’autres substrats peuvent être employés et que l’induction stéréochimique est sous contrôle du substituant électroattracteur en C-2. D’autres acides de Lewis, tel que TMSBr, peuvent également être utilisés. Cette méthodologie a également été étendue à d’autres nucléophiles tels que des Grignards ou des éthers d’énols silylés, conduisant à de bonnes sélectivités. / Many therapeutically relevant nucleoside analogs (Ara-C, Clofarabine) for the treatment of leukemia have a 1’,2’-cis arrangement between the nucleobase attached at the anomeric center and the non-hydrogen substituent at C-2’. Recently, our laboratory has developed a versatile approach to the synthesis of 1’,2’-trans and 1’,2’-cis nucleoside and thionucleoside analogues from acyclic scaffolds. This work will present a new methodology to access efficiently 1’,2’-cis nucleoside analogues from cyclic furanoside. Activation of various anomeric groups by Me2BBr was investigated, and under kinetic control acyclic substrates or cyclic ones could be generated selectively. Trapping the kinetic product of methyl furanoside formed in presence of Me2BBr by thiol in the presence of base led to the formation of acyclic thioacetal in good to excellent diastereoselectivity. The results obtained are in accordance with total retention of the stereochemical information of the acetal moiety and thus suggested that the mechanism of these two reactions is two successive SN2 displacements. The objective of synthesizing nucleoside analogs from methyl furanoside was unsuccessful. As shown recently by Dr Michel Prévost, activation of all four furanoside lactol scaffolds by Me2BBr with an in situ addition of silylated nucleobase afforded 1’,2’-cis pyrimidine nucleoside analogues in very good yields and with diastereoselectivities greater or equal to 20:1. Expending this methodology to other scaffolds provided evidence of stereoelectronic control of the C-2 electron-withdrawing substituent. Other Lewis acids such as TMSBr can be used. This methodology was also applied to other nucleophiles such as allyl Grignard and silylated enols ethers, which were successfully alkylated in good yield and 1,2-cis diastereoselectivity.