Reproduction de : Thèse de doctorat : Chimie Organique : Reims : 2004. / Titre provenant de l'écran titre. Bibliogr. p. 287-291.

In the first part of the thesis, the aim was to devise a new simple catalytic system based on palladium to allow insertion of carbon monoxide in the presence of an alcohol into unsaturated systems with retention of the double bond to give an unsaturated ester. The process is known as oxidative carbonylation. To allow the process to become catalytic, the palladium needs to be reoxidised in situ. Optimal conditions for the catalytic system were developed and a wide range of substrates have been examined. Simple terminal alkenes and alkenes bearing functional group have been successfully carbonylated (yield 16%-87%). The method was applied to the synthesis of a known pharmaceutical intermediate. The aim of the second part was to develop an efficient system for the intramolecular oxidative amination of unsaturated hydrazine carboxylates to form novel vinyl oxazolidines. After optimisation of the reaction conditions, the scope and limitations of the reaction were established. Attempts were also carried out to develop an enantioselective version of the cyclisation. The method was applied to the synthesis of a known intermediate in a sequence towards (-)-kainic acid thus accomplishing a formal total synthesis of this compound.

La réévaluation des impacts toxicologique et environnemental des répulsifs synthétiques conduit à reconsidérer les répulsifs d'origine naturelle pour la prévention des maladies transmises par les insectes (dengue, chikungunya, paludisme,…). Cette étude se rapporte aux structures de type bis(oxazolidine) envisagées comme prodrogues de répulsifs naturels par leur conversion avec le tris(hydroxyméthyl)aminométhane (TRIS). Différents protocoles et voies de synthèse ont été étudiés sur une série représentative d'aldéhydes pour définir l'étendue et les limites de l'approche permettant de concentrer deux unités d'un même principe actif au sein de bis(oxazolidines) symétriques et de reproduire un effet synergique avec deux unités différentes formant des bis(oxazolidines) dissymétriques. La fonctionnalisation des bis(oxazolidines) a été également envisagée pour moduler leur balance hydrophile-lipophile. L'étude de la réaction de cyclocondensation met en évidence l'influence des paramètres structuraux sur le procédé de synthèse des bis(oxazolidines), la stabilité des intermédiaires (monooxazolidines) et la stéréosélectivité de la réaction. L'interprétation des résultats est proposée sur la base des effets (stéréo)-électroniques. Cette étude démontre l'intérêt de cette approche chimique pour la production de prodrogues de répulsifs naturels qui peuvent constituer des atouts pour le développement durable. / The more sensitive human and environmental risk assessments of non natural repellents have encouraged the rehabilitation of botanical-based repellents for the prevention of insect-transmitted diseases (dengue, chikungunya, malaria…). This study is related to bis(oxazolidine) structures envisaged as prodrug derivatives of natural repellents by their conversion with tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS). The scope and limitations of various procedures and pathways have been assessed with structurally diverse aldehydes to concentrate two identical units in the symmetrical structures and to reproduce a synergistic effect with two different units in the unsymmetrical ones. Subsequent functionalization of the heterocyclic derivatives has been achieved to modulate their hydrophilic-lipophilic balance. The study of the cyclocondensation reaction shows evidence for the influence of structural effects not only on the chemical process but also on the relative stability of the monocyclic intermediates and the stereochemical outcomes of the reaction. The results are discussed on the basis of (stereo)-electronic effects. Finally, this study confirms the feasibility of this chemical approach to produce prodrugs of natural repellents which could appear as a contributive effort to sustainable development.

Au cours de ce travail, nous nous sommes intéressés à développer des voies de synthèse convergentes et diastéréosélectives en vue de préparer des analogues pyrrolidiniques des alcaloïdes de Lobelia comme nouveaux ligands des récepteurs nicotiniques centraux à l’acétylcholine. Ainsi, nous avons mis au point une méthode « bidirectionnelle » basée sur des réactions de double aza-Michael et donnant accès à des pyrrolidines 2,5-disubstituées. Une étude de réactivité a également été mené afin d’améliorer la chimiosélectivité des différents processus réactionnels impliquant des réactions d’aza-Michael dans des séquences de cyclisation tandem. Dans un second temps, nous avons décrit une voie dite « d’élongation monodirectionnelle » permettant d’accéder à des 2,5-trans-pyrrolidines énantiopures. Enfin, la dernière partie de ce manuscrit aborde une étude prospective de réductions désymétrisantes pour la synthèse d’homologues pyrrolidiniques de la lobéline. / The present work has been dedicated to the development of convergent and diastereoselective routes for the preparation of pyrrolidine Lobelia alkaloid analogues as novel neuronal nicotinic receptors. We have settled a selective bidirectional strategy based on chain homologation by double olefination followed by aza-Michael reactions as a straightforward access to 2,5-cis-disubstituted pyrrolidines that was extended to the synthesis of 2,6-cis-piperidines. Additional studies have been carried out in order to drive chemoselectivities in the course of competitive tandem aza-Michael-induced ring closure reactions. In the same time, we also described a monodirectional route to access 2,5-trans-disubstituted pyrrolidines. The last part of this manuscript has been finally dedicated to a prospective reductive desymmetrization study for the rapid and enantioselective synthesis of pyrrolobeline homologues.

Quando o tetrafluoroborato de N-(α-carbometoximetil)-2,4,6-trifenilpiridínio (Ia) foi tratado com hidróxido de potássio em etanol, resultou uma betaína que, ao ser aquecida na presença de benzaldeído ou p-clorobenzaldeído, não produziu a esperada oxazolidina IIa. Em lugar desta 1,2-di-hidropiridina, formou-se um sal cujo cátion correspondia à estrutura de um N-metil-2,4,6-trifenilpiridínio (III). Este composto resultaria da protonação da ilida intermediária, formada pela descarboxilação da betaína. Porém, quando o mesmo tipo de reação foi efetuada com o derivado α-metilado Ib, o espectro de RMN de H do produto bruto indicou a formação da di-hidropiridina (IIb), na forma de 4 estereoisômeros. A oxazolidina IIa, como um isômero largamente majoritário, pôde ser obtida pela reação do tetrafluoroborato de N-metil-2,4,6-trifenilpiridínio (III) com p-clorobenzaldeído, na presença de uma solução diluída de álcali. Esta oxazolidina era bastante instável e não pode ser purificada, sendo submetida na forma bruta à reação de Diels-Alder com a N-metil-maleimida. Esta reação conduziu a dois adutos isoméricos (IV e V). Embora o aduto majoritário (V) fosse estável em solução de deutero-clorofórmio, o aduto minoritário (IV), na presença desse solvente e à temperatura ambiente, isomerizava-se após algumas horas. A estrutura dos três adutos foi determinada por experimentos de RMN de H (NOESY e NOE 1D seletivo). A adição de um pequeno volume de solução diluída de ácido clorídrico aos compostos IV e V, dissolvidos em acetonitrila e à temperatura ambiente, resultou na isomerização catalítica desses adutos. Porém, quando esta reação de protonação foi efetuada sob refluxo de acetonitrila, formaram-se dois produtos (VI e VII), cuja estrutura era compatível com ocorrência de uma reação de retro-aza Diels-Alder. Finalmente, foi estudado o equilíbrio conformacional de dois novos sais de 2,4,6-trifenil- piridínio, e os resultados foram comparados com aqueles obtidos para os sais análogos 2,4,6-trimetil-substituídos. / When the tetrafluoroborate of N-(α-carbomethoxymethyl)-2,4,6-triphenylpridinium (Ia) was submitted to alkaline hydrolysis followed by decarboxylation upon heating, the resulting betaine failed to undergo the aldol addition reaction with aromatic aldehydes leading, in lieu of the expected oxazolidine (IIa),a salt bearing the cation N-methyl-2,4,6-triphenylpyridinium (III), as a result of the easy protonation of the intermediate ylide. However, for the corresponding a-methylated salt (Ib), the formation of four stereoisomeric 1,2- dihydropiridines was confirmed by inspection of the H NMR of the crude product. As an alternative to this method for obtaining IIa, a mixture of III and p-chlorobenzaldehyde was stirred at room temperature for several hours, in the presence of a diluted aqueous alkali. The resulting 1,2-dihidropyridine (IIa) was rather unstable precluding its isolation from the crude product mixture, and was submitted, without further purification, to the Diels-Alder reaction with Nmethylmaleimide, leading to two diastereomeric isoquinuclidines (IV) and (V). Although the major isomer showed to be stable in a deuterochloroform solution, the minor isomer (IV) underwent a spontaneous isomerization, upon standing in such solvent at room temperature. The stereochemical features of these three aducts could be accessed by NOESY and 1D NOE selective H NMR experiments. By treating a solution of adducts IV and V in acetonitrile with a small volume of aqueous HCl, at room temperature, an acid catalyzed isomerization took place. However, when the protonation reaction of the major diastereoisomer (V) was performed in acetonitrile at the reflux temperature, two products (VI and VII) were isolated, highlighting the occurrence of a retro-aza Diels Alder reaction. Finally, the conformation equilibria for two new 2,4,6-triphenyl- pyridinium salts was investigated. Results were correlated with previous ones referring to analogous 2,4,6-trimethyl- salts.

Quando o tetrafluoroborato de N-(α-carbometoximetil)-2,4,6-trifenilpiridínio (Ia) foi tratado com hidróxido de potássio em etanol, resultou uma betaína que, ao ser aquecida na presença de benzaldeído ou p-clorobenzaldeído, não produziu a esperada oxazolidina IIa. Em lugar desta 1,2-di-hidropiridina, formou-se um sal cujo cátion correspondia à estrutura de um N-metil-2,4,6-trifenilpiridínio (III). Este composto resultaria da protonação da ilida intermediária, formada pela descarboxilação da betaína. Porém, quando o mesmo tipo de reação foi efetuada com o derivado α-metilado Ib, o espectro de RMN de H do produto bruto indicou a formação da di-hidropiridina (IIb), na forma de 4 estereoisômeros. A oxazolidina IIa, como um isômero largamente majoritário, pôde ser obtida pela reação do tetrafluoroborato de N-metil-2,4,6-trifenilpiridínio (III) com p-clorobenzaldeído, na presença de uma solução diluída de álcali. Esta oxazolidina era bastante instável e não pode ser purificada, sendo submetida na forma bruta à reação de Diels-Alder com a N-metil-maleimida. Esta reação conduziu a dois adutos isoméricos (IV e V). Embora o aduto majoritário (V) fosse estável em solução de deutero-clorofórmio, o aduto minoritário (IV), na presença desse solvente e à temperatura ambiente, isomerizava-se após algumas horas. A estrutura dos três adutos foi determinada por experimentos de RMN de H (NOESY e NOE 1D seletivo). A adição de um pequeno volume de solução diluída de ácido clorídrico aos compostos IV e V, dissolvidos em acetonitrila e à temperatura ambiente, resultou na isomerização catalítica desses adutos. Porém, quando esta reação de protonação foi efetuada sob refluxo de acetonitrila, formaram-se dois produtos (VI e VII), cuja estrutura era compatível com ocorrência de uma reação de retro-aza Diels-Alder. Finalmente, foi estudado o equilíbrio conformacional de dois novos sais de 2,4,6-trifenil- piridínio, e os resultados foram comparados com aqueles obtidos para os sais análogos 2,4,6-trimetil-substituídos. / When the tetrafluoroborate of N-(α-carbomethoxymethyl)-2,4,6-triphenylpridinium (Ia) was submitted to alkaline hydrolysis followed by decarboxylation upon heating, the resulting betaine failed to undergo the aldol addition reaction with aromatic aldehydes leading, in lieu of the expected oxazolidine (IIa),a salt bearing the cation N-methyl-2,4,6-triphenylpyridinium (III), as a result of the easy protonation of the intermediate ylide. However, for the corresponding a-methylated salt (Ib), the formation of four stereoisomeric 1,2- dihydropiridines was confirmed by inspection of the H NMR of the crude product. As an alternative to this method for obtaining IIa, a mixture of III and p-chlorobenzaldehyde was stirred at room temperature for several hours, in the presence of a diluted aqueous alkali. The resulting 1,2-dihidropyridine (IIa) was rather unstable precluding its isolation from the crude product mixture, and was submitted, without further purification, to the Diels-Alder reaction with Nmethylmaleimide, leading to two diastereomeric isoquinuclidines (IV) and (V). Although the major isomer showed to be stable in a deuterochloroform solution, the minor isomer (IV) underwent a spontaneous isomerization, upon standing in such solvent at room temperature. The stereochemical features of these three aducts could be accessed by NOESY and 1D NOE selective H NMR experiments. By treating a solution of adducts IV and V in acetonitrile with a small volume of aqueous HCl, at room temperature, an acid catalyzed isomerization took place. However, when the protonation reaction of the major diastereoisomer (V) was performed in acetonitrile at the reflux temperature, two products (VI and VII) were isolated, highlighting the occurrence of a retro-aza Diels Alder reaction. Finally, the conformation equilibria for two new 2,4,6-triphenyl- pyridinium salts was investigated. Results were correlated with previous ones referring to analogous 2,4,6-trimethyl- salts.

Un nouveau système catalytique d'oxydation aérobie sélective de composés benzyliques a été développé. Ce système efficace fonctionne en présence d'oxygène moléculaire dans des conditions douces et utilise le N-hydroxy-3,4,5,6-tétraphénylphtalimide (NHTPPI) comme catalyseur, associé au chlorure cuivreux. Lors de cette étude, l'optimisation des conditions réactionnelles a permis de réduire la quantité de catalyseur de 10 à 1%. Ces résultats, ainsi que la miniaturisation des essais ont permis d'aborder la version asymétrique de ces oxydations.<br />Pour mettre en œuvre l'oxydation énantiosélective de substrats organiques, une synthèse modulable d'organocatalyseurs à symétrie C2, analogues du NHPI, a été réalisée. Certains de ces organocatalyseurs portant des fonctions carbamates ont montré de bonnes activités catalytiques lors de l'oxydation de nombreux substrats et surtout une très bonne sélectivité dans le dédoublement cinétique d'oxazolidines où des facteurs de stéréosélectivté de l'ordre de 40 ont pu être obtenus. Ces résultats, très intéressants, ouvrent la voie au développement d'une nouvelle méthodologie d'oxydation énantiosélective de substrats organiques.

La réévaluation des impacts toxicologique et environnemental des répulsifs synthétiques conduit à reconsidérer les répulsifs d'origine naturelle pour la prévention des maladies transmises par les insectes (dengue, chikungunya, paludisme,...). Cette étude se rapporte aux structures de type bis(oxazolidine) envisagées comme prodrogues de répulsifs naturels par leur conversion avec le tris(hydroxyméthyl)aminométhane (TRIS). Différents protocoles et voies de synthèse ont été étudiés sur une série représentative d'aldéhydes pour définir l'étendue et les limites de l'approche permettant de concentrer deux unités d'un même principe actif au sein de bis(oxazolidines) symétriques et de reproduire un effet synergique avec deux unités différentes formant des bis(oxazolidines) dissymétriques. La fonctionnalisation des bis(oxazolidines) a été également envisagée pour moduler leur balance hydrophile-lipophile. L'étude de la réaction de cyclocondensation met en évidence l'influence des paramètres structuraux sur le procédé de synthèse des bis(oxazolidines), la stabilité des intermédiaires (monooxazolidines) et la stéréosélectivité de la réaction. L'interprétation des résultats est proposée sur la base des effets (stéréo)-électroniques. Cette étude démontre l'intérêt de cette approche chimique pour la production de prodrogues de répulsifs naturels qui peuvent constituer des atouts pour le développement durable.

Small molecule hydrogen bond donors have emerged as versatile catalysts in asymmetric synthesis. Within this class, chiral BINOL phosphoric acid is regarded as one of the pioneer catalysts used in several asymmetric transformations. The ability of the catalyst to activate the substrates could be controlled in two different ways. (1) Dual activation/bifunctional activation of substrate by hydrogen bond interactions or ion pairing with phosphoric acid or (2) By forming chiral BINOL phosphate metal complex that could significantly alter the interactions in chiral space. In particular, chiral alkaline earth metal phosphate complexes have unique advantages as catalysts owing to the ubiquitous availability of alkaline earth metals, strong Brønsted basicity of their counterions, mild but significant Lewis acidity of the metal and their ability to coordinate at multiple reactive sites due to large ionic radius. Chapter 1 summarizes the recent development of alkaline earth metal complexes in asymmetric catalysis. My thesis dissertation is focused on the application of chiral alkaline earth metal phosphate complexes in novel asymmetric reactions. In Chapter 2, we disclosed an efficient asymmetric one-pot synthesis of chiral 1,3-oxazolidines and chiral 1,3-oxazinanes. Chiral oxazolidines and oxazinanes are widely used as auxiliaries in asymmetric transition metal catalysis and also key structural motifs in natural products with biological activities. We developed a new synthetic method for chiral 1,3-oxazolidines which follows the enantioselective addition of alcohols to imines catalyzed by chiral 3,3’-(triisopropylphenyl)-derived BINOL magnesium phosphate to form hemiaminal intermediate, which then undergoes mild base mediated intramolecular nucleophilic substitution to afford highly enantioselective 1,3-oxazolidines and 1,3-oxazinanes in good yields. In Chapter 3, we developed the first catalytic enantioselective desymmetrization process for the synthesis of novel axially chiral cyclohexylidene oxime ethers. Even though these molecules were found to be optically active in 1910, methods to synthesize these molecules are scarce. We have developed an efficient desymmetrization process of 4-phenyl cyclohexanones with phenoxyamines catalyzed by chiral BINOL strontium phosphate complex to afford highly enantioselective products. We then extended this methodology to the dynamic kinetic resolution of 2-substituted cyclohexanones to form chiral 2-substituted cyclohexyl oximes in good enantioselectivities, as demonstrated in Chapter 4. We further demonstrated the utility of these compounds by converting them to chiral 2-aryl cyclohexylamines which are important synthetic intermediates.

Au cours de ce travail, nous nous sommes intéressés à développer des voies de synthèse convergentes et diastéréosélectives en vue de préparer des analogues pyrrolidiniques des alcaloïdes de Lobelia comme nouveaux ligands des récepteurs nicotiniques centraux à l'acétylcholine. Ainsi, nous avons mis au point une méthode " bidirectionnelle " basée sur des réactions de double aza-Michael et donnant accès à des pyrrolidines 2,5-disubstituées. Une étude de réactivité a également été mené afin d'améliorer la chimiosélectivité des différents processus réactionnels impliquant des réactions d'aza-Michael dans des séquences de cyclisation tandem. Dans un second temps, nous avons décrit une voie dite " d'élongation monodirectionnelle " permettant d'accéder à des 2,5-trans-pyrrolidines énantiopures. Enfin, la dernière partie de ce manuscrit aborde une étude prospective de réductions désymétrisantes pour la synthèse d'homologues pyrrolidiniques de la lobéline.