This thesis was completed in collaboration with the Animal Health Company Merial. The objective of the thesis is the synthesis of preventive and therapeutic bioactive molecules. Two separate subjects were treated. First, the aim was the synthesis of a series of molecules having an anticoccidial activity for the preventive treatment of chickens. Forty-three original compounds, issued from a short synthesis with two or three steps, were prepared from monensin by hemi-synthesis. Among them, fifteen were tested in vitro and three of them showed a significant activity against Eimeria tenella. Thereafter, we have worked on the synthesis of new repellents for a wide range of insects. After a comprehensive bibliographic study, our research was focused on the coumarin reactivity. More than seventy molecules were synthesized by structural modifications of 4-, 6- and 7-hydroxycoumarins and of coumarin. Almost all the compounds were tested in the presence of drosophila. Six molecules showing a repellent activity equivalent to DEET, used as a reference product, were identified
