Synthesis of azaheterocycles from aryl ketone O-acetyl oximes and internal alkynes by Cu-Rh bimetallic relay catalysts

A synthetic method for azaheterocycles from aryl ketone O-acetyl oximes and internal alkynes has been developed by using the Cu(OAc)(2)-[Cp*RhCl(2)](2) bimetallic catalytic system. The reactions proceeded with both of anti- and syn-isomers of oximes with a wide scope of substituents. The Cu-Rh bimetallic system could be applied for the synthesis of isoquinolines as well as β-carboline, furo[2.3-c]pyridine, pyrrolo[2,3-c]pyridine, and thieno[2,3-c]pyridine derivatives.     

Chiral pyridin-3-ones and pyridines: syntheses of enantiopure 2,4-disubstituted 6-hydroxy-1,6-dihydro-2H-pyridin-3-ones, 2,3-disubstituted 4-iodopyridines, and enantiopure 2,3-disubstituted 4-pyridinemethanols

The development of an innovative method to access enantiopure 2,4-disubstituted 6-hydroxy-1,6-dihydro-2H-pyridin-3-ones starting from D-glucal via the aza-Achmatowicz transformation has been described. These highly functionalized pyridin-3-ones have been utilized for the synthesis of contiguously substituted pyridines through a rapid and efficient Et(3)N/Ac(2)O promoted cyclo-elimination, aromatization cascade, allowing the facile assembly of important pyridine-based building blocks like 2-substituted 3-acetoxy-4-iodopyridines and enantiopure 2-substituted 3-acetoxy-4-pyridinemethanols possessing benzylic stereogenic centers, whose synthesis otherwise would be tedious. The utilization of commercially available sugars as starting materials, mild reaction conditions, catalytic transfer hydrogen (CTH) of α-furfuryl azide derivatives, transfer of chiral aryl/alkyl methanols from enulosides to pyridin-3-ones and pyridines, high yields, and short reaction times are key features of this method. The utility of the method has been further exemplified by demonstrating the usage of the 2-substituted 3-acetoxy-4-iodopyridine for the construction of biologically significant molecules like 2,7-disubstituted furo[2,3-c]pyridines and 7,7'-disubstituted 2,2'-bifuro[2,3-c]pyridines.     

Electrophilic cyclization of o-acetoxy- and o-benzyloxyalkynylpyridines: an easy entry into 2,3-disubstituted furopyridines

[reaction: see text] 2,3-Disubstituted furo[3,2-b]pyridines, 2,3-disubstituted furo[2,3-b]pyridines, and 2,3-disubstituted furo[2,3-c]pyridines are readily prepared under mild conditions via the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of 1-alkynes with o-iodoacetoxy- or o-iodobenzyloxypyridines, followed by electrophilic cyclization by I(2) or by PdCl(2) under a balloon of carbon monoxide.     

Synthesis of 3-amino derivatives of benzo[b]furo[2,3-c]pyridines

The reaction of 1,7-dimethyl-3(2H)-benzo[b]furo[2,3-c]pyridone with phosphoric acid amides gave 1,7-dimethyl-3-dimethylamino (morpholino)benzo[b]furo[2,3-c]pyridines. A method for the synthesis of 3-amino derivatives of 4-nitrobenzo[b]furo[2,3-c]pyridines, which consists in heating 1,7-dimethyl-4-nitro-3(2H)-benzo[b]furo[2,3-c]pyridone with hexamethyldisilazane and secondary or primary amines in pyridine, was developed.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1552–1555, November, 1991.     

The Synthesis of Some New Fused and Substituted Chromenes

Some new chromeno[2,3-b]pyrimidines, chromeno[3,2-c]pyridines, chromeno[2,3-b]pyridines and 3-chromenyl-1,3-thiazines were synthesized via the synthetic studies of the reaction of 2-imino-2H-chromen-3-thiocarboxamide with some aromatic aldehydes, active nitriles, and their ylidene derivatives.     

Chemo- and regioselective assembly of polysubstituted pyridines and isoquinolines from isocyanides, arynes, and terminal alkynes

We have disclosed a general and efficient synthetic strategy for polysubstituted pyridines and isoquinolines with high chemo- and regioselectivity. In this methodology, 1-alkynyl imines act as the key compound to undergo a sequential alkynyl imine-allenyl imine isomerization/aza-Diels-Alder reaction/aromatization. In the first place, 1-alkynyl imines were formed in situ by a highly selective multicomponent reaction of isocyanides, arynes, and terminal alkynes and reacted with another molecule of arynes or terminal alkynes to furnish target heterocyclic products in a highly efficient and atom-economic manner. On the other hand, we attempted to prepare 1-alkynyl imines by other approaches to undergo a similar reaction sequence to afford polysubstituted pyridines and isoquinolines with a wider range. Different from the first approach, the second approach utilized the preprepared 1-alkynyl imines to introduce the related different substitutents into the final products: arynes or terminal alkynes bearing substituents different from those of 1-alkynyl imines have been successfully applied for the synthesis a wide variety of pyridines and isoquinolines with diversity.     

Synthesis of polysubstituted 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrofuro[2,3-c]pyridines by a novel multicomponent reaction

[reaction: see text] A novel three-component synthesis of tetrahydrofuro[2,3-c]pyridines from readily accessible starting materials is described. Simply heating a toluene solution of an aminopentynoate, an aldehyde, and an alpha-isocyanoacetamide in the presence of ammonium chloride provided the 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrofuro[2,3-c]pyridines in good to excellent yield. The fused ring system is produced in this one-pot process by the concomitant formation of five chemical bonds.     

Polysubstituted 2,3-dihydrofuro[2,3-b]pyridines and 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrano[2,3-b]pyridines via microwave-activated inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reactions

Polysubstituted 2,3-dihydrofuro[2,3-b]pyridines and 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrano[2,3-b]pyridines have been synthesized from 1,2,4-triazines using the inverse electron Diels-Alder reaction. For this purpose, 3-methylsulfanyl-1,2,4-triazines were reacted with several nucleophiles allowing the formation of appropriately substituted alkynes to undergo the intramolecular inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reaction. Sealed-tube microwave activation of the cycloaddition reaction has proved to be very efficient and allowed shorter reaction times. This strategy enabled an efficient synthesis of 3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrofuro[2,3-b]pyridines and 4-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrano[2,3-b]pyridines with several points of diversity on the bicyclic scaffold.     

Interaction of benzothieno[2,3-c]pyrylium salts with hydrazine. Derivatives of 5H-[2,3]benzothieno[2,3-e]diazepines

A study has been made of the reaction of 1,3-disubstituted bezothieno[2,3-c]pyrylium salts with hydrazine. It has been shown that 1,3-dialkyl-substituted benzothieno[2,3-c]pyrylium salts interact with hydrazine to give N-amino-1,3-dialkylbenzothieno[2,3-c]pyridines. The presence of a pyrylium ring on one of the positions of the phenyl group leads to a mixture of N-amino derivatives and 5H-[2,3]benzothieno[2,3-e]diazepines. In contrast, 1,3-diphenylbenzothieno[2,3-c]pyrylium perchlorate gives exclusively 5H-[2,3]benzothieno[2,3-e]diazepine.L. M. Litvinenko Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry and Coal Tar Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Donetsk 340114. Translate from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp 1137–1140, August, 1998.     

A convenient one-pot synthesis of new chromeno[3,4-c]chromene and chromeno[3,4-c]pyridine derivatives in the presence of high surface area of magnesium oxide

In this investigation a new strategy involves the one-pot,three-component reaction of malononitrile,salycilaldehyde and phenol derivatives in the presence of high surface area of MgO is extended to the formation of chromeno[3,4-c]chromene derivatives in good to excellent yields in a short reaction time.Also,the three component reactions of an aldehyde such as salycilaldehyde and ketones with malononitril for the formation of chromeno[3,4-c]pyridines are investigated.     

Interaction of 3-Chloro-2-halopropenyl Ketones with β-Aminocrotonic Acid Ethyl Ester

The reaction of 3-chloro-2-halo-1-propenyl ketones with β-aminocrotonic acid ethyl ester leads to the formation of ethyl esters of 6-alkyl(aryl, benzyl, cyclohexyl)-4-chloromethyl-2-methylnicotinic acids. It was established that at increased temperatures the compounds obtained are partially converted into the corresponding dihydrofuro[3,4-c]pyridines. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1184–1188, August, 2005.     

Coupling-isomerization-N,S-ketene acetal-addition sequences--a three-component approach to highly fluorescent pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines, [1,8]naphthyridines, and pyrido[2,3-b]azepines

Annelated 2-amino pyridines such as pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridines, [1,8]naphthyridines, and pyrido[2,3-b]azepines can be synthesized in moderate to good yields in a consecutive one-pot three-component process by a coupling-isomerization-enamine-addition-cyclocondensation sequence of an electron-poor (hetero)aryl halide, a terminal propargyl N-tosylamine, and an N,S-ketene acetal. After the coupling-isomerization sequence, a Diels-Alder reaction with inverse electron demand of the intermediate enimine and the N,S-ketene acetal and subsequent aromatization furnish annelated 2-amino pyridines 4 that were unambiguously characterized by numerous X-ray structure analyses. These heterocycles are highly fluorescent and partially pH sensitive, and their electronic structure was studied with spectroscopic and computational methods.     

Synthesis of thienothiopyranthiones by a new molecular rearrangement

On heating with alkynes, the readily prepared 1,3-dithioles 3 undergo a new cycloaddition reaction and an unprecedented molecular rearrangement with loss of chlorine to give the first 7H-thieno[2,3-c]thiopyran-7-thiones 4 and 4H-thieno[3,2-c]thiopyran-4-thiones 5 whose structures were confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Unexpectedly, the different alkynes used to form 3 and to convert it into 4 and 5 were incorporated regiospecifically into the thiophene and thiopyran rings, respectively. [reaction: see text]     

Nouvelles voies d'accès à des aryl-4 thiéno[2,3-c]pyridines et à des aryl-7 thiéno[3,2-c]pyridines

4-Arylthieno[2,3-c]pyridines and 7-arylthieno[3,2-c]pyridines have been prepared by heating in polyphosphoric acid 2-(2-thenylamino>l-arylethanols or propanols and 2- 3-thenylamino>l-arylethanols or propanols, respectively.) Under the Beckmann rearrangement conditions, oximes of 4-aryl-4,5-dihydro-6H-cyclopenta[b]thiophen-6-one lead to 4-aryl-4,5- dihydro-6H-thieno[2,3-c]pyridin-7-one.     

Novel Synthetic Route Toward Benzofuran-pyridine–Based Spirans

A novel domino reaction of tetrahydrobenzofuro[3,2-c] or [2,3-c]pyridines with dimethylacetylene dicarboxylate (DMAD) or methyl propiolate (MP) resulted in the formation of spirobenzofuranpyridines in moderate yields. The spirobenzofuran derivatives reported may be considered analogs of the antifungal drug griseofulvin.     

Efficient syntheses of imidazolo[1,2-a]pyridines and -[2, 1-a]isoquinolines

2-Aminopyridines 1a-c and 1-aminoisoquinoline with 1-chloromethylbenzotriazole give 2-amino-1-[alpha-benzotriazol-1-ylmethyl]pyridinium chlorides 2a-c and 1-amino-2-(alpha-benzotriazol-1-ylmethyl)isoquinolinium++ + chloride 12, respectively. Compounds 2a-c and 12 react with aryl aldehydes 3a-h to afford imidazolo[1,2-a]pyridines 7a-k and imidazolo[2, 1-a]isoquinolines 13a,b in good yields.     

Copper-catalyzed coupling of pyridines and quinolines with alkynes: a one-step, asymmetric route to functionalized heterocycles

A copper (I)-catalyzed, asymmetric method to directly functionalize pyridines, quinolines, and isoquinolines with terminal alkynes is described. The reaction is readily diversified to incorporate a range of pyridine-based heterocycles and electron-rich or electron-poor alkynes. This provides a straightforward alternative to nucleophilic or cross-coupling approaches to directly derivatize these heterocycles, and yields useful propargylcarbamates.     

Synthesis and molecular structure of 4-nitro-9-phenyl-1H-and 9-hydroxy-3-oxo-9-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-9H-indeno-[2,1- c ]pyridines and 3,7-diphenyl-3a, 4,5,6-tetrahydroindeno[2,1- c ]isoxazolo[5,4- d ]pyridine

The 4-nitro derivatives and an oxidation by-product, 9-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-oxo-9-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-9H-indeno[2,1-c]pyridine were obtained by the nitration of N-alkyl-9-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-indeno-[2,1-c]pyridines with sodium nitrite in acetic acid. Their molecular structures were studied by X-ray structural analysis. The product of [2+3] cycloaddition, 5-methyl-3,7-diphenyl-3a, 4,5,6-tetrahydroindeno[2,1-c]isoxazolo[5,4-d]pyridine, was obtained by the interaction of 2-chloro-1-hydroxy-2-phenylazomethine with 2-methyl-9-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-indeno[2,1-c]pyridine. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1390–1399, September, 2007.     

Preparation of hexahydrobenzo[f]isoquinolines using a vinylogous pictet-spengler cyclization

A vinylogous Pictet-Spengler cyclization has been carried out using activated aldehydes, ketones, and alkynes to prepare a variety of substituted hexahydrobenzo[f]isoquinolines. A unique set of conditions was utilized to effect efficient cyclization with acid-sensitive electrophiles.     

(SCp)Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Satoh–Miura Reaction for Building-up Axial Chirality: Counteranion-Directed Switching of Reaction Pathways

Satoh–Miura reaction is an important method for extending π-systems by forging multi-substituted benzene rings via double aryl C−H activation and annulation with alkynes. However, the development of highly enantioselective Satoh–Miura reaction remains rather challenging. Herein, we report an asymmetric Satoh–Miura reaction between 1-aryl benzo[h]isoquinolines and internal alkynes enabled by a SCpRh-catalyst. Judiciously choosing the counteranion of the Rh-catalyst is crucial for the desired reactivity over the competitive formation of azoniahelicenes. Detailed mechanistic studies support the proposal of counteranion-directed switching of reaction pathways in Rh-catalyzed asymmetric C−H activation.