Nano-SiO2 catalyzed three-component preparations of pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidines, 4H-chromenes,and dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromenes

An efficient one-pot three-component procedure has been developed for the preparation of tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyrans, dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromenes, and pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidines using nano-SiO₂ as catalyst in H₂O at 70 °C. This methodology has a number of advantages such as: use of reusable catalyst, easy access, short reaction times, high yields, easy work up and use of non-toxic and green solvent.     

A novel multicomponent reaction to synthesize substituted furo[3,2-c]chromenes via a Pd-catalyzed cascade process

A novel one-pot three-component reaction for the synthesis of multisubstituted furo[3,2-c]chromenes using 3-(1-alkynyl)chromones, aryl iodides, and alcohols is developed via Pd-catalyzed cascade 1,4-addition and cyclization. This synthetic approach efficiently generates two C-O bonds and one C-C bond to construct diverse furo[3,2-c]chromenes structures.     

Eco‐friendly,One‐Pot Multicomponent Synthesis of Pyran Annulated Heterocyclic Scaffolds at Room Temperature Using Ammonium or Sodium Formate as Non‐toxic Catalyst

A simple, facile, and convenient practical method for one‐pot synthesis of pharmaceutically interesting diverse kind of pyran annulated heterocycles such as 4H‐pyrano[3,2‐c]coumarins, 4H‐pyrano[3,2‐c]‐α‐pyrones, 5,6,7,8‐tetrahydro‐5‐oxo‐4H‐chromenes and benzo[h]‐4H‐chromenes in the presence of ammonium or sodium formate as catalyst via three‐component condensation reaction of aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile, and C?H activated acidic compounds in aqueous ethanol has been developed mostly at room temperature. The salient features of the present method are mild reaction conditions, good to excellent yields, high atom economy, environmentally benign, easy isolation of products, no column chromatographic separation and reusability of reaction media.     

A facile route to phenyl, phenylsulfanyl and phenylselanyl substituted pyrano[3,2-c]chromenes

The synthesis of phenyl, phenylsulfanyl and phenylselanyl substituted pyrano[3,2-c]chromenes 4 is accomplished via cyclocondensation of 4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-carbaldehydes 1 with appropriately substituted acetic acids 2 under mild conditions. Further treatment of 4 with alcohol or water led to 5-alkoxy- and 5-hydroxy-2H,5H-pyrano[3,2-c]chromen-2-ones 5 and 6, respectively. Acid and thermal catalysed rearrangement of 4-6 gave 5-hydroxypyrano[2,3-b]chromen-2(10aH)-ones 7 and their subsequent substitution led to 5-alkoxyderivatives 8. Reaction of 4 with amides led to 5-acylamino or 5-phenylsulfonamino substituted 2H,5H-pyrano[3,2-c]chromen-2-ones 9. Reactions were performed under heating or microwave irradiation.     

DBU: a highly efficient catalyst for one-pot synthesis of substituted 3,4-dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromenes, dihydropyrano[4,3-b]pyranes, 2-amino-4H-benzo[h]chromenes and 2-amino-4H benzo[g]chromenes in aqueous medium

We have reported DBU catalyzed one-pot synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromenes, dihydropyrano[4,3-b]pyranes, 2-amino-4H-benzo[h]chromenes and 2-amino-4H-benzo[g]chromenes from aldehydes, active methylene compounds malononitrile/ethyl cyanocacetate, and 4-hydroxycoumarin/4-hydroxy-6-methylpyrone/1-naphthol/2-hydroxynaphthalene-1,4-dione in water under reflux. The attractive features of this process are mild reaction conditions, reusability of the reaction media, short reaction times, easy isolation of products, and excellent yields.     

Domino reactions between 6-ethyl-5,6-dihydro-4,5-dioxo-4H-pyrano[3,2-c]quinoline-3-carbonitrile and carbon nucleophilic reagents: Synthesis of novel heteroannulated pyridopyranoquinolines

A variety of novel heteroannulated pyrano[3,2-c]quinolines 2–12 was efficiently synthesized via a domino ‘Michael/retro-Michael/nitrile addition/heterocyclization’ reactions between 6-ethyl-5,6-dihydro-4,5-dioxo-4H-pyrano[3,2-c]quinoline-3-carbonitrile (1) and a diversity of carbon nucleophilic reagents. Pyrido[3′,2′:5,6]pyrano[3,2-c]quinolines 2–6 were synthesized from ring opening ring closure reactions of carbonitrile 1 with some methylene active nitrile namely malononitrile, cyanoacetamide, N-phenylcyanoacetamide, (phenylthio)acetonitrile and ethyl cyanoacetate, respectively. Reactions of carbonitrile 1 with dimer malononitrile and cyanoacetohydrazide showed different behavior producing the novel heteroannulated pyranoquinoline derivatives 7 and 8, respectively. Treatment of carbonitrile 1 with some methylene active ketones namely acetylacetone, acetoacetanilide, ethyl acetoacetate and ethyl benzoylacetate afforded pyrido[3′,2′:5,6]pyrano[3,2-c]quinolines 9–12, respectively. Structures of the synthesized products were deduced on the basis of their analytical and spectral data.     

Synthesis of novel pyrano fused quinolones,coumarins, and pyridones

Dedicated to Professor Dr. Hans Junek, Graz, on the occasion of his 70th birthday A novel efficient synthesis of pyrano fused heterocycles namely, pyrano[3,2-c]quinoline-2,5(6H)-diones 3a-e, 7b-d , pyrano[3,2-c]benzopyran-2,5(6H)-dione ( 7f ), and pyrano[3,2-c]pyridine-2,5(6H)-diones 10, 11 was achieved by the condensation of 4-hydroxy-2-(1H)-quinolones 1a-e , 4-hydroxycoumarin ( 1f ), or 4-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridone ( 9 ) with α-acetyl-γ-butyrolactone ( 2 ) or the sodium salt of α-formyl-γ-butyrol-actone ( 6 ), respectively, in the presence of ammonium acetate.     

A short synthesis of koniamborine, a naturally occurring pyrano[3,2-b]indole

An expedient synthesis of the alkaloid koniamborine, the only to date isolated naturally occurring pyrano[3,2-b]indole is presented. The key pyrano[3,2-b]indole forming step is a palladium-catalyzed reductive N-heteroannulation of 2-(4-methoxy-2-nitrophenyl)-(4H)-pyrane-4-one.     

Heterocycles with a β-nitroenamine fragment

The reactions of 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-pyrone and 4-hydroxycoumarin with arylidenenitroacetonitriles result in 2-amino-3-nitropyrano[3,2-c]pyrans and 2-amino-3-nitropyrano [3,2-c]chromenes, respectively. The crystal and molecular structure of one of the compounds obtained was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.     

Regioselective synthesis of pyrano[3,2-f]quinoline and phenanthroline derivatives using molecular iodine

A series of polysubstituted pyrano[3,2-f]quinoline and phenanthroline derivatives have been synthesized by molecular iodine-catalyzed tandem reaction of various propargylic alcohols with or without substituted amines in excellent yields. Moreover, the cyclized side products are also pyrano[3,2-f]quinoline and phenanthroline derivatives.     

Condensed Thienopyrimidines. 19. Study of the Heterocyclization of 2-Hydrazino-6,6-dimethyl-5,6-dihydro-8H-pyranothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-one

Novel condensed pyrano[4',3':4,5]thieno[3,2-e]triazolo[3,4-b]pyrimidine derivatives have been synthesized from 2-amino-3-carbethoxy-5,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-7H-thieno[2,3-c]pyran.     

Synthesis of 8-amino derivatives of condensed furo[3,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>]pyrimidines

A method for the synthesis of new 8-amine derivatives of pyrano[4",3":4',5']pyrido[3',2':4,5]furo-[3,2-d]pyrimidines based on 6-oxo derivatives of pyrano[3,4-c]pyridines has been developed.     

Palladium-catalyzed reductive N-heterocyclization of alkenyl-substituted nitroarenes as a viable method for the preparation of bicyclic pyrrolo-fused heteroaromatic compounds

Palladium-catalyzed, carbon monoxide-mediated reductive N-heterocyclization of nitro-heteroaromatic compounds having an alkene adjacent to the nitro-group affords bicyclic pyrrolo-fused heteroaromatic molecules. This type of reaction was used to prepare the fused bicyclo[3.3.0] ring-system: thieno[3,2-b]pyrrole, thieno[2,3-b]pyrrole, furo[2,3-b]pyrrole, pyrrolo[3,2-d]thiazole, and pyrrolo[2,3-d]imidazole and the bicyclo[4.3.0] ring-systems: pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridine, pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine, pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridine, pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridine, pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridazine, and pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine in 32-94% yield.     

Synthesis of Some Novel Heteroannulated Pyrano[3,2‐c]quinoline‐2,5(6H)‐diones

6‐Butyl‐3‐((dimethylamino)methylene)pyrano[3,2‐c]quinolinone and 6‐butyl pyrano[3,2‐c]quinolone‐3‐carbonitrile were efficiently synthesized in good yield. These two new precursors were used to obtain some novel heteroannulated pyrano[3,2‐c]quinolone derivatives from heterocyclization reactions with various binucleophiles. These heteroannulation reactions afforded novel heterocyclic systems fused to the pyranoquinolinone at face c, such as pyrazole, pyrimidine, pyridine, and pyrazolopyranone.     

Convenient synthesis of fused pyrano[3,2-h]- and furo[3,2-h]benzo[f]coumarins from naphthalene-2,3-diol

The treatment of 8-propargyloxy-benzo[f]coumarin with boron trifluoride diethyl etherate in N,N-dimethylformamide under reflux or MW irradiation resulted in pyrano[3,2-h]benzo[f]coumarin, while the furo[3,2-h]benzo[f]coumarin is received from the treatment with N-methylformamide under MW irradiation.     

New synthetic approach to epoxyisoindolo[2,1-a]quinolines based on cycloaddition reactions of 2-furyl-substituted tetrahydroquinolines with maleic anhydride and acryloyl chloride

A procedure was developed for the synthesis of hydrogenated furyl-substituted furo[3,2-c]quinolines, pyrano[3,2-c]quinolines, and 4-ethoxy-and 4-(2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)quinolines. The reactions of these compounds with acryloyl chloride and maleic anhydride produce epoxyisoindolo[2,1-a]quinoline derivatives through successive acylation at the quinoline nitrogen atom and intramolecular exo-[4+2]-cycloaddition at the furan moiety. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1023–1038, May, 2007.     

Titanium dioxide nanowires as green and heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of novel pyranocoumarins

Titanium dioxide nanowires were employed as novel, recyclable and safe catalysts in a one-pot three-component condensation of aldehydes, malononitrile, and 4-hydroxycoumarin to produce new and known pyrano[2,3-c]chromenes as potent biologically active compounds. A possible catalytic mechanism was also proposed based on the interaction of reactants with TiO₂ nanowires. This expedient new route has advantages, such as the use of a safe and reusable catalyst, simple operation, short reaction times and good to excellent yields.     

A new strategy for the synthesis of coumarin- and quinolone-annulated pyrroles via Pd(0) mediated cross-coupling followed by Cu(I) catalyzed heteroannulation

The sequential coupling and cyclization reactions between aryl halides and (trimethylsilyl)acetylene (TMSA) with concurrent elimination of the TMS substituent, allows a straightforward synthesis of substituted pyrano[3,2-e]indolone and pyrrolo[3,2-f]quinolone derivatives in excellent yields.     

A rapid access to indolo[2,1-a]pyrrolo[4′,3′:4,5]pyrano[5,6-c]coumarin/[6,5-c]chromone derivatives by domino Knoevenagal intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reactions

Knoevenagal condensation of indole-2-carbaldehyde containing an internal dienophile with coumarins, followed by domino intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reaction, provides polycyclic heterocycles. Different approaches for stereo- and chemoselective synthesis of indolo[2,1-a]pyrrolo[4′,3′:4,5]pyrano[5,6-c]coumarin and indolo[2,1-a]pyrrolo[4′,3′:4,5]pyrano[6,5-c]chromone derivatives are described.     

4-Picoline-catalyzed hetero-Diels-Alder type reactions: one-pot synthesis of pyrano[4,3-c]chromenes

An organocatalytic hetero-Diels-Alder type reaction between α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and acetylenedicarboxylates is achieved which offers an efficient one-pot access to a new class of pyrano[4,3-c]chromenes from simple and readily available starting materials under mild reaction conditions.