1,6- and 1,7-naphthyridines. II. Synthesis from acyclic precursors

A number of 8-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,6-naphthyridin-5(6H)-one-7-carboxylic acid alkyl esters 3 and the isomeric 5-hydroxy-7-methyl-1,7-naphthyridin-8(7H)-one-6-carboxylic acid alkyl esters 4 were synthesized from acyclic precursors obtained starting from quinolinic anhydride 5. Thus, methanolysis of 5 afforded the hemiester 6 which treated with oxalyl chloride and sarcosine ethyl ester gave 3-(N-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-N-methylcarbamoyl)pyridine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester 8. Compound 8 was cyclized to naphthyridines 3a-e with sodium alkoxides. The isomeric naphthyridines 4a-c were obtained by cyclization of the open intermediary 2-(N-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-N-methylcarbamoyl)pyridine-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester 9 obtained by a route that involves treatment of 5 with sarcosine ethyl ester and esterification with diazomethane. Spectroscopic properties (¹H nmr, uv, ir) of compounds 3 and 4 are discussed and confirmed the proposed structures.     

Water-Promoted Photochemical Synthesis of 12-Oxo-6,12-Dihydroazepino[2,1-b]quinazolines with Competitive Formation of 3H-Azepine-2(1H)-Ones

High Energy Chemistry - The effect of an organo-aqueous solvent on the yields of 12-oxo-6,12-dihydroazepino[2,1-b]quinazoline-6-carboxylic acid methyl ester and 3H-azepine-2(1H)-one-3-carboxylic...     

Solvent effects on the infrared spectra of beta-alkoxyvinyl methyl ketones I. Carbonyl and vinyl stretching vibrations

Infrared spectroscopy studies of six beta-alkoxyvinyl methyl ketones, with common structure R(1)O-CR(2)CH-COR(3), where R(1)=R(3)=CH(3), R(2)=H (1); R(1)=C(2)H(5), R(2)=H (2); R(3)=CF(3); R(1)=R(2)=CH(3), R(3)=CF(3) (3); R(1)=C(2)H(5), R(2)=C(6)H(5), R(3)=CF(3) (4); R(1)=C(2)H(5), R(2)=4-O(2)NC(6)H(4), R(3)=CF(3) (5); R(1)=C(2)H(5), R(2)=C(CH(3))(3), R(3)=CF(3) (6) in 11 pure organic solvents of different polarity were undertaken to investigate the solute-solvent interactions and to correlate solvent properties by means of linear solvation energy relationships (LSER) with the carbonyl and vinyl stretching vibrations of existing stereoisomeric forms. It was shown that contrary to simple carbonyl-containing compounds where solvent HBD acidity (alpha) has the largest influence on the nu (CO) band shift to lower wavenumbers, the dipolarity/polarizability (pi) term plays the main role in the interactions of conjugated enones with solvent molecules leading to the nu (CO) and nu (CC) bathochromic band shifts. The trifluoroacetyl group possesses a reduced ability to form hydrogen bonds with solvents. For the nu (CC) band of non-fluorinated enone 1 solvent HBD acidity (alpha) and solvent HBA basicity term (beta) play a perceptible role, whereas for 2 these terms are not significant. beta-Substituents in fluorinated enones such as R(2)=H, C(6)H(5), and C(CH(3))(3) assist in the intermolecular hydrogen bond formation of the carbonyl moiety with HBD solvents, while beta-substituents such as CH(3) and 4-NO(2)C(6)H(4) prevent the CO group to form the H-bonds with HBD solvents (the solvent HBD acidity term (alpha) is not significant). The comparison of four conformers of the enone 1 reveals that (EEE) form is the most polarizable conformer; the influences of the solvent dipolarity/polarizability (pi) and solvent HBD acidity (alpha) term on the bathochromic nu (CO) band shift are opposite to one another.     

Enantiopure synthesis of all four stereoisomers of carbapenam-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester

The retro-Dieckmann reaction has been used as a stereodivergent synthetic tool on N-Boc-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one-1-carboxylic acid methyl ester to obtain enantiopure trans- and cis-5-(carboxymethyl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid methyl esters. These disubstituted pyrrolidines have been used as starting materials to develop concise and straightforward syntheses of all four stereoisomers of carbapenam-3-carboxylic acid methyl esters. In this way, we have confirmed unequivocally the stereochemistry of two carbapenams isolated from strains of Serratia and Erwinia species.     

Stereoselective synthesis of highly enantioenriched 3-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-ones possessing an asymmetric quaternary carbon as C-4 or C-6: a sugar template approach

The 1,4-addition of the enolate generated from α-methylated acetoacetate incorporated at C-4 of methyl 6-deoxy-2,3-di-O-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-α-d-glucopyranoside to methyl vinyl ketone, followed by aldol condensation of the resulting 1,4-addition product under two base-mediated conditions, provided 4-O-functionalized d-glucose derivatives with high diastereoselectivity. These products install a 3-methyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one-4- (or -6-) carboxylic acid as the O-4 ester, in which C-4 or C-6 is an asymmetric quaternary carbon. Removal of the sugar template from those aldol condensation products provided synthetically useful 3,6-dimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one-6-carboxylic acid and 3,4-dimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one-4-carboxylic acid derivatives both in high enantioenriched forms.     

Photophysical properties of the prefluorescent nitroxide probes QT and C343T

The photophysical properties of the nitroxide prefluorescent probes 4-(3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4-quinolinoyloxy)-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidin-4-yl) ester free radical (QT) and 2,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-quinolizino [1,10,9-gh] coumarin-3-carboxylic acid (1-oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidin-4-yl) ester free radical (C343T) were evaluated as a function of pH and solvent properties. The absorbance of QT showed high pH sensitivity. The pKa values for the different ionization forms involved in the acid-base equilibrium of the quinoline chromophore were determined in the ground and excited states. The fluorescence lifetimes of QT, and N-hydroxylamine (QTH) and quinoline methyl ester (QMe) derivatives, showed that the intramolecular quenching efficiency by the nitroxide moiety is independent of the quinoline ionization form. The fluorescence and absorbance of C343T were highly sensitive to solvent polarity in agreement with a charged transfer excited state of the chromophore. However, we noted a decrease in the intramolecular fluorescence quenching efficiency by the nitroxide moiety when changing the polarity of the solvent from hexane to water. This behavior has been attributed to a suppression of an energy transfer mechanism in the nitroxide quenching process in very polar solvents. The results obtained in micelles allow us to propose QT and C343T as sensors for pH and micropolarity, respectively, in addition to their role as monitors for free radicals or hydrogen transfer from phenols.     

Ibotenic acid analogues. Synthesis and biological testing of two bicyclic 3-isoxazolol amino acids

The bicyclic 3-isoxazolol amino acids (RS)-3-hydroxy-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo[4,5-c]pyridine-4-carboxylic acid (5, 4-HPCA) and (RS)-3-hydroxy-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo[4,5-c]pyridine-6-carboxylic acid (11, 6-HPCA) were synthesized as model compounds for studies of the structural requirements of central excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter receptors. 4-HPCA was synthesized via introduction of a methoxycarbonyl group into the 4-position of the lithiated N-nitroso intermediate 1. The key reaction in the synthesis of 6-HPCA is an intramolecular N-alkylation of the appropriately substituted acetamidomalonate derivative 7 using sodium hydride as a base. On the basis of the pKA values for 4-HPCA the existence of an intramolecular hydrogen bond in the zwitterionic form of this amino acid is proposed. 6-HPCA was shown by 1H NMR spectroscopy to adopt preferentially a conformation with the carboxylate group in an equatorial position. 4- and 6-HPCA were tested as agonists and antagonists at excitatory amino acid receptors on neurones in the cat spinal cord using microelectrophoretic techniques. Neither compound showed significant effects at these receptors.     

The First 1-Hydroxypropylidenebisphosphonic Acid with 1,8-Naphthyridinone Substituent: Synthesis and Structure

1-Hydroxy-3-(5,7-dimethyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-1-yl)propylidenebisphosphonic acid has been synthesized. The structure of the acid and its precursors synthesized for the first time, 3-(5,7-dimethyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-1-yl)propionic acid and the corresponding methyl ester, in the solid state and in the DMSO solution has been elucidated by means of vibrational (IR and Raman) and multinuclear (¹H, ¹³C, and ³¹P) NMR spectroscopy.     

深共熔溶剂同步提取红景天中红景天苷和酪醇

采用深共熔溶剂(Deep eutectic solvents, DESs)法同步提取红景天中红景天苷和酪醇. 首先, 通过对氢键供体(HBD)、 氢键受体(HBA)及二者摩尔比和DESs含水量等因素的设计优化, 获得了同步提取红景天苷和酪醇的最佳DES为乙二醇-乙酰丙酸(摩尔比为1∶1), 含水质量分数为40%, 记为LAEG-40. 然后, 以LAEG-40作提取溶剂, 对提取方法、 料液比、 提取温度及提取时间等因素进行优化, 获得了最佳提取条件: 采用150 r/min搅拌速率提取, 料液比为1∶12.5(g/mL), 提取温度60 ℃, 提取时间65 min. 在此条件下LAEG-40对红景天苷的提取率可达(18.1268±0.1667) mg/g, 酪醇提取率可达(1.5608±0.0240) mg/g. 而在相同条件下, 以水和乙醇作为提取溶剂, 红景天苷提取率分别为(15.1221±0.1342)和(16.3425±0.0897) mg/g, 酪醇提取率分别为(1.1120±0.0389)和(1.1923±0.0423) mg/g, 可见LAEG-40的提取效果明显高于传统溶剂. 研究结果表明, LAEG-40是一种绿色、 高效的红景天苷和酪醇同步提取溶剂, 可用于替代传统溶剂.     

1H NMR studies of maltose,maltoheptaose, alpha-, beta-, and gamma-cyclodextrins,and complexes in aqueous solutions with hydroxy protons as structural probes

The (1)H NMR chemical shifts, coupling constants, temperature coefficients, and exchange rates have been measured for the hydroxy protons of aqueous solutions of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-cyclodextrins, maltose, and maltoheptaose. In cyclodextrins (CDs), the high chemical shift of the O(3)H signal and its small (3)J(OH,CH) value suggest that O(3)H is involved in a hydrogen bond. The small temperature coefficients and rate of exchange values of O(2)H and O(3)H confirm the involvement of O(3)H in hydrogen bonding and indicate that O(2)H is the hydrogen bond partner. In maltose, two distinct NMR signals with two different vicinal coupling constants are found for O(2')H. A cross-peak in the ROESY spectrum indicates chemical exchange between the O(2')H and O(3)H protons. The existence of two distinct NMR signals with different J values for O(2')H shows the influence of anomeric configuration on the O(2')H-O(3)H interaction. The effect of complexation with methyl benzoate, adamantane-1-carboxylic acid, adamantane-1-ol, and l- and d-tryptophane on the NMR spectra of the hydroxy protons of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-cyclodextrins and of maltose has been investigated. No significant spectral changes were observed upon addition of methyl benzoate and adamantane-1-carboxylic acid. The addition of adamantane-1-ol resulted in an upfield shift and a strong broadening of the O(2)H signal from alpha-CD, and a small temperature coefficient was measured upon complexation. The O(2)H and O(3)H signals in beta-CD were broadened and shifted downfield upon addition of l- and d-tryptophane.     

Adamantane-retropeptides, new building blocks for molecular channels

Novel adamantane-oxalamide derivatives, N,N′-bis(1-adamantylglycine methyl ester)oxalamide (meso-1 and rac-1), N,N′-bis(3-aminoadamantane-1-carboxylic acid methyl ester)oxalamide (2) and N,N′-bis(3-aminoadamantane-1-carboxylic acid)oxalamide (3) were prepared and structurally characterized by spectroscopic methods and X-ray analysis. Crystal packing of the structures meso-1 and rac-1 is defined by one-dimensional α-networks of hydrogen-bonded chains. The crystal structures of 2 and 3 are characterized by two-dimensional β-networks of hydrogen bonds. The oxalamide 3 crystallizes as the solvates only. In the crystal structure of 3 the protic solvent participates in hydrogen bonding with the oxalamide moieties. However, in non-protic solvents 3 crystallizes as a solvate but the solvent does not participate in hydrogen bonding. The two-dimensional network of hydrogen bonds connecting molecules of 3 generates channels, which are filled by discrete solvent molecules.     

Testing computational models of hyperpolarizability in a merocyanine dye using spectroscopic and DFT methods

The structural and electronic properties of a highly solvatochromic merocyanine dye, 2-(3-cyano-5,5-dimethyl-4-(3-(1-octadecylpyridin-4(1H)-ylidene)prop-1-enyl)furan-2(5H)-ylidene)malononitrile (pyr3pi), have been investigated using UV-vis, NMR, hyper-Rayleigh scattering, and Raman spectroscopies and further interpreted using computational chemistry. Spectroscopic data indicate that pyr3pi exists in its zwitterionic form even in low polarity solvents with electronic absorption spectra showing a hypsochromic shift with an increase in solvent polarity and NMR experiments indicating an increasingly zwitterionic structure in chloroform as the temperature is lowered. Raman spectra in increasingly polar solvents show small variations of the structure that are consistent with a change toward a structure with more zwitterionic character. However, comparison of the calculated and experimental vibrational energies and intensities and comparison of NMR coupling constants with calculated bond order indicate that calculations underestimate the amount of charge separation seen in low polarity solvents. Although for this system density functional theory (DFT) calculations and the two-state model qualitatively reproduce negative solvatochromism, they fail to reproduce the trends in hyperpolarizability seen experimentally. This is attributed to solvent field DFT calculations underestimating the degree of charge separation in reaction fields representing low polarity solvents.     

An efficient route to 3-aryl-substituted quinolin-2-one and 1,8-naphthyridin-2-one derivatives of pharmaceutical interest

Reaction of arylacetic ester enolates with 2-alkoxy-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-ones offers a short and versatile synthetic route to 3-aryl-4-hydroxyquinolin-2(1H)-ones, through the cyclization of the beta-ketoesters produced. Similar reactions of 4H-pyrido[2,3-d][1,3]oxazin-4-ones with ester enolates afford 1-acyl-4-hydroxy-1,8-naphthyridin-2(1H)-ones in a convenient two-step, one-pot procedure.     

Characterization of two hydroxytrichloropicolinic acids: application of the one-bond chlorine-isotope effect in 13C NMR

The structures of 4-hydroxy-3,5,6-trichloropyridine-2-carboxylic acid (1a) and 6-hydroxy-3,4,5-trichloro-2-carboxylic acid (1b) were verified by the NMR analysis of their corresponding methylated and decarboxylated derivatives 2,3,5-trichloro-4-methoxypyridine (5) and 3,4,5-trichloro-2-methoxypyridine (8), respectively. The 6-hydroxy isomer (1a) was found to be in equilibrium with its pyridinone tautomer as evidenced by the formation of significant amounts of 3,4,5-trichloro-1-methyl-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (6b) on exhaustive methylation. The one-bond chlorine-isotope effect was used and shown to be an effective tool for the identification of chlorinated carbons in (13)C NMR spectra providing an additional tool for solving structural problems in chlorinated compounds.     

Mechanism of formation of hydrogen trioxide (HOOOH) in the ozonation of 1,2-diphenylhydrazine and 1,2-dimethylhydrazine: an experimental and theoretical investigation

Low-temperature (-78 degrees C) ozonation of 1,2-diphenylhydrazine in various oxygen bases as solvents (acetone-d(6), methyl acetate, tert-butyl methyl ether) produced hydrogen trioxide (HOOOH), 1,2-diphenyldiazene, 1,2-diphenyldiazene-N-oxide, and hydrogen peroxide. Ozonation of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine produced besides HOOOH, 1,2-dimethyldiazene, 1,2-dimethyldiazene-N-oxide and hydrogen peroxide, also formic acid and nitromethane. Kinetic and activation parameters for the decomposition of the HOOOH produced in this way, and identified by (1)H, (2)H, and (17)O NMR spectroscopy, are in agreement with our previous proposal that water participates in this reaction as a bifunctional catalyst in a polar decomposition process to produce water and singlet oxygen (O(2), (1)delta(g)). The possibility that hydrogen peroxide is, besides water, also involved in the decomposition of hydrogen trioxide is also considered. The half-life of HOOOH at room temperature (20 degrees C) is 16 +/- 1 min in all solvents investigated. Using a variety of DFT methods (restricted, broken-symmetry unrestricted, self-interaction corrected) in connection with the B3LYP functional, a stepwise mechanism involving the hydrotrioxyl (HOOO(*)) radical is proposed for the ozonation of hydrazines (RNHNHR, R = H, Ph, Me) that involves the abstraction of the N-hydrogen atom by ozone to form a radical pair, RNNHR(*) (*)OOOH. The hydrotrioxyl radical can then either abstract the remaining N(H) hydrogen atom from the RNNHR(*) radical to form the corresponding diazene (RN=NR), or recombines with RNNHR(*) in a solvent cage to form the hydrotrioxide, RN(OOOH)NHR. The decomposition of these very labile hydrotrioxides involves the homolytic scission of the RO-OOH bond with subsequent "in cage" formation of the diazene-N-oxide and hydrogen peroxide. Although 1,2-diphenyldiazene is unreactive toward ozone under conditions investigated, 1,2-dimethyldiazene reacts with relative ease to yield 1,2-dimethyldiazene-N-oxide and singlet oxygen (O(2), (1)delta(g)). The subsequent reaction sequence between these two components to yield nitromethane as the final product is discussed. The formation of formic acid and nitromethane in the ozonolysis of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine is explained as being due to the abstraction of a methyl H atom of the CH(3)NNHCH(3)(*) radical by HOOO(*) in the solvent cage. The possible mechanism of the reaction of the initially formed formaldehyde methylhydrazone (and HOOOH) with ozone/oxygen mixtures to produce formic acid and nitromethane is also discussed.     

NMR studies of coupled low- and high-barrier hydrogen bonds in pyridoxal-5'-phosphate model systems in polar solution

The 1H and 15N NMR spectra of several 15N-labeled pyridoxal-5'-phosphate model systems have been measured at low temperature in various aprotic and protic solvents of different polarity, i.e., dichloromethane-d2, acetonitrile-d3, tetrahydrofuran-d8, freon mixture CDF3/CDClF2, and methanol. In particular, the 15N-labeled 5'-triisopropyl-silyl ether of N-(pyridoxylidene)-tolylamine (1a), N-(pyridoxylidene)-methylamine (2a), and the Schiff base with 15N-2-methylaspartic acid (3a) and their complexes with proton donors such as triphenylmethanol, phenol, and carboxylic acids of increasing strength were studied. With the use of hydrogen bond correlation techniques, the 1H/15N chemical shift and scalar coupling data could be associated with the geometries of the intermolecular O1H1N1 (pyridine nitrogen) and the intramolecular O2H2N2 (Schiff base) hydrogen bonds. Whereas O1H1N1 is characterized by a series of asymmetric low-barrier hydrogen bonds, the proton in O2H2N2 faces a barrier for proton transfer of medium height. When the substituent on the Schiff base nitrogen is an aromatic ring, the shift of the proton in O1H1N1 from oxygen to nitrogen has little effect on the position of the proton in the O2H2N2 hydrogen bond. By contrast, when the substituent on the Schiff base nitrogen is a methyl group, a proton shift from O to N in O1H1N1 drives the tautomeric equilibrium in O2H2N2 from the neutral O2-H2...N2 to the zwitterionic O2-...H2-N(2+) form. This coupling is lost in aqueous solution where the intramolecular O2H2N2 hydrogen bond is broken by solute-solvent interactions. However, in methanol, which mimics hydrogen bonds to the Schiff base in the enzyme active site, the coupling is preserved. Therefore, the reactivity of Schiff base intermediates in pyridoxal-5'-phosphate enzymes can likely be tuned to the requirements of the reaction being catalyzed by differential protonation of the pyridine nitrogen.     

Fragmentation of trimethylsilyl derivatives of 2-alkoxyphenols: A further violation of the ‘even-electron rule’

The mass spectra of trimethylsilyl (TMS) ethers of 2-methoxyphenols show abundant [M–30]⁺˙ ions originating from consecutive loss of two methyl radicals. This is illustrated by comparison of the accurate mass-measured and linked-scan spectra of the TMS derivatives of 2-methoxyphenol (guaiacol), 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (vanillin) and 3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-propenoic acid methyl ester (ferulic acid methyl ester) with those of the TMS derivatives of phenol, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-propenoic acid methyl ester (p-coumaric acid methyl ester), 3-methoxyphenol and 4-methoxyphenol. This distinctive ortho effect is valuable in the identification of isomeric phenolic compounds. In the spectra of the TMS derivatives of 2-ethoxyphenol and 2-propoxyphenol the sequential loss of two radicals is less pronounced, because elimination of the side-chain and a methyl group with rearrangement and hydrogen migration is competitive.     

Semirubin. A novel dipyrrinone strapped by intramolecular hydrogen bonds

(4Z)-9-(5-Carboxypentyl)-2,3,7,8-tetramethyl-(10H)-dipyrrin- 1-one (1, semirubin), a new dipyrrinone model for one-half of bilirubin, the yellow-orange neurotoxic pigment of jaundice, was synthesized following Friedel-Crafts acylation of 2,3,7, 8-tetramethyl-(10H)-dipyrrin-1-one (5) with the half-ester acid chloride of adipic acid. Unlike other dipyrrinone models for bilirubin, such as the xanthobilirubic acids, which engage only in intermolecular hydrogen bonding, 1 is unique in having been designed and found to engage in intramolecular hydrogen bonding, between the carboxylic acid and the dipyrrinone lactam and pyrrole. This important conformation-determining structural characteristic, shared by 1 and bilirubin, renders them less polar than their methyl esters and leaves them monomeric in nonpolar solvents, where their esters are dimeric. The corresponding 10-oxo analogue (3) of 1 serves as a model for 10-oxo-bilirubin, a presumed bilirubin metabolite in alternate pathways for bilirubin excretion. Like 1, 3 is found to engage in intramolecular hydrogen bonding. Unlike the methyl ester of 1, the ethyl ester of 3 is not intermolecularly hydrogen bonded in nonpolar solvents.     

Methyl (E)-2-(2-phenylcyclopropylidene)acetate: Synthesis, isomerization, and reaction with 1,3-diphenyl-2-benzofuran

Treatment of 3-methyl-2-phenylcycloprop-2-ene-1-carboxylic acid with potassium tert-butoxide induced its isomerization into trans-2-methylidene-3-phenylcyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid which was converted into methyl ester, and heating of the latter for 1 h in toluene gave methyl (E)-2-(2-phenylcyclopropylidene)acetate. Thermal isomerization of methyl (E)-2-(2-phenylcyclopropylidene)acetate on prolonged heating in toluene afforded 5-methoxy-3-methyl-2-phenylfuran, and the reaction with 1,3-diphenyl-2-benzofuran resulted in [4 + 2]-cycloaddition at the exocyclic double bond.