Nitrogen bridgehead compounds. Part 76 Synthesis and stereochemistry of ethyl 9-benzylidene-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-2-oxo-2H- and 4-oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylates and their homologues

Ethyl 4-oxo-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylates 1–4 , their piperidine ring homologues 5–6 and their 2-oxo isomers 7–9 were reacted with benzaldehyde. At low temperature, kinetically stable addition products were formed. Thermodynamically stable condensation products were obtained at higher temperature, which were also formed when the addition products were refluxed in benzene. The 9-benzyl derivatives were prepared by the hydrogenation of the condensation products over Pd/C. The stereochemical features of the new compounds were determined via ¹H and ¹³C nmr chemical shift and coupling constant analysis and NOE measurements.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds part 12. The reaction of the ethyl 6-methyl-4--oxo-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4h-pyrido [1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylate with iminium chlorides.

The 9-formyl- and 9-ester derivatives /$\text{5}$,$\text{9}$/ can easily be prepared from the title pyrido [1,2-a]pyrimidine /$\text{1}$/ with iminium chlorides /$\text{2}$a,b/ via the 9-/dimethyliminium-methyl/-derivatives /$\text{3}$,$\text{6}$/.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds. Part 77. Addition reaction of 9-methylene-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones

Addition of bromine or thioacetic acid onto 6-methyl-9-methylenetetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones is stereoselective and gives the cis 6-Me,9-CH substituted products. Addition is also stereoselective in respect to the C(9) and C(10) centers, and gives as the primary product the erythro diastereomer, which may then undergo epimerization to the threo isomer. Relative configuration and predominant conformation of the products were determined by 1D and 2D nmr methods.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds. Part 83 . Synthesis and ring transformation of 6-methyl-4-oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-acrylates

The thermal ring transformation of 2-substituted 4-oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-acrylates gave 2-substituted 1,8-naphthyridine-3-acrylates, pyrano-1,8-naphthyridines and anthyridine, depending upon the nature of the 2-substituent. A longer reaction period and a higher reaction temperature favored the formation of tricyclic products from 1,8-naphthyridine-3-acrylate after isomerization of the side-chain at position 3. The products were characterized by means of uv, ir and ¹H nmr spectroscopy.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds part 14. Acylation of ethyl 6-methyl-4-oxo- -6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-pyrido(1,2-a)pyrimidine-3-carboxilate with isocyanates

The 9-carbamoyl derivatives /$\text{3}$–$\text{9}$/ can be prepared from title compound /$\text{1}$/ with isocyanates /$\text{2}$/. $\text{3}$–$\text{9}$ are mixtures of the cis /Z/ and trans /E/ imines and the enamine /e/. The equilibrium depends on the substituents R,X and on the solvent.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds. Part 50 . Vilsmeier-haack acylation of 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones,Part 5

6-Methyl-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones 1-5 were subjected to Vilsmeier-Haack acylation with complexes of phosphoryl chloride and different amides. Acylation at position 9 of the pyridopyrim-idines was successful with the iminium salt formed in situ from N-formylpiperidine, N-methylformanilide or N,N-diethylbenzamide, but unsuccessful with the iminium salt formed from N,N-diethylacetamide or N,N-di-ethylisobutyramide, respectively. The iminium salt formed from formanilide, N-methylpyrrolidinone or formamide reacted only with those tetrahydropyridopyrimidinones which contain a strongly electronegative substituent (e.g. CN or CO₂Et) in position 3. With the latter derivatives, the 9-phenylaminomethylene group could be introduced using N,N-diphenylformamide or in a “one-pot” procedure with aniline and triethyl orthoformate. Ethanolysis of 9-N-methyl-N-phenylaminomethylene derivatives 15 and 19 afforded 9-ethoxy-methylene compounds 26 and 27 in the presence of hydrogen chloride. The structures of the 9-substituted 6-methyltetrahydropyridopyrimidin-4-ones 14-25 were elucidated by means of uv, ¹H and ¹³C nmr spectroscopy. 9-Piperidinomethylene 14 , 9-(N-methyl-N-phenylaminomethylene 15-19 and 9-(N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinylidene) 21 derivatives exist as E geometric isomers. 9-Phenylaminomethylene-6-methyl-4-oxo-6,7,8,9-tetra-hydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carbonitrile 20 displays a solvent-dependent E-Z isomerism. The bis-compound 25 contains both E and Z geometric exo C ? CH double bonds. 9-Benzoyl derivatives 23 and 24 exist predominantly as the 1,6,7,8-tetrahydropyridopyrimidin-4-one tautomer.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds. Part 71. Chiroptical properties of 9-halo derivatives of 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one and its 3-carboxy derivative

Earlier assignments [2] relating to the CD bands of 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones were utilized to explain the chiroptical properties of their 9-halogenated derivatives. The signs of the most characteristic CD bands proved to be determined by the axial substituents in the benzylic position to the inherently achiral pyrimidinone chromophore.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds. Part 65. Vilsmeier-haack formylation of 4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones. Part 6

2-Substituted 3-formyl-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones can be synthethized by Vilsmeier-Haack formylation with the dimethylformamide-phosphoryl chloride complex only from those 4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones which contain a substituent with electron-releasing resonance effect in position 2. The products were characterized by uv, ir and ¹H nmr spectroscopy.     

Nitrogen Bridgehead Compounds. Part 81. Synthesis of 9-(benzylidenehydrazono)-6-methyl-4-oxo-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro- and 9-(benzylidenehydrazine)-6-methyl-4-oxo-6,7-dihydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]-pyrimidine-3-carboxylates

Reaction of ethyl 9-hydrazono-6-methyl-4-oxo-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylate and benzaldehyde and its derivatives give a tautomeric mixture of 9-arylidenehydrazono-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro- and 9-arylidenehydrazine-6,7-dihydropyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives. In the same case the enhydrazine and hydrazone tautomers were separated. The structure of the products were characterised by uv, ir, ¹H and ¹³C nmr. The equilibrium of the tautomers was affected by the substituent of the phenyl ring. A fair linear correlation exists between the logarithms of the equilibrium constants and Hammett σ_m and σ^? constants of the substituents present on the phenyl ring.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds. Part 51 Autoxidation of 9-aminotetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones. Synthesis and stereochemistry of 9-amino- and 9-hydroxy-6,7-dihydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]-pyrimidin-4-ones

In solution the 9-phenylaminotetrahydro-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones 1-5 were oxidized into the 9-aminodihydro compounds 15-19 by atmospheric oxygen at ambient temperature. Autoxidation is most probably a free-radical chain process, which takes place with ground-state triplet oxygen via the radical cation of the enamine form. The 9-aminodihydro derivatives were also prepared from 9,9-dibromo compounds 10 and 11 and from 9-hydroxydihydro compounds 12-14 . The 9-hydroxydihydro derivatives, obtained from the 9-amino compounds 16, 19 and 21 by acidic hydrolysis, showed a solvent-dependent and R¹ substituent-dependent oxo-enol tautomerism. The enol form was stabilized by electron-withdrawing R¹ groups and a polar solvent. However, for the 9-aminodihydropyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines 15-26 only the enamine tautomer (E) could be identified independently of the substituent and the solvent. The chemical structures of the synthesized products were studied by uv, ir, ¹H- and ¹³C-nmr spectroscopy.     

4-Hydroxy-2-quinolones 120. Synthesis and structure of ethyl 2-hydroxy-4-oxo-4H-pyrido-[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3-carboxylate

An improved method for the preparation and purification of ethyl 2-hydroxy-4-oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]-pyrimidine-3-carboxylates is proposed. According to ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopic data the synthesized compounds exist in DMSO solution in the 2-hydroxy-4-oxo form while in the crystal (at least for the case of the unsubstituted derivative) X-ray analysis shows that it occurs in the bipolar 2,4-dioxo form. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 864–876, June, 2007.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds. IX. Synthesis and reactions of 2,3-disubstituted pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones

A series of 4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones was prepared by the cyclization of substituted 2-aminopyridines with βketocarboxylic esters in polyphosphoric acid or in mixtures of the latter with phosphoryl chloride. Catalytic hydrogenation (over palladium on charcoal or Raney nickel) of the products afforded the corresponding 6,7,8,9-tetrahydropyridopyrimidinones. Thermal treatment of the 6-substituted derivatives gave 1,8-naphthyridin-4-ones in high yields. Oxo to thio exchange was successful only with substrates unsubstituted at C-6.     

Synthesis and reactions of ethyl 3-acetyl-8-cyano-6,7-dimethylpyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrimidine-4-carboxylate and related compounds

The reactions of 3-acetyl-4-ethoxycarbonyl- or 3,4-diethoxycarbonylpyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives 7a,b , which were prepared by condensation of the 2-aminopyrrole ( 4 ) with ethyl 3-ethoxymethylene-2,4-dioxovalerate ( 5a ) or ethyl ethoxymethyleneoxaloacetate ( 5b ), with diazomethane are described. Thus, reaction of 7a , with diazomethane gave ethyl 2a-acetyl-7-cyano-2a,3a-dihydro-5,6-dimethyl-3H -cyclopropa[e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3a-carboxylate ( 11 ) in 74% yield, which was readily transformed into the 1-pyrrol-2-yl-pyrrole ( 18 ) by treatment with potassium hydroxide. On the other hand, reaction of 7b with diazomethane afforded three products whose structures were assigned as diethyl 7-cyano-2a,3a-dihydro-5,6-dimethyl-3H-cyclopropa[e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrimidine-2a,3a-carboxylate ( 20 ), 6-cyano-7,8-dimethyl-3a,3b,5,9a-tetrahydro-4H -aziridino[c]-1H or 3H-pyrazolo[3,4-e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrimidine-3a,9a-dicarboxylates ( 21,22 ). Ring Transformation of 20 to 25 was not observed.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds. Part X (1). 1H and 13C nmr study of pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines

By ¹H nmr, the predominance of the conformer with a quasi-axial 6-methyl group was established for the pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines I-III. The ¹³C nmr spectra of I-III were completely assigned. The conjugative effect of substitution at G-3 on ¹H and ¹³C chemical shifts of the C-9 methylene group parallels its effect on reactivity.     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds VIII . Ring transformations IV . Synthesis and reactions of 2,3-Cycloalkylene-4H-pyrido [1,2-a] pyrimidin-4-ones

By condensing alicyclic β-ketocarboxylates with substituted 2-aminopyridines in polyphosphoric acid or phosphoryl chloride-polyphosphoric acid, numerous 2,3-tri-, tetra-, penta- and hexamethylene-4H-pvrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones were synthesized for pharmacological purposes. The stability and several reactions of the title compounds were studied. The 6-substituted-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones were transformed into 1,8-naphthyridines in good yields independent of the ring size of ring C . The characteristic differences in the ir and uv spectra of the pyrido-pyrimidines and the corresponding naphthyridines are discussed. Catalytic hydrogenation of the pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones furnished the corresponding 6,7,8,9-tetrahydropyrido-[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one derivatives. It was found that the A and C rings attached to the pyrirnidinone ring in solutions of unsubstituted tetrahydropyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones are flexible, whereas in the 6-methyl derivatives the conformer containing the 6-methyl group in axial position predominates.     

Amino acids in the synthesis of heterocyclic systems. The synthesis of 4-oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyridines and 4-oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines

The pyridine and quinoline derivatives 2, 3 , and 6 with an activated methylene group atα-position in respect to the ring nitrogen atom were converted with 1, 8 , or 9 into fused pyrido[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives 4, 5, 7 , and 10 . In an analogous manner were the aminopyridines 16 and 17 transformed with thiazolone 9 into pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives 20, 21, 25 , and 26 .     

Nitrogen bridgehead compounds. Part 45 [1]. Synthesis of 6-arylhydrazono-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-11H-pyrido-[2,1-b]quinazolin-11-ones

A series of 6-arylhydrazono-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-11H-pyrido[2,1-b]quinazolin-11-ones 3–37 , conveneint starting materials for indolopyridoquinazolines, were prepared by diazonium coupling between aryldiazonium chlorides and 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro- 2 , 6-formyl-5,7,8,9-tetrahydro- 39 , 6-(dimethylamino)methylene-6,7,8,9- 38 or 6-carboxyl-5,7,8,9-tetrahydro-11H-pyrido[2,1-b]quinazolin-11-ones 43 . The arylhydrazono derivatives were also prepared from 6-bromo- 45 or 6,6-dibromo-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-11H-pyrido[2,1-b]quinazolines 46 with arylhydrazines. The structures of the 6-arylhydrazonopyridoquinazolines were characterized by uv and ¹H nmr spectroscopy. The 6-arylhydrazono derivatives show a solvent-dependent E-Z isomerism.     

Complexes of d and f Metals with 2-Methyl-3-hydroxy(amino)pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-4-one. Crystal Structure of 2-Methyl-3-hydroxypyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-4-one

Six complexes of scandium(III), lanthanum(III), praseodymium(III), and copper(II) chlorides with 2-methyl-3-hydroxypyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-4-one (HL¹) and 2-methyl-3-aminopyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine-4-one (L²), as well as hydrochloride and hydronitrate L², were isolated. The crystal and molecular structures of HL¹ were determined. HL¹ in CCl₄ solution was shown (IR data) to occur as two forms, namely, neutral and zwitterionic forms. The structures for the complexes isolated were proposed.     

Structural studies on 9-hydrazono-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4-oxo-4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines by 1H, 13C and 15N NMR spectroscopy

¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR studies demonstrated that 9-hydrazono-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-4-oxo-4H-pyrido-[1,2-a] pyrimidlnes exist as an equilibrium mixture of Z-E isomers in the hydrazono–imino tautomeric form having an exocyclic double bond. Proton-catalysed Z-E interconversion is fast. Substituent and solvent effects revealed that the decisive factors controlling the Z:E ratio are internal hydrogen bonding in the Z-isomer, stabilization by solvation and steric interaction.