Synthesis of 1,3-dialkyl-5-(pyrrol-1-yl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-ones

Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry -     

Kinetics and mechanism of ring transformation of S-[1-(4-methoxyphenyl)pyrrolidin-2-on-3-yl]isothiuronium bromide to 2-methylimino-5-[2-(4-methoxyphenylamino)ethyl]thiazolidin-4-one

The kinetics and mechanism of transformation reaction of S-[1-(4- methoxyphenyl)pyrrolidin-2-one-3-yl]-N-methyl-isothiuronium bromide into 2-methylimino-5-[2-(4-methoxyphenylamino) ethyl)]thiazolidin-4-one have been studied in aqueous solutions of amine buffers (pH 8.1-11.5) and sodium hydroxide solutions (0.005-0.5 mol l-1) at 25 degrees C and at I = 1 mol l-1 at pseudo-first-order reaction conditions. The kinetics observed shows that the transformation reaction is subject to general base, general acid, and hydroxide-ion catalyses. The rate-limiting step of transformation is the splitting-off a proton from the tetrahedral intermediate In. The value of pKa for S-[1-(4-methoxyphenyl)- pyrrolidin-2-one-3-yl]-N-methylisothiuronium bromide has been determined from the kinetic data (pKa = 8.75 +/- 0.10) and by potentiometric titration (pKa = 8.90 +/- 0.05). With increasing pKa value of the acid buffer component, the value of Br?nsted coefficient beta gradually decreases from about 0.7 to almost zero. The value of pKa approximately 10 for the intermediate to base-catalysed transformation has been found from this dependence. In the N-methylpyrrolidine and triethylamine buffers, the rate-limiting step of transformation is changed into ring opening of In-, and the general-base-catalysed reaction changes into a specific-base-catalysed one.     

Photochromic dihetarylethenes. 10. Photochromic 1,2-bis[2-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-3-thienyl]- and 1,2-bis[2-(benzothiazol-2-yl)benzothiophen-3-yl]ethenes

Dithienylethenes containing the thiophene rings with benzothiazolyl substituents in position 2 were synthesized. 1,2-Bis[2-(benzothiazol-2-yl)benzothiophen-3-yl]hexafluorocyclopentene and 1,2-bis[2,5-di(benzothiazol-2-yl)-3-thienyl]hexafluorocyclopentene possess photochromic properties. The open forms of 1,2-bis(2-benzothiazolylhetaryl)ethenes fluoresce, but introduction of the benzothiazole rings into dihetarylethenes significantly lowers the fatigue resistance of photochromes and favors thermal reversibility.     

3,3-二{2,2-二[4-(N,N-二取代氨基)苯基]乙烯基}-4,5,6,7-四氯-2-苯并[c]呋喃酮的合成

在对甲苯磺酸存在下，采用1,1-二[4-(N,N-二取代氨基)苯基]乙烯(3)和四氯苯酐在乙酸酐溶液中的缩合反应合成了3,3-二{2,2-二[4-(N,N-二取代氨基)苯基]乙烯基}-4,5,6,7-四氯-2-苯并[c]呋喃酮(4)，产率89～93%。3由4,4'-二(N,N-二取代氨基)二苯甲酮(1)与甲基碘化镁进行Grignard反应的产物经水解再脱水制得，产率85%～88.5%(以1为基准)。     

Efficient synthesis of achiral seco-cyclopropylbenz[2,3-e]indoline analogues: [4-amino-2-(5,6,7-trimethoxyindole-2-carboxamido)naphthalen-1-yl]ethyl chloride and [4-hydroxy-2-(5,6,7-trimethoxyindole-2-carboxamido)naphthalen-1-yl]ethyl chloride

Achiral seco-aminocyclopropylbenz[2,3-e]indoline and seco-hydroxycyclopropylbenz[2,3-e]indoline (seco-CBI) analogues of the duocarmycins and CC-1065, e.g., 7 and 8, are potent anticancer agents. This paper describes significantly improved synthetic strategies for preparing these compounds. Starting from Martius acid (9), the new strategy gave a 13-fold increase in the overall yield of 7, and the use of di-tert-butyl malonate was economically beneficial. For compound 8, the new strategy employed an Emmons-Horner reaction, followed by a Stobbe condensation, and the overall yield was improved 15-fold.