Ces travaux s’articulent autour de dérivés saccharidiques de type exo-glycals ou C-glycosides pour lesquels de nouvelles méthodologies synthétiques ainsi que des applications dans le domaine de la biologie ont été développées. Dans un premier temps, l’addition de nucléophiles soufrés et carbonés sur le carbone anomérique de différents exo-glycals activés a été réalisée, permettant un accès efficace à de nouveaux S-glycosides tertiaires ainsi qu’à des γ-glycoamino acides anomériques. Ces derniers ont été utilisés pour l’élaboration de peptides linéaires mixtes α/γ dont les propriétés de structuration ont ensuite été étudiées par RMN, IR, CD et modélisation moléculaire. De nouvelles plates-formes glycopeptidiques multifonctionnelles ont été préparées par cyclisation de ces peptides. Dans un second temps, le développement de peptidomimétiques ciblant le récepteur neuropiline-1, impliqué dans l’angiogenèse tumorale, a été entrepris. En s’appuyant sur des études de modélisation moléculaire, certains composés ont montré une bonne affinité pour le récepteur NRP-1 et l’un des composés a montré des propriétés prometteuses pour l’inhibition de la formation de tubules / This work is focused on the development of new synthetic pathways for exo-glycals functionalization and synthesis of bioactive compounds. The first part of this manuscript describes the efficient preparation of new tertiary S-glycosides and γ-glycoamino acids via Michael addition of thiols derivatives and carbanions on anomeric carbon of exo-glycals. The obtained γ-glycoamino acids were then incorporated in α/γ mixed peptides and their structural properties were studied by NMR, IR, CD and molecular modelling studies. Furthermore, cyclic multivalent platforms were built by intramolecular cyclization of these entities. The second part of the manuscript concerns the elaboration of peptidomimetics targeting neuropilin-1 receptor, implicated in tumor angiogenesis. Based on molecular modeling studies, some compounds showed interesting binding affinity for NRP-1 receptor and one of them displayed promising properties toward inhibition of tubule formation

As glicosidases são enzimas que apresentam uma grande variedade de enovelamentos, assim como uma alta especificidade frente a diferentes substratos. Estas enzimas têm em comum a presença de dois resíduos catalíticos, responsáveis pela clivagem das ligações glicosídicas. O uso de glicosidases nas indústrias têxtil e alimentícia, no processamento de polpa de papel e na síntese de oligossacarídeos tem incentivado a engenharia destas proteínas no sentido de melhorar suas propriedades catalíticas e estabilidade. Estudos estruturais das glicosidases têm aumentado nosso entendimento de seus mecanismos de ação catalitica, assim como dos processos de interação proteína-carboidrato. Neste trabalho apresentamos os estudos cristalográficos de duas glicosidases de fungos, sendo elas a beta-galactosidase de Penicillium sp. e a Exo-inulinase de Aspergillis awamori, assim como estudos por espalhamento de raios-X a baixos ângulos (SAXS) da beta-xylosidase de Trichoderma reesei. As estruturas cristalográficas da beta-galactosidase e de seu complexo com galactose foram determinadas pela técnica de substituição isomórfa simples com espalhamento anômalo (SIRAS) até 1.9 A angstron de resolução para a estrutura sem substrato e 2.0 angstron de resolução para o complexo. A estrutura do complexo com galactose foi usada para identificar os resíduos catalíticos, sendo o resíduo Glu 200 identificado como doador de próton e o resíduo Glu 299 como o nucleófílo. As estruturas cristalográficas da Exo-inulinase de Aspergillus awamori e de seu complexo com frutose foram também determinadas pela técnica de substituição isomórfa simples com espalhamento anômalo (SIRAS) até 1.55 angstron e 1.8 angstron de resolução, respectivamente. A partir da estrutura do complexo foi possível identificar os resíduos Asp41 e Glu241 como o nucleófilo e o doador de próton, respectivamente. Além disto, foi possível verificar que o Asp189, o qual faz parte do motivo conservado Arg-Asp-Pro (RDP), é importante no reconhecimento do substrato através de duas pontes de hidrogênio. Com o intuito de obter informações estruturais sobre a P-xylosidase seu envelope foi determinado a partir dos dados do espalhamento de raios-X a baixos ângulos. O envelope da p-xylosidase em solução foi calculado a 20 A de resolução, sendo o raio de giro e a dimensão máxima 36.9 angstron e 90 angstron, respectivamente. Usando algoritmos de reconhecimento de possíveis domínios foi determinado que esta proteína apresenta, além dos dois domínios característicos da família GHF3, um barril TIM e um domínio alfa/beta, um terceiro domínio. A predição da estrutura secundária e os dados de dicroísmo circular indicam que este terceiro domínio apresentaria um enovelamento tipo beta. / Glycosidases belong to a group of enzymes displaying a great variety of protein folds and substrate specificities. Two critically located acidic residues make up the catalytic machinery of these enzymes, responsible for the cleavage of glycosidic bonds. The applications of glycosidases in textile, food, and pulp processing, as well as in catalysts and oligosaccharide synthesis have encouraged the engineering of these proteins in order to obtain improved catalytic properties and stability. Furthermore, structural studies extend our understanding of the catalytic mechanism and the role of glycosidases in the recognition processes of their different substrates. In this work, we describe crystallographic studies of two fungi glycosidases, beta-galactosidase from Penicillium sp and Exo-inulinase from Aspergillis awamori, and the small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) studies of another glycosidase, beta-xylosidase (from Trichoderma reesei). The crystallographic structures of j3-galactosidase its complex with galactose were solved by single isomorphous replacement with anomalous scattering (SIRAS) using the quick cryo-soaking technique, at 1.90 angstron and 2.10 angstron resolution, respectively . The X-ray structure of the enzyme-galactose complex was useful in identifying the residue Glu 200 as the proton donor and residue Glu 299 as the nucleophile involved in catalysis. The x-ray structure of exo-inulinase and its complex with fructose were also solved by SIRAS using the quick cryo-soaking technique at 1.55 angstron and 1.8 angstron resolutions, respectively. The solved structure of the enzyme-fructose complex revealed two catalytically important residues, Asp41 and Glu241, as nucleophile and proton donor, respectively. It was also possible to see that residue Asp189, which belongs to the Arg-Asp-Pro motif, provides hydrogen bonds important for substrate recognition. In order to gain structurai insights about the beta-Xylosidase from Trichoderma reesei, we calculated their SAXS envelope. The low resolution shape of this enzyme in solution was obtained fiom synchrotron x-ray scattering data at 20 angstron resolution. The radii of gyration and the maximum dimension of the beta-Xylosidase were calculated to be 36.9 angstron and 90 angstron, respectively. In contrast to the fold of the only structurally characterized member of GHF-3, the beta-D-glucan exohydrolase, which has two distinct domains, the shape of the beta-xylosidase indicates the presence of three domains located in the same plane. Domain recognition algorithms were used to show that the C-terminal part of the mino acid sequence of the protein forms the third domain. Circular dichroism spectroscopy and secondary structure prediction programs show that this additional domain adopts predominantly the B-conformation.

Les spirocétals sont des sous-unités présentes dans de nombreuses molécules naturelles d’intérêt biologique. Pour accéder à ces structures, la spirocyclisation d’éthers d’énol en milieu acide est une méthode de choix. L’application de la réaction de Julia-Kocienski à des lactones a permis d’obtenir exo-glycals et éthers d’énol exo-cycliques tri- et tétrasubstitués. Selon l’hétérocycle porté parla sulfone engagée, l’un ou l’autre des diastéréoisomères de l’éther d’énol peut être obtenu préférentiellement. La spirocyclisation des produits formés, si elle est réalisée dans des conditions thermodynamiques, mène au [6.6]-spirocétal le plus stable. Des conditions permettant d’obtenir le diastéréoisomère cinétique ont également été étudiées. Les spirocétals ainsi préparés ont été utilisés en synthèse totale. Par exemple, le fragment spirocétal de la Broussonetine H, ainsi que l’unité iminosucre, ont été obtenus efficacement de façon énantiopure. Enfin, les spirocétals diversement substitués ont permis de préparer plusieurs analogues du Bistramide A. Ce métabolite marin est un agent anticancéreux puissant qui se lie à l’actine pour bloquer la division cellulaire mais des interactions avec PKC-TM, notamment impliquant l’apoptose, sont à l’étude / Spiroketals are often found as structural subunits of many biologically active natural compounds. One of the more powerful methods to access this structure is the acid-catalyzed cyclization of enol ethers. The reaction of Julia-Kocienski reagents with lactones allows us to synthesize various tri- and tetrasubstituted exo-glycals and exo-cyclic enol ethers. It is possible to obtain preferentially either one or the other of the two diastereoisomeric enol ethers by varrying the heterocycle moiety of the sulfone. These enol éthers are cyclized under thermodynamic conditions leading to the more stable [6.6]-spiroketal but other conditions may allow us to obtain the kineticisomer. Thermodynamic spiroketals were used in total synthesis. For example, both fragments ofBroussonetine H (one iminosugar and one spiroketal) have been readily and effectively prepared.Finally, diversely substituted spiroketals have been synthesized to prepare analogues of Bistramide A.This marine metabolite is a powerful antitumor agent that binds to actin and thus blocks cell divisionalthough some interactions involving PKC-TM are actually under study.

Ce mémoire de thèse est composé de deux parties distinctes ayant comme thématique commune, les réactions de cycloisomérisation. Nous nous sommes intéressés dans un premier temps au développement d’une réaction tandem d’acétalisation / cycloisomérisation catalysée par des sels d’argents. Cette méthodologie nous a permis d’accéder sélectivement aux familles des furoquinoléines et des pyranoquinoléines. Ces composés ont été testés comme agents antipaludiques et ont donné des résultats prometteurs. Une gamme de dérivés de furoquinoléine a également donné des activités cytotoxiques intéressantes. L’étude de leur potentielle activité antitumorale s’inscrit dans le cadre d’un projet financé par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer. Une étude approfondie de la réaction tandem, nous a permis de mettre en évidence l’influence de composés azotés sur le comportement du sel d’argent. Cette caractéristique nous a conduits à catalyser nos réactions grâce à un complexe inusité jusqu’alors en catalyse organométallique : l’imidazolate d’argent. Dans un deuxieme temps, nous avons étudié une réaction de benzannélation catalysée par des sels de rhodium ou d’argent. La stratégie de synthèse implique des systèmes de type benzofurane, porteurs d’énynes fonctionnalisées par un éther d’énol silylé, et conduit à des dérivés de dibenzofuranes. Ces hétérocycles, connus pour être biologiquement actifs, présentent un intérêt particulier dans la chimie thérapeutique. Nous avons également travaillé sur des indoles et avons pu synthétiser des dérivés d’oxindole originaux / Among a variety of new synthetic transformations, transition-metal-catalyzed reactions are some of the most attractive methodologies for synthesizing heterocyclic compounds. In this context, two different cycloisomerization reactions are studied. We first developed an efficient and versatile access to pyranoquinoline and furoquinoline derivatives, thanks to a tandem silver-catalyzed acetalization /cycloisomerization reaction. The synthesized compounds presented interesting antimalarial activity when tested on a resistant strain of the parasite Plasmodium Falciparum. The antitumoral activity of some furoquinolines was also investigated within a project funded by the French National League Against Cancer. Interestingly, we noticed that the regioselectivity of the cyclization can be controlled depending on the type of silver catalyst used. The observed reaction regioselectivity, including also an interesting nitrogen effect, led us to develop a silver imidazolate polymer as a stable and new silver catalyst. We also described a rhodium-catalyzed benzannulation reaction of silyl-enol-ethers onto alkynes, leading to dibenzofurans derivatives. These heterocycles are well-known for their biological properties and their interest in therapeutic chemistry. Finally, we developed an original methodology for the synthesis of oxindole derivatives

Le squelette indolo[2,3-b]quinoléique est une cible synthétique attrayante car il est présent notamment dans la néocryptolépine, alcaloïde aux propriétés cytotoxiques et antipaludéennes. Nous proposons ici une approche originale pour accéder à ce tétracycle, qui combine dans une réaction radicalaire en cascade une cyclisation à un réarrangement de Smiles. La mise au point des conditions expérimentales et l'étude mécanistique de cette voie ont constitué le premier objectif de ce travail. Outre les produits attendus, les études structurales approfondies ont mis en évidence la formation de composés inédits résultant d'étapes radicalaires supplémentaires. En parallèle, l'application de la méthode à un substrat judicieusement fonctionnalisé a conduit au 3-(2'-aryl-N-alkylacétamido)oxindole, un intermédiaire clé vers le système indolo[2,3-b]quinoléique 6 et 11 disubstitué ciblé. / The indolo[2,3-b]quinoline ring system is an attractive synthetic target present in neocryptolepine, an antiplasmodial and cytotoxic alkaloid. We proposed an original pathway toward this squeleton, combining as key step a 5-exo-trig cyclisation to a Smiles rearrangement in a domino radical process. We first focused on scope and limitations studies and mechanistic investigations. Apart from the cyclised-rearranged products we isolated new original structures resulting from supplementary radical reactions. The application of the developed method to a conveniently functionalised substrate led to 3-(2'-aryl-N-alkylacetamido)indolinone, a key intermediate which was further converted to the aimed 6,11-disubstituted indolo[2,3-b]quinoline tetracycle.

Le Mexique se caractérise par la présence sur son territoire de nombreuses espèces d’agave qui peuvent être cultivées ou non. En particulier l’Agave tequilana Weber var. azul a une grande importance économique, car elle constitue la principale matière première pour l’élaboration de la tequila. Les agaves durant leur développement, qui dure plusieurs années, accumulent des réserves de sucres constitués par des fructanes. Actuellement, l’optimisation de l’hydrolyse des fructanes d’agave est surtout importante pour l’industrie de la tequila. Elle permettra d’améliorer les rendements d’extraction des sucres. La méthode classique d’hydrolyse des fructanes est constituée principalement d’un procédé de cuisson des agaves crus. L’utilisation d’enzymes spécifiques pour réaliser ce même procédé d’hydrolyse suscite un récent intérêt industriel, parce qu’il permettrait une réduction de la consommation d’énergie. Les fructanes d’agave présentent des structures complexes, les résidus de fructose sont reliés par des liaisons osidiques de type β (2→1) et β (2→6), et la structure est fortement branchée. Il est nécessaire de comprendre les changements de structure des fructanes en fonction de l’étape de croissance des plantes, pour connaître la variabilité naturelle du substrat utilisé pour l’hydrolyse. D’autre part, il est important de découvrir de nouvelles enzymes susceptibles d’hydrolyser de manière spécifique les fructanes d’agave, et les caractériser biochimiquement, pour arriver à une meilleure connaissance de l’intéraction enzyme-substrat qui permettra le développement de nouvelles applications industrielles possibles pour les fructanes d’Agave tequilana. Dans ce travail, la première partie est consacrée à la détermination de la composition en sucres solubles et à la caractérisation de la structure des fructanes d’Agave tequilana présents dans des plantes d’âges différents. Puis, dans la deuxième partie, la purification et la caractérisation biochimique d’une fructanase isolée d’une souche de levure Kluyveromyces marxianus obtenue à partir du procédé de fermentation du mezcal (boisson d’agave distillée) a été étudiée. L’activité de cette enzyme a été comparée à un cocktail enzymatique commercial le fructozyme®. Finalement, dans une troisième partie, des levures isolées de la fermentation de différents types de mezcal ont été criblées et ont permis la sélection de souches capables de dégrader spécifiquement les fructanes d’Agave / Mexico has a high diversity of Agave plants, which could be cultivated or not. The most economically important is Agave tequilana Weber var. azul, because it is the raw material for the tequila elaboration process. As agaves grow, they accumulate reserve sugars as fructans. Actually, optimizing the A. tequilana fructans hydrolysis, in order to increase the sugar yield, is important to the tequila industry. Traditionally, agaves are cooked to hydrolyze the fructans. However, using enzymes for hydrolysis may reduce energy consumption and increase sugar yields.The fructans of A. tequilana have a complex structure, composed of fructose chains with β (2→1) and β (2→6) linkages with branching points. It is important to understand how the structure of these molecules changes as a function of plant growth, in order to know the natural variability of the substrate that must be hydrolysed. It is also necessary to find new enzymes for the efficient hydrolysis of A. tequilana fructans, and to characterize them biochemically for a better understanding of the enzyme-substrate interaction.The present work has three parts that focuses separately on each of these needs: First, characterizing the water soluble carbohydrates and the structure of the A. tequilana fructans as a function of the plant’s growth (age). Second, purifying and biochemically characterizing a fructanase from Kluyveromyces marxianus yeast isolated from the fermentation of mezcal, and comparing it to a commercial cocktail (Fructozyme®). Third, a screening of enzymes from yeasts used to ferment mezcal, in order to determine their ability to hydrolyze A. tequilana fructans

In the last century, no less than five nobel prizes have been awarded for the construction of carbon-carbon bonds : The Grignard reaction (1912), the Diels-Alder reaction (1950), the Wittig reaction (1979), Olefin metathesis (2005) and palladium cross-coupling reactions (2011). The latter two are transition metal catalyzed transformations and their impact on the synthesis of pharmaceutically active compounds, bulk chemicals, fine chemicals, high tech materials as well as agricultural chemicals has been phenomenal. These reactions have changed the way the scientific community views the science of synthesis. Unlike palladium, gold has long been considered to be an expensive and inert metal and therefore, research on Au catalysis was scarse until the begining of the new millenium. Once the scientific community realized the treasure trove of reactivity that gold had to offer, the number of chemical transformations as well as total syntheses involving Au(I)/Au(III) catalysis has sky rocketed. A methodology initially developped by Toste and coworkers has shown that intramolecular addition of a silyl enol ether on alkynes proceeds via a 5-exo¬-dig¬ process. In the first part of this thesis, we will discuss how the ancilary ligand on Au(I) species can influence pathway selectivity for these cyclizations, therefore opening the door to selective 6-endo-dig cyclizations to generate fused carbocycles. With biological processes as well as other competing processes becoming ever more efficient, the future of chemical synthesis is threatened. If it is to survive, the focus of new chemical transformations will have to be on the cost and the greeness of the process. In the second part of this thesis, we will demonstrate how Ag(I) and Cu(I) complexes can offer even better 6-endo-dig¬ selectivity than analogous Au(I) complexes. Silver is about 56 times less expensive than gold, and copper is about 453 times less expensive than gold. Due to the greatly increased selectivity as well as the diminished cost of the catalysts, we have provided access to an attractive 6-endo-dig¬ cyclization process.

Gold catalysis has attracted much attention within the chemical community in recent years, and its importance as a synthetic tool has only started to be uncovered. This thesis describes the development of a gold(I) catalyzed transformation and its application to the synthesis of a structurally unique Lycopodium alkaloid, Magellanine. Although there have been a few reports on the synthesis of the magellanane core to date, the approach described herein would represent a new and efficient strategy to construct the angularly fused tetracyclic core. The 5 exo dig/Prins reaction that would be the key step of the synthesis was first developed and studied on a model substrate, enabling the verification of the hypothesis that this transformation could indeed form the A and B rings of Magellanine and be applied to its synthesis. This reaction formed the tricyclic products in good yields and in good exo:endo ratios. The synthesis of Magellanine was undertaken, but problems of isomerization prevented the synthesis of the desired 5 exo dig/Prins substrate, which contained the C and D rings of Magellanine with a cis relationship at the ring junction. However, an almost identical substrate, save for a trans configuration between the C and D rings instead of the cis configuration, was prepared and served in further establishing the applicability of this methodology to the synthesis of Magellanine by successfully undergoing the 5-exo-dig/Prins reaction and generating the tetracyclic products. Studies of the steps following the key transformation were performed on the model substrate, allowing for the evaluation of these steps prior to their use in the synthesis. The results of the studies indicate a possible need to revisit the order in which the steps should be carried out. Promising solutions to the different obstacle encountered during the work are presented, demonstrating how the synthesis of Magellanine through a route featuring the 5-exo-dig/Prins cyclization is attainable.

Rigid body targets in exo-atmospheric free fall undergo motions defined by classical dynamics. Radar signatures provide a platform for estimation of various parameters relating to the motion and scattering characteristics of the target. This thesis provides a Radar based, physics constrained, estimator of the motion which generates these signatures. As part of this analysis, it defines a motion model for a ``nearly' axially symmetric target in terms of its inertial parameters. We show that the time-varying range to a point on the rigid body can be expressed in the form of an amplitude and frequency modulated signal. The frequency decomposition of this range function is used to estimate the target's elliptic modulus, an inertial parameter directly related to the asymmetry. This result has immediate application as a tool to assist the radar analyst in further target characterization and constitutes and essential step to the full reconstruction of a target's geometry from its signature.

Résumé Les premiers d´etecteurs aptes `a faire de l'imagerie dans le domaine de l'infrarouge thermique (5-25 µm) depuis le sol sont apparus dans les ann´ees 90. Comme nous connaissons relativement mal les ob jets astrophysiques `a ces longueurs d'onde, il y a avait l`a un tr`es fort potentiel de nouvelles d´ecouvertes sur les ob jets “ti`edes” (100-500 K) ou faiblement enfouis. Ce manuscrit d´ecrit mes travaux de recherche durant les dix derni`eres ann´ees dans les domaines de l'instrumentation infrarouge thermique sur grand t´elescopes au sol et les applications astrophysiques centr´ees essentiellement sur de domaine de l'observation de disques circumstellaires autour d'´etoiles de pr´e-s´equence principale de type Herbig Ae. En particulier, l'imagerie infrarouge `a haute r´esolution angu- laire de ces disques (0.25-1.0 arcsec) m'a permis d'en ´etudier la g´eom´etrie `a relativement grande ´echelle (30-500 UA). La diversit´e de g´eometries rencontr´ee montre que ces disques ont chacun leurs particularit´es et que l'on commence aujourd'hui `a ˆetre capables de mettre en ´evidence leurs processus ´evolutifs. En outre, certaines structures observ´ees, comme des anneaux brillants d'´emission, pourraient ˆetre en lien ´etroit avec le processus de formation plan´etaire. Le dernier chapitre est consacr´e `a l'´etude des perspectives scientifiques concernant l'observation en in- frarouge moyen depuis le sol en lien avec le domaine de la plan´etologie. Je montre qu'un instrument infrarouge moyen install´e sur un Extremely Large Telescope aura la capacit´e de d´etecter et de caract´eriser les plan`etes g´eantes extra-solaires les plus proches (d< ∼20 pc). En outre, un tel instrument pr´esentera des capacit´es uniques pour ´etudier la formation plan´etaire dans les disques protoplan´etaires.