Imidazolyl derivatives of the chroman ring. 1

The synthesis of 2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-2,3-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-4-ones (I) through 3-bromo-2,3-dihydro-4H-1-benzopyran-4-ones or more conveniently through chroman ring closure from 2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-2′-hydroxyacetophenones is described. The ring closure also works well for the pyrazolyl derivatives. Compounds I and the corresponding imidazolylchromanols, -chromenes, and -chromans derived from the former, were pharmacologically investigated.     

Imidazolyl derivatives of the chroman ring 3

The synthesis of 2-methyl-3-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-ones 4 is described starting from 2-acetoxybenzoyl chlorides and 1,2-dimethylimidazole. Chromones 4 undergo alkaline ring opening to the corresponding 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)ethenols 5 which give ring closure to 2-substituted 3-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-ones or 2,3-dihydro-3-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-ones. The corresponding chromanols and chromenes can be easily obtained from chromones 4 .     

Imidazolyl derivatives of the thiochroman ring

The synthesis of 2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-4H-1-benzothiopyran- 4 -ones 3 from 3-bromo-4H-1-benzothiopyran-4-ones 1 and imidazole is described. The reaction of 1 with secondary amines gives the corresponding 3 -amino-thiochromones 11. Compounds 3 can be oxidized to the sulfones 4 from which the thiochromanols 5 and thiochromene 7 can be easily obtained. 3-Bromo-2,3-dihydro-6-methyl-4H-1-benzothiopyran-4-one 12 and imidazole led by dehydrohalogenation to thiochromone, while the ketal 13 rearranged to benzo[b]thiophene 16.     

New chroman derivatives from the Japanese liverworts Metacalypogeia cordifolia and Cephalozia otaruensis.

The diethyl ether extract of the Japanese liverwort Metacalypogeia cordifolia yielded five new chroman type derivatives in addition to known sesquiterpenoids. One of the new chroman derivatives was also isolated from the ether extract of another liverwort, Cephalozia otaruensis. Their structures were established by extensive two dimensional (2D) NMR techniques and chemical evidence. They were shown to be 2,2-dimethyl-7-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-chroman derivatives. This was the first example of the isolation of the chroman-type compounds, although various types of aromatic compounds have been isolated from liverworts.     

Gold-catalyzed synthesis of chroman, dihydrobenzofuran, dihydroindole, and tetrahydroquinoline derivatives

Different furans containing an ynamide or alkynyl ether moiety in the side chain were prepared. The gold-catalyzed transformation of these compounds delivered dihydroindole, dihydrobenzofuran, chroman, and tetrahydroquinoline derivatives at room temperature through very fast reactions. Furthermore, the stabilizing effect of the heteroatom directly attached to the intermediate arene oxides led to highly selective reactions, even in the case of only mono-substituted furans, which is quite different from previous results obtained with non-heteroatom-substituted alkynes.     

Selective radical cascade (4+2) annulation with olefins towards the synthesis of chroman derivatives via organo-photoredox catalysis

Due to the importance of chroman frameworks in medicinal chemistry, the development of novel synthetic methods for these structures is gaining increasing interest of chemists. Reported here is a new (4 + 2) radical annulation approach for the construction of these functional six-membered frameworks via photocatalysis. Featuring mild reaction conditions, the protocol allows readily available N-hydroxyphthalimide esters and electron-deficient olefins to be converted into a wide range of valuable chromans in a highly selective manner. Moreover, the present strategy can be used in the late-stage functionalization of natural product derivatives and biologically active compounds, which demonstrated the potential application. This method is complementary to the traditional Diels–Alder [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of ortho-quinone methides and electron-rich dienophiles, since electron-deficient dienophiles were smoothly transformed into the desired chromans.

We have developed a (4 + 2) radical annulation approach for the synthesis of diverse chromans. This method is complementary to the traditional Diels–Alder [4 + 2] annulation of ortho-quinone methides and electron-rich dienophiles.

Chroman moieties frequently exist as the key subunit in a wide array of natural products, pharmaceuticals, and bioactive molecules.¹ For example, vitamin E,² centchroman,² cromakalim³ and rubioncolin B⁴ are well-known active pharmaceutical ingredients in various therapeutic areas (Scheme 1a). Due to their significant importance in medicinal chemistry, developing new methods towards the synthesis of chromans and the installation of a variety of the functional groups in chroman frameworks are gaining increasing attention of the chemical community.⁵Open in a separate windowScheme 1Selected bioactive molecules and the synthetic methods of chromans.In the past few decades, a great deal of methods have been developed for the assembly of substituted chromans, and among them, the Diels–Alder [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction provides a highly efficient synthetic platform in the construction of these functional six-membered frameworks.⁶ Extensive work has been done with this strategy, resulting in a lot of significant progress. The ortho-quinone methides (o-QMs) are generally essential dienes for the Diels–Alder reaction towards the synthesis of chromans, as they are highly reactive for rapid rearomatization via Michael addition of nucleophiles, cycloaddition with a dienophile of 2π partners or 6π-electrocyclization (Scheme 1b).⁷ Herein, although various valuable chromans have been successfully synthesized with the Diels–Alder [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction, the use of o-QMs may lead to several potential limitations in some cases. One of the potential limitations is that o-QMs are used mainly as Michael acceptor and electron-deficient dienes to react only with nucleophiles and electron-rich dienophiles. In these considerations, the evolution of synthetic methods for chromans is very important and highly desirable. In particular, novel (4 + 2) cycloaddition strategies capable of synthesizing chromans with the use of easily available materials and electron-deficient dienophiles are of utmost interest.On the basis of retrosynthetic analysis of chroman shown in Scheme 1c, (4 + 2) radical annulation of the corresponding carbon-centered radical R with olefin would be an alternative route, which is able to overcome the above-mentioned potential limitations. Considering that radical species R is normally nucleophilic, thus, it could react with electron-deficient olefins affording chroman products that generally can''t be synthesized by the traditional Diels–Alder [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction involving o-QMs. Herein, we reported a highly selective (4 + 2) radical–annulation reaction to construct the chroman framework with the use of easily available NHPI ester as the radical precursor and olefin as the radical acceptor under mild conditions.Compared with other alkyl radical precursors, the redox-active N-(acyloxy)phthalimides (NHPI esters) come to the fore, since they are cheap, stable, readily available, and non-toxic.⁸ Bearing above hypothesis in mind, we commenced to investigate the (4 + 2) annulation reaction by utilizing readily available N-hydroxyphthalimide ester A′ and commercially available ethyl acrylate as model substrates. After a great deal of screening on the reaction parameters, only a trace amount of the target product was detected by GC-MS. In contrast, the main product is anisole, which may result from a rapid hydrogen abstraction reaction of the unstable primary alkyl radical intermediate. To restrain the formation of this by-product, we designed N-hydroxyphthalimide esters A and A′′, which could produce more stable tertiary radicals, for the target (4 + 2) annulation reaction instead of A′ (9 74% yield of ethyl-2,2-dimethylchromane-4-carboxylate upon 1 was selectively obtained after irradiation of the reaction system under blue LEDs at room temperature for 12 h, despite a little by-product (

Trimethylchlorosilane induced ring opening of 2-alkyloxazolidines to enamine derivatives

2-Alkyloxazolidines (5) were ring-opened by trimethylchlorosilane with N,N-diisopropylamine to give N-[2-(trimethylsilyloxy)alkyll-enamines (6). A MgCl₂ promoted Michael reaction of chiral enamines thus prepared was achieved with asymmetric induction.     

Regioselective ring opening of 2-methylaziridine derivatives with F- and F-fluoride

Regioselectivity of the nucleophilic ring opening of N-benzoyl (Bz) and N-benzyloxycarbonyl (Cbz) activated 2-methylaziridines with anhydrous tetramethylammonium fluoride, anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, and ¹⁹F or [¹⁸F]-labelled potassium cryptand fluoride ([K₂₂₂][^18/19F]) were investigated. Whereas all reactions with rigorously anhydrous N(CH₃)₄F did not ring-open the aziridines, reactions with anhydrous HF exclusively yielded the 2-fluoropropanamine derivatives. Reactions of Bz-protected and Cbz-protected 2-methylaziridine with [K₂₂₂][^18/19F] yielded the 2-fluoropropanamine and 1-fluoro-2-propanamine derivatives as the major products, respectively, and represents the first example of regiocontrol during ring opening of aziridines with [¹⁸F]-fluoride.     

Thermal ring transformation of 5-aryl-2-carbazoyl-1,2,3,4-tetrazole derivatives

Unstable 5-aryl-2-(3-benzylidene-2-phenylcarbazoyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrazoles 8 have been prepared. By thermal ring transformation, they gave 5-aryl-2-(2-benzylidene-1-phenylhydrazino)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles 9. , Hydrazinolysis of 9 afforded 5-aryl-2-(1-phenylhydrazino)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles 10. Elimination of a molecule of benzonitrile from 9 on heating converted them into 2-anilino-5-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles 11.     

QSAR based modeling on a series of lactam fused chroman derivatives as selective 5-HT transporters

One of the most prevalent disorders in the present society is depression. The development of treatments for this disorder, beginning with the tricyclic antidepressants and leading to the development of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, has focused on compounds that block the function of the serotonin transporter (SERT). Quantitative structure–activity relationship has been performed on a series of lactam fused chroman derivatives as selective 5-HT transporters, using different physicochemical parameters along with appropriate indicator variables. It has been found that physicochemical parameters, such as connectivity indices ⁰χ and ²χ, molecular weight (MW), Parachor (Pc), Balaban index (J), Wiener index (W) along with indicator variables are significantly correlated with activity. In this paper best results were obtained by using multiple regression analysis. Different models were generated with high values of R² and low values of PRESS/SSY ratio. The significant equations were statistically tested by using leave one out (LOO) technique and cross-validation methods.     

A novel and direct synthesis of chroman derivatives using a hypervalent iodine(III) reagent

The direct aromatic carbon-oxygen bond-formation reaction was described and the novel and simple synthetic method for chroman derivatives involving aromatic cation radical intermediates was developed using the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent, phenyliodine(III) bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA).     

Two new chroman derivations from the endophytic Penicillium sp. DCS523

Strain DCS523 was isolated from the branch tissue of Daphniphyllum longeracemosum and determined to be a Penicillium sp. according to the ITS sequence analysis. The extracts from the PDA solid fermentation media of Penicillium sp. DCS523 were purified to give two new chroman derivatives as well as six known compounds. Based on their spectral data the new compounds were identified as (Z)-6-acetyl- 3-(1,2-dihydroxypropylidene)-5-hydroxy-8-methylchroman-2-one and 6-acetyl-2α,5- dihydroxy-2-(2-hydroxypropyl)- 3α,8-dimethylchroman, respectively.     

Synthesis of trifluoromethylated 2-benzoyl- and 2-aminoimidazoles from ring rearrangement of 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives

Fluoroalkylated 2-ylamino-imidazoles have been synthesized by reaction of 3-amino-5-phenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole with fluorinated β-dicarbonyl compounds and subsequent base-induced Boulton-Katritzky Rearrangement (BKR) of the isolated β-enaminocarbonyl intermediate. Alternatively, one-pot reactions performed in the presence of Montmorillonite K10 favoured the condensation at the 3-amino moiety of the oxadiazole and, in some cases, allowed the direct synthesis of 2-benzoylamino-imidazoles. Hydrolysis of 2-benzoylamino-imidazoles easily yielded fluorinated 2-amino-imidazoles targets.     

Pyoluteorin derivatives. II. Synthetic approaches to pyrrole ring substituted pyoluteorins

A method for the regiospecific synthesis of 3-substituted 2-aroylpyrroles is described. These pyrroles, which are structurally related to the naturally occurring antibiotic pyoluteorin, are prepared by a Friedel-Crafts aroylation of 4-substituted pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid esters with 2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl chloride. The carboalkoxy group is then removed by hydrolysis and decarboxylation to produce isomerically pure 3-substituted-2-(2′,6′-dimethoxybenzoyl)pyrroles ( 5 and 13 ). Conversion of these pyrroles into pyoluteorin-like compounds led to some unexpected products which arise from facile cleavage of the dihydroxybenzoyl portion of the molecules during chlorination.     

Nitrophenyl derivatives of the furazan and furoxan ring systems

The preparation of some nitrophenyl derivatives of the furazan and furoxan ring systems is reported. The results of an antimicrobial screening on these compounds are also briefly discussed.     

Pseudoesters and derivatives. XXVI. Formation of cyclopropanes and five membered heterocycles by michael initiated ring closure reactions of 2-bromo-3-formylacrylic acid derivatives

The reaction of 3-bromo-5-methoxyfuran-2(5H)-onel with the stabilized carbanions derived from 2a–d, in a solid-liquid two-phase system in the presence of potassium carbonate and tetrabutylammonium bromide, affords the cyclopropane lactones 5a–d. With the ambident anions generated from 2e and 2f, the fused heterocyclic compounds 10 and 11, respectively, are obtained. The reaction of methyl 2-bromo-4,4-dimethoxy-2-butenoates (7, 8) with 2b–f, under similar conditions, gives rise to mixtures of the functionalized cyclopropanes 12b–f and 13b–f as mixtures of diastereoisomers; dihydrofurans 14 and 15 are also formed as minor components using ethyl acetoacetate (2f) as nucleophile.     

Polycarbonyl heterocycles. Part III. Synthesis of 2,3-furanodione derivatives by ring transformations of thiazolidine-4,5-dione derivatives

The base catalyzed isomerization of 2-(aroyl-methylene)-3-aryl-thiazolidine-4,5-dione derivatives1 leads to salts of 1-aryl-3-aroyl-4-hydroxy-pyrroline-2-thio-5-one and aliphatic amines2. It was found that2 undergo further transformation to 4-thioanilido-5-arylo-2,3-furanodione derivatives4. This series of reaction provides a convenient synthetic route to 2,3-furanodione derivatives4.

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Polycarbonyl-Heterocyclen, 3. Mitt.: Synthese von 2,3-Furandion-Derivaten durch Ringtransformation von Thiazolidin-4,5-dion-Derivaten

Zusammenfassung Die basenkatalysierte Isomerisierung von 2-(Aroylmethylen)-3-aryl-thiazolidin-4,5-dionen1 führt zu Salzen von 1-Aryl-3-aroyl-4-hydroxy-pyrrolin-2-thio-5-on und aliphatischen Aminen2. Die letzteren gehen in 4-Thioanilido-5-arylo-2,3-furandion-Derivate4 über. Diese Reaktionsfolge stellte eine vorteilhafte synthetische Route zu 2,3-Furandionen dar.