Simple preparation of 7-alkylamino-2-methylquinoline-5,8-diones: regiochemistry in nucleophilic substitution reactions of the 6- or 7-bromo-2-methylquinoline-5,8-dione with amines

7-Alkylamino-2-methylquinoline-5,8-diones (7) were prepared from 6-bromo-2-methylquinoline-5,8-dione (2) not from 7-bromo-2-methylquinoline-5,8-dione (1). The chemistry of the transformation of 6-bromo-2-methylquinoline-5,8-dione (2) and various alkylamines, such as piperidine, 2-methylaziridine, benzylamine, n-butylamine, cyclohexylamine, t-butylamine, and ammonia, to 7-alkylamino compounds 7 as well as the transformation of 7-bromo compound 1 and the alkylamines to 6-alkylamino-2-methylquinoline-5,8-diones 11 was studied. The efficient and simple synthetic routes of the key intermediates, 6- and 7-bromo-2-methylquinoline-5,8-diones (2 and 1), from 5,8-dihydroxy-2-methylquinoline (15) and 5,7-dibromo-8-hydroxy-2-methylquinoline (9), respectively, were developed. We also proposed the mechanism for the unusual regioselectivity on the nucleophilic amination of 6- and 7-bromo-2-methylquinoline-5,8-diones (2 and 1).     

Synthesis of 3,4,5-trisubstituted indoles via iterative directed lithiation of 1-(triisopropylsilyl)gramines

Directed lithiation of 1-(triisopropylsilyl)gramines 1 with tert-butyllithium followed by reaction with trimethylsilylmethyl azide produced 4-amino-1-(triisopropylsilyl)gramines 7. The N-tert-butoxycarbonyl derivatives 8 were lithiated selectively at C-5 with tert-butyllithium and the lithiated species were reacted with a variety of electrophiles to give 5-functionalized compounds, 9 and 10. A facile method to produce 3,4,5-trisubstituted indoles from readily available gramine derivatives is thereby established.     

Novel tocopherol derivatives. Part 32: On the bromination of pyrano[3,2-f]chromenes related to γ-tocopherol

While bromination of γ-tocopherol (2) with elemental bromine affords 5-bromo-γ-tocopherol quantitatively (3), the analogous reaction of its truncated model compound, 2,2,7,8-tetramethylchromanol (2a) is known to be accompanied by side reactions and to produce hitherto unknown byproducts. These compounds originate from pyrano[3,2-f]chromene (6), a byproduct in the synthesis of model compound 2a, which affords bromochromene 7 as the major product. The reaction mechanism was shown to proceed via chromene 8 and its 1,2-dibromo addition compound 9, which eliminates HBr in an E1 process to finally afford 7. Analytical data including crystal structures of both 6 and 7 are reported.     

Synthesis of unnatural pentahydroxylated pyrrolizidines: 5-epi- and 5,7a-di-epi-hyacinthacine C1

Stereocontrolled synthesis of 5-epi- and 5,7a-di-epi-hyacinthacine C₁ (7 and 8), two potential glycosidase inhibitors are described using α,β-unsaturated ketone 9 as homochiral starting material. The key step in the synthesis is the highly diastereoselective dihydroxylation reaction of 9, that allows the obtention of a single bis-hydroxylated ketone (10). Further derivatization into two epimeric mesylate esters followed by internal cyclization form the pyrrolizidinic compounds 7 and 8. This type of compounds can be useful in glycobiology due to their ability to inhibit carbohydrate-processing enzymes.     

Synthesis of C1- and C8a-epimers of (+)-castanospermine from d-glucose derived γ,δ-epoxyazide: intramolecular 5-endo epoxide opening approach

A concise synthesis of two diastereomers of (+)-castanospermine namely 1- and 8a-epi-castanospermine 1b and 1c, respectively, is reported from d-glucose. The methodology involves stereoselective cross metathesis of d-glucose derived alkene 2 with 4-bromo-1-butene followed by azide displacement and m-CPBA oxidation to afford diastereomeric γ,δ-epoxyazides 5a/5b. The Staudinger reaction of epoxyazide 5a followed by reaction with benzylchloroformate (CbzCl) unexpectedly furnished 1,3-oxazinan-2-one derivative 7 whose stereochemistry was establish by single crystal X-ray. This helps to assign the stereochemistry in the epoxidation reaction. The reduction of 5a/5b was then carried out by transfer hydrogenation to provide γ,δ-epoxyamine that concomitantly undergoes intramolecular 5-endo-tet cyclization to afford hydroxypyrrolidine ring skeleton with sugar framework-a precursor to castanospermine analogues 1b/1c.     

Nitrenic reactivity of diazirines

Butyl 3-bromo-3H-diazirine-3-carboxylate (7) and 3-bromo-3-phenyl-3H-diazirine (17) exhibit nitrenic reactivity with phenylmagnesium bromide or tetrabutylammonium cyanide. The formation of several N,N′-disubstituted amidines is attributed to the intermediacy of 1-phenyl or 1-cyano-1H-diazirines possessing a singlet imidoylnitrene character at the N2 atom. Most notably, the reaction of 7 with PhMgBr in diethyl ether affords 2-hydroxy-2,2,N-triphenylacetamidine (9) and 2-methyl-5,5-diphenyl-4-phenylamino-2,5-dihydrooxazole (10) as products derived from nitrene insertion to the ether α-C–H bond.     

Practical and efficient synthesis of N-fused tricyclic indoles

A practical and efficient synthesis of methyl 6,7,8,9-tetrahydropyrido[1,2-a]indol-10-ylacetate derivatives 6 is reported. This synthetic approach featured the nucleophilic aromatic substitution of 2-piperidinemethanol derivatives 2 with aryl fluorides 1, and the intramolecular Heck coupling as key steps to afford the desired N-fused tricyclic indoles 6.     

Silylene-spaced diphenylanthracene derivatives as blue-emitting materials

A novel series of blue emitting silylene-spaced diphenylanthracene derivatives have been synthesized and characterized. The rhodium-catalyzed hydrosilylation of bis[4-(dimethylsilyl)phenyl]anthracene 3-4 yielded stable 9,10-disubstituted (E)-divinylsilylene-diphenylanthracene products 7-10 and salt elimination reaction of bis[4-(chlorodimethylsilyl)phenyl]anthracene 5-6 gave 9,10-disubstituted disilyldiphenylanthracene compounds 11-14. They are fluorescent in the blue region with good quantum efficiencies. The rhodium-catalyzed polyaddition including 2-tert-butyl-9,10-bis[4-(dimethylsilyl)phenyl]anthracene (4) afforded the nonconjugated copolymer 15.     

New Heck coupling strategies for the synthesis of paullone and dimethyl paullone

The short total synthesis of paullone (1) and dimethyl paullone (2) via a novel palladium-catalyzed intramolecular coupling using the o-bromo- and o-iodo anilides of indoles (3 and 3a) and N-methyl indole 4 is described.     

Stereospecific total synthesis of (−)-8-epi-hyperaspine

Condensation of protected δ-hydroxy-β-amino ester 7 with a β-keto ester provides vinylogous urethane 8, which is cyclized under the action of t-BuOK followed by decarboxylation to afford enone 12. Hydrogenation of 12 or its N,O-diprotected derivative 13 gives 2,6-cis-disubstituted piperdines. Using these intermediates, (−)-8-epi-hyperaspine is synthesized.     

A highly efficient and environmentally benign synthesis of 6,8-dibromoflavones, 8-bromoflavones, 5,7-dibromoaurones and 7-bromoaurones

Various ring substituted 6,8-dibromoflavones (3a-e) as well as 8-bromoflavones (3f-j) can be synthesized easily from the corresponding 2′-hydroxychalcones (1a-j) in good yields and in two steps under environmentally benign reaction conditions. This can be achieved by bromination with concomitant cyclization by using a combination of vanadium pentoxide, hydrogen peroxide and ammonium bromide in dichloromethane-water at 0-5 °C, followed by dehydrobromination of the brominated products 2a-j using 0.2 M ethanolic KOH solution at ice-bath temperature. On the other hand, various 5,7-dibromoaurones and 7-bromoaurone derivatives 6a-c can be obtained, exclusively, from the corresponding 2′-acetoxychalcones (4a-c) in good yields and in two steps by tuning the reaction conditions.     

A facile stereoselective synthesis of (E)-1,2-disubstituted vinylstannanes via hydromagnesiation of alkylarylacetylenes

Hydromagnesiation of alkylarylacetylenes 1 in diethyl ether gave (E)-α-arylvinyl Grignard reagents 2, which reacted with trialkylstannyl chlorides 3 in diethyl ether to afford stereoselectively (E)-1,2-disubstituted vinylstannanes 4 in high yields.     

Reaction behavior of cyclopropylmethyl cations derived 1-phenylselenocyclopropylmethanols with acids

The 1-phenylselenocyclopropylmethyl cations are generated by the reaction of the corresponding cyclopropylmethanols 1 with TsOH. The reaction in methanol proceeds to afford the homoallylic ethers 2, ring-enlargement products 3, 4, and ring opening products 5 depending upon the kind of substituent on the cyclopropane ring or the α-carbon. On the other hand, in the case of the absence of methanol as nucleophile, 4H-selenochromene derivative 7 is obtained exclusively. The oxidative elimination of the phenylselenyl group in the resulting phenylselenohomoallylic compounds 2 furnishes functionalized allene derivatives and alkyne derivatives.     

A convenient synthesis of functionalized N-(ethynyl)benzotriazoles

1-(2,2-Dichlorovinyl)benzotriazole (7) was prepared by the reaction of 1-formylbenzotriazole with PPh₃/CCl₄. Lithiation-substitution of 7 with electrophiles gave a variety of functionalized N-(ethynyl)benzotriazoles 8a-h in 32-84% yields.     

The first application of an imidazole o-quinodimethane in Diels-Alder reactions leading to the synthesis of benzimidazoles

An efficient procedure for the generation of the imidazole-4,5-quinodimethane intermediate 4 from 2-bromo-4,5-bis(bromomethyl)imidazole derivative 3 in boiling toluene in the presence of 18-crown-6 is described. o-Quinodimethane 4 was captured for the first time by several symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted dienophiles to afford the corresponding Diels-Alder benzimidazole adducts.     

Functionalization of C60 via organometallic reagents

The reaction of [60]fullerene with organolithium and Grignard reagents carrying orthoester, acetal or other end groups yielded adducts 3-5 at the 6-6 bond of C60 after quenching with trifluoroacetic acid. The adducts could be easily methylated or benzylated with methyl iodide or benzyl bromide in the presence of potassium tert-butoxide to yield exclusively the 1,4-disubstituted C60 6 and 7a,b. Cleavage of the orthoester, acetal and silylether groups gave the corresponding carboxylic acid 9, aldehydes 10a,b and 11 and alcohols 12 and 13a,b. The carboxylic acid 9 readily reacted with alanine ethyl ester under standard peptide coupling conditions to give 14 in 55% yield. Attempts to generate a silyl enol ether from the reaction of aldehyde 10b with TIPSOTf and triethylamine failed. Instead the reaction led to a cyclized ether 16a (or alcohol 16b in the absence of silylating agent) resulting from the addition of an initially formed fulleride anion to the aldehyde group. The corresponding acetal 4b reacted similarly. The reaction of aldehyde 10b with aniline also gave a cyclized product 19. Surprisingly, aldehyde 11, which no longer carried an acidic fullerene proton reacted with aniline to give a product 20 resulting from an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction followed by aromatization of a primarily formed N-phenylimine. Alcohol 13b could be readily converted to the corresponding bromide using tetramethyl-α-bromoenamine. The bromide was reacted with the carbanion derived from the protected glycine derivative to yield the diastereomeric fullerene amino acid derivatives 1-benzyl-4-[α-propyl-tert-butylglycinate benzophenone imine] 1,4-dihydro[60]fullerenes 24a and 24b.     

An easy preparation of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl propenyl sulfones

Sodium tridecafluorohexanesulfinate (1a) and sodium 1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethanesulfinate (1b) were prepared by the treatment of 1-iodo-tridecafluorohexane and 1-bromo-1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane with sodium dithionite in a water-acetonitrile solution. Prolonged reaction of 1a with allyl bromide in DMF afforded tridecafluorohexane 1-propenyl sulfone 2 as the only product in good yield. A similar treatment of 1b gave exclusively 1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane 3-propenyl sulfone 4. Bromination of 4 followed by dehydrobromination with Et₃N resulted in a mixture of 1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane 3-bromo-1-propenyl sulfone 6 and 1-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane 2-bromo-3-propenyl sulfone 7, while dehydrobromination with pyridine gave sulfone 6 practically as the only product. α,β-Unsaturated sulfones 2 and 6 were shown to be active dienophiles.     

Synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted benzofurans and indoles by π-Lewis acidic transition metal-catalyzed cyclization of ortho-alkynylphenyl O,O- and N,O-acetals

The PtCl₂-catalyzed cyclization reaction of ortho-alkynylphenyl acetals 1 in the presence of COD (1,5-cyclooctadiene) produces 3-(α-alkoxyalkyl)benzofurans 2 in good to high yields. For example, the reaction of acetaldehyde ethyl 2-(1-octynyl)phenyl acetal (1a), acetaldehyde ethyl 2-(cyclohexylethynyl)phenyl acetal (1c), and acetaldehyde ethyl 2-(phenylethynyl)phenyl acetal (1f) in the presence of 2 mol % of platinum(II) chloride and 8 mol % of 1,5-cycloocatadiene in toluene at 30 °C gave the corresponding 2,3-disubstituted benzofurans 2a, 2c, and 2f in 91, 94, and 88% yields, respectively. Moreover, the reaction of N-methoxymethyl-2-alkynylanilines 3 was catalyzed by PdBr₂, affording the corresponding 2,3-disubstituted indoles 4 in moderate yields. For example, the reaction of N-methoxymethyl-2-(1-pentynyl)-N-tosylaniline (3a) and N-methoxymethyl-2-(phenylethynyl)-N-tosylaniline (3b) in the presence of 10 mol % of PdBr₂ in toluene at 80 °C gave 3-methoxymethyl-2-propyl-1-tosylindole (4a) and 3-methoxymethyl-2-phenyl-1-tosylindole (4b) in 33 and 33% yields, respectively.     

Reductive opening of 2,7-dihydrodinaphthoxepine and thiepine: easy regioselective preparation of 2,2′-difunctionalised binaphthyls

The lithiation of 2,7-dihydrodinaphthoheteroepines (5) with 2.2 equiv of lithium naphthalenide in THF at −78 °C gives dianionic intermediates 8, which by reaction with different electrophiles [H₂O, D₂O, ^tBuCHO, Me₂CO, Et₂CO, (CH₂)₄CO, (CH₂)₅CO] at the same temperature, followed by hydrolysis, leads to unsymmetrically 2,2′-disubstituted binaphthyls 6. When the lithiation is performed with an excess of lithium in the presence of a catalytic amount of 4,4′-di-tert-butylbiphenyl (DTBB, 10 mol %), a double reductive cleavage takes place to give dianionic intermediate 9, which by reaction with different electrophiles [H₂O, Me₂CO, Et₂CO, (CH₂)₄CO, (CH₂)₅CO], followed by hydrolysis with water, yields symmetrically 2,2′-disubstituted binaphthyls 7. In the case of starting from (R)-5a, the reductive opening by treatment with 2.2 equiv of lithium naphthalenide followed by reaction with H₂O or (CH₂)₅CO as electrophiles and final hydrolysis, leads to enantiomerically pure compounds (R)-6aa and (R)-6af, respectively.     

Efficient and selective synthesis of quinoline derivatives

The bromination reaction of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (7) was investigated by NBS and molecular bromine. One-pot synthesis is described for synthetically valuable 4,6,8-tribromoquinoline (3) and 6,8-dibromo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (6) on bromination of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (7) in efficient yields (75 and 90%, respectively). 6-Bromo- (4) and 6,8-dibromo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines (6) were converted to 6-bromo- (1) and 6,8-dibromo quinolines (2), respectively, by aromatization with DDQ in 83 and 77% yields, respectively. Several novel trisubstituted quinoline derivatives were efficiently prepared via lithium-halogen exchange reactions of tribromide 3. Treatment of 4,6,8-tribromoquinoline with BuLi followed by quenching with electrophiles [Si(CH₃)₃Cl, S₂(CH₃)₂, I₂] regioselectively proceeded at C-4 and C-8 sites and afforded corresponding 4,8-disubstituted-6-bromoquinolines. Similarly, lithiation of tribromide 3 followed by addition of water to the intermediate produced 6-bromoquinoline in 65% yield. Copper-induced nucleophilic substitution of tribromide 3 with NaOMe afforded 4,6,8-trimethoxyquinoline (17) in 60% yield.