Synthesis of benzyl halide derivatives of spirohydantoins via [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization reaction

Generally, synthesis of hydantoin derivatives involve use of carbonyl compounds which in turn require multistep synthesis. Here, we report a new approach to assemble spirohydantoins via [2+2+2] cyclotrimerization reaction using commercially available, inexpensive hydantoin as a starting material.     

The transformations of fluoroalkyl-containing 2-arylhydrazono-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with methylamine

Fluoroalkylated 1,2,3-triketone 2-arylhydrazones and 2-arylhydrazono-3-oxo esters react variously with methylamine depending on the structure of the fluorinated substituent. 2-Arylhydrazono-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds having “short” fluoroalkyl substituents condense with methylamine at the carbonyl group attached to the non-fluorinated substituent whereas ones containing a lengthy polyfluoroalkyl substituent undergo haloformic cleavage as a result of the amine addition at the carbonyl group bearing such a substituent. The resulting 2-arylazo-3-(N-methyl)amino-1-polyfluoroket-2-en-1-ones and 1-(N-methyl)amino-2-arylhydrazono-3-fluoroalkyl-3-oxopropanamides have complexing properties, and they can bind to nickel(II) and copper(II) ions. Nickel chelates can be obtained by a three-component condensation of 2-arylhydrazono-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and methylamine in the presence of nickel(II) cations.     

New strategies for the synthesis of heteroannulated 2-pyridinones, substituted 2-quinolinones and coumarins from dehydroamino acid derivatives

Several heteroannulated pyridinones were prepared from the methyl esters of N-Boc-β,β-diheteroaryldehydroalanines by treatment with acetic acid. The latter were obtained by a bis-Suzuki coupling of a β,β-dibromodehydroalanine with heteroarylboronate compounds. The products were obtained in good yields and the cyclization reaction involves the nucleophilic attack of one of the heteroaromatic rings on the carbonyl of the Boc group. The scope of this reaction was extended to the Z-isomer of N-Boc-β-heteroaryldehydrophenylalanines to give 4-phenylpyridinones. A tandem Suzuki coupling-cyclization protocol was developed for the synthesis of 2-quinolinones and coumarins. Thus, β-brominated dehydroamino acids were reacted with 2-(pinacolboronate)aniline or phenol in a one-pot Suzuki coupling followed by lactamization or lactonization to give the corresponding 3-amino-2-quinolinones or 3-aminocoumarins in good to high yields. This type of strategy was also applied to the synthesis of 2-quinolinones and coumarins linked in position-3 to amino acids, using as starting materials brominated dehydropeptides.     

Rapid microwave-assisted solution phase synthesis of substituted 2-pyridone libraries

2-Pyridone and 2-quinolone analogues are well-known biologically active heterocyclic scaffolds. Libraries of 3,5,6-substituted 2-pyridone derivatives are generated by rapid microwave assisted solution phase methods using a one-pot, two-step protocol. The three-component condensation of CH-acidic carbonyl compounds, N,N-dimethylformamide dimethylacetal and methylene active nitriles, leads to 2-pyridones and fused analogues in moderate to good overall yields and high purities. The proposed mechanism of this novel multi-component reaction, structure elucidation of products and intermediates are discussed.     

Polymer-supported N-benzyl- and N-benzhydryl-2-nitrobenzenesulfonamides as alternative to aldehyde linkers

Polymer-supported N-benzyl- and N-benzhydryl-2-nitrobenzenesulfonamides 1 were N-alkylated using three different routes: via Fukuyama reaction with alcohols, by N-alkylation with electrophiles, and by Michael addition reaction with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. The N-alkylated products were obtained in excellent purity and high yield. The 2-nitrobenzenesulfonyl (Nos) group was then cleaved to yield polymer-supported N-alkylated benzylamines and benzhydrylamines. N-alkylation of polymer-supported 2-nitrobenzenesulfonamide linkers 1 described herein represents an alternative route to reductive amination of aldehyde linkers.     

Ph2S2-CaH2 in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as an efficient protocol for chemoselective cleavage of aryl alkyl ethers

CaH₂ was been found, for the first time, as a mild reducing agent to generate thiophenolate anion from Ph₂S₂ in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) for deprotection of aryl alkyl ethers. Excellent chemoselctivity was observed for substrates having chloro and nitro groups without displacement of the chlorine atom and the nitro group. Selective ether cleavage took place in the presence of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl and nitro groups without reduction and conjugate addition (to the α,β-unsaturated carbonyl group).     

Molecular and crystal structure of 2-benzylidene-6-furfurylidene-cyclohexanone

Single crystal X-ray diffraction has been used to find out that 2-benzyliden-6-furfurylidene-cyclohexanone has the E,E-configuration and s-cis-conformation of the furfurylidene fragment. The furfurylidene substituent and the carbonyl group exhibit the utmost conjugation; the conjugation in the benzylidene fragment is not perfect.     

NMR study and AIM analysis for assignment of the two Z- and E-isomers in phosphorane containing a 2-thiazoline-2-thiol

Triphenylphosphine reacts with dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates in the presence of a SH-heterocyclic compound such as 2-thiazoline-2-thiol to generate stable phosphorus ylides. These stable ylides exist in solution as a mixture of the two geometrical isomers as a result of restricted rotation around the carbon–carbon partial double bond resulting from conjugation of the ylide moiety with the adjacent carbonyl group. In the recent work, NMR study and the assignment of more stable Z- or E-isomers as the major form were investigated by using natural population analysis (NPA).     

Conformational analysis of 1,3,2-dioxaphospholan-yl and 4,5-benzo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphol-2-yl 2,2,2-trifluoroacetate

Conformational analysis of 1,3,2-dioxaphospholan-2-yl 2,2,2-trifluoroacetate and 4,5-benzo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphol-2-yl 2,2,2-trifluoroacetate was carried out using the method of dipole moments and quantumchemical calculations (DFT B3LYP/6-31G*). Both compounds are found to exist as an axial conformer with preferably syn arrangement of the carbonyl group and the lone electron pair.     

Novel capto-dative (Z,E)-2-(alkylthio)alk-2-en-4-ynals: synthesis and heterocyclization

An efficient synthesis of new (Z,E)-2-(alkylthio)alk-2-en-4-ynals by aldol condensation reaction of ynals with (alkylthio)-acetaldehydes using NaOH/DMF system has been developed.The reaction of these products with N,N-diphenylethylene-diamine and p-tosylmethyl isocyanide proceeds at the carbonyl group to form the corresponding imidazolidine and oxazole derivatives.     

Reactions of transition metal carbonyl anions with 2-(1-bromoalkylidene)thiazolidin-4-ones: halogenophilic attack or deprotonation

Bromophilic attack by the transition metal carbonyl anion, [Re(CO)₅]Na (pK_a = 21.1), on 2-(1-bromoalkylidene)thiazolidin-4-ones is significantly faster than abstraction of an acidic lactam hydrogen (pK_a ∼17-18), when the generated carbanion is stabilized by an α-CN or α-PhCO group. The bromophilic reaction of 2-(1-bromoalkylidene)thiazolidin-4-one, having an α-CN electron-withdrawing group, resulted in formation of a new metallacyclic anionic complex. With less reactive vinyl bromides, containing an α-CONHPh or α-CO₂Et group, only deprotonation is observed. The role of the metal carbonyl anion is highlighted by a comparison with the 9-methylfluorenide carbanion (pK_a of 9-methylfluorene is 22.3), which reacts exclusively via a deprotonation pathway.     

2-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)imidazolidines and their O-phosphorylated derivatives

2-(2-Hydroxyaryl)imidazolidines were synthesized by reaction of aromatic carbonyl compounds with N,N′-dialkylethylenediamines. The title compounds were also prepared using the corresponding Schiff bases instead of carbonyl compounds. Phosphorylation of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)imidazolidines with phosphoryl and phosphorothioyl chlorides and phosphorochloridites was accomplished. The reaction of O-phosphorylsalicylaldehyde with N,N′-dialkylethylenediamines also afforded 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)imidazolidines.     

Asymmetric phase-transfer catalytic sulfanylation of some 2-methylsulfinyl cyclanones. Modeling of the stereochemical course of the aldol reaction of (SS,2S)-2-methylsulfinyl-2-methylsulfanylcyclohexanone

Increased diastereoisomeric excesses are obtained for the sulfanylation reactions of some 2-methylsulfinyl cyclanones under phase-transfer catalysis using the chiral catalyst QUIBEC instead of TEBA. The optically pure (SS,2S)-2-methylsulfinyl-2-methylsulfanylcyclohexanone thus prepared reacts with ethyl acetate lithium enolate affording, after hydrolysis, (R)-2-[(ethoxycarbonyl)methyl]-2-hydroxycyclohexanone in 60% ee. Density functional theory calculations (at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level) can successfully explain the origin of this result as the kinetically favored axial attack of the nucleophile to the carbonyl group of the most stable conformer of the cyclanone, in which the CH₃SO and CH₃S groups are at the equatorial and axial positions, respectively.     

Reactions of zinc enolates derived from α,α-dibromo carbonyl compounds with 3-(2-oxo-4a,8a-dihydro-2H-chromene-3-carbonyl)chromen-2-one

Zinc enolates derived from 1-R-2,2-dibromoethanone reacted with 3-(2-oxo-4a,8a-dihydro-2H-chromene-3-carbonyl)chromen-2-one to give the corresponding 1-R-1a-{(1-R-2-oxo-1,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]chromen-1(2H)-yl)carbonyl}-1a,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]chromen-2(1H]-ones as a single diastereoisomer with cis arrangement of the hydrogen atoms with respect to the cyclopropane ring plane. Reactions of the same electrophilic substrate with zinc enolates obtained from 1-aryl-2,2-dibromoalkanones led to the formation of 1-alkyl-1a-{(1-alkyl-1-aroyl-2-oxo-1,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]chromen-1(2H)-yl)carbonyl}-1-aroyl-1a,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]chromen-2(1H)-ones as a single diastereoisomer with trans arrangement of the alkyl group and hydrogen atom with respect to the cyclopropane ring plane.     

I2-mediated C3-formylation of indoles by tertiary amine and H2O

An I₂-promoted 3-formylation of free (N–H) and N-substituted indoles with tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) and H₂O as the carbonyl source is achieved, providing 3-formylindole in moderate to excellent yields with good functional group tolerance. This procedure represents an exceedingly attractive alternative to the traditional formylation methods.     

Synthesis of new 3,3-dimethoxyazetidine-2-carboxylic acid derivatives

Cyclization of γ-amino-α-bromocarboxylic esters resulted in an efficient synthesis of new 3,3-dimethoxyazetidine-2-carboxylates, that is, methyl N-t-butyl-3,3-dimethoxyazetidine-2-carboxylic ester and 3,3-dimethoxyazetidine-2-carboxylic acid, or 3-bromo-4,4-dimethoxypyrrolidin-2-ones, depending on the substituent at nitrogen. Reduction of the 3,3-dimethoxyazetidine-2-carboxylates gave the corresponding 3,3-dimethoxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)azetidines. These novel cyclic amino acid derivatives, available on multigram scale, have a suitably protected carbonyl function at the 3-position, which enables further functionalization.     

Preparation of cis-2-aminocyclopropanol: [2+1] cycloaddition reaction of bis(iodozincio)methane with α-ketoimine

A reaction of α-ketoimine with bis(iodozincio)methane gave a cis-2-aminocyclopropanol derivative via [2+1] cycloaddition. The reaction proceeded via a sequential nucleophilic attack of bis(iodozincio)methane to a couple of carbonyl groups in the substrate, which was fixed into s-cis conformation with a couple of zinc atoms in the reagent. The reaction proceeded with high diastereoselectivity.     

2-Polyfluoroalkylchromones. 7. Reactions of 6-substituted 2-tetra- and 2-pentafluoroethylchromones with 2-aminoethanol

The reactions of 2-aminoethanol with 6-methyl-2-tetra- and 6-methyl-2-pentafluoroethylchromones involve the carbonyl group to give imines; the reactions with 6-nitro-2-tetra- and 6-nitro-2-pentafluoroethylchromones involve the C(2) atom, resulting in the pyrone ring opening. This also occurs in the reactions of 2-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl)chromone with ammonia and benzylamine.     

Rh2CO2/Al2O3上H2吸附及CO和H2共吸附

CO加氢反应机理一直是许多化学工作者感兴趣的课题．Rh催化剂因其优良的性能而被用于 CO加氢机理研     

Synergic effect of hydrogen bonding and dipole repulsion in the ring-closing metathesis of N-homoallyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)acrylamides

This study reveals that the Ru-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis of N-homoallyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)acrylamides is promoted by substrate-catalyst hydrogen bonding as well as dipole repulsion between the electron-rich side-chain and the carbonyl group, providing clues for designing effective synthetic routes towards 5,6-dihydro-2(1H)-pyridinones.