Alternating copolymerization of methyl acrylate with donor monomers having a protected amine group

Attempts were made to copolymerize p-aminostyrene, p-acetamidostyrene, N-methyl-p-aceta-midostyrene, N-(4-vinylphenyl) phthalimide, N-vinyl succinimide, and N-vinyl phthalimide with methyl acrylate complexed with ethyl aluminum sesquichloride. Only reactions involving N-(4-vinylphenyl)phthalimide and N-vinyl phthalimide yielded alternating copolymers. N-vinyl succinimide gave nonalternating copolymers insoluble in common solvents and the other monomers did not copolymerize. In some cases, the conventional radical copolymers were prepared for comparison purposes. The reactivity ratios of the free-radical initiated copolymerization of methyl acrylate (I) with N-(4-vinylphenyl)phthalimide (II) were r₁ = 0.14 and r₂ 1.56. The alternating copolymers were studied by ¹H-NMR and ¹³C-NMR spectroscopy. The alternating copolymer of N-(4-vinylphenyl)phthalimide with methyl acrylate was hydrazinolyzed to form the alternating copolymer of methyl acrylate with p-aminostyrene. Hydrazinolysis of the alternating copolymer of methyl acrylate with N-vinyl phthalimide removed the phthalimide moiety and generated vinyl amine units which readily cyclized with neighboring methyl acrylate units to form copolymers that contained five-membered lactam rings. The infrared (IR) spectra of the hydrazinolyzed products contain bands due to amine or amide groups and are devoid of the characteristic bands of the phthalimide ring.     

Isolation of highly pure erlotinib hydrochloride by recrystallization after nucleophilic substitution of an impurity with piperazine

Optimized synthesis and purification of erlotinib hydrochloride (N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6,7-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)quinazoline-4-amine hydrochloride) were studied. Highly polar piperazine was used in a nucleophilic substitution reaction with the chlorinated intermediate byproduct N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6(2-chloroethoxy)-7-(2-methoxyethoxy)quinazolin-4-amine hydrochloride. As a result, N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6(2-chloroethoxy)-7-(2-methoxyethoxy)quinazolin-4-amine hydrochloride was completely transformed to N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6(2-piperzinoethoxy)-7-(2-methoxyethoxy)quinazolin-4-amine hydrochloride. The polarity of N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6(2-piperzinoethoxy)-7-(2-methoxyethoxy)quinazolin-4-amine hydrochloride was changed, and its molecule was enlarged. It was easy to remove this larger, more polar, compound by recrystallization. Highly pure erlotinib hydrochloride was obtained with low impurity content (<1 %). The purity of erlotinib hydrochloride was >99.9 %.     

Syntheses and polymerizations of some vinyl monomers containing nitro- or fluorophthalimides

4-Nitro-N-vinylphthalimide ( 4 ) was synthesized by two different procedures. Compound 4 was not polymerizable or copolymerizable by AIBN. Poly(N-vinylphthalimide) ( 17 ) was prepared and partially nitrated at 10–25°C. N,N′-(1,2-Ethanediyl)bis(4-nitrophthalimide) ( 15 ) and N,N′-(1,3-propanediyl)bis(4-nitrophthalimide) ( 16 ) were prepared by the condensation of the corresponding diamine with phthalic anhydride followed by nitration of the condensation products. 4-Nitrophthalic anhydride was prepared by the hydrolysis of 15 . Four styrene-substituted phthalimide monomers were synthesized. These include N-(4-vinylphenyl)phthalimide ( 25a ), N-(4-vinylphenyl)-3-fluorophthalimide ( 25b ), N-(4-vinylphenyl)-3-nitrophthalimide ( 25c ), and N-(4-vinylphenyl)-4-nitrophthalimide ( 25d ). Monomers 25a and 25b were polymerized by freeradical initiator (AIBN), whereas monomers 25c and 25d were not polymerizable or copolymerizable by AIBN due to a strong inhibitive effect exerted by the nitrophthalimide group. Monomers 25c and 25d were cationically polymerized (BF₃·OEt₂). Monomer 25b and styrene were copolymerized and their reactivity ratios were r₁ = 1.7 and r₂ = 0.55, respectively. The prepared polymers are useful as backbone polymers for grafting living anionic polymers.     

Novel thermooxidatively stable poly(ether-imide-benzoxazole) and poly(ester-imide-benzoxazole)

4-Hydroxy-5-nitrophthalimides were produced via nucleophilic aromatic substitution (NAS) of 4,5-dichloro phthalimide substituents by potassium nitrite. The use of a N-phenyl-phthalimide having a protected 4′-hydroxyl group allows concurrent deprotection and nitro reduction to amine to give the 4-hydroxy-5-amino-N-(4′-hydroxyphenyl) phthalimide. This key intermediate is the precursor to a poly (ether-imide-benzoxazole), and is the condensable monomer for a poly (ester-imide-benzoxazole). Benzoxazole monomer formation via condensation with p-fluorobenzoyl chloride afforded 2-(4′-fluorophenyl)-5,6,-N-[4′(-hydroxyphenyl) imide]-benzoxazole, which was polymerized under NAS conditions to produce a poly(ether-imide-benzoxazole) having an endothermic transition at 454°C with weight retention of 90% at 500°C in both air and nitrogen. Solution polycondensation of the 4-hydroxy-5-amino-N-(4′-hydroxyphenyl) phthalimide monomer with isophthaloyl chloride afforded a poly(ester-amide-imide) which was isolated and thermally cyclodehydrated in the solid state under vacuum to give a poly(ester-imide-benzoxazole) having 95% weight retention at 500°C in both air and nitrogen, with no detectable DSC transitions up to 500°C. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Synthesis of Novel (Phenylalkyl)amines for the Investigation of Structure?Activity Relationships,Part 3

An easy and efficient pathway for the preparation of 4‐ethynyl‐2,5‐dimethoxyphenethylamine (=4‐ethynyl‐2,5‐dimethoxybenzeneethanamine; 2C‐YN; 1 ) was developed, an ethynyl analogue of the potent 5‐HT_2A/C agonists, e.g., 4‐iodo‐2,5‐dimethoxy‐amphetamine (DOI; 2b ). The ethynyl moiety was introduced by a Pd‐catalyzed Sonogashira reaction of (trimethylsilyl)ethyne with N‐(trifluoroacetyl)‐protected 4‐iodo‐2,5‐dimethoxyphenethylamine ( 7 ) in almost quantitative yield within only 1 h. Removal of the Me₃Si group was accomplished with Bu₄NF. Final N‐deprotection by NaOH treatment afforded the novel phenethylamine 1 in an overall yield of 88%.     

Studies on furan derivatives. V. A novel ethoxycarbonylmethylation of the 5-nitro-2-furan ring in the reaction of α-(2-furyl)-β-(5-nitro-2-furyl)ethynyl with N-ethoxycarbonylmethylpyridinium ylide

An unexpected product, 1-(4-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-(2-furyl)-3-ethoxycarbonyl-indolizine was obtained by the reaction of α-(2-furyl)-β-(5-nitro-2-furyl)ethynyl with N-ethoxy-carbonylmethylpyridinium ylide in N,N-dimethylformamide, together with 1-(5-nitro-2-furyl)-2-(2-furyl)-3-ethoxycarbonylindolizine.     

Synthesis,structure, and properties of <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-(nitramino)phthalimide

N-(Nitramino)phthalimide R₂N-NHNO₂ (R₂NH is phthalimide) was synthesized by nitration of N-aminophthalimide with nitronium tetrafluoroborate. The structure of this compound was established by X-ray diffraction and confirmed by ¹H, ¹³C, and ¹⁴N NMR spectroscopy. The methylation of this compound with diazomethane affords a mixture of N-methyl (R₂N-NMeNO₂) and O-methyl (R₂N-N=N(O)OMe) isomers. The latter compound contains the previously unknown high-nitrogen-oxygen fragment. The thermal decomposition of N-(nitramino)phthalimide in vacuo at 80–100 °C gives 2H-3,1-benzoxazine-2,4(1H)-dione (isatoic anhydride) as the major product. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 625–630, March, 2008.     

Tandem addition–cyclization of o-ethynylphenyl isothiocyanates with N nucleophiles; difference of cyclization mode between primary and secondary amines

Silver triflate promotes the 6-exo-dig mode cyclization of the N-(2-ethynylphenyl)thioureas, which were easily obtained from the o-ethynylphenyl isothiocyanates and the primary amines, to provide the 2-imino-4-methylidene-1H-benzo[d][1,3]thiazines as the sole product in excellent yields. The secondary amines reacted with the o-ethynylphenyl isothiocyanates to give both the 6-exo and 5-endo-dig mode cyclization products under the same conditions.     

Effect of sub-Tg relaxations on chromophore reorientation in corona-poled polymers

Activation volumes for chromophore reorientation were measured for a series of guest–host polymeric materials, indicating a significant coupling between chromophore motion and the glassy α and β relaxation dynamics of the polymer host. The specific systems studied were formed by individually dissolving N,N-dimethyl-p-nitroaniline (DpNA), 4-(dimethylamino)-4′-nitrotolane (DMANT), 4-(diethylamino)-4′-nitrotolane (DEANT), and 1-((4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)ethynyl)-4-((4-nitrophenyl)ethynyl)benzene (DMAPEANT) in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), poly(ethyl methacrylate) (PEMA), and poly(isobutyl methacrylate) (PiBMA). In each of these systems, the isothermal, sub-T_g decay of the second-order optical susceptibility χ⁽²⁾ was monitored as a function of pressure using second harmonic generation. In each system, the observed decay of χ⁽²⁾ was represented by a stretched exponential equation from which the decay time τ₀ and decay distribution width β_KWW were determined. For each dopant molecule, the decrease in activation volume with the increasing size of the polymer host's alkyl side group and the pressure dependence of β_KWW were indicative of partial coupling between chromophore rotation and the glassy β relaxation dynamics of the polymer host. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 36: 1013–1024, 1998     

The kinetics and mechanism of alkaline hydrolysis of N-substituted phthalimides

The aqueous cleavage of N-(2-bromoethyl)phthalimide (NBEPH), N-(3-bromopropyl)phthalimide (NBPPH), and N-carbethoxyphthalimide (NCPH) have been studied within the [ōH] range of 5 × 10^?4 M to 2 × 10^?3 M, pH range of 8.82 to 10.62 and 8.06 to 8.66, respectively. The observed pseudo-first-order rate constants, k_obs, reveal a linear relationship with [ōH] with essentially zero intercept. The alkaline hydrolysis of N-(hydroxymethyl)phthalimide (NHMPH) has been studied within the [ōH] range of 5.64 × 10^?6 M to 2.0 M. The [OH]-rate profile reveals that both ionized and nonionized NHMPH are reactive toward ōH. The second-order rate constant, k_OH, for the reaction of ōH with non-ionized NHMPH is ca. 10⁴ times larger than that with ionized NHMPH. The values of k_OH obtained for NBEPH, NBPPH, NCPH, and nonionized NHMPH show a reasonable linear relationship with Taft substituent constants, and the slope (ρ*) of the plot is 1.01 ± 0.10. The low value of ρ* of 1.01 is attributed to nucleophilic attack as the rate-limiting. The k_OH value for ionized NHMPH reveals nearly 10³-fold negative deviation from the linear Taft plot.     

N,N'-Bis(vinyloxyalkyl) Dicarboxamides

N,N'-Bis(vinyloxyalkyl)oxamides and N,N'-bis(vinyloxyalkyl)phthalamides were synthesized in 60-95% yield by reactions of vinyloxyalkylamines with diethyl oxalate and phthalimide, respectively.     

One-pot synthesis and luminescent spectra of 3-allyl substituted quinazoline-2,4-dione derivatives as allyl capping agents

3-Nitro-N-(phenylsulphonyloxy)phthalimide (IIIa) and N-(phenylsulphonyloxy)phthalimide (IIIb) were synthesised as key intermediates in good yield. Their structures were confirmed by ¹H NMR and FTIR spectral data. The reaction of the key intermediates with allylamine produced 3-allyl-5-nitroquinazoline-2,4-(1H,3H)-dione (IVa) and 3-allylquinazoline-2,4-(1H,3H)-dione (IVb), respectively. Luminescence emission and excitation spectra of IVa and IVb are also presented.     

A galactoside derivative of a nitrosoisocytosine inhibitor of dihydropteroate synthase: Synthesis and biological evaluation

The synthesis of the O-β-D-galactosyl derivative 3 of the dihydropteroate synthase inhibitor 6-(3-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propylamino)-5-nitrosoisocytosine ( 2 ) was accomplished through coupling of N-(3-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propyl)phthalimide ( 4 ) with 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-α-D-galactopyranosyl bromide followed by complete deblocking of the resulting β-glycoside 9 with hydrazine and then methanolic ammonia to provide amine 10 , and subsequent condensation of 10 with 6-methylthio-5-nitrosoisocytosine ( 11 ). Glycoside 3 inhibited the synthase with moderate potency (I₅₀ = 11 μM) but did not exhibit antibacterial activity.     

A novel application of terminal alkynes as the homogeneous catalysts for acetalization and esterification

The theoretical study focused on the possible use of low-molecular-weight mono-as well as multifunctional terminal alkynes as catalysts for two reactions, which are known to be typically acid catalyzed - acetalization and esterification, is presented in this study. Multifunctional terminal alkynes [(diethynylbenzenes, triethynylbenzene, and tetrakis(4-ethynylphenyl)methane] were significantly more active than the monofunctional ones (cyclopropylacetylene, phenylacetylene, 3-cyclohexylprop-1-yne, 1-ethynyl-2-fluorobenzene, 1-ethynyl-4-fluorobenzene, 4-ethynyltoluene, 4-tert-butylphenylacetylene, and 2-ethynyl-α,α,α-trifluorotoluene), this fact can be partly explained by the higher amount of ethynyl groups per alkyne molecule. We confirmed that terminal ethynyl groups in low-molecular-weight alkynes can successfully act as acid catalytic centers for acetalization as well as for esterification.     

The photo- and electroinitiated polymerization of N-vinyl phthalimide

To elucidate mechanisms in electroinitiated polymerization reactions a comparison was conducted between ultraviolet (UV) photoinitiation and electroinitiation of N-vinyl phthalimide with zinc chloride as a catalyst. Both methods give low yields of a complex polymer product. A detailed analysis, infrared (IR), gel permeation chromatography (GPC), elemental, and molecular weight, conducted on the polymeric products, indicated that phthalimide ring opening was occurring and that complex mixtures of poly(N-vinyl phthalimide) derivatives were formed. Both initiation methods gave comparable results, which further indicated mechanistic similarity between photo-and electroinitiation in these donor–acceptor charge transfer polymerizations.     

Polymerization of conjugated 5‐[(5‐ethynyl‐1‐naphthyl)ethynyl]‐N,N‐dimethylnaphthalen‐1‐amine with rhodium and palladium complexes

The monomer 5‐[(5‐ethynyl‐1‐naphthyl)ethynyl]‐N,N‐dimethylnaphthalen‐1‐amine was satisfactory obtained through the heterocoupling reaction of 5‐ethynyl‐N,N‐dimethylnaphthalen‐1‐amine and 4‐(5‐iodo‐1‐naphthyl)‐2‐methyl‐3‐butyn‐2‐ol catalyzed by a palladium–copper system, followed by acetone elimination. Poly{5‐[(5‐ethynyl‐1‐naphthyl)ethynyl]‐N,N‐dimethylnaphthalen‐1‐amine} was obtained through the reaction of the acetylene monomer with homogeneous rhodium and palladium catalyst complexes. The structure of the polymers always showed a trans–cisoidal chain configuration on the basis of IR and NMR spectra. Moreover, only for the rhodium catalyst complex in methanol was a dimeric product isolated in a very low yield, having a conjugated terminal ene–yne structure, which permitted the consideration of a metallated chain‐transfer intermediate in the polymer propagation. The mass determination of the polymers, by osmometry and gel permeation chromatography techniques, showed low average molecular weights. The kinetics of the catalyzed polymerization were analyzed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 2038–2047, 2007     

Amidomethylation of phenanthridines: Synthesis and structure determination by 1H NMR

Phenanthridine reacts with N-(hydroxymethyl)phthalimide to give, in two steps, three monosubstituted aminomethylphenanthridines. The three isomers were separated by chromatography on silica gel. The position of substitution was determined using one- and two-dimensional ¹H nmr methods.     

Quadrupolar Cyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylene‐Based Electron Donor‐Acceptor‐Donor Conjugates: Charge Transfer versus Charge Separation

Cyclopenta[hi]aceanthrylenes (CPAs) have been functionalized at two of the peripheral positions with electronically inert trimethylsilylethynyl ( 1 ), as well as with electron‐donating 4‐ethynyl‐N,N‐dimethylaniline ( 2 ), ethynyl Zn^IIphthalocyanine ( 3 ), and ethynyl Zn^IIporphyrin ( 4 ) units. Consistent with X‐ray crystal structures of 2 and 4 , analyses of absorption and fluorescence of 2 – 4 point to strong electronic communication between the CPA and the peripheral units, affording quadrupolar electron donor‐acceptor‐donor charge‐transfer conjugates. By virtue of their quadrupolar/dipolar charge‐transfer characters in the excited state, 2 – 4 exhibit fluoro‐solvatochromism. Transient absorption spectroscopy confirmed delocalized quadrupolar ground states and formation of weakly solvent stabilized quadrupolar singlet excited states. The latter transform into strongly stabilized dipolar excited states before deactivating to the ground state in 2 and give rise to a fully charge separated state in 3 and 4 .     

Synthesis and polymerization of N-(ethylene)-phthalimidyl acrylate

N-(Ethylene)phthalimidyl acrylate was synthesized starting from phthalimide or phthalic anhydride using two different routes. Free radical or anionic polymerization of the ester resulted in low-molecular-weight polymers.