Influence of intermolecular hydrogen bonds on the tautomerism of pyridine derivatives

The effect of the dimerization, by hydrogen-bond (HB) complexation, on the tautomerism of 2-hydroxypyridine and a series 2-aminopyridines has been carried using ab initio methods. The results obtained for 2-hydroxypyridine fit satisfactorily with the experimental data and show that the 2-pyridone/2-pyridone homodimer complex is the most stable. For 2-aminopyridines, the effect of the substituent on the amino group has been investigated. For the monomers studied, the most favorable tautomer is the 2H; however, with electronegative substituents, the 1H/1H homodimers are more stable than the corresponding 2H/2H ones. The atom in molecule methodology has been used to characterize the HBs formed. Exponential relationships have been found between the electron density and its laplacian at the HB critical point vs the HB distance.     

Different coordination modes and supramolecular aggregations in copper(II) pentane-2,4-dionato compounds with 2-pyridone and 3-hydroxypyridine

Abstract  

Copper(II) bis(pentane-2,4-dionato-κ² O,O′) compounds with 2-pyridone (1) and 3-hydroxypyridine (2) were prepared by the reaction of bis(pentane-2,4-dionato-κ² O,O′)copper(II) with selected ligands. The coordination of Cu(II) in both compounds is square pyramidal with the fifth coordination site occupied by the carbonyl oxygen atom of the 2-pyridone ligand in 1 and by the nitrogen atom of 3-hydroxypyridine in 2. The X-ray crystallographic studies revealed different crystal aggregation influenced by the ability of the 2-pyridone ligand to act as a hydrogen bond donor and acceptor, and 3-hydroxypyridine acting only as a hydrogen bond donor. Intermolecular N–H···O hydrogen bonding forms dimers in 1 and infinite chains in 2. Three-dimensional aggregation is achieved by π–π interactions and C–H···π (arene) hydrogen bonding.     

Bisallyl and bismethallyl derivatives of 2,3-dihydroxypyridine

2,3-Dihyroxypyridine has been dialkylated with allyl bromide and methallyl chloride to give 1-allyl-3-allyloxy-2-pyridone ( 2 ) and 1-methallyl-3-methallyloxy-2-pyridone ( 3 ), respectively. These compounds readily undergo a Claisen rearrangement at 163° to give the bis-1,4-allyl-3-hydroxy-2-pyridone isomers, 4 and 5 , respectively. 2,3-Bisallyloxypyridine ( 8 ) and 2,3-bismethallyloxypyridine ( 9 ) were synthesized from 2-chloro-3-hydroxypyridine.     

Reconsideration of solvent effects calculated by semiempirical quantum chemical methods

AM1 and PM3 semiempirical calculations are reported for the solvent effects on the tautomeric equilibria of 2-pyridone/2-hydroxypyridine and 4-pyridone/4-hydroxypyridine in the gas phase and solution. The solvent effects on the tautomeric equilibria were investigated by self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) theory implemented in the AMPAC and MOPAC program in two different ways: one in which all the solvent relaxation is included in the quantum mechanics and the total energy must be corrected for the solvent change in energy, method A; and a second in which the quantum mechanics directly includes this term, method B. The calculated (AM1, method A) tautomeric equilibrium constants (log K₁) for 2-pyridone in the gas phase, cyclohexane, chloroform, and acetonitrile are ?0.3, 0.3, 0.8, and 1.3, respectively, in good agreement with the experimental data (?0.4, 0.24, 0.78, and 2.17, respectively). For 4-pyridone/4-hydroxypyridine differences between calculated log K₁ for the gas phase, chloroform and acetonitrile (?6.0, ?2.6, and ?1.2, respectively) and experimental data (< ?1, 0.11, and 0.66, respectively) are larger but the experimental values are also less certain. The experimental acetonitrile data are disturbed by specific interactions. An extension of the SCRF for aqueous solutions is reviewed. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Uracil–4-Hydroxyuracil tautomerism revisited

The tautomerism of the uracil-4-hydroxyuracil system is examined with the 3–21G basis set and full geometry optimization using gradient techniques. Single-point calculations at the 6-31G level were also done and the results compared with the 2-pyridone–2-hydroxypyridine system. The best ΔE(taut) obtained in this work is 74.1 kJ/mol.     

Reaction paths of tautomerization between hydroxypyridines and pyridones

Tautomerization paths of 2(and 4)-hydroxypyridine (called here HP) to 2(and 4)-pyridone (called here PY) with water molecules were investigated by the use of density functional theory calculations. Potential energies were compared for a number of water molecules. The 2-HP molecule was found to be isomerized most readily and concertedly to the 2-PY one via proton relays with two water molecules. The reaction pattern is invariant even when outer water molecules are added. The 4-HP(H(2)O)(n) --> 4-PY(H(2)O)(n) reaction model did not give small activation energies. However, a reaction of (4-HP)(2)(H(2)O)(2) --> (4-PY)(2)(H(2)O)(2) was found to occur readily through a transient ion-pair intermediate. The conversion processes of (2-PY)(2) to the tautomerization reacting system were discussed. The hydrogen-bond directionality regulates the tautomerization paths.     

Reversible Redox System of 2-Oxypyritriphyrin(1.2.1) Accompanying Interconversion between 3-Pyridone and 3-Hydroxypyridine Units

To develop a system in which a π-conjugation circuit switched by a redox reaction between 3-pyridone and 3-hydroxypyridine, a ring-contracted analog of oxypyriporphyrin, 2-oxypyritriphyrin(1.2.1) was synthesized for the first time. 2-Oxypyritriphyrin(1.2.1) contains a 14π aromatic conjugation circuit with the keto-form of the 3-oxypyridine ring. When 2-oxypyritriphyrin was treated with NaBH₄, not only the 3-oxypyridine group, but also the meso-carbons were also reduced to give a colorless porphyrinogen analog. The reduced compound could be oxidized again to provide 2-oxypyritripyhrin in a reversible manner.     

Theoretical studies of proton-transfer reactions of 2-hydroxypyridine--(H2O)n (n = 0-2) in the ground and excited states

The potential energy profiles for proton-transfer reactions of 2-hydroxypyridine and its complexes with water were determined by MP2, CASSCF and MR-CI calculations with the 6-31G** basis set. The tautomerization reaction between 2-hydroxypyridine (2HP) and 2-pyridone (2PY) does not take place at room temperature because of a barrier of approximately 35 kcal/mol for the ground-state pathway. The water-catalyzed enol-keto tautomerization reactions in the ground state proceed easily through the concerted proton transfer, especially for the two-water complex. The S1 tautomerization between the 2HP and 2PY monomers has a barrier of 18.4 kcal/mol, which is reduced to 5.6 kcal/mol for the one-water complex and 6.4 kcal/mol for the two-water complex. The results reported here predict that the photoinduced tautomerization reaction between the enol and keto forms involves a cyclic transition state having one or two water molecules as a bridge.     

Solvent and Structural Effects on the UV–Vis Absorption Spectra of Some 4,6-Disubstituted-3-Cyano-2-Pyridones

A series of 4,6-disubstituted-3-cyano-2-pyridones was synthesized and their UV?CVis absorption spectra were recorded in the region 200?C600?nm in the set of selected solvents. The effects of solvent dipolarity/polarizability and solvent?Csolute hydrogen-bonding interactions on the spectral shifts were analyzed by means of the linear solvation energy relationship concept of Kamlet and Taft. The influence of solvents as well as substituents on the 2-pyridone/2-hydroxypyridine tautomeric equilibration was evaluated. The absorption band maximum of the 2-hydroxypyridine form is found to appear at a shorter wavelength than that of the 2-pyridone form in all investigated solvents. The replacement of the methyl and phenyl groups at position 6 of the pyridone ring, by a hydroxy group, significantly changes the solvatochromic behavior of the investigated pyridones.     

Ab initio study of the electronic properties of potential antagonists of the glycine receptor: 1. Transition state of the 2-pyridone · H2O/2-hydroxypyridine · H2O tautomeric equilibrium

Glycine receptor substrates are molecules potentially involved in tautomerism phenomena. This study is expected to provide information that might help understand their intrinsic reactivities; such physicochemical data would allow us to establish predictive models in a search for better antagonists. Ab initio molecular orbital studies, using 3-21G and 6-31G * basis sets, are reported for the tautomeric equilibrium of 2-pyridone · H₂O/2-hydroxypyridine · H₂O. The geometry of the transition state has also been optimized. The results show the important effect of the water molecule through the formation of hydrogen bonds. This system will be used as a prototype for the design of antagonists of the glycine receptor, a potential site for the action of new antiepileptic drugs and compounds preventing ischemic brain damage. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Stationary point structure and energetics: Density functional study including solvent effects on the tautomerization of formamide and 2-pyridone

Solvent effects on the thermodynamics and kinetics of some tautomerization reactions, chosen as the most representative of this wide class of reactions, are analyzed. Solvent effects have been modeled by the self-consistent reaction field approach that we have implemented in the ADF package. We investigated the structure and energetics of the saddle points for the formamide/formamidinic acid and 2-pyridone/2-hydroxypyridine tautomerizations. Our results, carried out both at local and gradient corrected levels, are in good agreement with previous post-Hartree–Fock computations in predicting the structure and the energy of the investigated saddle points. On the other hand, our computations show that solvent effects play a relevant role on the energetics of the reactions. In particular, the interconversion of 2-hydroxypyridine into 2-pyridone is sensibly favored in aqueous solution, being that the latter tautomers are stabilized by solvent interactions. This latter result is in agreement with experimental findings. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Density functional study on the reaction mechanism of proton transfer in 2-pyridone: effect of hydration and self-association

The proton-transfer mechanism in the isolated, mono, dehydrated forms and dimers of 2-pyridone and the effect of hydration or self-assistance on the transition state structures corresponding to proton transfer from the keto form to the enol form have been investigated using B3LYP and BH-LYP hybrid density functional methods at the 6-311++G (2d, 2p) basis set level. The barrier heights for both H2O-assisted and self-assisted reactions are significantly lower than that of the bare tautomerization reaction from 2-pyridone to 2-hydroxypyridine, implying the importance of the superior catalytic effect of H2O and (H2O)2 and the important role of 2-pyridone itself for the intramolecular proton transfer. Long-range solvent effects have also been taken into account by using the continuum model (Onsager model and polarizable continuum model (PCM)) of water. The tautomerization energies and the potential energy barriers are increased both for the water-assisted and for the self-assisted reaction because of the bulk solvent, which imply that the tautomerization of PY becomes less favorable in the polar solvent.     

On the mechanism of proton transfer in the 2-hydroxypyridine α 2-pyridone tautomeric equilibrium

The saddle point for the proton transfer involved in the equilibrium 2-hydroxypyridine α 2-pyridone has been calculated in a 3-21G basis to be 206 kJ mol^?1 above the lactim form, for a unimolecular mechanism. This barrier is estimated to be reduced to 46 kJ mol^?1 in the self-associated dimer.     

Structures of 2-hydroxypyridine and its vinyl derivatives

The PMR, Raman, and UV absorption spectra of 2-hydroxypyridine and its vinyl derivatives were investigated. Their electrochemical reduction was studied, and a quantum-chemical analysis of them was performed. It was concluded that the structure of 2-hydroxypyridine in proton-donor solvents is mesomeric, and its wave function, to a first approximation, is a linear combination of the wave functions of the 2-pyridone and zwitterion models. The contribution of the wave functions of each of the models depends substantially on the concentration of the solution and the nature of the solvent. An assumption was made regarding the presence of dynamic conjugation between the vinyl group and the ring in vinyl derivatives of 2-hydroxypyridine.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 95–102 January, 1972.     

The tautomerism of 5-chloro-2-hydroxypyridine. Comments on a paper by Srivastava and Prasad

Infrared and U.V. spectra are presented to show that 5-chloro-2-hydroxypyridine exists mainly in the pyridone form in solution in carbon tetrachloride, chloroform and cyclohexane, with extensive NH⋯OC intermolecular association at least in the former two solvents; in dioxane the pyridone and the pyridinol form are present in roughly equal amounts. As 2-pyridones are capable of forming centrosymmetric bimolecules of zero dipole moment, replacement of a highly polar solvent by a non-polar one does not necessarily displace the tautomeric equilibrium to predominance of the pyridinol tautomer, even though that has a much lower dipole moment than an individual 2-pyridone molecule. Some conclusions of Srivastava and Prasad's are questioned.     

Proton-Ionizable crown compounds. 8. Synthesis and structural studies of macrocyclic polyether ligands containing a 4-thiopyridone subcyclic unit

Three new proton-ionizable macrocyclic polyether ligands containing the 4-pyridone subcyclic group have been prepared. Two of these ligands contain lipophilic n-octyl substituents, the other ligand contains a phenyl substituent. The 15-crown-5 ligand containing both a 4-pyridone subcyclic unit and an n-octyl substituent selectively transported lithium cations in a water-methylene chloride-water bulk liquid membrane system. Five crown compounds containing the 4-pyridone subcyclic unit were converted to the 4-thiopyridono-crown compounds when treated with Lawesson's Reagent. The crystal structure of 4-thiopyridono-18-crown-6 shows a carbon-sulfur double bond and a molecule of water hydrogen bonded inside the macrocycle cavity.     

Structure and chemistry of 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-pyridone

The structure of 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-pyridone formed by the reaction of 6-methyl-2H-pyran-2,4(3H)-dione and ammonia is characterized. A method is discussed for the structure determination of pyridone type compounds. Reaction of 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-pyridone with an equivalent amount of benzenesulfonyl chloride gives 4-benzenesulfonyloxy-6-methyl-2-pyridone. With two equivalent amounts of benzenesulfonyl chloride, 2,4-dibenzenesulfonyloxy-6-picoline is formed. 4-Hydroxy-6-methyl-2-pyridone is preferentially attacked by electrophiles at the 3 position.     

Intramolecular aminolysis of trichloroethyl esters: a mild macrocyclization protocol for the preparation of cryptophycin derivatives

The bifunctional catalyst 2-hydroxypyridine (2-pyridone) is shown to promote the intramolecular aminolysis of the polyfunctionalized long-chain amino trichloroethyl ester 8 to afford cryptophycin-51 (4). This process for the construction of the macrocyclic core of cryptophycin derivatives is noteworthy for its convenience, avoidance of expensive coupling reagents, and use of mild reaction conditions.     

Ab initio method study on the isomerization of 3-amino-2-pyridone

Ab initio caculations with RHF/6-31G and MP2/6-31G have been used to study the isomerization of 3-amino-2-pyridone in gas-phase and in water. The results obtained show that 3-amino-2-pyridone is isomerized into 3-amino-2-hydroxy pyridine via a four-center cyclic transition state in the gas-phase, and via a six-center cyclic transition state in water. The activation energies of this reaction are 226.3336(RHF/6-31G) and 171.2269(MP2/6-31G) in gas-phase, and 81.6398(RHF/6-31G) and 59.8668(MP2/6-31G) kJ mol⁻¹ under the condition of a single water molecule as the catalyst, respectively.     

13C and 1H NMR spectroscopic studies on the structure of N-methyl-3-pyridone and 3-hydroxypyridine

Carbon and proton NMR spectra of 3-hydroxypyridine and its O-methyl and N-methyl derivatives have been analysed, and are compared with the spectra of the corresponding 2- and 4-substituted pyridines. It is shown, that contrary to quantum chemical predictions and in agreement with chemical experience, 3-hydroxy-pyridine has a phenolic structure in solution. For the N-methyl derivative, however, carbon and proton NMR data clearly demonstrate that this compound should be formulated as N-methyl-3-pyridone. The general problem of the 3-pyridones is discussed on the basis of calculated π-electron densities, IR and NMR data.