Chapter 1. Air-Stable Chiral BINAP-Based Phosphines
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Synthesis of Fluorescent Phosphorus Ligands and their Applications in Medical Imaging and Catalysis Jennifer Fairbairn Wallis Engineering Doctorate in Biopharmaceutical Process Development Supervisor of Research: Dr Lee J. Higham Industry Sponsor: High Force Research School of Chemical Engineering – Newcastle University June 2018 Abstract This thesis reports the synthesis of novel, air-stable, fluorescent phosphorus-containing compounds, based on a Bodipy backbone, and their applications in cell imaging and catalysis. The syntheses of all the novel target compounds reported in this thesis are via a primary phosphine, an under-utilised class of compound due to a hazardous reputation. Chapter 1 explores the stability of primary phosphines, how they can be made user-friendly and the ability to create a library of novel phosphorus compounds via the phosphorus-hydrogen bonds. The LJH group synthesised the first, air-stable, fluorescent primary phosphine and Chapter 2 explores a second generation of this type of ligand with an increased fluorescent quantum yield due to the addition of alkyne groups on the boron atom. Chapter 3 details the coordination chemistry of primary phosphines to group 6 and 8 transition metals. Interestingly, the addition of the metals had different effects on the photophysical properties, group 6 metal complexes retained high quantum yields, whereas group 8 metals quenched the fluorescence, possibly due to the heavy atom effect. Chapter 4 discusses the synthesis of fluorescent phosphonium salts which have the potential to be used as trifunctional imaging agents. The three functions within the compounds include i) a fluorophore, to provide in vitro fluorescence imaging, ii) a positive charge on the phosphorus atom to introduce organelle specificity – in this case, to the mitochondria and iii) the inclusion of an 18F radioisotope enables in vivo imaging techniques such as PET imaging. Chapter 5 shows further versatility of fluorescent primary phosphines where we report the synthesis of a novel, chiral, fluorescent phosphonite ligand that has been tested for its applications as a catalyst in asymmetric hydrogenation reactions of a benchmark substrate. The results showed full conversion and an enantiomeric excess (ee) of >99%. The final chapter discusses the importance of the aryl linker between the Bodipy core and the phosphorus atom. The compounds synthesised in this chapter show decreased fluorescence when the phosphorus atom is directly bound to the fluorophore and have potential applications as a switch. ii List of Publications L. H. Davies, J. F. Wallis, M. R. Probert and L. J. Higham, Synthesis, Efficient multigram synthesis of air-stable, fluorescent primary phosphines via palladium-catalyzed phosphonylation of aryl bromides, 2014, 46, 2622-2628. N. Fey, S. Papadouli, P. G. Pringle, A. Ficks, J. T. Fleming, L. J. Higham, J. F. Wallis, D. Carmichael, N. Mézailles and C. Müller, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements, Setting P-Donor Ligands into Context: An Application of the Ligand Knowledge Base (LKB) Approach, 2015, 190, 706-714. S.Nigam, B. P. Burke, L. H. Davies, J. Domarkas, J. F. Wallis, P. G. Waddell, J. S. Waby, D. M. Benoit, A. Seymour, C. Cawthorne, L. J. Higham and S. J. Archibald, Chem.Commun., Structurally optimised Bodipy derivatives for imaging of mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer and heart cells, 2016, 52, 7114-7117. L. H. Davies, J. F. Wallis, R. W. Harrington, P. G. Waddell & L. J. Higham, J. Coord. Chem., Air- stable fluorescent primary phosphine complexes of molybdenum and tungsten, 2016, 69, 2069- 2080. iii Acknowledgements First, I would like to sincerely thank my supervisor Dr Lee J. Higham, for giving me this opportunity and taking a chance on me! I have had the best time working with him and his research group over the last few years. I have been given the chance to attend several international and national conferences which have been quite an experience! Thank you for your patience and guidance throughout this EngD course. I would like to thank the EPSRC for funding, as well as High Force Research who were my industrial sponsor. The team in the BBTC have been amazing throughout the years, so thank you for all of your help. A special thank you to Dr Laura Davies who taught me everything I know about Bodipy and all of the special tricks required to synthesise them! My time in the lab has been made significantly more entertaining and memorable by a number of people: the old school LJH group members: Dr Arne Ficks, Dr Manuel Abelairas-Edesa, Dr Connor Sibbald, Dr James Fleming, Dr Ana Cioran, the more recent LJH members: Charlotte Hepples, Antonio Sanchez-Cid and Graeme Bowling (not forgetting adopted member Dr Tommy Winstanley) and all of the other students within the Johnston Lab. A special mention to Manuel, (we were the original Boss-Monkey team and he introduced me to Estrella Galicia and Faustino I), James and Charlotte who have all assisted me with research in the lab, but have also created the best memories outside of the lab, and hope that we will continue to meet up at our annual beer and gin festivals throughout the year! I could not have completed this work without the help of our fantastic crystallographer Dr Paul Waddell, and NMR experts Dr Corinne Wills and Prof. William Mcfarlane, they have undoubtedly helped me complete and understand this work. Another special thank you to all of the academic research collaborators involved with this research, especially Prof Steve Archibald and Dr Amy Reeve who both helped out with cell studies. I have been lucky enough to work with several Erasmus and Masters Students and I’d especially like to thank Francesca, Anna, Giorgia, Vince, Sophie, Tom and everyone else who contributed towards the Bodipy research! Finally I’d like to thank my amazing Dad for always believing in me and helping me get to where I am today, even when I doubted myself he would always guide me and tell me I could do it - my Mam would be so proud of what I have achieved. My sisters Katie and Rachael and my boyfriend Chris have also been exceptionally patient during the last 5 years. I love you all! iv Abbreviations General: β Beta particle B3LYP Becke Parameter Lee-Yang-Parr CT Computed Tomography DFT Density Functional Theory γ Gamma ray HOMO Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital HPLC High-Performance Liquid Chromatography LMCT Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer LUMO Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital 99m Metastable isotope MLCT Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer MMCT Metal-to Metal Charge Transfer MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging PET Positron Emission Tomography PeT Photoinduced electron Transfer RT Room Temperature SOMO Singly Occupied Molecular Orbital SPECT Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography TLC Thin Layer Chromatography t1/2 Half-life Chemicals: Bodipy 4,4-difluoro-4-borata-3a-azonia-4a-aza-s-indacene CDCl3 Deuterated chloroform DCM Dichloromethane DDQ 2,3-Dicyano-5,6-dichloroparabenzoquinone DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide DPPB 1,4-Bis-(diphenylphosphino)-butane Et2O Diethyl ether v HP(O)(OEt)2 Diethyl phosphite LiAlH4 Lithium aluminium hydride MgSO4 Magnesium sulphate NEt3 Triethylamine Pd(OAc)2 Palladium(II) acetate POBr3 Phosphoryl oxybromide POCl3 Phosphoryl oxychloride TFA Trifluoroacetic acid THF Tetrahydrofuran TMSCl Chlorotrimethylsilane Units: Å Angstroms cm Centimetres ° Degrees °C Degrees Celsius eq Equivalents eV Electron Volts Hz Hertz h Hours L Litres mg Milligrams MHz Megahertz mmol Millimolar mins Minutes M Molar nm Nanometres ppm Parts per million s Seconds vi Experimental techniques terms: APCI Atmospheric-Pressure Chemical Ionisation br Broad δ Chemical shift d Doublet ε Molar Absorption Coefficient EI Electron Ionisation ESI Electrospray Ionisation FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy HRMS High Resolution Mass Spectrometry I Nuclear Spin J Coupling Constant LRMS Low Resolution Mass Spectrometry NIR Near-Infrared NSI Nanospray Ionisation m Multiplet NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ΦF Quantum yield q Quartet s Singlet t Triplet vii Table of Contents Abstract ............................................................................................................................................ ii List of Publications ......................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................ iv Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................. v Background and Introduction .................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Organophosphorus Compounds ........................................................................................ 2 1.2 Phosphines ........................................................................................................................ 2 Steric Parameters of Phosphorus Ligands ................................................................. 2 Electronic Parameters of Phosphorus Ligands .......................................................... 3 Phosphine Ligands of Relevance ............................................................................... 4 Multifunctional Imaging Agents ............................................................................... 6 Primary Phosphines ................................................................................................