The work describes a new approach to the synthesis of novel heterocycles and macrocycles with multicomponent reaction (MCR) chemistry, followed by different postmodifications. Therefore, the use of bifunctional starting materials which have a potential for different postmodifications was tested. Especially three heterocyclic backbones, butenolides, pyrrolones and pyridinones could be prepared via the combination of MCR with Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) reaction. In this case, alpha- or beta-keto aldehydes and alpha-substituted diethylphosphono carboxylic acids were used as bifunctional starting materials in the Passerini-3- (P-3CR) and Ugi-4-component reaction (U-4CR). The combination of these two MCRs with the HWE-reaction was optimized and a set of different structures could be synthesized and analysed. Several X-ray structures of this new backbone could be obtained. A protocol of this reaction for automated synthesis was developed and several diverse libraries could be produced. These were analysed with new methods of high throughput analysis (HTA) like HPLC coupled with chemiluminescence detection (CLND) or flow NMR techniques. In the second part of this work a short synthesis route towards new macrocyles is reported. Here, the concept of multicomponent reaction combined with ring closing metathesis (MCR-RCM) has been developed. Bifunctional reactants were used in a set of different multicomponent reactions, followed by a ring closing metathesis (RCM) as cyclisation method. With this strategy several macrocyles with different ring sizes could be generated. The third part of this thesis describes studies towards the total-synthesis of the potent tubulin binder, the Tubulysins. The structural backbone of this thiazole containing natural product could be accessed via a combination of two multicomponent reactions. Therefore, the alpha-amino alkylation was used and a new variant of a MCR leading to a Passerini thiazole type reaction was developed and optimized.
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The work describes a new approach to the synthesis of novel heterocycles and macrocycles with multicomponent reaction (MCR) chemistry, followed by different postmodifications. Therefore, the use of bifunctional starting materials which have a potential for different postmodifications was tested. Especially three heterocyclic backbones, butenolides, pyrrolones and pyridinones could be prepared via the combination of MCR with Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) reaction. In this case, alpha- or beta-ket...
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