Hydrogen gas is the cleanest and most cost-effective reductant available to mankind, and the use of hydrogen gas in catalytic hydrogenation reactions is one of the oldest and most utilized organic reactions. Although catalytic hydrogenation has been practiced in industry on enormous scale, the use of hydrogen gas as a terminal reductant in C-C bond forming reactions has been limited to processes involving the migratory insertion of carbon monoxide such as: alkene hydroformylation and the Fischer-Tropsch reaction. A significant advance to the field of synthetic organic chemistry would be the expansion of C-C bond forming reactions beyond reductive coupling via carbon monoxide insertion. Herein, related metal catalyzed reductive couplings to [alpha],[beta]-unsaturated compounds in the presence of reducing agents such as: silane, borane, and hydrogen are reviewed. The following chapters discuss the development of hydrogen-mediated reductive aldol and Mannich reactions. The results from this body of work clearly demonstrate that hydrogen-mediated C-C bond forming reactions are emerging as a powerful tool for synthetic chemists.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第23036号 / 理博第4713号 / 新制||理||1675(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科化学専攻 / (主査)准教授 加納 太一, 教授 時任 宣博, 教授 依光 英樹 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is often infected by the endophytic fungus, Acremonium coenophialum (Morgan-Jones and Gams) The fungus produces ergo peptide alkaloids, especially ergovaline. Consumption of endophyte-infected (ED fescue forage by cattle decreases serum prolactin and average daily weight gains, which results in economic losses for producers. Anecdotal reports suggest cattle with fescue toxicosis may not respond to vaccination. Hyperprolactinemia decreases cell-mediated and humoral immune responses in mice. Therefore, steers grazing EI or endophyte-free (EF) fescue forages were vaccinated to assess humoral immune responses. Steers grazing EI fescue exhibited classical clinical signs of fescue toxicosis, and mounted humoral immune responses to vaccination, despite hyperprolactinemia. Lymphocyte proliferation responses to mitogens in mice fed EI diets were similar to mice fed EF diets. Production of interferon gamma and interleukin-4 was higher by splenocytes from mice fed EI diets, whereas interleukin-2 tended to be lower. Fescue toxicosis may stimulate T helper cell 2 subset of CD4⁺ T cells. The T_H2 subset may augment humoral immune responses to vaccination. / Ph. D.

L’objectif de cette thèse était d’accéder au squelette de deux grandes familles d’alcaloïdes, les aspidosperma et les morphinanes, avec pour but, l’utilisation de précurseurs communs, les arylcyclohexa-2,5-diènes. Dans un premier temps, ces arylcyclohexa-2,5-diènes, obtenus par réaction de Birch alkylante, ont été désymétrisés par application de la réaction de Michael. Les substrats ainsi obtenus ont été diversement fonctionnalisés jusqu’à obtention du squelette pentacyclique des aspidosperma. Dans un second temps, plusieurs méthodologies utilisant des réactions de type Mannich ont été développées. Ces méthodologies ont permis d’atteindre une base tricyclique de la famille des morphinanes. Plusieurs transformations ont ensuite été examinées afin d’accéder au squelette tétracyclique avancé de cette famille d’alcaloïdes. / The objective of this work was to access the skeleton of two families of alkaloids, the aspidosperma and the morphinan, using arylcyclohexa-2,5-dienes as common synthetic precursors. In one hand, these arylcyclohexadienes, synthesized by reductive Birch alkylation, were desymmetrized via the Michael reaction. The resulting compounds were then functionalized to give the pentacyclic skeleton of aspidosperma alkaloids. On the other hand, several methodologies were developed using Mannich type reactions. These methodologies allowed an access to the tricyclic framework of the morphinan family. Several transformations were then examined to attain the tetracyclic skeleton of this family of alkaloids.

Irradiation of a tryptamine linked through its side-chain nitrogen to an alkylidene malonate residue results in an intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition to the indole 2,3-double bond. The resultant cyclobutane undergoes spontaneous retro-Mannich fission to produce a spiro[indoline-3,3-pyrrolenine] with relative configuration defined by the orientation of substituents in the transient cyclobutane. The novel tandem intramolecular photocycloaddition- retro-Mannich (TIPCARM) sequence leads to a spiropyrrolidine which is poised to undergo a second retro-Mannich fragmentation [TIPCA(RM)₂] that expels the malonate unit present in the photo substrate and generates transiently an indolenine. The indolenine undergoes rearrangement to a β-carboline which can undergo further rearrangement under oxidizing conditions to an oxindole. Three oxindole natural products, coerulescine, horsfiline and elacomine, were synthesized using this strategy. The TIPCARM strategy was extended to an approach that would encompass the Vinca alkaloids vindorosine and minovine. In this case, the TIPCARM sequence was followed by an intramolecular cyclization that provided tetracyclic ketone 5.86 containing rings A, B, C and D of vindorosine. A tetracyclic intermediate was synthesized which could also provided access to the Vinca alkaloid minovine. / Graduation date: 2012

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A união de dois ou mais compostos biologicamente ativos, no intuito de se criar um novo fármaco que conserve as propriedades biológicas das moléculas base e/ou crie uma nova atividade biológica para o composto híbrido, faz desta técnica um caminho rápido, eficaz e oportuno no descobrimento de novos candidatos a fármacos. Sinteticamente, dentre os vários métodos de junção de duas ou mais moléculas a Reação de Mannich está entre as metodologias aplicadas para isto. Este primeiro capítulo trata da síntese N-bases de Mannich derivadas da pirazinamida, que resultou na obtenção de dezenove compostos inéditos. Em um primeiro momento, foi realizada a tentativa de síntese de N-bases de Mannich derivadas da pirazinamida, utilizando três diferentes aminoálcoois Nalquilados. O desenvolvimento da metodologia mostrou que a reação era dependente do pH, tendo este que ser básico. No entanto, a baixa conversão da reação, juntamente com a difícil purificação do produto, uma vez que o mesmo apresentava o mesmo fator de retenção da pirazinamida e alta instabilidade impedindo qualquer funcionalização in situ inviabilizou qualquer possibilidade de continuação desta síntese. Desta forma, foi feita a substituição dos aminoálcoois N-aquilados por piperazinas N-substituídas, contendo cadeias lipofílicas, uma porção D-galactose, amidas lipofílicas, aminoalcoóis aromáticos e heteroaromáticos, sendo sintetizados 5 derivados inéditos da piperazina. A partir da reação de Mannich das piperazinas Nsubstituídas com a pirazinamida foram obtidas quatorze N-Bases de Mannich inéditas. Tanto as piperazinas N-substituídas como as N-bases de Mannich sintetizadas, foram submetidas à avaliação de suas atividades antibacterianas, antibiofilme e antituberculose, sendo que os resultados para atividade antibiofilme apresentaram bastante promissores. As lactamas são amidas cíclicas presentes em vários produtos naturais e em compostos sintéticos com atividade biológica. Devido a esta importância dentro da química medicinal, várias são as estratégias desenvolvidas para a síntese destes anéis heterocíclicos, com o objetivo de se conseguir uma síntese rápida, eficiente, estereoseletiva e utilizando a química verde para destes compostos. Dentre as várias metodologias sintéticas que permitem a obtenção estereoseletiva de Lactamas está à reação de Mannich-Acilação, inicialmente desenvolvida por Castagnoli em 1969 e aperfeiçoada recentemente pelo grupo de pesquisa do Professor Dr. Jared Shaw. Sendo assim, o segundo capítulo aborda desenvolvimento de uma metodologia a paritr da reação de Mannich-Acilação para a síntese de δ-lactamas como suporte para um estudo computacional sobre o mecanismo e estereoseletividade da reação. Para isso, a síntese do anidrido altamente reativo α-ciano glutárico, bem como, dos anidridos α- ciano glutárico substituídos com grupos metila ou fenila nas posições β ou γ foram realizadas. O escopo e as limitações da reação imina-anidrido com uma ampla variedade de iminas também foi investigada. As reações contendo aminas substituídas por grupos alquil volumosos e aromáticos foram mais diastereoseletivas. Já as reações envolvendo o uso dos anidridos α-ciano glutáricos não substituídos e contendo os grupos metila e fenila na posição β mostraram-se altamente diastereoseletivas, enquanto que para as reações envolvendo o anidrido α-ciano glutárico substituídos na posição γ houve uma perda da seletividade. Os estudos computacionais mostraram que a origem do estereocontrole da reação se dá na etapa de acilação, onde efeitos estéreos e trans anulares para o estado de transição na forma eclipsada justificam a formação do produto majoritário tendo uma relação syn entre os grupos carboxilato e fenil. Neste capítulo também foram exploradas algumas aplicações, no que diz respeito à utilização das δ-lactamas como possíveis inibidores da proteína FtsZ, em um estudo onde as δ-lactamas serviram como substratos na reação clássica de descarboxilação alilativa e na síntese dos produtos naturais Gelsidilam e Gelgamina B tendo a reação de Mannich-Acilação desenvolvida neste capítulo como uma das etapas chave. / In the Medicinal Chemistry, there are many techniques for development of new bioactive molecules. One way to do a rational planning of new drugs is using the molecular hybridization technique. In the molecular hybridization, the combination of two or more biologically active compounds in order to create a new pro-drug that preserves the biological properties or improve efficacy when compared to the parent drugs, makes this technique a quick way, effective and timely in the discovery of new drug candidates. Mannich reaction can be applicable to combine two or more fragments of drugs with biological activity. The first chapter will show the synthesis of new N-Mannich bases derived from pyrazinamide, which resulted in the synthesis of nineteen novel compounds. First of all, we tried to make the synthesis of new N-Mannich bases from of reaction between pyrazinamide, formaldehyde and N-alkylated amino alcohols. The development of this methodology showed that the reaction was pH dependent and it had to be basic. So we tried to control the pH of reaction using some bases, but the lower conversion of reaction together with the difficult purification of the product and the high instability led to an unsuccessful planning to get the products desired. Because of this, was made replacing of N-alkylated amino alcohols by N-substituted piperazines having lipophilic chain, D-galactose moiety, lipophilic amides, aromatic and heteroaromatic amino alcohols. With these new components we ran the Mannich reactions and was possible to synthesize fourteen novel N-Mannich bases. The N-substituted piperazines and N-Mannich bases synthesized were evaluated by antibacterial, antibiofilm and antituberculosis activities. The results of antibiofilm and antibacterial activity for some hybrids were very promising. In the second chapter, was developed a methodology to the synthesis of δ- lactams from cycloaddition between imines and cyano glutaric anhydrides like a support to mechanism and diastereoselectivity study of reaction. For this was made the synthesis of β, γ-substituted and unsubstituted cyano anhydrides. The scope of reaction was studied using differents amines and aldehydes. The reactions that were ran with bulky alkyl-substituted amines or aromatic amines were more selective than methylamine. The reactions involving the use of α-cyano-glutaric anhydrides unsubstituted or containing methyl groups and phenyl in the β position showed high diastereoselectivity. Reactions using the γ substituted anhydrides had a poor diastereoselectivity. Computational studies showed that acylation step is a determinant factor to diastereoselectivity, where the eclipsed transition state to anti product has steric and trans anular effects. Some applications of -lactams were made in other studies involving Tethering technique, decarboxylative allylation and total synthesis of Gelsedilam and Gelegamine B.

Sur la base de travaux précédemment réalisés au laboratoire concernant la réaction de Mannich vinylogue (RMV), nous avons continué le développement de cette réaction en mettant au point un protocole multi-composants. Nous avons ensuite étendu la gamme des substrats compatibles à différents hétérocycles azotés, de nouveaux électrophiles et nucléophiles avec des rendements généralement supérieurs à 80% et des rapports diastéréomériques supérieurs à 80/20. L’obtention de nombreux clichés de diffraction des rayons X a permis de confirmer que le diastéréomère majoritaire est toujours de configuration relative R*,R*. Nous avons ensuite valorisé ces produits en obtenant, en une étape, des structures tétracycliques complexes. Ces produits ont été synthétisés avec des rendements allant jusqu’à 87% et un rapport diastéréomérique supérieur à 95/5. Une étude de modélisation moléculaire a permis d’apporter une explication à cette diastéréosélectivité. La séquence RMV / cyclisation a conduit à la formation contrôlée de quatre centres stéréogéniques contigus. Ces structures tétracycliques ont ensuite servi de produits de départ vers la synthèse d’analogues d’une molécule naturelle antitumorale : l’émétine. Les intermédiaires de synthèse ont été testés pour leur activité cytotoxique. / On the basis of previous work done in the laboratory on the vinylogous Mannich reaction, we pursued the development of this reaction by devising a three component procedure. We then extended the scope of the reaction to different aza-heterocycles, to new electrophiles and nucleophiles with yields generally over 80% and diastereomeric ratios over 80/20. The numerous X ray structures obtained confirmed that the major diastereomer always present an R*,R* configuration. These substrates were then used to prepare complex tetracyclic structures in one step. These products were obtained with yield up to 87% and diastereomeric ratios up to 95/5. This diastereoselectivity was rationalized using molecular modeling. This vinylogous Mannich / cyclization reaction sequence allowed the controlled formation of four contiguous stereogenic centers. These tetracyclic structures were then used as starting points for the synthesis of analogues of emetine, a natural antitumor compound. The synthetic intermediates were tested for their cytotoxic activity.

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Η Ecteinascidin 743 είναι ένα σπουδαίο αντικαρκινικό φάρμακο, που καταστρέφει μέσω αλκυλίωσης τα καρκινικά κυττάρα και είναι εμπορικά διαθέσιμο με το όνομα Yondelis. Χρησιμοποιείται στην Ευρώπη, τη Ρωσία και τη Νότια Κορέα για τη θεραπεία του σαρκώματος του μαλακού ιστού, δηλαδή καρκίνου των ιστών που υποστηρίζουν το σώμα, όπως οι μύες, τα αιμοφόρα αγγεία και άλλα είδη ιστών που υποστηρίζουν και προστατεύουν τα όργανα του σώματος. Η Ecteinascidin 743 βρίσκεται υπό κλινικές δοκιμές για τη θεραπεία και άλλων μορφών καρκίνου, όπως του καρκίνου του μαστού, του προστάτη, των ωοθηκών, των νεφρών, των πνευμόνων και του μελανώματος. Απομονώθηκε από το μικρό θαλάσσιο οργανισμό, Ecteinascidia turbinate, που ζει στις θάλασσες της Καραϊβικής και ανακαλύφθηκε ότι έχει αντικαρκινική δράση το 1969. Αυτό το φυσικό προϊόν αποτέλεσε πηγή έμπνευσης για την παρούσα ερευνητική εργασία, όπου στην ρετροσυνθετική του πορεία (Εικόνα 3) περιλαμβάνεται η σύνθεση ενός μορίου πιπεραζίνης, καθώς και ενός β-λακταμικού δακτυλίου. Οι β-λακτάμες χρησιμοποιούνται σήμερα ως βακτηριοκτόνα, αντιβιοτικά, αναστολείς των πρωτεασών σερίνης και αναστολείς της ακυλομεταφεράσης της χοληστερολης (acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase, ACAT), η οποία είναι υπεύθυνη κυρίως για την αθηροσκληρωτική στεφανιαία καρδιακή νόσο. Η ασθένεια αυτή αποτελεί ήδη την πιο κοινή μορφή ασθένειας που προσβάλλει την καρδιά και μία σημαντική αιτία πρόωρου θανάτου στην Ευρώπη, σε κράτη της Βαλτικής, τη Ρωσία, τη Βόρεια και Νότια Αμερική, την Αυστραλία και τη Νέα Ζηλανδία. Η αθηροσκλήρωση σχετίζεται με την στεφανιαία καρδιακή νόσο, η οποία αποδίδεται στην ανικανότητα της στεφανιαίας κυκλοφορίας να τροφοδοτεί με επαρκές αίμα το μυ της καρδιάς και τους περιβάλλοντες ιστούς. Οι παράγοντες που οδηγούν στην αθηροσκλήρωση είναι τα υψηλά επίπεδα χοληστερόλης, η υπέρταση, ο διαβήτης, το κάπνισμα, οι κακές διατροφικές συνήθειες, η παχυσαρκία και η έλλειψη σωματικής άσκησης. Οι παραπάνω δράσεις των β-λακταμών έχουν καταστήσει πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα τη στερεοεκλεκτική και εναντιοεκλεκτική σύνθεση αυτών. Ένας β-λακταμικός δακτύλιος είναι μία λακτάμη με δομή ετεροατομικού τετραμελούς δακτυλίου, που αποτελείται από τρία άτομα άνθρακα και ένα άτομο αζώτου. Ο β-λακταμικός δακτύλιος είναι μέρος της δομής μερικών κατηγοριών β- λακταμικών αντιβιοτικών, όπως οι πενικιλίνες, οι κεφαλοσπορίνες, οι κεφαμυκίνες, οι καρβαπενέμες, οι μονοβακτάμες, και οι τρινέμες. Οι ενώσεις των β-λακταμών παρασκευάστηκαν σύμφωνα με την Mannich αντίδραση μέσω σουλφινιμινών. Οι πιπεραζίνες χρησιμοποιούνται σήμερα ως μυκητοκτόνα, αγχολυτικά, αντιικά, και ανταγωνιστές του υποδοχέα της σεροτονίνης (5-HT). Η τελευταία θεραπευτική ικανότητα των πιπεραζινών είναι πλέον ένα θέμα εκτενούς επιστημονικής έρευνας και περιλαμβάνει υποδοχείς-στόχους που ανήκουν στην κατηγορία των υποδοχέων συζευγμένων με G-πρωτεΐνη (G-ptotein-coupled receptors, GPCRs). Η εκλεκτικότητα των πιπεραζινών για τις GPCRs εμφανίζεται εξαιτίας της βασικότητας. Αυξάνοντας το μέγεθος του όρθο υποκαταστάτη σε Ν-άρυλο πιπεραζίνες, αυξάνεται η ικανότητα πρόσδεσής τους και η λειτουργική τους δραστικότητα. Οι πιπεραζίνες είναι οργανικές ενώσεις, που αποτελούνται από έναν εξαμελή δακτύλιο, ο οποίος περιέχει δύο άτομα αζώτου, που βρίσκονται στις θέσεις 1 και 4 του δακτυλίου. Οι ενώσεις των πιπεραζινών παρασκευάστηκαν σύμφωνα με την Diels-Alder αντίδραση μέσω σουλφινιμινών. Οι σουλφινιμίνες αποτέλεσαν το μόριο-κλειδί για την σύνθεση όλων των τελικών επιθυμητών προϊόντων και είναι γνωστές ως πολύ καλοί πρόδρομοι αμινών, όταν αντιδράσουν με οργανομεταλλικές ενώσεις [RLi, RMgX (αντιδραστήρια οργανολιθίου, αντιδραστήρια Grignard)]. Οι οπτικώς καθαρές σουλφινιμίνες είναι σημαντικές δομικές μονάδες (building blocks) στην ασύμμετρη σύνθεση άμινο παραγώγων, και παρασκευάζονται σε πολύ καλές αποδόσεις μέσω ενός σταδίου από αρωματικές, ετεροαρωματικές και αλιφατικές αλδεΰδες. Στην παρούσα ερευνητική μελέτη συντέθηκαν νέες β-λακταμικές ενώσεις και υποκατεστημένες ενώσεις πιπεραζίνης, συμπληρώνοντας έτσι και ενισχύοντας τα ήδη υπάρχοντα δεδομένα για τις συγκεκριμένες κατηγορίες ενώσεων αφενός και, αφετέρου, παρέχοντας νέα δεδομένα για την ολική σύνθεση του φυσικού προϊόντος, Ecteinascidin 743 (σύνθεση των εξαμελών αζόξυ προϊόντων 18, 19 και 20). Η ρετροσυνθετική ανάλυση της Ecteinascidin 743, που περιγράφηκε αρχικά, δύναται να εφαρμοστεί, σύμφωνα με τα αποτελέσματα της παρούσας ερευνητικής εργασίας. / Ecteinascidin 743 is an important antitumor drug that can service a novel way of killing cancer cells, and it is sold under the brand name Yondelis. It has been approved for use in Europe, Russia and South Korea for the treatment of advanced soft tissue sarcoma, cancers of the supporting tissues of the body, such as muscles, fat, blood vessels or in any other tissues that support, surround and protect the organs of the body. Ecteinascidin 743 is undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of breast, prostate, ovarian, renal, lung, and melanoma cancers. It is isolated from the Caribbean tunicate Ecteinascidia turbinate, and was found to have anticancer activity in 1969. We were inpired by this natural product and as we can observe from its retrosynthetic analysis (Scheme 3), the synthesis of a piperazine molecule and a β-lactam ring are involved. The extreme importance of β-lactams serving not only as bactericidal and as key structural units of several important antibiotics, but also as mechanism-based inhibitors of serine proteases and as inhibitors of acyl-CoA cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT), which is mainly responsible for atherosclerotic coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease is already the most common form of disease affecting the heart and is an important cause of premature death in Europe, the Baltic states, Russia, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand. Atherosclerosis is most commonly equated with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, which is rendered in the failure of the artery circulation to supply with sufficient blood the heart muscle and the surrounding tissues. Risk factors for the coronary heart disease include high levels of cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, bad diet habbits, obesity, and lack of excercise. The above activities of β-lactams have propelled strong resurgent interest toward their stereoselective and enantioselective synthesis. A β-lactam ring is a lactam with a heteroatomic four-membered ring structure, consisting of three carbon atoms and one nitrogen atom. Penicillins, cephalosporins, cephamycins, carbapenems, monobactams, and trinems are classified as b-lactam antibiotics. β-Lactams were prepared by the Mannich reaction using sulfinimines. Piperazines are used now-a-days as antifungals,antidepressants, antiviral, and serotonin receptor antagonists (5-HT). The latter therapeutic area of piperazines has been the subject of intense research and includes targets belonging to the G-Protein- Coupled Receptor (GPCR) superfamily. The selectivity of piperazines towards GPCRs has deen attributed to their basicity. Increasing the size of the ortho substituent in N-aryl piperazines resulted in an increase in binding affinity and functional potency. Piperazines are organic compounds that consists of a six-membered ring containing two opposing nitrogen atoms, at the 1 and 4 positions of the ring. Piperazines were prepared by the Diels-Alder reaction using sulfinimines. Sulfinimines are the key-compounds for the synthesis of the final desirable products described herein and excellent precursors of amines, when they react with organometallic compounds [RLi, RMgX (organolithium reagents, Grignard reagents)]. Enantiomerically pure sulfinimines representing, important building blocks in the asymmetric synthesis of amine derivatives, are prepared in high yields in one step from aromatic, heteroaromatic, and aliphatic aldehydes. In this project, novel β-lactam compounds and substituted piperazine compounds were synthesized, in order to complete and highlight the already existing data for these specific compounds classes and provide new data about the total synthesis of the natural product, Ecteinascidin 743 (synthesis of six-membered azoxy products 18, 19 and 20). The retrosynthetic analysis of Ecteinascidin 743 could be viable given the result described in Scheme 44.