Synthesis of 4H-furo[3,2-b]indole derivatives. III. Preparation of 4H-furo[3,2-b]indole-2-carboxylic acid derivatives

Methyl or ethyl 4H-furo[3,2-b]indole-2-carboxylates (Va,b) were prepared from deoxygenation of methyl or ethyl 5-(2-nitrophenyl)-2-furoates (IIIa,b) and thermolysis of methyl or ethyl 5-(2-azidophenyl)-2-furoates (VIIIa,b). 4H-Furo[3,2-b]indole-2-carboxylic acid amides (XIa-h) were obtained by the reaction of 4H-furo[3,2-b]indole-2-carboxyl chloride (X) with the appropriate amines.     

Facile rearrangement of 2-amino-3-carbethoxy-4-ethylfuro[3,2-b]pyridinium cation to 2-oxo-3-cyano-4-ethyl-4H-furo[3,2-b]pyridine

The rearrangement of 2-amino-3-carbethoxy-4-ethylfuro[3,2-b]pyridinium iodide in basic solution was studied. The reaction product is 2-oxo-3-cyano-4-ethyl-4H-furo[3,2-b]pyridine which was obtained also by alkylation with ethyl iodide and sodium hydride in dimethylformamide of 2-oxo-3-cyano-3H-furo[3,2-b]-pyridine or of p-nitrophenyl-3-acetoxypyridine-2-cyanacetate.     

Condensed benzopyrans. IV. Synthesis of some derivatives of 7H- and 9H-pyrano[3,2-E]indoles

The hydrazones derived from coumarin-6-ylhydrazine and ethyl 6-hydrazinochromone-2-carboxylate undergo facile indolization to give 3H,7H-pyrano[3,2-e]indol-7-ones (IIIb-IIIg) and ethyl 9-oxo-3H,9H-pyrano[3,2-e]indole-7-carboxylates (IVb-IVd), respectively, in good yields. Compounds IVb-IVd are derivatives of a new ring system.     

A new method for the synthesis of [1,4]diazepino[6,5-b]indole derivatives

Reactions of 3-[(N-aryl-N-chloroacetyl)amino]-2-formylindoles with substituted anilines gave 1,4-diaryl-2-oxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro[1,4]diazepino[6,5-b]indol-4-ium chlorides and those with 4-aminopyridine yielded 4-amino-1-(1-aryl-2-oxo-2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrido[3,2-b]indol-3-yl)pyridinium chlorides. Reduction of 1,2,3,6-tetrahydrodiazepinoindol-4-ium chlorides afforded the corresponding hexahydro derivatives. An alternative synthesis of 1-(4-nitrophenyl)-3-oxo-4-phenyl-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro[1,4]diazepino[6,5-b]indole from 3-[N-(4-nitrophenyl)amino]-2-[(phenylimino)methyl]indole was developed. The method involves the following sequence of transformations: reduction, chloroacetylation, and intramolecular alkylation. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2193–2199, December, 2006.     

Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds from 4-formylpyrazoles

Formylation of pyrazole and 2,5-dimethylpyrazole gave a number of pyrazole-containing aldehydes, which can be used to obtain chromenes, tetrahydrochromenes, 1,4-dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles, pyrano[3,2-c]chromenes, thiochromeno[4,3-b]pyrans, pyrano[3,2-c]-quinolines, and thiazolo[3,2-a]pyridines.     

Furopyridines. III. A new synthesis of furo[3,2-b]pyridine

A convenient synthesis of furo[3,2-b]pyridine and its 2- and 3-methyl derivatives from ethyl 3-hydroxypiconate ( 1 ) is described. The hydroxy ester 1 was O-alkylated with ethyl bromoacetate or ethyl 2-bromopropionate to give the diester 2a or 2b . Cyclization of compound 2a afforded ethyl 3-hydroxyfuro[3,2-b]pyridine-2-carboxylate ( 3 ) which in turn was hydrolyzed and decarboxylated to give furo[3,2-b]pyridin-3-(2H)-one ( 4a ). Cyclization of 2b gave the 2-methyl derivative 4b . Reduction of 4a and 4b with sodium borohydride yielded the corresponding hydroxy derivative 5a and 5b respectively, which were dehydrated with phosphoric acid to give furo[3,2-b]pyridine ( 6a ) and its 2-methyl derivative ( 6b ). 2-Acetylpyridin-3-ol ( 8 ) was converted to the ethoxycarbonylmethyl ether ( 9 ) by O-alkylation with ethyl bromoacetate, which was cyclized to give 3-methylfuro[3,2-b]pyridine-2-carboxylic acid ( 10 ). Decarboxylation of 10 afforded 3-methylfuro[3,2-b]pyridine ( 11 ).     

Synthesis of 4H-furo[3,2-b]indole derivatives A new heterocyclic ring system

4H-Furo[3,2-b]indole (III) was prepared from deoxygenation of 2-(2-nitrophenyl)furan (II) with triethyl phosphite and thermolysis of 2-(2-azidophenyl)furan (VI). 4H- or 4-alkylfuro [3,2-b]indole-2-carboxaldehydes (VIII, IXa-c) were obtained by Vilsmeier formylation of the corresponding furo[3,2-b]indoles (III, VIIa-c). 4H-Furo[3,2-b]indole-2-carboxaldehyde (VIII) was submitted to the Cannizzaro, Wittig and reduction reactions. The Shiff's bases were obtained by the reaction of 4-ethylfuro[3,2-b]indole-2-carboxaldehyde (IXb) with amines. J. Heterocyclic Chem., 14, 975 (1977)     

Recherches en série triazépine-1,2,4: II — Etude de la réaction de l'acétylacétate d'éthyle avec les diamino-3,4 oxo-5 dihydro-4,5 triazines-1,2,4

The reaction of 3,4-diamino-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-l,2,4-triazine or its 6-methyl or 6-phenyl substituted derivatives and ethyl acetoacetate gave three compounds: 4,7-dioxo-9-methyl-1,4,6,7-tetrahydro-as-triazino[4,3-b]-1,2,4-triazepine in poor yield, isomeric 4,9-dioxo-7-methyl-1,4,8,9-tetrahydro-as -triazino[4,3-b]-1,2,4-triazepine and by competitive cyclisation, 2-methyl-7-oxo-3,7-dihydro-s-triazolo[3,2-c]-1,2,4-triazine. By condensation of 3-methylamino-4-amino-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazine with ethyl acetoacetate, the formation of 4,9-dioxo-7,10-dimethyl-4,8,9,10-tetrahydro-as-triazino[4,3-b]-1,2,4-triazepine was strongly favored.     

Chemistry of acyl(imidoyl)ketenes. 6. Synthesis and the molecular structure of ethyl 2-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuro[2,3-b]quinoxaline-3-carboxylate

Thermal decarbonylation of ethyl 1,2,4-trioxo-1,2,4,5-tetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxaline-3-carboxylate afforded ethyl 2-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuro[2,3-b]quinoxaline-3-carboxylate. The structure of the resulting compound was established by X-ray diffraction analysis.     

Condensed isoquinolines 33*. Synthesis of 1′-R-spiro-[7H,8H-2a,7a-diazacyclopenta-[fg]naphthacene-2,4′-(1′H)-pyridine]-1,8(2H)-diones

Heating 5,13-dihydro-11H-isoquino[3,2-b]quinazolin-11-one with isonicotinoyl chloride in pyridine gives 6-isonicotinoyl-5,13-dihydro-11H-isoquino[3,2-b]quinazolin-11-one. The 1-alkyl-4[(11-oxo-5,13-dihydro-11H-isoquino[3,2-b]quinazolin-6-yl)carbonyl]pyridinium iodides obtained by alkylation of 6-isonicotinoyl-5,13-dihydro-11H-isoquino[3,2-b]quinazolin-11-one using alkyl iodides in the presence of NaH are converted to 1′-R-spiro[7H,8H-2a,7a-diazacyclopenta[fg]naphthacene-2,4′(1′H)-pyridine]-1,8(2H)-diones. The chemical and spectroscopic properties of the spiro compounds obtained were studied. For Communication 32 see [1]. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 52–58, January, 2009.     

Structure and reactions of a thiazolino[3,2-a]pyrimidine carbinolamine

Ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate condenses with 4-amino-6-hydroxy-2-pyrimidinethiol to yield ethyl 3-hydroxy-5-oxo-7-aminothiazolino[3,2-a]pyrimidin-3-acetate ( 3 ), and not ethyl 3-hydroxy-5-amino-7-oxothiazolino[3,2-a]-pyrimidin-3-acetate, as previously reported. This compound reacts with ammonia to produce ethyl 4-(6′-amino-4′-oxo-2′-pyrimidinethiol)-3-aminocrotonate ( 8 ), the open chain structure of which accounts for the cyclization of 3 to the poly-cyclic lactam, 6a-hydroxy-5,6,6a,7-tetrahydro-8-thia-1,4-diazacycl[3.3.2]azine-2,5-dione, rather than the sterically more favorable lactone, when 3 was treated with triethylamine. Some other reactions of 3 are described, and the structures of 3 and 8 were comfirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.     

Reactivity of thienopyrroles. Synthesis of isomeric nitro and bromothienopyrroles

The preparation of ethyl 2-bromothieno[2,3-b]pyrrole-5-carboxylate, ethyl 2-bromothieno[3,2-b]pyrrole-5-carboxylate, ethyl 2-nitrothieno[2,3-b]pyrrole-5-carboxylate and ethyl 2-nitrothieno[3,2-b]pyrrole-5-carboxylate are described.     

Synthesis of novel 1,3-oxazino[6,5-b]indole-2,4-(3H,9H)-dione and 2H-1,3,5-oxadiazino[3,2-a]indole-2,4-(3H)-dione from oxindoles

Two novel tricyclic ring systems were designed as serine protease inhibitors and synthesized from oxindoles; the first series, 1,3-oxazino[6,5-b]indole-2,4-(3H,9H)-diones, were prepared from 2,3-dihydro-2-oxo-(1H)-indole-3-carboxamides and phosgene in tetrahydrofuran with triethylamine. The second, a 2H-1,3,5-oxadiazino[3,2-a]indole-2,4-(3H)-dione was made using a similar cyclization on 2,3-dihydro-2-oxo-N-phenyl-(1H)-indole-1-carboxamide.     

Synthesis and Some Transformations of Derivatives of Pyrido[3,2-b]indole (δ-Carboline)

The reactions of 2-dimethyliminomethyl-3-(p-nitrophenyl)aminoindole chloride with compounds with an active methylene center have been studied. A series of derivatives of -carboline have been synthesized. By the reaction of 3-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methyl-1-p-nitrophenylpyrido[3,2-b]indolinium chloride with the diethyl acetal of DMF the corresponding 2-dimethylaminovinyl derivative was synthesized which was converted into 5-p-nitrophenyl-1-oxo-1,10-dihydropyrano[3',4':5,6]pyrido[3,2-b]indol-5-ium chloride in the presence of acid.     

Furopyridines. XVII . Cyanation,chlorination and nitration of furo[3,2-b]pyridine N-oxide

The N-oxide 2 of furo[3,2-b]pyridine ( 1 ) was cyanated by the Reissert-Henze reaction with potassium cyanide and benzoyl chloride to give 5-cyano derivative 3 , which was converted to the carboxamide 4 , carboxylic acid 5 , ethyl ester 6 and ethyl imidate 8 . Chlorination of 2 with phosphorus oxychloride yielded 2-9a , 3- 9b , 5- 9c and 7-chloro derivative 9d . Reaction of 9d with sodium methoxide, pyrrolidine, N,N-dimethylformamide and ethyl cyanoacetate afforded 7-methoxy- 10 , 7-(1-pyrrolidyl)- 11 and 7-dimethylaminofuro[3,2-b]pyridine ( 14 ) and 7-(1-cyano-1-ethoxy-carbonyl)methylene-4,7-dihydrofuro[3,2-b]pyridine ( 12 ). Nitration of 2 with a mixture of fuming nitric acid and sulfuric acid gave 2-nitrofuro[3,2-b]pyridine N-oxide ( 15 ).     

Indole esters as heterocyclic synthons. II. Preparation of 1,3-oxazino[5,6-b]indoles and 3-substituted-pyrano[3,2-b]indoles

A number of novel 1,3-oxazino[5,6-b]indoles and 2-oxo- or 4-oxopyrano[3,2-b]indoles containing #3-position substituents were prepared. Starting materials were 3-hydroxy-indole-2-carboxylic acid esters in which the #2-position ester function is converted to carboxamide, β-ketoester, or β-ketosulfone.     

Synthesis and properties of [1,4]diazepino[6,5-b]indoles

1-Aryl-2-oxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro[1,4]diazepino[6,5-b]indole N-oxides were synthesized based on 3-(N"-aryl-N"-chloroacetyl)amino-2-formylindoles. Deoxidation of 2-oxo-1-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro[1,4]diazepino[6,5-b]indole N-oxide afforded 1,2,3,6-tetrahydro- and 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro[1,4]diazepino[6,5-b]indole derivatives. A new approach to the synthesis of pyrido[3,2-b]indole and pyrimido[5,4-b]indole derivatives was developed.     

2-Dicyanomethylidene-3-ethoxymethylidene-2,3-dihydroindole in the synthesis of fused tri- and tetracyclic systems

The reactions of 2-dicyanomethylidene-3-ethoxymethylidene-2,3-dihydroindole with hydrazine hydrate and phenylhydrazine afforded 2,3-diamino-4-cyanopyrido[4,3-b]indole and 3-amino-2-anilino-4-cyanopyrido[4,3-b]indole, respectively, and the reactions of the latter compounds with dimethylformamide diethyl acetal were studied. The reactions of 2,3-diamino-4-cyanopyrido[4,3-b]indole with benzaldehyde, ethyl acetoacetate, and acetylacetone were investigated. First representatives of new heterocyclic systems, viz., [1,2,4]triazolo[1’,5’:1,6]-pyrido[4,3-b]indole and pyrazolo[1’,5’:1,2]pyrido[4,3-b]indole, were synthesized. The structure of ethyl 6-cyano-5-[(E)-(dimethylamino)methylideneamino]-2-methyl-7H-pyrazolo-[1’,5’:1,2]pyrido[4,3-b]indole-1-carboxylate was established by X-ray diffraction.     

Synthesis of thio- and furan-fused heterocycles: furopyranone,furopyrrolone, and thienopyrrolone derivatives

We report herein the synthesis of a novel class of compounds, ethyl 4-oxo-4H-furo[3,2-c]pyran-6-yl carbonate, (7E)-7-[(dimethylamino)methylene]-4H-furo[3,2-c]pyran-4,6(7H)-dione, 5-oxo-N-phenyl-2,5-dihydro-4H-furo[3,2-b]pyrrole-4-carboxamide, and 5-oxo-N-phenyl-5,6-dihydro-4H-thieno[3,2-b]pyrrole-4-carboxamide starting from the corresponding acid derivatives. Intramolecular cyclization in the presence of thionyl chloride formed the target fused ring systems. Additional transformation was seen in the cyclization of furan-fused heterocycle. A mechanism was proposed based on experimental and computational findings.     

The synthesis of some 4H-pyrimido[2,1-b]benzothiazol-4-ones

A series of 8-substituted and 7,8-disubstituted-4-oxo-3-(4H-pyrimido[2,1-b]benzothiazole)carboxylic acids and esters including a 9-aza analog were synthesized from substituted 2-aminobenzothiazoles and diethyl ethoxymethylenemalonate. The 9-aza analog, ethyl 8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-(4H-pyrido[3′,2′:4,5]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine)carboxylate ( 56 ), represents the first preparation of this new heterocyclic ring. These compounds were examined for antiparasitic activity, however, no significant activity was detected.