Synthèse totale de la pactamycine et d’une sélection d’analogues, progrès vers la synthèse totale de la daphniglaucine C et brève étude d’une transposition allylique réductrice
Although pactamycin was first isolated as a potential antitumoral drug, further studies highlighted its capacities in inhibiting protein synthesis, and thus its potency as an antibacterial agent. Furthermore, it was recently discovered that some of its analogs display promising antiprotozoal activity. The present thesis reports and details the first total synthesis of pactamycin, pursued in the Hanessian lab over the last few years, as well as the preparation of a selection of analogs thereby tested for their biological properties.  Daphniglaucin C belongs to a large family of natural compounds isolated from the leaves of daphniphyllum over the last decade. Although relatively little is known as to the biological activity of daphniglaucin C, its synthesis poses an obvious and interesting challenge for organic chemists. En route towards its total synthesis, the use of several methods for the formation of quaternary centers was explored. Moreover, an atypical reductive allylic transposition, catalyzed by palladium from unactivated allylic alcohols, was studied and used to generate a variety of polysubstituted pyrrolidines.
Pactamycin daphniglaucin C polysubstituted pyrrolidines alkaloids total and diastereoselective synthesis sigmatropic rearrangements quaternary centers antibiotic, anticarcinogenic and antiprotozoal allylic alcohols