Free radicals in electrochemical reduction of 1-(nitrophenyl)-3,5-dicarbethoxy-4-phenyl-1,4-dihydropyridines

In the primary electrochemical reduction of 1-(nitrophenyl)-3,5-dicarbethoxy-4-phenyl-1,4-dihydropyridine in DMF, free radicals of nitrophenyl type are formed; these are the products of a one-electron reduction of cathode-protonated molecules of the original compound. In alkaline DMF, where cathodic protonation of the initial compound is retarded, union-radicals of the starting material are generated in addition, together with p-nitrophenol free radicals.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1498–1505, November, 1992.     

Mechanism and products of electrochemical reduction of 4-nitrophenyl-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dicyano-1,4-dihydropyridines in dimethylformamide

Free anion radicals of the nitrobenzene and nitrosobenzene type, which were identified by EPR spectroscopy, are formed in the electrochemical reduction of isomeric 4-(nitrophenyl)-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dicyano-1,4-dihydropyridines on mercury and solid electrodes. Reduction of the dihydropyridine ring is observed only for N-substituted p- and m-nitrophenyl derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridine. An intermediate with a 2-pyridonemethide structure was identified; a set of primary and secondary chemical reactions that are associated with the electrolytic reduction of the investigated compounds is presented.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1494–1505, November, 1988.     

Conformational flexibility of the 1,4-dihydropyridine ring in calcium channel agonists and antagonists molecules

Conformational flexibility of the 1,4-dihydropyridine ring in 4-aryl derivatives of the 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dicarbmethoxy-1,4-dihydropyridine has been studied using the MM3 molecular mechanics method. Change of the C=C---C---C= endocyclic torsion angle of dihydrocycle in the range of 35° entails an increase of energy less than 1 kcal mol⁻¹. The energy levels below 99% of the molecular population for each molecule were estimated. The interval of the torsion angle change for these regions is about 60°.     

Chemioselectivity of the reduction of phenyl-substituted α,β-unsaturated iminium salts by an nadh model

Reduction of α,β-unsaturated iminium salts by 3,5-dicarbethoxy-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine results in

or

(primary) reduction products, depending on the basicity of the amine component.     

Reaction of 3,5-Carbonyl-substituted 1,4-Dihydropyridines with Hydrazine Hydrate

The interaction of 3,5-carbonyl-substituted derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridine and some analogs of it with hydrazine hydrate occurs with fission of the heterocycle. In the case of alkoxycarbonyl-substituted compounds a reverse Michael reaction predominates leading to fragmentation of the molecules.     

Free radicals from electrochemical reduction of hexahydroquinolones and hexahydroisoquinolones

Electrochemical reduction of 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl- and 3,5-diacetyl-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyrdine, hexahydroquinol-5-one, and hexahydroisoquinol-8-one, which contain dihydropyridine moieties, produces free radicals detectable by EPR only for the most easily reduced hexahydroisoquinol-8-ones. The hyperfine structure of the EPR spectra is determined and is consistent with that for the 4,5-dihydropyridine moiety.Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga LV-1006, Latvia; Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 924–928, July, 1999.     

Electrochemical Conversions of 2-Methyl-3-nitro-4-phenylquinoline, Its Quinolinium Salts, and Hydrogenated Derivatives

Classical polarography, cyclic voltammetry, and EPR spectroscopy was used to study electrochemical reduction and oxidation of 3-nitro derivatives of 2-methyl-4-phenylquinoline, the corresponding quinolinium perchlorates, and 1,2- and 1,4-dihydroquinolines. The nitro derivatives of quinoline and 1,2-dihydroquinoline are reduced in the first step at the nitro group; the quinolinium cations are reduced at the heterocycle followed by reduction of the nitro group; and in 1,4-dihydroquinolines, the nitro group is not reduced. Electrochemical reduction processes associated with electron transfer in the heterocycle mainly display the same behavior as established for pyridine derivatives. But important differences were observed in electrochemical oxidation: the N-methyl derivative of 1,4-dihydroquinoline is oxidized significantly more easily than the corresponding N-unsubstituted derivative of 1,4-dihydroquinoline (in the 1,4-dihydropyridine series, the difference in pot! enti als is fairly small), and even more easily than the corresponding N-methyl derivative of 1,2-dihydroquinoline.     

Reductive ability of 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives in relation to ions of trivalent iron

3,5-Dicarbonyl derivatives of 2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine (1,4-DHP) can reduce Fe³⁺ to Fe²⁺ depending on the nature of the substituents at position 4 and in the 3,5-ester group. This ability is less pronounced for the 1,4-DHP derivatives investigated than for ascorbic acid, but among derivatives possessing antioxidant activity it is less than that of the known antioxidants ionol (BOT) and trolox. Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 661–663, May, 1999.     

Synthesis and properties of 1-substituted derivatives of diethyl 4-aryl-1,4-dihydrcpyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid esters

1-Unsubstituted 4-aryl-3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridines in the presence of NaH form anions that react with alkyl halides, acid chlorides, and halo acid esters to form the corresponding 1-substituted derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridine Hydrolysis of one or both ethoxycarbonyl groups in the 3 and 5 positions, as well as hydrolysis of ethyl 4-phenyl-3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridinyl-1-acetate, occur upon reaction with alkali, but 1,3,5-triethoxycarbonyl-4-phenyl-l,4-dihydropyridine gives the corresponding unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridine.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1067–1071, August, 1982.     

Effect of the solvent nature on the course of quaternization of 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-4-(3-pyridyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine

The effect of the solvent nature and temperature on the quaternization of 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-2,6-di- methyl-4-(3-pyridyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine by lipophilic alkyl bromides has been investigated. By comparison of the solvent effect (acetone, acetonitrile, and 2-butanone) on the alkylation of the pyridine fragment of 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-4-(3-pyridyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine it was established that conducting the reaction in acetonitrile at 81 °C is the most optimal.     

Free radicals of electrochemical reduction of derivatives of 3-nitro-1,4-dihydropyridines

By means of ESR, under conditions of eletrochemical generation of particles, the formation of four types of secondary free radicals has been confirmed in the process of electrochemical reduction of molecules of N-unsubstituted derivatives of 3-nitro-1,4-dihydropyridine in dimthylformamide — specifically, a dianion radical of the molecule of the original compound; an anion radical of the corresponding isomeric 4,5-dihydropyridine; a radical of the nitroalkane type; and in addition, for the compound substituted with a nitrobenzene group; a free radical with the nitrobenzene structure. Methods for synthesis of the individual compounds are described, and a scheme is presented for the mechanism of their electrochemical conversion.Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga LV-1006. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 355–364, March, 1995. Original article submitted February 21, 1995.     

Effect of acyl chain length and branching on the enantioselectivity of Candida rugosa lipase in the kinetic resolution of 4-(2-difluoromethoxyphenyl)-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridine 3,5-diesters.

Since 2,6-dimethyl-4-aryl-1,4-dihydropyridine 3,5-diesters themselves are not hydrolyzed by commercially available hydrolases, derivatives with spacers containing a hydrolyzable group were prepared. Seven acyloxymethyl esters of 5-methyl- and 5-(2-propoxyethyl) 4-[2-(difluoromethoxy)phenyl]-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate were synthesized and subjected to Candida rugosa lipase (CRL) catalyzed hydrolysis in wet diisopropyl ether. A methyl ester at the 5-position and a long or branched acyl chain at C3 gave the highest enantiomeric ratio (E values). The most stereoselective reaction (E = 21) was obtained with 3-[(isobutyryloxy)methyl] 5-methyl 4-(2-difluoromethoxyphenyl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate, and this compound was used to prepare both enantiomers of 3-methyl 5-(2-propoxyethyl) 4-[2-(difluoromethoxy)phenyl]-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate. The absolute configuration of the enzymatically produced carboxylic acid was established to be 4R by X-ray crystallographic analysis of its 1-(R)-phenylethyl amide.     

Synthesis and properties of ethyl esters of some 1,2-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acids

The oxidation of diethyl 1-methyl- or 1-aryl-2,6-dimethyl-4-aryl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylates with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of perchloric acid gave the perchlorates of the corresponding pyridinium ions, the reduction of which with NaBH₄ is a preparative method for the synthesis of diethyl esters of 1-substituted 2,6-dimethyl-1,2-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acids. Derivatives of the 5-carboxylic acid of the corresponding 1,2-dihydropyridine are formed by alkaline hydrolysis of these esters.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1225–1228, September, 1982.     

Nadh models-19Cyclopropane ring as a chemical probe in the study of the mechanism of hydrogen transfer by 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives

N-(Cyclopropylmethylene)phenylamines (1a-c), cyclopropyl 2-pyridyl ketones (5-c) and ethyl cyclopropylmethlenepyruvate (14) have been subjected to reduction by l,4-dihydropyridines [3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-l,4-dihydropyridine (2) and/or 1-benzyl-1,4-dihydronicotinamide (7)]in the presence of magnesium ions, and by tin hydrides. The reactions with 1,4-dihydropyridines do not involve cleavage of the three-membered ring in the reduction step. The observed acyclic product from 2-pyridyl 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl ketone (5b) is a consequence of ring cleavage prior to reduction of the carbonyl function. In contrast, reduction of 1a-c and 5-c by tin hydrides leads to products in which the cylopropane moiety has undergone ring-opening. These findings support a hydride transfer mechanism for reductions with NADH models.     

Electrochemical conversions of 5-oxo-1,4-dihydroindeno[1,2-b]pyridine derivatives

The electrochemical oxidation and reduction potentials of 9 derivatives of 5-oxo-1,4-dihydroindeno[1,2-b]pyridine in acetonitrile on a glassy graphite disk electrode have been established. Indenodihydropyridines are oxidized with considerably greater difficulty and reduced considerably more easily than the corresponding 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridines which is explained by the presence of the cyclopentane fragment which ensures the coplanarity of the carbonyl groups with the aminovinyl system of the heterocycle. The mechanism of electrooxidation has been studied by the rotating disk electrode with a ring method which revealed the reasons for the process.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, 1992 pp. 1223–1229, September, 1992.     

Synthesis of N-unsubstituted and N-methyl derivatives of 4-aryl-2,6-dimethyl-1,2-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles

In the reduction of 2,6-dimethyl-4-arylpyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles or their N-oxides by sodium borohydride, a mixture of 1,2- and 1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles is formed. 1,2,6-Trimethyl-4-aryl-1,2-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles were obtained by reducing the corresponding pyridinium perchlorates or by alkylating 4-aryl-2,6-dimethyl-1,2-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile derivatives by methyl iodide.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 81–85, January, 1987.     

Effect of substituents in the dihydropyridine ring on the reactivity of the ester group of 3,5-dialkoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridines

The reactivity of the ester group of 3,5-dialkoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridines upon reaction with nucleophilic reagents increases when substituents are absent in the ortho positions relative to the ester group and also in the case of steric disruption of the coplanarity of the -aminovinylcarbonyl system when substituents are introduced at the nitrogen atom in 2,6-dimethyl derivatives. Mono- and dicarboxylic acids were obtained by hydrolysis of such esters. Thus use of esters of propiolic acid esters and arylamines in the Hantzsch synthesis made it possible to obtain 1-aryl-2,6-unsubstituted derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridine.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1072–1077, August, 1982.     

Free radicals in the electrochemical reduction of certain mononitro and dinitro derivatives of pyridine

In the primary process of electrochemical reduction of substituted 3-nitropyridines in dimethylformamide, their anion radicals are formed. This also takes place in the reduction of 3,5-dinitropyridines and 3-nitropyridines with a nitrophenyl substituent at position 2 or 4. For these dinitro derivatives, however, secondary free radicals are formed as well; in a basic medium, these are the products of reduction of the corresponding Meisenheimer complexes. Serving as the reaction center for electroreduction is the nitro group on the pyridine ring, not the group on the phenyl ring. For the mononitropyridines and dinitropyridines that were studied, free radicals of the nitropyridine type are formed as the primary species. The structure of the primary and secondary free radicals was established by analysis of the hyperfine structure of their ESR spectra.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1079–1087, August, 1993.     

Hantzsch synthesis of 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dimethoxycarbonyl-4-(o-methoxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine; a novel cyclisation leading to an unusual formation of 1-amino-2-methoxy-carbonyl-3,5-bis(o-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxa-cyclohexan-1-ene

Hantzsch condensation of two equivalents of methyl-3-aminocrotonate with (m- and p)-methoxybenzaldehyde afforded the expected products 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dimethoxycarbonyl-4-(m-methoxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine and 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dimethoxycarbonyl-4-(p-methoxyphenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine, whereas o-methoxy-benzaldehyde produced mainly 1-amino-2-methoxycarbonyl-3,5-bis(o-methoxy-phenyl)-4-oxa-cyclohexan-1-ene. The structure of the product, not previously reported in the literature, was determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectra and its MS fragmentation. This is the first example of cyclisation leading to a substituted pyran rather than 1,4-DHP under typical Hantzsch reaction conditions. A plausible mechanism for its formation is postulated.     

Photolysis of 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dicarboethoxy- 1,4-dihydropyridine-4-carboxylic acid

The photolysis of 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dicarboethoxy-1,4-dihydropyridine-4-carboxylic acid 1 gives with a pyrex filter pyridine 2 and glycol 3. At low concentration, aldehyde 4 accumulates. The photochemical dimerization of this aldehyde gives glycol 3 in methanol or ethanol. The aldehydic hydrogen in aldehyde 4 is replaced by deuterium on performing the photolysis of acid 1 in MeOD as is the case for the photolysis of 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-diacetyl-1,4-dihydropyridine. A concerted mechanism for the decarboxylation of acid 1 to aldehyde 4 is possible. When the photolysis of 1 is performed in quartz, another reaction occurs leading to 1,2-dihydropyridine 8.