Syntheses of New Unsymmetrical 2,5‐Disubstituted‐1,3,4‐oxadiazoles and 1,2,4‐Triazolo[3,4‐b]‐1,3,4‐thiadiazoles Bearing Thieno[2,3‐c]pyrazolo Moiety

New series of (thieno[2,3‐c]pyrazolo‐5‐yl)‐[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4‐b][1,3,4]thiadiazoles 10a , 10b , 10c and (thieno[2,3‐c]pyrazol‐5‐yl)‐1,3,4‐oxadiazol‐3(2H)‐yl)ethanones 6a , 6b , 6c has been synthesized from thieno[2,3‐c]pyrazole‐5‐carbohydrazide 3 by multistep reaction sequence. (5‐Aryl‐1,3,4‐oxadiazol‐2‐yl)‐1H‐thieno[2,3‐c]pyrazoles 4a , 4b , 4c were also synthesized from thieno[2,3‐c]pyrazole‐5‐carbohydrazide 3 by cyclization with various aromatic carboxylic acids. The hydrazide 3 was obtained by reaction of thieno[2,3‐c]pyrazole‐5‐carboxylate 2 with hydrazine hydrate in good yield, and compound 2 was obtained by the reaction of 5‐chloro‐3‐methyl‐1‐phenyl‐1H‐pyrazole‐4‐carbaldehyde 1 and 2‐ethyl thioglycolate in presence of sodium alcoholate in good yield.     

A Simple Efficient Procedure for the Synthesis of Benzopyrano[2,3‐c]pyrazoles

A one‐step procedure is proposed for synthesizing 2‐acyl benzopyrano[2,3‐c]pyrazoles and 2‐aryl benzopyrano[2,3‐c]pyrazoles. The method is based on the condensation of 2‐iminocoumarin‐3‐carbonitriles with hydrazides and hydrazines in acid as catalysts. A mechanism of reaction is proposed. All prepared compounds are identified by FTIR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, mass spectroscopy, and elemental analysis.     

Reactions of hydrazonoyl halides 43 : Synthesis of some new 2,3‐dihydro‐1,3,4‐thiadiazoles,pyrazoles, pyrazolo[3,4‐d]‐pyridazines,thieno[2,3‐b]pyridines,pyrimidino[4′,5′:4,5]thieno[2,3‐b]‐pyridines and pyrrolo[3,4‐d]pyrazoles

2,3‐Dihydro‐1,3,4‐thiadiazoles, pyrazoles, pyrazolo[3,4‐d]pyridazines, thieno[2,3‐b]pyridines, pyrim‐idino[4′,5′:4,5]thieno[2,3‐b]pyridines and pyrrolo[3,4‐d]pyrazoles were obtained in a good yields by treatment of hydrazonoyl halides with each of alkyl carbodithioates, 3‐(dimethylamino)‐1‐naphtho[1,2‐d]furan‐2‐ylprop‐2‐en‐1‐one and N‐arylmalemides.     

Polypyrrole/Fe3O4/CNT as a recyclable and highly efficient catalyst for one‐pot three‐component synthesis of pyran derivatives

Polypyrrole (PPY)/Fe₃O₄/CNT has been synthesized and characterized by FT‐IR, TEM and SEM techniques and its catalytic activity has been evaluated in the synthesis of several series of pyran derivatives. Tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyranes, 4H‐pyran‐3‐carboxylates, 4H,5H‐pyrano[3,2‐c]chromenes and dihydropyrano[2,3‐c]pyrazoles have been successfully prepared from one‐pot three‐component condensation of aldehyde, malononitrile and active methylene‐containing compounds (dimedone /ethyl acetoacetate/4‐hydroxycoumarin/3‐methyl‐2‐pyrazoline‐5‐one) using PPY/Fe₃O₄/CNT as a new and reusable heterogeneous catalyst. The present method offer several advantages such as; high yields of products, short reaction times, easy work‐up procedure and easy separation of the catalyst from the reaction mixture due to its magnetic character. Furthermore, chemoselective synthesis of bis‐benzo[b]pyran from terephthalaldehyde can be achieved by this method.     

Reactions of Hydrazonoyl Halides 571: Reactions of 1‐Bromo‐2‐(5‐Chlorobenzofuranyl)Ethanedione‐1‐Phenylhydrazone

Pyrrolo[3,4‐c]pyrazole‐4,6‐diones, pyrazoles, pyrazolo[3,4‐d]pyridazines, and pyrazolo[3,4‐d]pyrimidines were prepared via 1‐bromo‐2‐(5‐chlorobenzofuran‐2‐yl)ethanedione‐1‐phenylhydrazone with N‐arylmalemides and active methylene. All newly synthesized compounds were confirmed by elemental analysis and spectral data.     

Microwave Promoted One‐Pot Synthesis of Some Novel N‐Aryl Isoquinoline Derivatives

Homophthalic anhydride 1 reacts with different aromatic amines to produce N‐substituted homophthalimides 2 under microwave irradiation. A rapid microwave‐assisted chemical synthesis of condensed 4‐substituted furo[2,3‐c]isoquinoline‐1,5(2H,4H)‐diones 3 and 5‐substituted‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐pyrano[2,3‐c]isoquinoline‐1,6(5H)‐diones 4 involving the condensation of a variety of alkanoyl chlorides with 2‐arylisoquinoline‐1,3‐diones 2 in the presence of base and aprotic solvent is described for the first time. By contrast, the facile ring opening reaction of furo[2,3‐c]isoquinoline‐1,5(2H,4H)‐dione 3 with Vilsmeier–Haack reagent under microwave irradiation yielded the α‐β unsaturated carboxyaldehyde 5 . This novel and clean one‐pot methodology, which is characterized by very short reaction time and easy workup procedure, can be exploited to generate some novel condensed isoquinoline derivatives.     

Polycyclic N‐Heterocyclic Compounds. Part 81: Synthesis and Evaluation of Pentacyclic 1,2,4,5‐Tetrahydro[1]benzothieno[2′,3′:6,7]thiepino[4,5‐e]imidazo[1,2‐c]pyrimidine and Related Compounds as Potential Antiplatelet Aggregators

Dehydrative ring closure reactions were carried out on fused 4‐(2‐hydroxyethylamino) (or 2‐hydroxyethoxy or 2‐hydroxyethylthio)pyrimidines ( 2a , 2b , 2c ) to give fused 2,3‐dihydroimidazo[1,2‐c] (or 2,3‐dihydrooxazolo[3,2‐c] or 2,3‐dihydrothiazolo[3,2‐c])pyrimidines. This reaction produced the pentacyclic 1,2,4,5‐tetrahydro[1]benzothieno[2′,3′:6,7]thiepino[4,5‐e]imidazo[1,2‐c]pyrimidine ( 3a ) and 1,2,4,5‐tetrahydro[1]benzothieno[2′,3′:6,7]thiepino[4,5‐e]thiazolo[3,2‐c]pyrimidinium chloride ( 3c ) from the 2‐hydroxyethylamino‐derivative and 2‐hydroxyethylthio‐derivative, respectively. In contrast, 2‐hydroxyethoxy‐derivative ( 2b ) gave the rearrangement product, 3‐(2‐chloroethyl)‐5,6‐dihydro[1]benzothieno[3′,2′:2,3]thiepino[4,5‐d]pyrimidin‐4(3H)‐one ( 4 ). Effects of the synthesized compounds on collagen‐induced platelet aggregation were also evaluated.     

Synthesis of substituted 3‐(5‐amino‐[1,3,4]thiadiazol‐2‐yl)‐2H‐pyrano[2,3‐c]pyridin‐2‐ones

An efficient two‐step synthesis of novel 3‐(5‐amino‐[1,3,4]thiadiazol‐2‐yl)‐2H‐pyrano[2,3‐c]pyridine‐2‐ones was developed. In the first step, a new 2H‐pyrano[2,3‐c]pyridine‐3‐carboxamide 5 was prepared by Knoevenagel condensation of pyridoxal hydrochloride with cyanoacetamide. In the second step, the reaction of carboxamide 5 with a series of N⁴‐substituted thiosemicarbazides yielded a library of 35 dis crete compounds 8 {1–35} in high yields. The intermolecular recyclization mechanism leading to these products is discussed.     

Synthesis of 2,3‐Diaryl‐3H‐pyrrolo[2,3‐c]pyridin‐3‐ol Derivatives by the Reaction of Aryl(3‐isocyanopyridin‐4‐yl)methanones with Aryl Grignard Reagents

The reaction of aryl(3‐isocyanopyridin‐4‐yl)methanones 1 , easily prepared from commercially available pyridin‐3‐amine, with aryl Grignard reagents gave, after aqueous workup, 2,3‐diaryl‐3H‐pyrrolo[2,3‐c]pyridin‐3‐ols 2 . These rather unstable alcohols were O‐acylated with Ac₂O in pyridine in the presence of a catalytic amount of 4‐(dimethylamino)pyridine (DMAP) to afford the corresponding 2,3‐diaryl‐3H‐pyrrolo[2,3‐c]pyridin‐3‐yl acetates 3 in relatively good yields.     

Synthesis of pyrazole‐fused heterocycles by thermal rearrangement of N‐aziridinylimino ketenimines

The reaction of N‐aziridinylimino carboxamides 11 with a mixture of triphenylphosphine, carbon tetrachloride, and triethylamine in dichloromethane (Appel's condition) provides a new route to pyrazole‐fused heterocycles such as 2,3‐dihydro‐lH‐imidazo[1,2‐b]pyrazoles 15 and 9,10‐dihydro‐47H‐pyrazolo[5,l‐b]‐[1,3]benzodiazepines 17 via the thermal rearrangement of the expected N‐aziridinylimino ketenimines 12.     

Synthesis of some pyrano[2,3‐c]pyrazoles

Synthetic methods have been developed to prepare pyrano[2,3‐c]pyrazoles with various substituents at ring positions 1, 3, and 6. The ¹H‐ and ¹³C‐NMR properties of these products and their precursors are presented and discussed. J. Heterocyclic Chem., (2011).     

Ring Opening and Recyclization Reactions with Chromone‐3‐carbonitrile

Chemical transformations of chromone‐3‐carbonitrile ( 1 ) with some substituted hydrazines, namely, thiosemicarbazide, S‐methyl/benzyldithiocarbazate, 7‐chloro‐4‐hydrazinoquinoline, and 3‐hydrazino‐5,6‐diphenyl‐1,2,4‐triazine, led to substituted pyrazoles 2 , 5 – 8 . Ring opening of carbonitrile 1 followed by recyclization with 3‐amino‐1,2,4‐triazole and 2‐aminobenzimidazole gave triazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidine 9 and pyrimido[1,2‐a]benzimidazole 10 , respectively. Treatment of carbonitrile 1 with some heterocyclic amines produced 2‐amino‐3‐substituted‐chromones 11 and 12 . The novel 3‐hydroxychromeno[4,3‐b]pyrazolo[4,3‐e]pyridin‐5(1H)‐one ( 13 ) was efficiently synthesized from the ring conversion of carbonitrile 1 with cyanoacetohydrazide. A mixture of chromeno[2,3‐b]naphthyridine 14 and chromeno[4,3‐b]pyridine 15 was obtained from base catalyzed transformation of carbonitrile 1 with malononitrile dimer. A diversity of novel annulated chromeno[2,3‐b]pyridines 16 – 22 was also synthesized. Chromeno[2,3‐b]pyrrole‐2‐carboxylate 23 was obtained from the reaction of carbonitrile 1 with ethyl chloroacetate. Structures of the new synthesized products were deduced on the basis of their analytical and spectral data.     

Efficient synthesis of pyrimido[5,4‐c]pyridazines and of thiino[2,3‐d]pyrimidines based on an aza‐wittig reaction/heterocyclization strategy

A simple one‐pot and efficient method is described for the synthesis of pyrimido[5,4‐c]pyridazines 5 and of thiino[2,3‐d] pyrimidines 15 by a domino process involving an aza‐Wittig reaction/heterocyclization. The iminophosphorane 2 reacted with phenylisocyanate, followed by heterocyclization on addition of amines to give the corresponding guanidine intermediates 4 . The guanidine intermediates were cyclized in the presence of catalytic amount of sodium ethoxide to pyrimido[5,4‐c]pyridazines 5 . Similarly, iminophosphorane 12 reacted with phenylisocyanate and amines to give thiino[2,3‐d]pyrimidines 15 in moderate yields. Furthermore, pyridazino[4,3‐d]oxazines 10 and thiino[2,3‐d]oxazines 19 were synthesized by the intremolecular aza‐Wittig reaction of phosphazenes 2 and 12 , respectively, with acid chlorides followed by heterocylization via imidoyl chloride intermediates. J. Heterocyclic Chem., (2012).     

Reactions with 5-aminopyrazoles. I. Synthesis of halogen-containing fused pyrazoles

5-Amino-3-phenylpyrazole (I) and 5-amino-4-bromo-3-phenylpyrazole (II) reacted with ethyl acetoacetate and acetylacetone to give various pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines IV-VI and with benzoins to give different fused pyrazoles, namely, imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazoles IX, pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyrazoles X and pyrazolo[4,3-b][1,4]oxazines XII. Diazotized II was coupled with active methylene-containing nitriles to afford pyrazolo[5,1-c]-as-triazines XIV.     

Azinoiminophosphorane mediated synthesis of 5H, 7H‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐c][1,3]benzoxazepin‐7‐ones and 6H,8H‐1,2,4‐triazolo‐[1,5‐c][1,3]oxazepin‐6‐ones

The aza‐Wittig reactions of benzophenone‐, acetophenone‐ and benzaldehyde l‐[(triphenylphosphoranyl‐idene)amino]ethylidenehydrazones (4) with phthalic anhydride, 2,3‐dimethylmaleic anhydride and 7‐oxabi‐cyclo[2,2,l]hept‐5‐ene‐2,3‐dicarboxylic anhydride ( 5a ) provide a new route to 5H,7H‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐c]‐[1,3]benzoxazepin‐7‐ones 8a‐c or 6H,8H‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐c][1,3]oxazepin‐6‐ones 8d‐h via the thermal reaction of the expected azinoimine lactones 6 .     

Iodine‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Cyclopenta[c]quinoline Derivatives via Imino Diels–Alder Reaction

A mild and efficient method for the synthesis of cyclopenta[c]naphtho[2,3‐f]quinoline and cyclopenta[c]pyrazolo[4,3‐f]quinoline derivatives via an imino Diels–Alder reaction of aromatic aldehyde, anthracen‐2‐amine, or 1H‐indazol‐5‐amine and cyclopentanone catalyzed by iodine is described. This novel procedure has the advantages of mild reaction condition, high yields, and metal‐free catalyst.     

FeCl3‐Mediated Three‐Component Cascade Reaction: An Effective Approach to the Construction of Highly Functionalized Pyrrolo[1,2‐c]quinazolinones

An unexpected FeCl₃‐mediated three‐component cascade reaction has been used to construct structurally diverse pyrrolo[1,2‐c]quinazolinone derivatives with potential biological activities. This method has advantages of mild conditions, simple work‐up, as well as wide substrate scope, which makes it a powerful approach to the synthesis of diverse pyrrolo[1,2‐c]quinazolinones. This cascade reaction involves 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition between azomethine ylides and allenoates, followed by intramolecular nucleophilic addition in the presence of FeCl₃. The obtained products could be easily transformed into derivatives with the pyrrolo[2,3‐c]quinazoline alkaloid skeleton.     

Three‐Component One‐Pot Synthesis of Indeno[2′,1′:5,6]Pyrido[2,3‐d]Pyrazole Derivatives in Aqueous Media

A series of indeno[2′,1′:5,6]pyrido[2,3‐d]pyrazoles was synthesized by the three‐component reaction of aldehyde, 5‐amino‐3‐methyl‐1‐phenylpyrazole and 1,3‐indenedione in the presence of SDS in aqueous media. The structures were characterized by IR, ¹H NMR, high resolution mass spectra and were further confirmed by X‐ray diffraction analysis.     

Study of the heterocyclization of vic‐substituted hydrazides of acetylenylpyrazolecarboxylic acids into N‐amino pyrazolopyridinones

We report a new and efficient methodology to prepare N‐amino pyrazolo[4,3‐c]pyridin‐4‐ones 4 and N‐amino pyrazolo[3,4‐c]pyridin‐4‐ones 8 from vic‐acetylenyl/hydrazido pyrazoles. The procedure involves the intermediate synthesis of methyl esters of acetylenyl‐pyrazole carboxylic acids and the subsequent cyclization under a variety of conditions.     

A green and practical method for the synthesis of novel pyrano[2,3-<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]pyrazoles and <Emphasis Type="Italic">bis</Emphasis>-pyrano[2,3-<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]pyrazoles using sulfonic acid-functionalized ionic liquid

An efficient and practical protocol was developed for the synthesis of novel pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles and bis-pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles by one-pot four-component reaction of arylaldehyde, ethyl acetoacetate, hydrazine hydrate and dimethyl malonate using SO₃H-functionalized ionic liquid [DMBSI]HSO₄ as a potential green catalyst under solvent-free condition. The method presented is mild, environmentally friendly, inexpensive and functionality tolerant and produces the desired pyranopyrazoles in short reaction times (17–24 min) and excellent yields (85–95%). In addition, the catalyst can be reused at least ten times without almost any change in its catalytic activity.