Electrochemical synthesis of 1,2,3,4,4,5,6-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines

It has been shown that chemical oxidation of the methyl ester of 3,4,5-trimethoxycarbonyl-1,2,6-trimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine to the pyridinium salt, requiring forcing experimental conditions, may be replaced by electrochemical oxidation. On electrochemical reduction of 3,4,5-trimethoxycarbonyl-1,2,6-trimethylpyridinium perchlorate in the presence of alkylating agents 1,2,3,4,4,5,6-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines are obtained. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 226–237, February, 2007.     

Electrocatalytic influence of underpotential Tl,Pb and Bi monolayers on the electrochemical behaviour of rhodizonic acid and tetrahydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone on Pt in acid solutions

The electrochemical behaviour of rhodizonic acid and tetrahydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone on bare Pt and Pt surfaces covered by heavy metal monolayers deposited at underpotentials was studied in aqueous 0.5 M HClO₄ solutions. It was found that Tl, Pb and Bi monolayers catalyse markedly the oxidation of rhodizonic acid and tetrahydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone. The same underpotential layers improve the reversibility of the redox system tetrahydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone/hexahydroxybenzene. The enhancement of the overall oxidation and reduction processes has been interpreted in terms of the change of the reaction mechanism from an “inner sphere” mechanism on bare platinum to an “outer sphere” one of the Pt surfaces covered by underpotential layers. The two-electron oxidation of tetrahydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone to rhodizonic acid is followed by a rapid pseudo-first-order hydration reaction, the kinetics of which were studied by ring-disc experiments.     

A green approach for the electroorganic synthesis of 2-[(4-methyl-2-pyridyl)amino]-1,4-benzenediol derivatives in aqueous solution

The electrochemical synthesis of some new 2-[(4-methyl-2-pyridyl)amino)-1,4-benzenediol derivatives was performed via the electrochemical oxidation of hydroquinones in the presence of 2-amino-4-methylpyridine in an aqueous solution. The results demonstrate that electrogenerated p-benzoquinone participated in the Michael-type addition reaction via an electrochemical–chemical (EC) reaction mechanism pathway and converted to the corresponding 2-[(4-methyl-2-pyridyl)amino)-1,4-benzenediol derivatives. These new compounds have been synthesized in high yields and purity without using any toxic reagents or catalyst at the surface of carbon electrode.     

Synthesis, Cardiovascular Activity, and Electrochemical Oxidation of Nitriles of 5-Ethoxycarbonyl-2-methylthio-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic Acid

Nitriles of 4-aryl-5-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methylthio-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid have been obtained by the methylation of 1,4-dihydropyridine-2-thiolates; of 1,4-dihydropyridine-2(3H)-thiones in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of piperidine, and of a mixture of 1,4,5,6-tetrahydro- and 1,4-dihydropyridine-2-thiolates with methyl iodide. One-pot multicomponent synthesis has also been used in the condensation of ethyl 2-arylmethyleneacetoacetate, 2-cyanothioacetamide, piperidine, and methyl iodide; of ethyl acetoacetate, 3-aryl-2-cyanothioacrylamide, piperidine, and methyl iodide; and of ethyl acetoacetate, an aromatic aldehyde, 2-cyanothioacetamide, piperidine, and methyl iodide. The latter, a five-component method, takes place rapidly and under mild conditions, it is efficient (yields of 75-96%, economy of time, labour, and resources) and green (there is no need to synthesize lachrymators, such as 3-aryl-2-cyanothioacrylamides).The cardiovascular activity and the electrochemical oxidation of the synthesized 2-methylthio-1,4-dihydropyridines have been investigated. A comparative analysis has been carried out of the ability towards electrochemical oxidation as a function of the electronic properties of the substituent at position 4 of the heterocycle.     

Electrochemical Conversions of 2-Methyl-3-nitro-4-phenylquinoline, Its Quinolinium Salts, and Hydrogenated Derivatives

Classical polarography, cyclic voltammetry, and EPR spectroscopy was used to study electrochemical reduction and oxidation of 3-nitro derivatives of 2-methyl-4-phenylquinoline, the corresponding quinolinium perchlorates, and 1,2- and 1,4-dihydroquinolines. The nitro derivatives of quinoline and 1,2-dihydroquinoline are reduced in the first step at the nitro group; the quinolinium cations are reduced at the heterocycle followed by reduction of the nitro group; and in 1,4-dihydroquinolines, the nitro group is not reduced. Electrochemical reduction processes associated with electron transfer in the heterocycle mainly display the same behavior as established for pyridine derivatives. But important differences were observed in electrochemical oxidation: the N-methyl derivative of 1,4-dihydroquinoline is oxidized significantly more easily than the corresponding N-unsubstituted derivative of 1,4-dihydroquinoline (in the 1,4-dihydropyridine series, the difference in pot! enti als is fairly small), and even more easily than the corresponding N-methyl derivative of 1,2-dihydroquinoline.     

Synthesis of Pyridines by Anodic Oxidation of 1,4-Dihydropyridines

Anodic oxidation of a series 1,4-dihydropyridines were performed in acetonitrile-tetrabutylammonium perchlorate electrolyte solution at platinum electrode using controlled potential electrolysis. On the bases of electroanalytical results the electrochemical oxidation mechanism of 1,4-dihydropyridines could be designed ECEC process. As a result of two-electron oxidation corresponding pyridines were obtained in yields ranging from 85%–92%. The advantages of electrochemical synthesis of pyridine derivatives are simple reaction condition, low cost and of high purity products.     

Special Features of the Electrochemical Oxidation of Substituted 4-Carboxy-1,4-dihydropyridines

Electrochemical oxidation potentials of 1,4-dihydropyridines substituted with 4-COOH, 4-COOR, and 4-CONRR' groups have been determined in aprotic acetonitrile by the rotating ring-disk electrode method (RRDE). The electrochemical reduction potentials of the resulting products were also determined at the ring electrode. It was established that protonated pyridines are formed in the oxidation of derivatives with and without a substituent in position 4 of the heterocycle. In the case of 4-alkoxycarbonyl substituted compounds the substituent at position 4 is generally retained. 1,4-Dihydrogenated derivatives of isonicotinic acid as a rule loose the substituent at position 4 on oxidation, and both types of product were recorded for the corresponding 4-carbamoyl derivatives. The substituent at position 9 of the heterocycle was mainly retained on electrochemical oxidation of the 3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-1,8-dioxo-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10-decahydroacridine derivatives studi! ed.     

Spectroelectrochemical Study on the Electrooxidation in Aqueous Medium of some 1,4‐Dihydropyridines: Effects of Substitution in 1‐Position and 4‐Position

Spectroelectrochemical and HPLC characterization of the electrochemical oxidation in aqueous medium of a series of six N‐1 and C‐4 substituted 1,4‐dihydropyridines is presented. Based on the analysis of spectra obtained by in situ spectroscopic measurements it was possible to detect the generation of final oxidation products, which resulted in differences depending of the nature of the substitution on the nitrogen in the dihydropyridine ring. Controlled potential electrolysis (CPE) in aqueous medium was followed by the HPLC technique using EC and PDA detectors. This latter resulted adequately to follow the parent 1,4‐DHP derivatives and their respective oxidation products. Electrochemical oxidation of parent N‐H substituted 1,4‐dihydropyridines generated the corresponding neutral pyridine derivative as final oxidation product. However, the N‐ethyl substituted 1,4‐dihydropyridine derivatives gave rise to the pyridinium salt derivatives.     

Electrochemical oxidation of catechol in the presence of 2-thiouracil: application to electro-organic synthesis

The electrochemical oxidation of catechol in the presence of 2-thiouracil (as a nucleophile) has been studied in aqueous solutions using cyclic voltammetry and controlled-potential coulometric techniques. The results indicate that catechol participating in a 1,4 (Michael) addition reaction converts to a new thiadiazafluorenone compound. The electrochemical synthesis of this compound has been successfully performed in an undivided cell in a good yield and purity and was characterized by IR, ¹H and ¹³C NMR, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis.     

Gas chromatography/mass spectrometric study of non-commercial C-4-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines and their oxidized derivatives

A gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) method for the qualitative and quantitative determination of the calcium-channel antagonists C-4-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines, and their corresponding N-ethyl derivatives, is presented. Also, the electrochemical oxidation and the reactivity of the compounds with alkyl radicals derived from 2,2'-azobis-(2-amidinopropane) were monitored by GC/MS. Mass spectral fragmentation patterns for the C-4-substituted 1,4-dihydropy-ridine parent drugs were significantly different from those of their oxidation products, generated either by electrochemical oxidation or by reaction with alkyl radicals. However, for N-ethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine compounds it was not possible to detect the final products (pyridinium salts) using these experimental conditions.     

1,4—二氢吡啶及其衍生物电化学反应机理的研究

研究了１１种１，４－二氢吡啶及其衍生物在乙腈溶剂中和铂盘电极上的电化学行为。实验结果表明：１，４－二氢吡啶及其衍生物在铂盘电极上的反应是受扩散和化学反应速率控制的两电子不可逆氧化过程，经连续两步失电子脱氢后形成相应的吡啶。用紫外吸收光谱电化学方法观测了电化学氧化过程。并与化学氧化产物的紫外光谱作了比较，证明１，４－二氢吡啶的电化学氧化产物与化学氧化产物一致。因此，电化学氧化是一种不需加化学试剂可使     

Free radicals in electrochemical reduction of 3,5-dicarbethoxy-1,4-dihydropyridines with nitrophenyl groups in positions 2, 4, and 6

In the electrochemical reduction of 2,6-bis- and 2,4,6-tris(nitrophenyl) derivatives of 3,5-dicarbethoxy-1,4-dihydropyridine, in the first stage, one of the para-nitrophenyl groups in position 2 or 6 of the heterocycle is reduced. Free radicals have been obtained and identified, the primary species being ion radicals of the nitrophenyl type. The presence of the heterocycle in the molecule of the 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative stabilizes secondary free radicals of the nitrosophenyl type. In the process of electrochemical reduction, no evidence has been found of any intramolecular transfer of electrons or protons from the dihydropyridine part of the molecule to the nitrophenyl groups. Derivatives of 2,6-bis(p-nitrophenyl)-3,5-dicarbethoxy-1,4-dihydropyridine have been synthesized, and the oxidation and methylation of these derivatives have been studied.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 481–487, April, 1991.     

Synthesis and electrochemical oxidation of 1-aryl-3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-2,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridines

The possibility of obtaining 1-aryl-3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-2,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridines with electronacceptor substituents in the N-phenyl radical was demonstrated. The intermediate products of their formation, viz., 2,4-bis(arylaminomethyiene)-3-phenylglutaric acid esters, were established. The electrochemical oxidation potentials of 1-aryl-2,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridines are 100–200 mV higher than those of the 2,6-dimethyl analogs. A linear correlation between the electrochemical oxidation potentials and the Taft ⁰ constants of the substituents in the 1-phenyl ring was established.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 373–377, March, 1991.     

Oxidation of cationic 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives as model compounds for putative gene delivery agents

A new synthetic approach to cationic pyridine derivatives is described here. Two different strategies for the synthesis of 1,1′-{[3,5-bis(ethoxycarbonyl)-4-phenylpyridine-2,6-diyl]dimethylene}bispyridinium salts have been developed. The key step of the first strategy relies on electrochemical and chemical oxidation of cationic 1,4-dihydropyridines; the second one involves nucleophilic substitution of pyridine dibromo derivatives.     

Electrochemical oxidation of 4-monoalkyl-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines

The electrochemical oxidation of 4-monoalkyl-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines has been studied in an aprotic medium and in the presence of pyridine. In an aprotic medium the products of oxidation are both 4-alkyl-substituted and 4-unsubstituted pyridines or mixtures of them. On oxidation in acetonitrile of 4-Et-, 4-n-Pr-, and 4-i-Bu-substituted dihydropyridines, 2-methylene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridines were obtained in addition to the oxidized forms. In the presence of base the products of preparative electrolysis of the studied compounds were 4-alkyl-substituted pyridines. The exception was the 4-i-Pr- substituted dihydropyridine which was dealkylated on oxidation even in the presence of base. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1829–1838, December 2008.     

Ethyl 1,4-dihydropyridinecarbodithioates and the electronic effects of sulfur-containing ester substituents

Methods have been developed for the synthesis of the ethyl esters of 2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-bis(carbodithioic) and 4-ary1-2-methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-indeno[1,2-b]pyridine-3-carbodithioic acids. From the physicochemical properties (acid dissociation constants and electrochemical oxidation potentials of the 1,4-dihydropyridines with sulfur-containing substituents in the -positions, the electronic effects of these groups in the 1,4-dihydropyridine system have been determined. The inductive and resonance constants of these substituents in aromatic compounds have been found by ¹³C and ¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 491–500, April, 1986.     

Study of the electrical oxidation of 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-diethoxy-carbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridines in acetonitrile by means of a rotating disk electrode with a ring

It is shown that the electrochemical oxidation of esters of 2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acids in anhydrous acetonitrile takes place as a one-electron process, while the final products of the transformations (pyridines or pyridinium salts) are formed as a result of disproportionation of the intermediate radicals. When 1–2% (by volume) water is added, the oxidation mechanism changes substantially, and the electrochemical process becomes a two-electron process.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1263–1267, September, 1980.     

Electrochemical conversions of 5-oxo-1,4-dihydroindeno[1,2-b]pyridine derivatives

The electrochemical oxidation and reduction potentials of 9 derivatives of 5-oxo-1,4-dihydroindeno[1,2-b]pyridine in acetonitrile on a glassy graphite disk electrode have been established. Indenodihydropyridines are oxidized with considerably greater difficulty and reduced considerably more easily than the corresponding 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridines which is explained by the presence of the cyclopentane fragment which ensures the coplanarity of the carbonyl groups with the aminovinyl system of the heterocycle. The mechanism of electrooxidation has been studied by the rotating disk electrode with a ring method which revealed the reasons for the process.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, 1992 pp. 1223–1229, September, 1992.     

Oxidation of 1,4-dihydropyridines

The rate constants for the oxidation of 17 mono- and polynuclear 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives with chloranil were determined. The constants obtained were compared with the results of fermentative and electrochemical oxidation.See [1] for communication I.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 691–694, May, 1973.     

Anodic oxidation of mono- and disubstituted 1,4-dimethoxybenzenes

The electrochemical oxidation of mono- and disubstituted 1,4-dimethoxybenzene derivatives with zero, one, and two benzylic CH(2)X groups (X = OAc, Cl, OH) (5a-c and 6a-c) has been carried out by using both constant-current and controlled-potential techniques in methanol and in the presence of different electrolytes and working electrodes. Constant-current electrolysis in KOH-methanol solutions yielded mostly the corresponding 1,4-quinone derivatives from 5a-c and 6b, whereas the disubstituted 1,4-dimethoxybenzenes 6a,c underwent side-chain oxidation to form 2,5-dimethoxyterephthalaldehydes. Upon alteration of the medium from the commonly used basic KOH-methanol to neutral LiClO(4)-methanol, a new spectrum of products was achieved in most cases, involving novel coupling products from monosubstituted substrates and quinone derivatives from disubstituted ones. Controlled-potential oxidation at the glassy carbon anodes and in a neutral LiClO(4)-methanol medium led to more complex mixtures of products, namely, polymers and new coupling products from monosubstituted substrates and quinones and side-chain oxidation (or substitution) products from the disubstituted ones. Three new coupling products were isolated and characterized by X-ray measurements.