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Ce travail de thèse visait à développer une nouvelle famille de ligands de type bispidines pour la complexation du cuivre(II) en vue d’applications en tomographie par émission de positrons(TEP). En effet, le cuivre 64 est un radioélément dont l’étude dans le cadre de l’imagerie TEP est en plein essor. Les bispidines, quant à elles, présentent l’intérêt de posséder une structure rigide et pré-organisée permettant la complexation de nombreux métaux de transitions.Nous présentons ici la synthèse et l’optimisation de nouveaux ligands dont les propriétés structurales et physico-chimiques ont été étudiées. Un ligand a montré de très bons résultats puisqu’il possède tous les paramètres cinétiques et thermodynamiques nécessaires à un chélatant utilisé en imagerie TEP. Différentes voies de fonctionnalisation ont ensuite été étudiées afin d’obtenir divers chélatants bifonctionnels. Un ligand comportant une lysine a pu être couplé à une fonction maléimide (régiosélective des cystéines), à une biotine (possédant une forte interaction pour la streptavidine) ou encore à un motif Bodipy pour l’obtention d’une sonde bimodale (UV-visible et TEP). Enfin, nous présentons l’extension de cette famille de bispidines par l’augmentation du nombre de fonctions de coordination présentes ou encore par l’obtention de ligands tricycliques en vue de moduler la sélectivité de ces molécules. / This work aimed to develop a new family of bispidine-type ligands for copper(II) complexation with applications in Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Indeed, copper 64 is a radioelement whose study in PET imaging is booming. Bispidines have the benefit of having a rigid and preorganized structure for complexation of a large number of transition metals. In this work we present the synthesis and optimization of new ligands whose structural and physico-chemical properties have been studied. One ligand showed very good results because it possesses all of kinetic and thermodynamic parameters which are necessary for its application to PET imaging. Different strategies of functionalization have been studied to obtain bifunctional chelates. A lysine derivative has been coupled to a maleimide function (regioselective of cysteins), to abiotine (which displays a strong affinity for streptavidin) or to a Bodipy pattern for obtaining a bimodal probe (UV-visible and PET). Finally, we present an extension of this bispidine family by increasing the number of coordination functions or by synthesizing tricyclic compounds to modulate the selectivity of these molecules.

This thesis concerns the construction, use and modulation of various host–guest systems, from small bispidines for binding of inorganic ions to bisporphyrin clips for supramolecular systems. Small flexible molecules undergo fast conformational movements when in solution. These conformational movements generate time-averaged population-weighted chemical shifts, coupling constants and NOEs when analysed by NMR spectroscopy. A bisporphyrin clip was designed to be used as a host for restriction of conformational movements of small flexible molecules by ditopic metal-ligand binding. Based on conformational analysis in combination with NMR analysis of molecular flexibility in solution (NAMFIS), the relative stereochemistry of flexible alditol-derived diamines containing three or four consecutive stereocentres could be determined. To further explore the idea of conformational deconvolution via host–guest binding, two flexible molecular tweezers with photoswitchable moieties were developed. Upon photoswitching cis/trans isomerisation facilitates the opening and closing of these bisporphyrin hosts. A guest molecule could then be exposed to a “catch and stretch” or “catch and release” effect. Preliminary studies have shown that photoisomerisation of the constructed systems is possible without photodecomposition and preliminary binding studies have been conducted. Controlled modulation of molecular conformations is of interest especially if the conformational steering activates a unit working as a nucleator in a larger structure or facilitates a reaction. The protonation-triggered modulation of bispidine conformations has been investigated. In addition to previously reported conformations we have observed that upon diprotonation a bispidine derivative can be driven into the unusual boat-boat conformation. Finally, the unexpected formation of persistent organic radicals with a cyclophane motif from the reaction of N,N´-diphenyl-1-5-diazacyclooctane and AgBF4 is described. Interestingly, these diradicals exhibit features such as intramolecular π-stacking without lateral displacement and also intramolecular spin pairing.

Cette thèse décrit le développement et de la caractérisation de sondes moléculaires répondant à des analytes chimiques en solution par le passage d’un état diamagnétique à un état paramagnétique (mode off-on).Dans le but de concevoir de tels outils, nous avons focalisé notre attention sur les chélates de fer(II) avec des ligands de type bispidine bicyclique puisqu’ils présentent, entre autres, une stabilité suffisante même en milieux compétitifs comme l’eau. Ce manuscrit décrit des protocoles synthétiques robustes pour leurs préparations à grande échelle. Les complexes synthétisés ont été entièrement caractérisé en solution (RMN 1D/2D, MS, UV-Vis, CV) et dans l’état solide (rayon X et SQUID). Je suis notamment parvenu à synthétiser le premier exemple de complexe bispidine-fer(II) diamagnétique, bas spin, ainsi qu’à proposer des paires de chélates diamagnétique-paramagnétique aux structures connexes. Nous avons donc à notre disposition un système magnétique off-on valide, qui permet le design de sondes répondant à un stimulus (bio)-chimiques (biomarqueurs enzymatiques par ex.) par fonctionnalisation d’un synthon clé en une seule étape. Les deux premières sondes de ce type sont décrites ici, une répondant à la présence d’anions particuliers et l’autre répondant au pH.Au cours de ce travail, nous avons également mis au point la préparation du tout premier complexe de fer(II) radioactif avec un ligand insoluble en milieu aqueux et nous l’avons utilisé pour faire une étude préliminaire de biodistribution chez la souris. Ce protocole original pourrait être adapté pour virtuellement toute sonde à base de complexes de fer(II). Les données de relaxivité obtenues pour les modes silencieux et actif en IRM en conjonction avec le comportement in vivo de la forme active chez la souris semblent être prometteuses quant à la création d’une sonde IRM fonctionnant sur le principe du mode off-on.Les méthodologies et designs moléculaires présentés ici ouvrent le champ au développement de sondes moléculaires magnétogéniques opérationnelles en solution, qui n’avait, pour l’heure, jamais été synthétisé. L’avènement de tels outils présente de nombreuses perspectives pour des applications dans les domaines technologiques, environnementales et biomédicales. / This work concerns the development and characterization of molecular probes that respond to a chemical analyte in a liquid sample by turning from a diamagnetic to a paramagnetic state (off-on mode).With the aim of designing these tools, we focused on iron(II) chelates of bicyclic bispidines as they promised, among others, sufficient probe stability, even in competitive media like water. This manuscript describes new robust synthetic protocols for their large-scale preparation. Synthesized bispidine-iron(II) complexes were thoroughly characterized in solution (1D/2D NMR, MS, UV-Vis, CV) and in the solid state (X-ray and SQUID). In particular, I report here the first diamagnetic, low spin examples thereof, as well as pairs of structurally related diamagnetic-paramagnetic chelates. It now enables the design of responsive probes for various (bio)-chemical targets (including enzyme biomarkers), accessible by one-step functionalization of a key synthetic intermediate with suitable trigger moieties. The first two such probes are described herein, which respond to the presence of a particular kind of anion or a change in the pH.In addition in the course of my work, the unprecedented radioactive iron(II) (Fe-59 isotope) complex of a model water-insoluble ligand was prepared and used in an initial biodistribution study in mice. This original protocol can now be directly adapted to virtually all iron(II)-based probe candidates. Furthermore, the relaxivity data obtained for model MRI-silent and MRI-active chelates, in conjunction with the in vivo behavior of the active form in mice, bode well for a creation of an MRI probe functioning in a true off-on mode.Methodologies and molecular designs described herein enable the development of solution-operating magnetogenic molecular probes, which until now have not been synthesized. The availability of such tools would open up numerous perspectives for technological, environmental and biomedical applications.

<p>In this thesis, the improved synthesis and investigations into the properties of some 3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (bispidine) derivatives are described. These compounds are structurally related to the naturally occurring lupanine alkaloids, they are of interest because of their cardiac antiarrhythmic function as well as their use as bases or ligands in organic chemical reactions. Their chemical properties are related to the presence of a rigid molecular scaffold with two nitrogen atoms that can be utilized for binding interactions with a variety of Lewis acids.</p><p>An improved synthesis has been developed, providing access to bispidines <i>via</i> bispidinones while avoiding the use of highly toxic hydrazine, which is required as reducing agent in alternative methods.</p><p>A series of bispidine derivatives with a variety of substituents were characterized regarding their basicity, which spans thirteen orders of magnitude. Correlations between structure and basicity are discussed and computational methods have been used to propose further derivatives with even higher basicity.</p><p>The structures of several bispidine derivatives and their protonated forms have been characterized in the solid state by X-ray crystallography and in solution using NMR spectroscopy. Structure and solution dynamics in a sterically congested (π-allyl)palladium complex with a bispidine ligand have been investigated, revealing mechanistic insight into the dynamic process. Using a bulky bispidine as a temporary ligand for a (η³-propenyl) palladium complex, the novel adamantanoid [{(η³-propenyl)Pd}₆(μ₃-OH)₄] cluster was prepared.</p>

In this thesis, the improved synthesis and investigations into the properties of some 3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (bispidine) derivatives are described. These compounds are structurally related to the naturally occurring lupanine alkaloids, they are of interest because of their cardiac antiarrhythmic function as well as their use as bases or ligands in organic chemical reactions. Their chemical properties are related to the presence of a rigid molecular scaffold with two nitrogen atoms that can be utilized for binding interactions with a variety of Lewis acids. An improved synthesis has been developed, providing access to bispidines via bispidinones while avoiding the use of highly toxic hydrazine, which is required as reducing agent in alternative methods. A series of bispidine derivatives with a variety of substituents were characterized regarding their basicity, which spans thirteen orders of magnitude. Correlations between structure and basicity are discussed and computational methods have been used to propose further derivatives with even higher basicity. The structures of several bispidine derivatives and their protonated forms have been characterized in the solid state by X-ray crystallography and in solution using NMR spectroscopy. Structure and solution dynamics in a sterically congested (π-allyl)palladium complex with a bispidine ligand have been investigated, revealing mechanistic insight into the dynamic process. Using a bulky bispidine as a temporary ligand for a (η3-propenyl) palladium complex, the novel adamantanoid [{(η3-propenyl)Pd}6(μ3-OH)4] cluster was prepared.

This work concerns the development and characterization of molecular probes that respond to a chemical analyte in a liquid sample by turning from a diamagnetic to a paramagnetic state (off-on mode).With the aim of designing these tools, we focused on iron(II) chelates of bicyclic bispidines as they promised, among others, sufficient probe stability, even in competitive media like water. This manuscript describes new robust synthetic protocols for their large-scale preparation. Synthesized bispidine-iron(II) complexes were thoroughly characterized in solution (1D/2D NMR, MS, UV-Vis, CV) and in the solid state (X-ray and SQUID). In particular, I report here the first diamagnetic, low spin examples thereof, as well as pairs of structurally related diamagnetic-paramagnetic chelates. It now enables the design of responsive probes for various (bio)-chemical targets (including enzyme biomarkers), accessible by one-step functionalization of a key synthetic intermediate with suitable trigger moieties. The first two such probes are described herein, which respond to the presence of a particular kind of anion or a change in the pH.In addition in the course of my work, the unprecedented radioactive iron(II) (Fe-59 isotope) complex of a model water-insoluble ligand was prepared and used in an initial biodistribution study in mice. This original protocol can now be directly adapted to virtually all iron(II)-based probe candidates. Furthermore, the relaxivity data obtained for model MRI-silent and MRI-active chelates, in conjunction with the in vivo behavior of the active form in mice, bode well for a creation of an MRI probe functioning in a true off-on mode.Methodologies and molecular designs described herein enable the development of solution-operating magnetogenic molecular probes, which until now have not been synthesized. The availability of such tools would open up numerous perspectives for technological, environmental and biomedical applications.