Reaction of pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-2,3-diones with carbon-centered nucleophiles

Knoevenagel condensations of 5,5-dimethyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-2,3-diones with malononitrile, ethyl cyanoacetate, indan-1,3-dione, and Drotaverine base involved the ketone carbonyl group in the former with formation of deeply colored dark blue substances. The lactam ring in the products can be opened by the action of nitrogen-centered nucleophiles, e.g., p-toluidine. The reaction of 5,5-dimethyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-2,3-dione with methyl magnesium iodide gave 2-hydroxy-2,5,5-trimethyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-3-one.     

Reactions of 2,3-dioxopyrrolo[2,1-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]isoquinolinecarboxylic acid esters and amides with nitrogen-centered nucleophiles

Reactions of ethyl 2,3-dioxopyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-1-carboxylates with active nitrogen-centered nucleophiles (phenylhydrazine, hydroxylamine, and benzylamine) involve opening of the pyrrole ring with formation of 2-(3,3-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-ylidene)-N′¹,N′⁴-diphenyl-3-(2-phenylhydrazono) succinohydrazide, 5-(6,7-dimethoxy-3,3-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-ylidene)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-1,2-oxazine-3,4,6-trione, and ethyl 4-benzylamino-2-(3,3-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-ylidene)-3,4-dioxobutanoate, respectively. Cyclic amides derived from 5,5-dimethyl-2,3-dioxo-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-1-carboxylic acid react with benzylamine in a similar way. Reactions of the title compounds with weaker nucleophiles, such as semicarbazide and thiosemicarbazide, are not accompanied by opening of the pyrrole ring, and the products are the corresponding semicarbazones and thiosemicarbazones at the C²=O carbonyl group.     

Synthesis of the dibenzopyrrocoline alkaloid skeleton: indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines and related analogues

The indolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline and pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline nuclei have been synthesized from N-benzylindole or ethyl 1H-indol-1-ylacetate and N-benzylpyrrole precursors, respectively. Firstly, at C-2 of either the indole or pyrrole nucleus, aromatic rings containing a carbonyl substituent ortho to the newly formed biaryl axis were introduced using the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction. Thereafter, under basic conditions the nucleophile that formed at the acidic methylene protons of the N-benzylindole, ethyl 1H-indol-1-ylacetate or N-benzylpyrrole intermediate reacted with the internal aromatic carbonyl to yield (after the expulsion of water) the title compounds. For example, exposure of ethyl 2-(2-(2-formylphenyl)-1H-indol-1-yl)acetate to potassium tert-butoxide resulted in the formation of ethyl indolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-6-carboxylate.     

Five-membered 2,3-dioxoheterocycles: LVIII. Reaction of methyl 1-Aryl-3-aroyl-4,5-dioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrol-2-carboxylates with substituted 1-methyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines. New approach to the synthesis of steroid 13-azaanalogs

Methyl 1-aryl-3-aroyl-4,5-dioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylates reacted with substituted 1-methyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines with the formation of substituted 3-oxo-2,3,5,6-tetra-hydropyrrolo[2,1-a]-isoquinoline-2-spiro-2′-(1-aryl-3-aroyl-4-hydroxy-5-oxo-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles). A new approach was developed to the synthesis of 13-azagonanes, substituted benzo[f]pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-9-spiro-2′-pyrroles.     

Synthesis of 3-(quinolin-2-yl)indolizines through iodine-mediated sp3C–H functionalization of azaarenes

An efficient approach toward C–H bond activation using iodine-mediated sp³C–H bond functionalization for the synthesis of dialkyl 3-(quinolin-2-yl)indolizine-1,2-dicarboxylates and dialkyl 3-(quinolin-2-yl)pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-1,2-dicarboxylates through 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of nitrogen ylides with acetylenic esters is described.     

Synthetic applications of aryl radical building blocks for cyclisation onto azoles

2-(2-Bromophenyl)ethyl groups have been used as building blocks in radical cyclisation reactions onto azoles to synthesise tri- and tetra-cyclic heterocycles. 2-(2-Bromophenyl)ethyl methanesulfonate was used to alkylate azoles (imidazoles, pyrroles, indoles and pyrazoles) for the synthesis of the radical precursors. Cyclisations of the intermediate aryl radicals yield new 6-membered rings attached to the azoles. The aryl radicals undergo intramolecular homolytic aromatic substitution onto the azole rings. Tributylgermanium hydride has been used with success to replace the toxic and troublesome tributyltin hydride. Initial studies show that the protocol can be used on solid phase resins. The molecular and crystal structures of methyl 5,6-dihydroimidazo[5,1-a]iso-quinoline-1-carboxylate and methyl 5,6-dihydroimidazo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-3-carboxylate were determined by X-ray crystallography.     

Facile three-component domino reactions in the regioselective synthesis and antimycobacterial evaluation of novel indolizines and pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines

The domino reactions of pyridine/isoquinoline, bromoacetonitrile/ethyl bromoacetate and a series of β-nitrostyrenes in the presence of triethylamine afforded novel tri-/disubstituted indolizines and pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines regioselectively, presumably via substitution-dipole generation-1,3-dipolar cycloaddition-elimination and/or aromatisation sequence. In vitro screening of all the seventeen compounds synthesized against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv discloses that ethyl 2-(4-fluorophenyl)pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-3-carboxylate displays maximum potency with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 1.0 μM, being 7.6 and 4.7 times more potent than the standard first line TB drugs, ethambutol and ciprofloxacin, respectively.     

Synthesis of isoquinoline derivatives of quinoxalin-2-one from pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-2,3-diones and o-phenylenediamine

Reactions of 5,5-dialkyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-2,3-diones with o-phenylenediamine in the presence of a catalytic amount of hydrogen chloride or p-toluenesulfonic acid involved opening of the pyrrole ring with formation of 3-(3,3-dialkyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-ylidenemethyl)quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones. The presence of an enamine fragment in the products was confirmed by reaction with oxalyl chloride.     

Reaction of N-Heterocycles with Acetylenedicarboxylates in the Presence of N-Alkylisatins or Ninhydrin. Efficient Synthesis of Spiro Compounds

Summary. The 1,3-dipolar intermediates generated by addition of isoquinoline, to dialkyl acetylenedicaboxylates are trapped by N-alkylisatins to produce dialkyl 1,2-dihydro-2-oxo-1-alkylspiro[3H-indol-3,2′-[2H,11bH][1,3]oxazino[2,3-a]isoquinoline]-3′,4′-dicarboxylates in excellent yields. The reaction of isoquinoline, quinoline, or pyridine with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in the presence of ninhydrin led to dimethyl 1,2-dihydro-1,3-dioxospiro[3H-indene-3,2′-[2H,11bH][1,3]oxazino[2,3-a]isoquinoline]-3′,4′-dicarboxylate, dimethyl 1,2-dihydro-1,3-dioxospiro[3H-indene-3,3′[3H,4aH][1,3]oxazino[3,2-a]quinoline]-1,2-dicarboxylate, or dimethyl 1,2-dihydro-1,3-dioxospiro[3H-indene-3,2′-[2H,9aH]pyrido[2,1-b][1,3]oxazino]-3,4-dicarboxylate.     

Reaction of 5-phenyl-2,3-dihydrofuran-2,3-dione with 6,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline. Crystal structure of 1-benzoyl-8,9-dimethoxy-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-2,3-dione

The reaction of 5-phenyl-2,3-dihydrofuran-2,3-dione with 6,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline gave 1-benzoyl-2-hydroxy-8,9-dimethoxy-3,5,6,10b-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-3-one and its oxidation product,viz., 1-benzoyl-8,9-dimethoxy-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-2,3-dione. The last-mentioned compound was studied by X-ray structural analysis. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 1845–1848, October, 1997.     

A simple and effective approach to the synthesis of isoquinoline derivatives under solvent-free conditions

An efficient synthesis of dialkyl pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-2,3-dicarboxylates, pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline-1,2- dicarboxylates and indolizines is described via one-pot reactions of isoquinoline, quinoline or pyridine and phenacyl bromids with dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates or diaryloylacetylene under solvent-free conditions at 50°C. The mild reaction conditions and high yields of the products exhibit the good synthetic advantage of these methods.     

Diverse synthesis of pyrimido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles and imidazo[2,1-b]benzothiazoles via CuI-catalyzed decarboxylic multicomponent reactions of heterocyclic azoles,aldehydes and alkynecarboxylic acids

We have developed a straightforward approach to diverse synthesis of 2,3-, 2,4-disubstituted pyrimido [1,2-a]benzimidazoles, 2,4,10-trisubstituted 2,10-dihydropyrimido [1,2-a]benzimidazoles and 2,3-disubstituted imidazo [2,1-b]benzothiazoles via multicomponent reactions (MCRs) of heterocyclic azoles, aldehydes with easily storable and handling alkynecarboxylic acids. In the presence of a catalytic amount of CuI and K₂CO₃, the pyrimido [1,2-a]benzimidazole or imidazo [2,1-b]benzothiazole scaffold could be rapidly constructed through a 6-endo-dig or 5-exo-dig cyclization, respectively. The preliminary mechanistic study suggested that the formation of 2,3- disubstituted pyrimido [1,2-a]benzimidazoles, which completes the assembly of the scaffold and its C-3 position functionalization in one pot, undergoes a novel cascade process involving a decarboxylation, A [3] coupling, 6-endo-dig cyclization, nucleophilic addition and dehydration.     

Studies on ketene and its derivatives. LXXXIII. Reaction of diketene with isoquinolinium and pyridinium methylide derivatives

Reaction of isoquinolinium bis(ethoxycarbonyl)methylide (I) with diketene gave diethyl 1-acetyl-2,3-dihydro-2-oxopyrrolo[2,1-α]isoquinoline-3,3-dicarboxylate (VI), which on hydrolysis with dilute hydrochloric acid afforded ethyl 1-acetyl-2-hydroxypyrrolo[2,1-α]isoquinoline-3-carboxylate (IX) and ethyl 3-methylpyrrolo[2,1-α]isoquinoline-3-carboxylate (X). On the other hand, isoquinolinium cyanoethoxycarbonylmethylide (IIa) reacted with diketene to give isoquinolinium cyano(3-ethoxycarbonyloxy-3-butenoyl)methylide (XIIIa) which was isomerized to isoquinolinium cyano(3-ethoxycarbonyloxy-2-butenoyl)methylide (XIII). Similarly, reactions of isoquinolinium cyanomethoxycarbonylmethylide (IIb) and pyridinium cyanoalkoxycarbonyl-methylide (IIIa,b) with diketene gave rise to the corresponding cyano(3-alkoxycarbonyloxy-3-butenoyl)methylides (XIIb, XVIa,b).     

Synthesis and properties of 1-aroyl-5,5-dialkyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo[ 2,1-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]isoquinoline-2,3-diones

Acylation of 1-methyl-3,3-dialkyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines with acid chlorides afforded enaminoketones. Enaminophenylketones from the obtained series were reacted with oxalyl chloride to provide 1-benzoyl-5,5-dialkyl-2,3,5,6- tetrahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline- 2,3-diones. The reaction of the latter with binucleophiles leads to the opening of the pyrrole ring and to the heterocyclization: Under the effect of o-phenyldiamine qinoxaline is formed, 1,2-cyclohexanediamine provides the hexahydro-benzimidazole system, о-aminophenol gives benzoxazole, 3-hydroxy-2-amino-pyridine furnishes oxazolo[4,5-b]pyridine. In the reaction with hydrazine hydrate the acylation occurs with hydrazide formation.     

Reaction between isocyanides and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates in the presence of 4,5-diphenyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazol-2-one. One-pot synthesis of 5H-imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]oxazine derivatives

The reactive 1:1 intermediate produced in the reaction between alkyl or aryl isocyanides and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates was trapped by 4,5-diphenyl-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazol-2-one to yield highly functionalized 2,3-diphenyl-5H-imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]oxazine derivatives in fairly good yields.     

Synthesis of indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines by CF3COOH-induced cyclization

Indolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline alkaloids and related compounds have been known to have interesting biological activities, such as antileukemic and antitumor activities. We found that 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenethyl)indole gave 2,3-dimethoxyindolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline and 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenylacetyl)indole gave 2,3-dimethoxy-6-oxoindolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline, respectively, by an intramolecular cyclization carried out in boiling trifluoroacetic acid.     

Synthesis of novel imidazo[1,2-a][3,1]benzothiazines 4, imidazo[1,2-a]-[1,2,4]benzotriazines 5, and 4H-imidazo[2,3-c]pyrido[2,3-e][1,4]oxazines 6

Starting from the readily available 2-aminobenzhydrols ( 7 ), 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine ( 11 ) and 2-amino-3-pyridinol ( 12 ), novel derivatives of 5-phenyl-5H-imidazo[1,2-a][3,1]benzothiazine-2-carboxylic acid, ethyl ester ( 4 ), imidazo[2,1-c][1,2,4]benzotriazine-2-carboxylic acid, ethyl ester ( 5 ) and 4H-imidazo[2,3-c]pyrido-[2,3-e][1,4]oxazine ( 6 ) were prepared.     

Some novel heterocyclic systems derived from 7-amino-2,3-dihydro-8-nitro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-α]benzimidazole and the corresponding diamine

The preparation of 7-amino-2,3-dihydro-8-nitro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole from 1,4-diacetamido-2,3-dinitrobenzene is described. Reaction of this compound with 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran produces 2,3-dihydro-8-nitro-7-N-pyrrolo-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole, which can be cyclised to produce two new heterocyclic ring systems, 9,10-dihydro-8H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrrolo(1′,2′:1,2]imidazo[5,4-f]quinoxaline and 9,10-dihydro-8H-pyrrolo[2,1-c]pyrrolo[1′,2′:1,2]imidazo[4,5-h][1,2,4]benzotriazine. The corresponding diamine, 7,8-diamino-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]benzimidazole undergoes a variety of condensation reactions to produce several new heterocyclic systems, for example, with formic acid, 1,7,8,9-tetrahydroimidazo-[4,5-e]pyrrolo[2,1-6]benzimidazole is formed and with diacetyl, 9,10-dihydro-2,3-dimethyl-8H-pyrrolo-[1′,2′:1,2]imidazo[5,4-y]quinoxaline is obtained.     

Four-component tandem protocol for the stereoselective synthesis of highly functionalized [1,4]-thiazines

The one-pot, four-component tandem reaction of ethyl 2-[(2-oxo-2-arylethyl)sulfonyl]acetate/ethyl 2-[(2-ethoxy-2-oxoethyl)sulfonyl]acetate, an aromatic aldehyde and pyrrolidine provides a rapid and facile access to new ethyl 3-aroyl-1-benzyl-2,2-dioxo-4-aryloctahydro-2-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]thiazine-1-carboxylates/diethyl 1-benzyl-2,2-dioxo-4-aryloctahydro-2-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]thiazine-1,3-dicarboxylates. This reaction shows high stereoselectivity and proceeds in good yields.     

Condensed Isoquinolines. 13. Synthesis of 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydrospiro[isoquinoline-4,1'-cyclopentane]-3-imines and Condensed Spirocyclic Systems Based on them

1-(2-Bromomethylphenyl)-1-cyclopentanecarbonitrile has been synthesized by the cycloalkylation of (2-methylphenyl)acetonitrile with 1,4-dibromobutane with subsequent bromination of the intermediate product with N-bromosuccinimide. The product serves as a convenient intermediate in the synthesis of derivatives of a series of heterospiro systems. Condensation of it with primary amines leads to the hydrobromides of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrospiro[isoquinoline-4,1'-cyclopentane]-3-imines, but with vicinal eneamino carbonyl compounds derivatives results in previously undescribed condensed spirocyclic systems, viz. spiro[5H-isoquino[2,3-a]quinazoline-7,1'-cyclopentane] and spiro[4H-thieno[3',2':5,6]pyrimido[1,2-b]isoquinoline-6,1'-cyclopentane].