Stilbenoids possess a wide range of biological properties such as, anticancer, antiplatelet aggregation, antiestrogenic, antibacterial, antifungal and antiatherogenic, etc. Owing to these therapeutic values, a great deal of attention attracted in the synthesis of derivatives of stilbenes. During the course of the study, G6 a novel stilbenoid was discovered, through high throughput screening, to be a potent inhibitor of mutated JAK2-V617F. The mutated JAK2 variant has been implicated in various myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs) including polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF) has been targeted by therapeutics. Chapter 2 describes the synthesis of analogs of the stilbenoid G6 and N-substituted stilbenes bisoxazines by utilizing Mcmurry reaction and Mannich condensation methods. The main emphasis of this work is to develop novel stilbenoids as inhibitors of JAK2-V617F mutated Jak2 enzyme in Human erythroleukemia cells (HEL) since this mutation is discovered in the majority of patients with myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs). Using Mcmurry reaction, five novel trans-hydroxystilbenes have been synthesized from carbonyl compounds. Subsequently using Mannich coupling with five secondary amines and five primary amines, 25 novel stilbenoids and 9 novel N-substituted stilbene bisoxazines have been synthesized. In HEL cell assay, 8 stilbenoid analogues have been identified as potent inhibitors of Jak2 enzyme. Chapter 3 describes the modification of ketamine structurally for the synthesis of novel analogues to study for their agonist activity at GABAA receptors and antagonist activity at NMDA receptors. Ligand gated ion channels like GABAA and NMDA receptors are membrane-embedded proteins at synaptic cleft which controls intercommunication among neurons and plays an important role in motor control activity, learning. GABAA receptors are responsible for inhibitory action potentials while NMDA receptors are responsible for excitory action potentials. Ketamine, known as dissociative anesthetic, produces profound analgesia at low doses to a unique cardiovascular stimulation and a cataleptic state at higher doses with dose dependent side effects like vivid dreams, disruptions of cognitive functions. The main emphasis of this work is the synthesis of novel analogues of ketamine by transforming carbonyl group in ketamine to imine functionality with small to bulkier groups and to identify an analogue of ketamine which is highly potent in its activity at the both GABAA and NMDA receptors and improved clinical actions. Studies of analogues activity against GABAA subtypes α6Β2δ, α1Β2γ2 receptors and NMDA subtypes NR1/2A, NR1/2B, NR1/2D receptors have been described. Chapter 4 describes the formal synthesis of (±)-Rolipram and the chemoenzymatic synthesis of -aryl--lactone, a Rolipram analogue. The key steps, Pd catalyzed arylation of diethylmalonate and the efficient use of selective acylation of 1, 3-diol entails the formal synthesis of (±)-Rolipram. The regioselective deacylation of Β-aryl-1, 4-diacetate by lipase Pseudomonas Sepacia entails the formation of Β-aryl-γ-lactone. The efficient use of various methods including halogen exchange, Heck arylation of diethylmaleate and lactonization for the synthesis of Β-aryl-γ-lactone have been discussed. The present work provides an efficient and general route to γ-lactones.

L'utilisation de composés organométalliques pour le traitement des cancers est l'un des domaines de la chimie bioorganométallique qui connait une expansion rapide. Parmi les composés développés en endocrinologie, les composés les plus intéressants et très étudiés sont les dérivés ferrocéniques du tamoxifène. Ils sont développés par le groupe du Professeur Gérard Jaouen. Parmi ces composés, le ferrocifène et le ferrociphénol sont très actifs contre les cellules cancéreuses hormono-dépendantes (MCF-7) et hormono-indépendantes (MDA-MB-231) du cancer du sein. Le ferrocénophanyl diphénol, un dérivé phénolique de la série ferrocénophane et analogue du ferrociphénol, s'est montré plus actif que celui-ci. Dans le but de verifier cette caractéristique et aussi de trouver de meilleures molécules, de nouveaux composés de la série ferrocénophane ont été synthétisés et étudiés. Les nouveaux composés sont des 1-(diarylméthylidène)-[3]ferrocénophanes, portant un ou deux substituants (R1, R2 = H, OH, OAc, NH2, NHAc, Br, CN, NHCO(CH2)2NMe2, O(CH2)3NMe2 ou O(CH2)2COOEt) en para du cycle aromatique. L'activité antitumorale de ces composés prouve que la série des ferrocenophanes est plus efficace que la série des ferrocènes contre les cellules cancéreuses du sein. Les études ont été également menées sur les pinacols et les produits résultant de l'arrangement pinacolique. Ces deux produits ont été péparés à partir de la réaction de couplage de McMurry. On trouve que les pinacols sont très actifs contre les cellules cancéreuses MDA-MB-231. Cependant les produits de transposition sont peu réactifs. Ce travail montre que la série des ferrocénophanes est plus efficace que la série des ferrocènes contre les céllules cancéreuses du sein.