Bispidines are polycyclic chirales diamines which are usefull ligands for asymmetric induction. Bispidine HZ2 is known to be an agonist and selective of κ-receptors, receptors invoved in pain mechanism. This work focuses on the development of a versatile asymmetric synthesis of bispidine backbone, allowing structural modifications, in order to evaluate the pharmacologic potential of compounds prepared. Initially, we synthetized 2,3,6-trisubstituted piperidines thanks to an intramolecular stereospecific Mannich reaction between a β,β’-diaminoketal and various aldehydes. Piperidones, thus obtained, which have an amino-ethyl function in position 3, were submitted to a second Mannich reaction, in order to prepare bicyclic bispidines. Then, we wish to obtain bispidines of restricted conformation. The condensation of several aldehydes on piperidones which have an amino-ethyl function in position 3, enabled the formation of the corresponding imides, precursors of N-acyliminium ions. Tricyclic and tetracyclic bispidines were obtained by a cyclisation in acid conditions in presence of enol ethers. A NMR study enabled to give rise to the adopted conformations of the bispidines prepared (chair-chair, chair-boat, chair-twist). Finally, the synthetized compounds were tested in vivo in order to evaluate their analgesic potential. They showed a moderate activity. However, the introduction of aromatic groups in position α of the nitrogen atom would increase the efficiency of our compounds, according to the literature.
