Green multicomponent synthesis of 1,2‐dihydro‐pyrimido[1,2‐a]‐benzimidazole‐3‐carbonitrile

1,2‐dihydro‐pyrimido[1,2‐a]benzimidazole‐3‐carbonitrile derivatives were synthesized via the three‐component reaction of aldehyde, malonodinitrile and 2‐aminobenzimidazole in water under microwave irradiation. The new protocol has the advantages of excellent yield, low cost, reduced environment impact, wide scope and convenient procedure.     

A convenient synthesis of 5‐alkylthio‐3,4‐diarylisoxazoles by palladium‐catalyzed coupling reactions

Palladium‐catalyzed coupling reaction was found effective for rapid access to pharmacologically interesting 3,4‐diarylisoxazoles derivatives as selective COX‐2 inhibitors. Thus, the coupling reaction between 5‐alkylthio‐3‐aryl‐4‐iodoisoxazoles and arylboronic acids afforded the target 5‐alkylthio‐3,4‐diarylisoxazoles in good yields.     

Synthesis of substituted amino‐cycloalkyl[b]thieno‐[3,2‐e]pyridines

An efficient two respectively three steps procedure for the synthesis of cycloalkyl[b]thieno[3,2‐e]‐pyridine amines was developed and in general good to very good yields were obtained.     

Regioselective synthesis of diazaspiro[4.4]nona‐ and tetrazaspiro[4.5]deca‐2,9‐diene‐6‐one derivatives

Several 1,2‐diazaspiro[4,4]nona‐2,8‐diene‐6‐one derivatives were synthesised via cycloaddition of nitrilimides to 3‐aryliden‐2(3H)‐furanone derivatives. The formed products react with hydrazine hydrate to give the corresponding pyrazolecarbohydrazide derivatives which undergo intramolecure cyclization upon treatment with HCl/AcOH mixture to affored 1,2,7,8‐tetrazaspiro[4.5]deca‐2,9‐diene‐6‐one derivatives. Molecular mechanics energy minimization techniques and related structural parameters for compound 8‐(4‐methylphenyl)‐1,3,4‐triphenyl‐7‐oxa‐1,2‐diazaspiro[4.4]nona‐2,8‐diene‐6‐one 5a are reported.     

A highly efficient microwave‐assisted synthesis of chromeno‐[3,4‐b][4,7]phenanthroline derivatives through multicomponent reactions in water

A short and simple synthesis of chromeno[3,4‐b][4,7]phenanthroline derivatives was accomplished by three‐component reactions involving an aromatic aldehyde, 6‐aminoquinoline and 4‐hydroxycoumarin in water, under microwave irradiation without use of any catalyst. This protocol has the advantages of short reaction time, high yields, low cost and being environmental‐friendly as well as easy operation.     

Microwave assisted synthesis of thiazolo[3,2‐b][1,2,4]‐triazoles containing 1,8‐naphthyridine moiety

A simple and efficient protocol for the synthesis of 5‐aryl‐2‐(2‐substituted‐1,8‐naphthyridin‐3‐yl)‐thiazolo[3,2‐b][1,2,4]triazoles ( 4 ) is achieved by cyclocondensation of 3‐(2‐substituted‐1,8‐naphthyridin‐3‐yl)‐1,2,4‐triazoles ( 3 ) with α‐halogenoketones in anhyd. methanol under microwave irradiation. The products are obtained in good yields and in a state of high purity.     

Stereoselective synthesis of helical dihydrodipyrrolophenanthroline and hindrance hexa tert‐butyl carboxylatodipyrrolophenanthroline from reaction between 1,10‐phenanthroline and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates

High hindrance Hexa tert‐butoxy carbonyl dipyrrolophenanthroline and helical dihydropyrrolophen‐anthroline compounds were prepared from reactions between di tert‐butyl acetylenedicarboxylate and 1,10‐phenanthroline in polar solvents media.     

New one‐ pot synthesis of pyrazolo[3,4‐c]pyridazine and isoxazolo‐[5,4‐b]pyridine derivatives from potassium cyanoacetahydroxamate

The reaction of potassium cyanoacetohydroxamate 1 with ethyl 2‐aryl‐hydrazono‐3‐oxobutyrates 2 gave the unexpected pyrazolo[3,4‐c]pyridazines 7 and isoxazolo[5,4‐b]pyridines 10 via a one‐pot reaction. A mechanistic proof is suggested to account for the products.     

The first synthesis of furazano[3,4‐b][1,6]naphthyridines

Reaction of 6‐acetyl‐7‐aminofurazano[3,4‐b]pyridines with DMFDMA afforded N,N‐dimethylformamidines that were cyclized to the novel furazan‐fused [1,6]naphthyridine system by treatment with sodium methylate in good yield. The tricyclic system is characterized by X‐ray crystallography.     

Microwave‐induced perchloric acid catalyzed novel solvent‐free synthesis of 4‐aryl‐3,4‐dihydropyrimidones via biginelli condensation

We report here domestic microwave‐induced perchloric acid‐catalyzed solvent‐free synthesis of various 4‐aryl‐3,4‐dihydropyrimidones for the first time. In all the cases the yields are excellent and the mechanism follows a simple Biginelli condensation to produce the dihydropyrimidones in a few seconds. This procedure has been successfully employed to synthesize the mitotic kinesin EG5 inhibitor Monastrol (Figure I).     

First synthesis of selenadiazolo[3,4‐i] Benzazepine derivatives

5‐Methyl‐4‐nitro‐2,1,3‐benzoselenadiazole ( 1 ) was converted into (E)‐5‐(2‐dimethylamino)vinylbenzo‐[c](1,2,5)selenadiazole‐4‐amine ( 4 ) by initial treatment with dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (DMFDMA) ( 2 ) followed by selective reduction using ammonium bromide in methanol. Compound 4 afforded the selenadiazolo[3,4‐i][1]benzazepine derivatives ( 7, 10, 13, 15 ) upon treatment with malononitrile ( 5 ), ethyl cyanoacetate ( 8 ) and cyanoacetamide ( 11 ) respectively.     

A new synthesis of alkaloid (S)‐3‐hydroxypiperidin‐2‐one and its O‐TBS protected derivative

From the known lactone (S)‐ 4 , easily derived from L‐glutamic acid, a scalable approach to chiral building block O‐silylated 3‐hydroxypiperidin‐2‐one 3 and alkaloid 1 was achieved in five and six‐steps respectively. The key steps are a chemoselective amidation of lactone‐ester 5 and a one‐pot reductive borane‐decomplexation, N‐debenzylation and cyclization.