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Metal‐free deoxygenation of α‐hydroxy carbonyl compounds and beyond
No full textEfficient deoxygenation methods are needed now more than ever in the chemist's toolbox to convert biomass‐derived molecules such as carbohydrates into useful chemicals. Late‐stage deoxygenation of drug candidates constitutes also an interesting option to fine tune their drug‐like properties. Metal‐based processes, as exemplified by the Barton–McCombie reaction, have long dominated the field. The development of metal‐free alcohol deoxygenation reactions represents however a challenge that has to be tackled to circumvent drawbacks associated with metal‐based reagents including cost and toxicity. Deoxygenation of alcohols may be assisted by the presence in α‐position of an electron‐withdrawing group. This review provides an overview of metal‐free methods that have been developed in the past decades for the direct, one‐step deoxygenation of α‐hydroxyl carbonyl compounds
HIGH VALENCY, IMINOSUGARS AND CYCLOPEPTOID CORES : A UNIQUE COMBINATION FOR STRICKING MULTIVALENT EFFECTS IN GLYCOSIDASE INHIBITION
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
New classes of bicyclic iminosugars : synthetic approach towards 5-azaspiro[3.4]octane and 6-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane scaffolds
No full textDes études antérieures conduites par notre groupe ont permis d’identifier l’α-1-C-nonyl-1,5-didésoxy-1,5-imino-D-xylitol en tant que puissant inhibiteur de la β-glucocérébrosidase – enzyme impliquée dans la maladie de Gaucher. La conformation inhabituelle (chaise inversée) de ce composé nous a incités à étudier plus avant la relation entre conformation et activité biologique des iminosucres. L’objectif de ces travaux de thèse consistait ainsi en la synthèse d’analogues conformationnellement contraints d’iminosucres. Dans un premier temps, trois spiro-iminosucres basés sur un squelette 5-azaspiro[3.4]octane ont été obtenus via une séquence comportant trois étapes clés : formation du cyclobutane par cyclisation radicalaire, introduction de l’azote par C-H amination et formation de la pyrrolidine par métathèse. Dans un second temps, une séquence a été développée pour la synthèse stéréodivergente d’iminosucres bicycliques accolés basés sur un squelette 6-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane via l’enchaînement de deux étapes clés : formation de la structure azabicyclique par aldolisation de type Mukaiyama puis oxydation de la cétone résultante en énone.Previous studies performed by our group led to the identification of α-1-C-nonyl-1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-xylitol as a powerful inhibitor of β-glucocerebrosidase, the enzyme involved in Gaucher disease. This compound’s unusual (inverted chair) conformation prompted us to further study the relationship between iminosugars’ conformation and biological activity. The aim of this PhD work was thus the synthesis of conformationally restricted iminosugar analogues. Firstly, three spiro-iminosugars based on a 5-azaspiro[3.4]octane scaffold were synthesized through a sequence including three key steps: cyclobutane formation by way of radical cyclisation, nitrogen introduction by mean of C-H amination and pyrrolidine formation by way ofmetathesis. Secondly, we developed a sequence dedicated to the stereodivergent synthesis of fused bicyclic iminosugars based on a 6-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane scaffold through a succession of two key steps: azabicyclic scaffold formation by mean of Mukaiyama aldol reaction followed by ketone to enone oxidation
Toward the synthesis of a new class of conformationally strained iminosugars : azetidine ring-opening, 4-exo-trig cyclization and catalytic C-H amination
No full textDe précédentes études dans notre groupe ont montré que l'α-1-C-nonyl-1,5-didésoxy-1,5-imino-D-xylitol était un inhibiteur puissant de la β-glucocérébrosidase, enzyme impliquée dans la maladie de Gaucher. Il a été supposé que la conformation chaise inversée de ce composé pouvait expliquer en partie sa forte affinité avec la glycosidase cible. L'objectif ce travail de thèse était la synthèse d'une nouvelle classe d’iminosucres, basée sur un squelette 1-azaspiro[3.3]heptane, possédant deux cycles à 4 membres, analogue conformationnellement contraint de notre "lead" en série iminoxylitol. La première stratégie de synthèse envisagée a permis de mettre en avant une nouvelle réaction tandem d'ouverture d'azétidines conduisant à des spirocyclopropyl γ-lactames. La seconde stratégie testée a conduit dans un premier temps à la formation hautement stéréosélective d'un cyclobutane tétrasubstitué par une réaction radicalaire induite par le SmI2 − permettant ainsi la synthèse des premiers exemples de carbasucres à 4 membres − puis à la formation du carbone azaspiranique de notre cible par une réaction de C-H amination catalysée par des complexes de rhodium.Previous studies in our group has shown that α-1-C-nonyl-1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-xylitol was a strong inhibitor of β-glucocerebrosidase, the enzyme involved in Gaucher disease. It was supposed that the inverted chair conformation of this compound could partially explain its high affinity with the target glycosydase.The goal of this PhD work was the synthesis of a new class of iminosugars based on 1-azaspiro[3.3]heptane structures, as conformationally strained analogues of our lead in the iminoxylitol series. During the course of our synthetic study, new azetidine ring-opening tandem reaction leading to spirocyclopropyl γ-lactames has been discovered. The most promising strategy evaluated led to the highly stereoselective formation of a tetrasubstituted cyclobutane via a SmI2-mediated radical reaction − leading to the synthesis of the first exemples of 4-membered carbasugars − then to the formation of the azaspiranic carbon of our target by way of rhodium-catalyzed C-H amination reaction
Design and synthesis of novel classes of iminosugars of therapeutic interest : click chemistry, multivalency and rare genetic diseases
No full textRécemment, le concept de chaperon pharmacologique a émergé pour le traitement des maladies lysosomales. Comme inhibiteurs réversibles de glycosidases mutantes impliquées dans ces maladies, les chaperons pharmacologiques sont capables, à des concentrations sub-inhibitrices, de sauver ces enzymes des mécanismes de destruction du réticulum endoplasmique (RE). Ainsi, une partie de l’activité enzymatique est restaurée. Les iminosucres sont connus pour être une classe importante de chaperons pharmacologiques. Au cours de ce travail de thèse, de nouvelles classes d’iminosucres mono- et multivalents ont été conçues et synthétisées. Nos objectifs étaient de mettre en évidence de nouveaux chaperons pour la β-glucocérébrosidase, impliquée dans la maladie de Gaucher, mais également d’identifier de nouveaux inhibiteurs des α-glucosidases du RE impliquées dans la destruction de la protéine déficiente chez les malades atteints de la mucoviscidose. Plusieurs stratégies ont été mises en œuvre: l’utilisation d’une méthodologie de diamination d’alcènes pallado-catalysée, d’une méthodologie permettant la synthèse rapide d’une bibliothèque de composés iminosucres par chimie click ou encore de la multivalence. Une étude poussée sur la multivalence et l’inhibition de glycosidases a également été réalisée en faisant varier des paramètres clés de la multivalence tels que la valence, la charpente, le linker, ou encore la nature des ligands iminosucres. Le premier exemple d’un effet multivalent puissant jusqu’à quatre ordre de grandeur sur l’inhibition de glycosidases a été mis en évidence avec des systèmes iminosucres multivalents basés sur des charpentes de type β-cyclodextrine et fullerène C60.Recently an innovative concept for the treatment of lysosomal diseases as emerged called pharmacological chaperone. Pharmacological chaperones are reversible inhibitors of the deficient glycosidases involved in these diseases. These molecules are able, at sub-inhibitory concentrations, to stabilize the enzymes and rescue them from the destruction by the quality control system of the endoplasmic reticulum. A part of the catalytic activity of the enzyme could be restored. Iminosugars are known to be an important class of pharmaceutical chaperones. During this PhD work, novel classes of mono- and multivalent iminosugars were designed and synthesized in order to identify novel pharmacological chaperones for the glycosidase: β-glucocerebrosidase involved in Gaucher’s disease and novel inhibitors of the α-glucosidases involved in the destruction of the defective protein delF508CFTR in cystic fibrosis. Several strategies were applied to achieve this aim. These strategies consist in the use of a synthetic methodology of palladium catalyzed alkenes diamination, the use of an efficient methodology to synthesize a library of novel iminosugars by click chemistry and the use of multivalency. A full study on the impact of multivalency on glycosidases inhibition was also completed by changing crucial structural parameters including valency, scaffold, linker and ligand. The first strong multivalent effect on glycosidases inhibition up to four orders of magnitude was reported with multivalent iminosugars based on β-cyclodextrin or C60 fullerene cores
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