A practical synthesis of N-tosylimines of arylaldehydes

Synthesis of N-tosylimines of arylaldehydes was carried out by the reaction of arylaldehydes and p-toluenesulfonamide in methylene chloride in the presence of trifluoroacetic anhydride as a dehydrating agent.     

A convenient approach to λ-phosphinines via interaction of phosphorylated 3-pyrrolidinocrotonitrile with 2-bromoacetophenones

The alkylation of 2-(diphenylphosphino)-3-pyrrolidin-1-ylbut-2-enenitrile with a set of bromoacetophenones has been studied. Cyclization of the phosphonium salts into 6-cyano-3-hydroxy-3-aryl-1,1-diphenyl-5-pyrrolidin-1-yl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophosphininium bromides under heating in the presence of catalytic amount of a base is discussed. Starting both from the acyclic and the cyclic phosphonium salts, new types of λ⁵-phosphinines have been synthesized.     

Reactions of cyanofurazans with β-dicarbonyl compounds

In the presence of nickel acetylacetonate, -dicarbonyl compounds readily add at the nitrile group of 4-R-3-cyanofurazans to form enaminofurazans. The adducts obtained from 4-amino-3-cyanofurazan underwent intramolecular cyclization on heating with AcOH in EtOH to give furazano[3,4-b]pyridine derivatives in high yields.     

Amine Catalysis with Substrates Bearing N-Heterocyclic Moieties Enabled by Control over the Enamine Pyramidalization Direction

Stereoselective organocatalytic C−C bond formations that tolerate N-heterocycles are valuable since these moieties are common motifs in numerous chiral bioactive compounds. Such transformations are, however, challenging since N-heterocyclic moieties can interfere with the catalytic reaction. Here, we present a peptide that catalyzes conjugate addition reactions between aldehydes and nitroolefins bearing a broad range of different N-heterocyclic moieties with basic and/or H-bonding sites in excellent yields and stereoselectivities. Tuning of the pyramidalization direction of the enamine intermediate enabled the high stereoselectivity.     

Condensed isoquinolines 33*. Synthesis of 1′-R-spiro-[7H,8H-2a,7a-diazacyclopenta-[fg]naphthacene-2,4′-(1′H)-pyridine]-1,8(2H)-diones

Heating 5,13-dihydro-11H-isoquino[3,2-b]quinazolin-11-one with isonicotinoyl chloride in pyridine gives 6-isonicotinoyl-5,13-dihydro-11H-isoquino[3,2-b]quinazolin-11-one. The 1-alkyl-4[(11-oxo-5,13-dihydro-11H-isoquino[3,2-b]quinazolin-6-yl)carbonyl]pyridinium iodides obtained by alkylation of 6-isonicotinoyl-5,13-dihydro-11H-isoquino[3,2-b]quinazolin-11-one using alkyl iodides in the presence of NaH are converted to 1′-R-spiro[7H,8H-2a,7a-diazacyclopenta[fg]naphthacene-2,4′(1′H)-pyridine]-1,8(2H)-diones. The chemical and spectroscopic properties of the spiro compounds obtained were studied. For Communication 32 see [1]. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 52–58, January, 2009.     

Interaction of Alkyl 5,6-Dialkyl-2-amino-3-cyano-4-pyridinecarboxylates with O-Nucleophiles. Synthesis of 6,7-Dialkyl-4-amino-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyridine-1,3-diones

The reaction of alkyl 5,6-dialkyl-2-amino-3-cyano-4-pyridinecarboxylates with certain O-nucleophiles was investigated, as a result of which 6,7-dialkyl-4-amino-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyridine-1,3-diones were synthesized.