This project was a cooperation between the division of Chemical Technology at KTH, Cortus Energy and Haldor Topsoe A/S. The goal was to build up a totally new setup for converting and deoxygenate pyrolysis bio-oil, in order to increase the performance of Cortus Energy’s WoodRoll process. Therefore an iron based catalyst from Haldor Topsoe was used. The building up of the new setup with all reactors and the control panel was a complicated and time-consuming work. This led to an only short time slot for performing experiments, which means that more work needs to be done to get more valuable results. The most important success of this project was to get all the knowledge about the system and to make everything (the whole experimental setup) running properly. However, the sampling system needs to be improved before making further experiments. The experiments which have been done show promising results and that the iron based catalyst was working well for converting the bio-oil. During the two hour long experiment there were not shown any indications of deactivation, when looking at the gas compositions, but the results from temperature programmed oxidation (TPO) show carbon deposition on the catalyst and the BET surface also shows a slight decrease in surface area.

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The research presented here is an effort to characterize changes in marine oxygen availability across a portion of the later Cambrian noted for unique evolutionary dynamics and which includes a significant global oceanographic event known as the SPICE event (Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion). Previous studies have revealed the SPICE caused large changes to the global cycles of carbon, sulfur, uranium, molybdenum and the overall trace metal content of seawater. Furthermore, the initiation of these changes appears to have been temporally coupled with marine extinctions across several paleocontinents raising the possibility of a common causal linkage between all these features. In particular, expanding marine anoxia has been invoked as the most parsimonious explanation for these co-occurring features. The research presented here tests this hypothesis directly across a range of spatial scales using the iron speciation paleoredox proxy to characterize redox conditions within individual basins and to facilitate comparison of conditions between basins. In addition to these analyses, we apply a new proxy, thallium stable isotopes to this interval to assess potential global changes in deoxygenation across the event. These iron speciation analyses showed shallow environments deoxygenated coincident with the initiation of the SPICE and extinction horizons, and these conditions were dominantly ferruginous. Importantly, this work also shows deeper-water environments were deoxygenated prior to and remained so across the event and these environments were also largely. Last we looked at changes in thallium isotopes during this same interval to see if this deoxygenation would be recorded as a positive shift across the interval if expanded anoxia were to impact the areal extent of manganese-oxide sedimentation and burial. We found it did record these changes, but with a different expression than during other more recent events explored using the isotope system. We attribute these differences to the unique chemical structure of the oceans during the Cambrian, which as documented herein were widely oxygen-deficient in their deeper depths. Given this recognition we suggest that thallium isotope studies in deep time should account for this redox structure of ancient oceans likely common under the less-oxygenated atmospheres of the ancient Earth. / Doctor of Philosophy / The research presented here is a story about oxygen in the oceans during an ancient portion of Earth history within the Cambrian Period (around 500 million years ago), soon after animal life first appears in the geologic record. The emerging biosphere of this time seems to have been particularly prone to extinctions, leading to the idea that environmental conditions, such as oxygen availability at the seafloor created difficult circumstances for animals in these ancient seas. This work seeks to quantify the levels of marine oxygenation at this time, however this remains a fundamental challenge because they cannot be directly measured from the rocks we study. Therefore, we rely on how the presence or absence of oxygen changed the chemistry of these rocks at the time they were sediments deposited on the seafloor. Here we use the behavior of two different elements, iron (Fe) and thallium (Tl), to understand changes in oxygen in the oceans around a large, globally-recorded extinction event called the SPICE event. Studying how much iron is concentrated in certain minerals in the rocks formed during this event allowed us to track how changes in oxygen may relate to these notable extinctions. We found that shallow coastal areas changed from oxygenated to deoxygenated at the same time of the extinctions, suggesting a direct role for this environmental shift in the biological crisis. Furthermore, we compared other locations from around the world using more new iron measurements in conjunction with previously published ones compiled by a collaborative geochemistry database project. This work revealed the deeper oceans were deoxygenated prior to and across the SPICE event and that the decline in oxygen in shallower environments was where most environmental change occurred during this time. Last we looked at changes in thallium isotopes during this same interval to see if this deoxygenation changed its global cycle. We found it did record global changes, but they were expressed differently than during other more recent events that have been studied. We attribute these differences to the unique chemical structure of the oceans during the Cambrian, which were widely oxygen-deficient in their deeper depths.

The objective of this project is to investigate hydrodeoxygenation (HDO), a crucial step in the treatment of bio-oil, on transition metal phosphide catalysts. The study focuses on reactions of simple oxygenated compounds present in bio-oil -- ethanol and 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF). The findings from this project provide fundamental knowledge towards the hydrodeoxygenation of more complex bio-oil compounds. Ultimately, the knowledge contributes to the design of optimum catalysts for upgrading bio-oil. A series of transition metal phosphides was prepared and tested; however, the focus was on Ni2P/SiO2. Characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), temperature-programmed reduction and desorption (TPR and TPD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and chemisorption were used. In situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was employed to monitor the surface of Ni2P during various experiments such as: CO and pyridine adsorption and transient state of ethanol and 2-MTHF reactions. The use of these techniques allowed for a better understanding of the role of the catalyst during deoxygenation. / Ph. D.

A reoxigenação de água residuária é tratada na literatura técnica de maneira análoga à reoxigenação na água limpa; os efeitos do consumo de oxigênio pela população bacteriana ativa são quantificados pela introdução dos parâmetros alfa e beta. Alfa corrige o coeficiente volumétrico de transferência de massa do oxigênio e beta corrige a concentração de saturação do oxigênio dissolvido na água. Com o presente estudo pretende-se tornar explícitos os parâmetros cinéticos envolvidos no processo, de modo a fornecer base conceitual para um melhor entendimento do fenômeno. A pesquisa é feita a partir de trabalho experimental, seguido de modelagem matemática conceitual. No entanto, no lugar dos microrganismos como sumidouro de oxigênio dissolvido foi utilizado o borbulhamento sub-superficial de gás nitrogênio, em processo de stripping. Um processo físico, portanto, substitui o processo bioquímico no papel de retirar o oxigênio dissolvido no seio líquido. O modelo matemático proposto ajustou-se bem aos dados experimentais, sendo que a sua validação pôde ser obtida através das análises estatísticas realizadas. / The reoxygenation in wastewater is seen in the technical literature in an analogous way as the reoxygenation of clean water. The effects of the oxygen consumed by active bacteria population are quantified with the introduction of the parameters alpha and beta. Alpha corrects for the volumetric mass transfer coefficient and beta corrects for the dissolved oxygen saturation concentration. The present research intends to make explicit the kinetic of the process, in order to supply conceptual support to a better understanding of the phenomenon. The research is done through experimental work, followed by conceptual, mathematical modeling. Stripping with nitrogen is used as an oxygen sink instead of microorganisms. Thus, a physical process replaces the biochemical process. The proposed mathematical model fitted well to the experimental data, and its validation could be obtained through the statistical analyses done.

A reoxigenação de água residuária é tratada na literatura técnica de maneira análoga à reoxigenação na água limpa; os efeitos do consumo de oxigênio pela população bacteriana ativa são quantificados pela introdução dos parâmetros alfa e beta. Alfa corrige o coeficiente volumétrico de transferência de massa do oxigênio e beta corrige a concentração de saturação do oxigênio dissolvido na água. Com o presente estudo pretende-se tornar explícitos os parâmetros cinéticos envolvidos no processo, de modo a fornecer base conceitual para um melhor entendimento do fenômeno. A pesquisa é feita a partir de trabalho experimental, seguido de modelagem matemática conceitual. No entanto, no lugar dos microrganismos como sumidouro de oxigênio dissolvido foi utilizado o borbulhamento sub-superficial de gás nitrogênio, em processo de stripping. Um processo físico, portanto, substitui o processo bioquímico no papel de retirar o oxigênio dissolvido no seio líquido. O modelo matemático proposto ajustou-se bem aos dados experimentais, sendo que a sua validação pôde ser obtida através das análises estatísticas realizadas. / The reoxygenation in wastewater is seen in the technical literature in an analogous way as the reoxygenation of clean water. The effects of the oxygen consumed by active bacteria population are quantified with the introduction of the parameters alpha and beta. Alpha corrects for the volumetric mass transfer coefficient and beta corrects for the dissolved oxygen saturation concentration. The present research intends to make explicit the kinetic of the process, in order to supply conceptual support to a better understanding of the phenomenon. The research is done through experimental work, followed by conceptual, mathematical modeling. Stripping with nitrogen is used as an oxygen sink instead of microorganisms. Thus, a physical process replaces the biochemical process. The proposed mathematical model fitted well to the experimental data, and its validation could be obtained through the statistical analyses done.

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde die Reaktivität von außergewöhnlich Lewis-sauren festen Katalysatoren: Aluminiumchlorofluorid (ACF) und high-surface Aluminiumfluorid (HS-AlF3) unter moderaten Reaktionsbedingungen untersucht. Die Katalysatoren konnten erfolgreich für die Aktivierung von C-F- und C-Cl-Bindungen (CH3F, CH2F2, CHF3, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2 und ClCH2-CH2Cl) in der Anwesenheit von Silanen eingesetzt werden. Bei Hydrodehalogenierungsreaktionen in Batch-Reaktoren (NMR-Röhrchen) wurden höhere Umsätze mit ACF als mit HS-AlF3 erreicht. Dieser Befund lässt sich mit sterischen Effekten erklären. Die kleineren Mikroporen des ACFs sind besser geeignet für die Aktivierung von kleinen Molekülen als die Mesoporen von HS-AlF3. Die sterischen Aspekte wurden mit Hilfe von FTIR-Experimenten ausführlich untersucht. Unterschiedliche Beobachtungen wurden gemacht, wenn ein zusätzliches Substrat anwesend war, z.B. C6D6 zur Synthese des Friedel-Crafts-Produktes. HS-AlF3 führte zu höheren Umsätzen bei fluorierten Substraten, während bei chlorierten Substraten ACF sich als der bessere Katalysator erwies. Die Herausforderung bestand darin, die Katalysatoren unter sehr anspruchsvollen Bedingungen wie kurze Kontaktzeiten im Flow-Reaktor zu testen. Die Aktivierung von fluorierten und chlorierten Substraten war möglich. Der Unterschied in der Reaktivität der Katalysatoren war nicht so ausgeprägt wie bei Reaktionen in Batch-Reaktor. Aufgrund der kurzen Kontaktzeiten können nur kurze Diffusionswege ausgenutzt werden, was zu ähnlichen Reaktivitäten führt. Mit Hilfe von Experimenten im Flow-Reaktor als auch MAS NMR-, EA-, NH3-TPD-, XRD-, FTIR-, PulseTA®-Experimenten konnte der Mechanismus aufgeklärt werden. Der Katalysator muss zunächst mit Silan gesättigt werden, welcher eine Schutzfunktion hat und die Fluorierung des Katalysators unterdrückt. Ausserdem konnten die Katalysatoren erfolgreich für die Hydrosilylierungsreaktionen und weiterhin zu Deoxygenierung von Ketonen eingesetzt werden. / This thesis investigated the reactivity of extraordinarily lewis-acidic solid catalysts under moderate reaction conditions: aluminium chorofluoride (ACF) und high-surface aluminium fluoride (HS-AlF3).The catalysts could be successfully applied in the activation of C-F and C-Cl bonds (CH3F, CH2F2, CHF3, CH3Cl, CH2Cl2 und ClCH2-CH2Cl) in the presence of silanes. Higher conversions were reached for hydrodehalogenation batch-reactions (NMR tubes) with ACF than for HS-AlF3. This finding can be explained by steric effects. The smaller micropores of ACF are better suited for the activation of small molecules than mesopores of HS-AlF3. Steric aspects were examined extensively by FTIR experiments. Different observations were made in cases where an additional substrate was present, for example C6D6 led to the formation of the Friedel-Crafts product. In this case HS-AlF3 showed higher conversions of fluorinated substrates, while for chlorinated substrates ACF was found to be more efficient. The challenge of this work was to optimize conditions under which the catalysts are not only efficient in batch reactors with long contact times but also under short contact times in flow reactors. Experiments demonstrated that fluorinated and chlorinated substrates can be activated under such conditions. The difference in reactivity of both catalysts was not as extensive as for reactions in a batch reactor. Short contact times require short diffusion pathways, thus more similar reactivities. Experiments in a flow reactor, supported by further analyses by MAS NMR, EA, NH3-TPD, XRD, FTIR and PulseTA® led to the elucidation of the catalytic mechanism. The catalyst must first be saturated by silane, which inhibits and protects the catalyst from fluorination. The catalysts were also successfully applied for hydrosilylation reactions and deoxy-genation of ketones.

Funktionelle bildgebende Verfahren des Gehirns messen Veränderungen des lokalen cerebralen Blutflusses bzw. der Oxygenierung, die an neuronale Aktivität gekoppelt sind, und nicht die neuronale Aktivität selbst. Diese Veränderungen breiten sich über ein größeres Areal aus als die neuronale Aktivität, das räumliche Auflösungsvermögen der bildgebenden Verfahren bleibt daher begrenzt. Es ist vorgeschlagen worden, dass der Sauerstoffverbrauch unter neuronaler Aktivierung vor dem Blutfluss ansteige. Ein initial steigender Sauerstoffverbrauch würde dann eine Deoxygenierung des Gewebes bewirken, diese bliebe exakt auf das Aeral neuronaler Aktivität beschränkt und liesse sich mit bildgebenden Verfahren darstellen, die die lokale Oxygenierung messen. Um die Hypothese der initialen Deoxygenierung zu überprüfen führten wir Messungen der intravaskulären Sauerstoffkonzentration mittels Phosphorescence Quenching im somatosensorischen Kortex von Ratten unter physiologischer Stimulation (mechanische Auslenkung der Barthaare) durch. Die Tiere wurden mit Chloralose/Urethan anästhesiert und ein kranielles Fenster über dem somatosensorischen Kortex präpariert. Der Zeitverlauf der intravaskulären Sauerstoffkonzentration unter 4s-Stimulation eines einzelnen bzw. aller Barthaare zeigte eine nach ca. 1-1,5s beginnende Hyperoxygenierung, die ihr Maximum etwa 1-1,5s nach Ende der Stimulation erreichte. Es folgte ein gering ausgeprägter post-stimulus-undershoot. Eine reproduzierbare initiale Deoxygenierung liess sich nicht nachweisen. Diese Ergebnisse sind vereinbar mit einer engen Kopplung des lokalen cerebralen Blutflusses an die neuronale Aktivität während der gesamten Stimulationsdauer. / Functional brain imaging techniques such as fMRI or PET measure regional changes in cerebral blood flow and oxygenation related to neuronal activity rather than neuronal activity itself. These changes are believed to spread over a larger area than the neuronal activity thus limiting spatial resolution of imaging techniques. It has been suggested that oxygen consumption increases before blood flow in the region of increased activity. An increased oxygen consumption would lead to an initial deoxygenation limited exactly to the aera of neuronal activity thus providing a signal detectable with techniques measuring blood oxygenation (e.g. BOLD-fMRI). To test the hypothesis of an initial deoxygenation we performed measurements of intravascular oxygen concentration in the somatosensory cortex of rats in response to a physiological stimulus (whisker deflection) using oxygen dependent phosphorescence quenching. Animals were anesthetized with chloralose/urethane and a closed cranial window was implanted over the somatosensory cortex. Timecourses of intravascular oxygen concentration during 4s single-whisker as well as whole pad deflection showed a hyperoxygenation beginning 1-1,5s second after stimulatin onset and peaking one second after the end of the stimulation. A small post-stimulus undershoot was observed. We did not reproducibly detect an initial deoxygenation. These results indicate tight coupling between neuronal activity and cerebral blood flow throughout the stimulation period.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-26T13:23:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 757861 bytes, checksum: d287878573ebdc6c53d8f72b51ac84bd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-03-13 / With the condensation increase of the urban population and of the exploration of farming and industry in the region of Dove River, the pollutant charges were increased in the water route of the region. The contamination of the water by several resources, such as domestic emanation and industries and, the diffuse urban and farming charge in the Dove River, mainly in the passage in studying, that is, from the nascent (Santa Bárbara of Tugúrio district), passing through Mercês, up to the city of Dove River, has been target of preoccupation. To characterize the environmental conditions and the water qualities, in this work was determined the water quality Index (WQI) and it was quantified the coefficients of deoxygenation (K1) and the reaeration (K2), in this passage of the river. The samples of water to determine the WQI were colected the amount of the sanitarium exhaustion points of the mentioned cities, this index has been calculated using the method adapted by Miner Institute of Water Management (IGAM). The variable selected to the calculation of WQI were tolerant-fire coliform, pH, variation of temperature between the point of mixture and the one point the amount of the point of the mixture, turbidity, total solids, biochemistry oxygen demand (BOD), nitrate, phosphate e melted oxygen. The samples of water to determine the values of K1 e K2 were collected the ebb tide from the points of the cities sanitary exhaustion. The values of K1 were obtained using the method of quantification of the oxygen consume in samples kept to 20°C, with posterior adjust of the mathematics equation to the data of BOD discharged in function of the time. The values of K2 were obtained replacing the data (water temperature, local altitude, concentration of oxygen melted in the point of the mixture, BOD5d-20oC, water velocity, value of K1, traveled distance and the concentration of melted oxygen (MO) in the final of the passage) in the equation of Streeter-Phelps. Estimate equations of values of K2, as function of the velocity and the water depth in the river, they were adjusted for each passage of the studied river. The WQI obtained to the dry period were classified as good , medium and bad , respectively to the passages, nascent up to Santa Bárbara of Tugúrio, from this to Mercês and then to the city of Dove River. In the rainy period, the index was classified as good , medium e bad , to the same passages. The variables that interfered more to the decrease of the QWI value and that damage the classification of the water, according to Resolution # 357/2005 of the CONAMA, were counting of tolerant-fire coliform and turbidity. The obtained values of K1 were from 0,13 to 0,24 d-1 and the values of K2 from 0,40 to 1,90 d-1. The profile of melted oxygen concentration (MO) during the route indicated that, even in the more critical point, the concentration of MO was bigger than the established in the resolution # 357/2005 of the CONAMA, for course of water class 2. In the rainy period, there were carrying of soil and organic waste, increasing the turbidity and the counting of tolerant-fire coliform, worsen the waters quality. The coefficient K1 was low, in all the passages, denoting that the organic material present in these waters is of low biodegradability. The coefficient of reaeration (K2) was bigger in the route of bigger turbulence and environment of mountainous relief, that is, closer to the headboard of the Dove River. / Com o crescimento da população em áreas urbanas urbanas e da exploração agropecuária e industrial na região do Rio Pomba, foram aumentadas as cargas poluidoras nos cursos d'água da região. A contaminação das águas por diversas fontes, tais como efluentes domésticos e industriais e, a carga difusa urbana e agrícola no Rio Pomba, principalmente no trecho em estudo, ou seja, da nascente (Município de Santa Bárbara do Tugúrio), passando por Mercês, até a cidade de Rio Pomba, tem sido alvo de preocupação. Para caracterizar as condições ambientais e a qualidade das águas na região, neste trabalho determinouse o Índice de Qualidade da Água (IQA) e quantificou-se os coeficientes de desoxigenação (K1) e de reaeração (K2), nesse trecho do rio. As amostras de água para determinação do IQA foram coletadas a montante dos pontos de esgotamentos sanitários das citadas cidades, sendo este índice calculado utilizando-se o método adaptado pelo Instituto Mineiro de Gestão das Águas (IGAM). As variáveis selecionadas para o cálculo do IQA foram coliformes termotolerantes, pH, variação de temperatura entre o ponto de mistura e um ponto a montante do ponto de mistura, turbidez, sólidos totais, demanda bioquímica de oxigênio (DBO), nitrato, fosfato e oxigênio dissolvido. As amostras de água para determinação dos valores de K1 e K2 foram coletadas a jusante dos pontos de esgotamentos sanitários das cidades. Os valores de K1 foram obtidos utilizando-se o método de quantificação do consumo de oxigênio em amostras mantidas a 20°C, com posterior ajuste da equação matemática aos dados de DBO exercida em função do tempo. Os valores de K2 foram obtidos substituindo-se os dados (temperatura da água, altitude local, concentração de oxigênio dissolvido no ponto de mistura, DBO5d-20ºC, velocidade da água, valor de K1, distância percorrida e a concentração de oxigênio dissolvido (OD) no final do trecho) na equação de Streeter-Phelps. Equações de estimativa dos valores de K2, como função da velocidade e profundidade de água no rio, foram ajustadas para cada trecho do rio estudado. O IQA obtido para o período seco foi classificado como BOM, MÉDIO e MÉDIO, respectivamente para os trechos, nascente até Santa Bárbara do Tugúrio, desta a Mercês e daí até a cidade de Rio Pomba. Já no período chuvoso, o índice foi classificado como BOM, MÉDIO e RUIM, para os mesmos trechos. As variáveis que mais interferiram para abaixamento do valor do IQA e que prejudicaram a classificação das águas, segundo Resolução Nº 357/2005 do CONAMA, foram contagem de coliformes termotolerantes e turbidez. Os valores obtidos de K1 foram de 0,13 a 0,24 d-1 e os valores de K2 de 0,40 a 1,90 d-1. O perfil de concentração de OD ao longo do percurso indicou que, mesmo no ponto mais crítico, a concentração desse gás foi maior que a estabelecida na Resolução Nº 357/2005 do CONAMA, para cursos d'água classe 2. No período chuvoso, houve carreamento de solo e resíduos orgânicos, aumentando a turbidez e a contagem de coliformes termotolerantes, piorando a qualidade das águas. O coeficiente K1 esteve baixo, em todos os trechos, indicando relativamente, baixa taxa de consumo de oxigênio nessas águas. O coeficiente de reaeração K2 foi maior no trecho de maior turbulência e ambiente de relevo montanhoso, ou seja, mais próximo às cabeceiras do Rio Pomba.

Les antibiotiques aminoglycosidiques sont des agents bactéricides de grande valeur et d’efficacité à large spectre contre les pathogènes Gram-positifs et Gram-négatifs, dont plusieurs membres naturels et semisynthétiques sont importants dans l’histoire clinique depuis 1950. Des travaux crystallographiques sur le ribosome, récompensés par le prix Nobel, ont démontré comment leurs diverses structures polyaminées sont adaptées pour cibler une hélice d’ARN dans le centre de codage de la sous-unité 30S du ribosome bactérien. Leur interférence avec l’affinité et la cinétique des étapes de sélection et vérification des tARN induit la synthèse de protéines à basse fidélité, et l’inhibition de la translocation, établissant un cercle vicieux d’accumulation d’antibiotique et de stress sur la membrane. En réponse à ces pressions, les pathogènes bactériens ont évolué et disséminé une panoplie de mécanismes de résistance enzymatiques et d’expulsion : tels que les N acétyltransférases, les O phosphotransférases et les O nucleotidyltransférases qui ciblent les groupements hydroxyle et amino sur le coeur des aminoglycosides; des méthyl-transférases, qui ciblent le site de liaison ribosomale; et des pompes d’expulsion actives pour l’élimination sélective des aminoglycosides, qui sont utilisés par les souches Gram-négatives. Les pathogènes les plus problématiques, qui présentent aujourd’hui une forte résilience envers la majorité des classes d’antibiotiques sur le bord de la pan-résistance ont été nommés des bactéries ESKAPE, une mnémonique pour Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa et Enterobacteriaceae. La distribution globale des souches avec des mécanismes de résistance envers les standards cliniques aminoglycosides, tels que la tobramycine, l’amikacine et la gentamicine, est comprise entre 20 et 60% des isolées cliniques. Ainsi, les aminoglycosides du type 4,6-disubstitués-2-deoxystreptamine sont inadéquats comme thérapies anti-infectieuses à large spectre. Cependant, la famille des aminoglycosides 4,5-disubstitués, incluant la butirosine, la neomycine et la paromomycine, dont la structure plus complexe, pourrait constituter une alternative. Des collègues dans le groupe Hanessian et collaborateurs d’Achaogen Inc. ont démontré que certains analogues de la paraomomycine et neomycine, modifiés par désoxygénation sur les positions 3’ et 4’, et par substitution avec la chaîne N1-α-hydroxy-γ-aminobutyramide (HABA) provenant de la butirosine, pourrait produire des antibiotiques très prometteurs. Le Chapitre 4 de cette dissertation présente la conception et le développement d’une stratégie semi-synthétique pour produire des nouveaux aminoglycosides améliorés du type 4,5 disubstitués, inspiré par des modifications biosynthétiques de la sisomicine, qui frustrent les mécanismes de résistance bactérienne distribuées globalement. Cette voie de synthèse dépend d’une réaction d’hydrogénolyse de type Tsuji catalysée par palladium, d’abord développée sur des modèles monosaccharides puis subséquemment appliquée pour générer un ensemble d’aminoglycosides hybrides entre la neomycine et la sisomicine. Les études structure-activité des divers analogues de cette nouvelle classe ont été évaluées sur une gamme de 26 souches bactériennes exprimant des mécanismes de résistance enzymatique et d’expulsion qui englobe l’ensemble des pathogènes ESKAPE. Deux des antibiotiques hybrides ont une couverture antibacterienne excellente, et cette étude a mis en évidence des candidats prometteurs pour le développement préclinique. La thérapie avec les antibiotiques aminoglycosidiques est toujours associée à une probabilité de complications néphrotoxiques. Le potentiel de toxicité de chaque aminoglycoside peut être largement corrélé avec le nombre de groupements amino et de désoxygénations. Une hypothèse de longue date dans le domaine indique que les interactions principales sont effectuées par des sels des groupements ammonium, donc l’ajustement des paramètres de pKa pourrait provoquer une dissociation plus rapide avec leurs cibles, une clairance plus efficace et globalement des analogues moins néphrotoxiques. Le Chapitre 5 de cette dissertation présente la conception et la synthèse asymétrique de chaînes N1 HABA β substitutées par mono- et bis-fluoration. Des chaînes qui possèdent des γ-N pKa dans l’intervalle entre 10 et 7.5 ont été appliquées sur une neomycine tétra-désoxygénée pour produire des antibiotiques avancés. Malgré la réduction considérable du γ N pKa, le large spectre bactéricide n’a pas été significativement affecté pour les analogues fluorés isosteriques. De plus, des études structure-toxicité évaluées avec une analyse d’apoptose propriétaire d’Achaogen ont démontré que la nouvelle chaîne β,β difluoro-N1-HABA est moins nocive sur un modèle de cellules de rein humain HK2 et elle est prometteuse pour le développement d’antibiotiques du type neomycine avec des propriétés thérapeutiques améliorées. Le chapitre final de cette dissertation présente la proposition et validation d’une synthèse biomimétique par assemblage spontané du aminoglycoside 66-40C, un dimère C2 symétrique bis-imine macrocyclique à 16 membres. La structure proposée du macrocycle a été affinée par spectroscopie nucléaire à un système trans,trans-bis-azadiène anti-parallèle. Des calculs indiquent que l’effet anomérique de la liaison α glycosidique entre les anneaux A et B fournit la pré-organisation pour le monomère 6’ aldéhydo sisomicine et favorise le produit macrocyclique observé. L’assemblage spontané dans l’eau a été étudié par la dimérisation de trois divers analogues et par des expériences d’entre croisement qui ont démontré la généralité et la stabilité du motif macrocyclique de l'aminoglycoside 66-40C. / Aminoglycosides are valuable and effective broad-spectrum bactericidal antibiotics against Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens, with several members of natural and semisynthetic origin occupying prominent roles in clinical practice since 1950. Nobel-prize winning crystallographic studies on the ribosome have revealed how their diverse polyaminated sugar framework is tailored to target a RNA helix within the decoding centre of the bacterial 30S subunit. By interfering with the affinity and kinetics of the tRNA selection and proof-reading steps, they induce error-prone protein synthesis, and translocation inhibition and lead to a lethal cycle of antibiotic uptake and membrane stress. In retaliation, bacterial pathogens have evolved and disseminated a number of enzymatic and efflux resistance mechanisms. These include N acetyl-transferases, O phosphotransferases and O nucleotidyltransferases, which target the core hydroxyl and amino groups of aminoglycosides promiscuously; methyltransferases, which target the ribosomal binding-site; and energy-dependent drug efflux pumps for aminoglycoside-selective elimination, in Gram-negative pathogens. The most problematic infectious pathogens which are currently resilient to most unrelated antibiotic classes and in the verge of pan-resistance have been defined ‘ESKAPE’ bacteria, a mnemonic for Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacteriaceae. The world-wide spread of aminoglycoside resistance to current clinical standards, such as tobramycin, amikacin and gentamicin, ranges from 20 to 60% of clinical isolates. Hence, the contemporary 4,6-disubstituted-2-deoxystreptamine aminoglycosides are currently inadequate as broad-spectrum anti-infective therapies. The 4,5-disubstituted class of aminoglycosides are a challenging framework for medicinal chemistry, which includes butirosin, neomycin and paromomycin. Exploring the potential of these alternatives, colleagues in the Hanessian group and collaborators of Achaogen Inc. have demonstrated that paromomycin and neomycin analogs modified by deoxygenation of positions 3' and 4', as well as N1-substituted analogs possesing the α hydroxy-γ-aminobutyryl amide (HABA) chain of butirosin, could produce promising antibiotics. Chapter 4 of this dissertation features the conception and development of an expedient semi-synthetic strategy to access novel aminoglycosides of the 4,5 disubstituted class, inspired from biosynthetic modifications of the sisomicin subfamily, that surmount the wide-spread bacterial resistance mechanisms. This synthetic methodology relies on a novel Tsuji palladium-catalyzed hydrogenolysis developed on model monosaccharides, which was applied to generate a library of aminoglycosides comprising ring A hybrids of the neomycin and sisomicin families. The structure-activity relationships of this new class were assessed against a panel of 26 bacterial strains expressing modifying enzymes and efflux systems to provide an overview of ESKAPE pathogens. Two novel hybrid aminoglycoside analogs exhibited excellent antibacterial coverage, and may be promising candidates for preclinical development. Aminoglycoside therapy is also invariably associated with a probability of nephrotoxic complications. Aminoglycoside toxicity has been largely correlated with the number of amino groups, and more loosely with the extent of deoxygenation. A long standing hypothesis in the field states that because the foremost interactions are effected by ammonium group salts, the tuning of pKa parameters could provide a higher target dissociation rate, more effective clearance and overall less nephrotoxic analogs. Chapter 5 in this dissertation features the conception and asymmetric synthesis of isosteric β substituted N1 HABA chains, modified by mono- and bis-fluorination. These chains covering a range of γ-N pKa values from 10 to 7.5 were applied to advanced tetra-deoxygenated neomycin antibiotics. In spite of the important reduction in γ N pKa, broad spectrum antimicrobial activity was not significantly disrupted for isosteric fluorinated analogs. Furthermore, structure-toxicity relationships, assessed by Achaogen’s proprietary luciferase-coupled apoptosis assay, revealed that the novel β,β difluoro-N1-HABA chain is less harmful in a Human Kidney 2 cell-line model and promising for the development as new generation neomycin antibiotics with improved therapeutic properties. The final chapter in this dissertation features the proposal and validation of the concise biomimetic synthesis and self-assembly of aminoglycoside 66-40C, a remarkable C2-symmetric 16 membered macrocyclic bis-imine dimer. The proposed structure was spectroscopically characterized as an anti-parallel s-trans-bis-azadiene macrocyclic system. Calculations indicate the anomeric effect of the α glycosidic bond between rings A and B is important for pre-organization of the monomeric sisomicin 6' aldehyde and favors the observed macrocycle product. Self-assembly in aqueous solutions was studied through the dimerization of three diverse analogs and cross-over experiments, which demonstrated the generality and stability of the macrocyclic motif of aminoglycoside 66-40C.