Direct preparation of 3,4-dichloro-2,-dimethyl-3-chromenes from 2,2-dimethyl-4-chromanones

Reaction of 2,2-dimethyl-4-chromanones($\text{1}$) with two equivalents of phosphorus pentachloride affords, 3,4-dichloro-2,2-dimethyl-3-chromenes($\text{2}$) in variable yields depending on the substituents of the aromatic ring. A plausible pathway for this reaction is given.     

Synthesis of the S-cis-oxime of 3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolyl-1-carbaldehyde

The reaction of 1-(2-hydroxy-2-trifluoromethyl-3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline with a nitrosylating mixture gave only the S-cis-oxime of 3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolyl-1-carbaldehyde.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2136–2137, September, 1990.     

Conformational flexibility of 4,4-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-thiasiline and its monoheterocyclic analogs

Conformational behavior of the first cyclic organosilicon vinylsulfide, 4,4-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-thiasiline as well as its monoheterocyclic analogs, 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran, 3,4-dihydro-2H-thiopyran, and 1,1-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrosiline is studied in comparison with the carbocyclic analog, cyclohexene, using the methods of low-temperature NMR spectroscopy and theoretical calculations at the DFT and MP2 levels of theory. The barrier to the ring inversion with respect to that in cycloxene is increased in 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran and 1,1-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrosiline, but, in contrast to the suggestions made in the literature, is decreased in 3,4-dihydro-2H-thiopyran. In 4,4-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-thiasiline the barrier is intermediate between those in the corresponding monoheterocycles, 1,1-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrosiline and 3,4-dihydro-2H-thiopyran. The observed variations are rationalized from the viewpoint of the interaction of the π-electrons of the C=C double bond with the orbitals of heteroatoms in the ring. The structure of the transition state for the ring inversion is discussed.     

Structure of 3,4-dinitro-3,4-dimethyl-1,1-diphenyl-1-silacyclopentane

Conclusions 3,4-Dinitro-3,4-dimethyl-1,1-diphenyl-1-silacyclopentane in the liquid phase has a half-chair conformation, and in the solid phase, its conformation is described by a form intermediate between the half-chair and the envelope conformation.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2731–2736, December, 1985.     

Improved procedure for the preparation of 3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-2H-1-benzopyran-3-ones

Treatment of 2,2-dimethyl-2H-1-benzopyrans 5 with a m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid-trifluoroacetic acid mixture and subsequent short path bulb to bulb vacuum distillation of the crude 3,4-hydroxyesters 6 formed afforded title compounds in good yields. Suppression of trifluoroacetic acid was required when using 2,2-di-methyl-2H-1-benzopyrans with electron donating substituents such as precocenes, as starting compounds.     

Cyanine dyes based on 2-phenyl-3,4-dimethyl-5,6-benzoquinoline

It is shown that the only product in the condensation of benzylidene-2-naphthylamine with methyl ethyl ketone is 2-phenyl-3,4-dimethyl-5,6-benzoquinoline, on the basis of the quaternary salt of which cyanine dyes were synthesized.     

First asymmetric synthesis of trans-3,4-dimethyl-4-arylpiperidines

The first asymmetric synthesis of the trans-3,4-dimethyl-4-arylpiperidine opioid antagonist scaffold is reported. C-3 stereochemistry was established via CBS reduction and stereoselective anti-SN2' cuprate displacement of the derived allylic phosphonate. The resultant vinyl bromide was then elaborated to the target compound by Suzuki coupling and trans-selective 4-methylation. Extension of this methodology should allow general enantioselective access to highly substituted piperidine ring systems.     

Hochdruckversuche—IX: Die thermische isomerisierung von 1,2-diphenyl-3-methyl-cyclobuten-(1)-cis-3,4-dicarbonsäuredimethylester und 3,4-dimethyl-1,2-diphenyl-cyclobuten-(1)-cis-3,4-dicarbonsäuredimethylester

Dimethyl-1,2-diphenyl-3-methyl-cyclobutene-(1)-cis-3,4-dicarboxylate 2 leads in a thermal reaction to an equilibrium with (E, Z)-dimethyl-3,4-diphenyl-5-methyl-muconate (4). The equilibrium is shifted to the cyclic compound by pressure. Dimethyl-3,4-diphenyl-cyclobutene-(1,2-diphenyl-cyclobutene-(1)-cis-3,4-dicarboxylate (3) isomerizes thermally to (E, Z)-dimethyl-2,5-dimethyl-3,4-diphenylmuconate (6). Both reactions are accelerated by pressure. The activation volumes ΔV₀⁺ are given for each ringopening reaction.     

Reaction of 3,4-diiodo-2,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole with thioamides

3,4-Diiodo-2,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole reacted with thioacetamide in polar solvents or under solvent-free conditions to give 2,4,6-trimethyl-5H-pyrrolo[3,4-d][1,3]thiazole. The major product in the reaction of the title compound with thiobenzamide was 3,5-diphenyl-1,2,4-thiadiazole.     

Synthesis of 3,4-bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)furan-2,5-dione from mucobromic acid

Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling between 2,5-dimethyl-3-thienylboronic and mucobromic acids under phase transfer catalysis (PTC) conditions gave the expected 3,4-bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-5-hydroxyfuran-2-one in 32% yield. The by-product was 2,2’,5,5’-tetramethyl-3,3’-bithiophene. The oxidation of the obtained hemiacylal with potassium permanganate under PTC conditions afforded 3,4-bis(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)furan-2,5-dione in high yield.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2238–2240, October, 2004.     

Ring — chain tautomerism and reactions of 4-aryl-4-hydroxy-2,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydrophthalazinones

It has been established by IR spectroscopy that the N,N-dimethylhydrazides of 2-aroylbenzoic and benzil-o-carboxylic acids, with the exception of 2-mesitoylbenzoic acid, have the ring structure of 4-aryl- or 4-benzoyl-4-hydroxy-2,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydrophthalazinones. The action of electrophilic agents on 4-hydroxy-2,3-dimethyl-4-phenyl-3,4-dihydrophthal-azinone under mild conditions leads to N₍₃₎-demethylation with the formation of 2-methyl-4-phenylphthalazinone.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1124–1126, August, 1973.     

Synthesis of 1-substituted-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines

The Ritter reaction between -substituted propionitriles and dimethylbenzylcarbinols gives 3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines containing substituents in the 1-position corresponding to those in the starting nitrile.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 657–659, May, 1991.     

Oxidation of 1-hydrazino-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline. X-ray,spectroscopic, and quantum-chemical study of the structure of 3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisocarbostyryl azine

3,3-Dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisocarbostyryl azine (2) has been synthesized by oxidation of l-hydrazino-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline (1). The crystal and molecular structures of compound 2 were determined. It has been established that in the solid state, compound2 exists as an azine tautomer. The IR, electronic, and NMR spectral data indicate that in solution the tautomeric form of2 does not change. A possible mechanism of the oxidation of1 to2 is suggested.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2468–2474, December, 1995.The authors are grateful to Professor V. F. Zakharov (Russian University of People's Friendship) for recording the¹H NMR spectra.     

Reaction of 6-hydrazino-3,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine with pregnenolone derivatives

New androsteno[17,16-d]pyrazoles and -pyrazolines with pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine fragments were synthesized. A reaction of 3β-hydroxypregna-5,16-dien-20-one and its 3-O-acetyl derivative with 6-hydrazino-3,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine led to hydrazones at position 20 of the pregnenolone molecule, a possibility of their cyclization was studied. Upon melting, the hydrazones cyclize with the formation of pyrazoline ring annulated with ring D of the steroid at positions 16 and 17. Reflux of the hydrazones in mesitylene with AcOH leads to a mixture of two reaction products: androsteno[17,16-d]pyrazole and a dodecahydro-13H-phenanthro[1′,2′:5,6]pyrano[2,3-d]pyrazole derivative. Apparently, this transformation proceeds through the corresponding epoxide with subsequent rearrangement, which leads to the ring D expansion.     

Reactivity of pyrrole pigments. part 6: Electrochemical reduction of some s(1h)-pyrromethenones and 5-arylmethylene-3,4-dimethyl-3-pyrrolin-2-ones

The electrochemical reduction of some 5(1H)-pyrromethenones and 5-arylmethylene-3-pyrrolin-2-ones in imethylformamide (DMF) has been studied by polarography and by identification of their electrochemical reduction products. The reduction processes observed depend on the presence on the type of supporting electrolyte. LiClO₄ or tetraethyl ammonium perchlorate (TEAP) and, When TEAP is used, they also depend on the presence of Water. Polarographic curves show two monoelectronic diffusion Waves in anhydrous DMF both with LiCIO₄ and with TEAP. The reaction products from (Z)-3,4-dimethyl-5-[(4-methylphenyl)methylene]-3-pyrrolin-2-one and from (Z)-2-[(3,4-dimethyl-5-oxo-3-pyrrolin-2-yl)-methylene]-1H-pyrrole for the electrolysis at controlled potentials and under different experimental conditions have been isolated and identified.In all cases a stereoselective reductive dimerization occurs but, at second wave potentials, the reduction compounds corresponding to the hydrogenation of the exocyclic double bond are also formed. The electrolysis yields can be optimized in order to make the process synthetically useful.     

Synthesis and alkylation of cyclic azomethines—3-spiro-and 3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines

The cyclic imines 3,3-dimethyl-, 3-spiro-3,4-dihydro-, and benzo[f]isoquinolines were synthesized, and their quaternary salts were obtained. Institute of Technical Chemistry, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm 614600, Russia. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 236–240, February, 1998.     

Zur Synthese sulfonierter Derivate von 2,3-Dimethylanilin und 3,4-Dimethylanilin

On the Synthesis of Sulfonated Derivatives of 2,3-Dimethylaniline and 3,4-Dimethylaniline Baking the hydrogensulfate salt of 2,3-dimethylaniline ( 1 ) or of 3,4-dimethylaniline ( 2 ) led to 4-amino-2,3-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 4 ) and 2-amino-4,5-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 5 ), respectively (Scheme 1). The sulfonic acid 5 was also obtained by treatment of 2 with sulfuric acid or by reaction of 2 with amidosulfuric acid. 3-Amino-4,5-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 3 ) and 5-Amino-2,3-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 6 ) were prepared by sulfonation of 1,2-dimethyl-3-nitrobenzene ( 9 ) to 3,4-dimethyl-5-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid ( 11 ) and of 1,2-dimethyl-4-nitrobenzene ( 10 ) to 2,3-dimethyl-5-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid ( 12 ), respectively, with subsequent Béchamp reduction (Scheme 1). Preparations of 2-amino-3,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 7 ) and of 6-amino-2,3-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 8 ) were achieved by the sulfur dioxide treatment of the diazonium chlorides derived from 3,4-dimethyl-2-nitroaniline ( 24 ) and from 2,3-dimethyl-6-nitroaniline ( 31 ) to 3,4-dimethyl-2-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride ( 29 ) and 2,3-dimethyl-6-nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride ( 32 ), respectively, followed by hydrolysis to 3,4-dimethyl-2-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid ( 30 ) and 2,3-dimethyl-6-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid ( 33 ), and final reduction (Scheme 3). Compound 7 was also synthesized by reaction of 4-chloro-2,3-dimethylaniline ( 23 ) with amidosulfuric acid to 2-amino-5-chloro-3,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 20 ) and subsequent hydrogenolysis (Scheme 2). 4′-Bromo-2′, 3′-dimethyl-acetanilide ( 13 ) and 4′-chloro-2′, 3′-dimethyl-acetanilide ( 14 ) on treatment with oleum yielded 5-acetylamino-2-bromo-3,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 17 ) and 5-acetylamino-2-chloro-3,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 18 ), respectively. Their structures were proven by hydrolysis to 5-amino-2-bromo-3,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 21 ) and 5-amino-2-chloro-3,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid ( 22 ), followed by reductive dehalogenation to 3 .     

Production and hydrolysis of 3,4-dimethyl-2,5-diphenyl-1,3-oxazolidine

Summary Condensation of ephedrine with benzaldehyde, an acid catalyzed reversible reaction, producing 3,4-dimethyl-2,5-diphenyl-1,3-oxazolidine, was studied. If the starting reaction mixture contained acetic acid, it quantitatively reacted with ephedrine and produced a salt functioning as an acid catalyst. On the contrary, ephedrine hydrochloride had no catalytic effect.     

Reaction of 1-hydrazino-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline with ethyl acetoacetate. The crystal structure and IR spectra of ethyl 3-(3,3-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolylidenehydrazono)-2-oxobutanoate

The reaction of 1-hydrazino-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline with ethyl acetoacetate afforded ethyl 3-(3,3-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolylidenehydrazono)-2-oxobutanoate. The crystal structure of the title compound was established by X-ray diffraction analysis. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 966–970, May, 1999.     

Reactivity of pyrrole pigments. Part 5: Electrophilic substitution—Nitration and bromination—Of some pyrromethenones and 5-arylmethylene-3,4-dimethyl-3-pyrrolin-2-ones

Some 5-arylmethylene-3,4-dimethyl-3-pyrrolin-2-ones react with both bromine and nitronium tetrafluoroborate (NO₂BF₄) to give 5-(aryl)nitromethylene-3-pyrrolin-2-ones and 5-(aryl)bromomethylene-3-pyrrolin-2-ones, respectively. The use of bromine in methanol affords 5-(aryl)bromomethyl-3,4-dimethyl-5-methoxy-3-pyrrolin-2-ones. Whereas pyrromethenones react mainly on the pyrrole ring, ethyl 3,4-demethyl-5-[(3,4-dimethyl-5-oxo-3-pyrrolin-2-yl)methylene]-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate reacts as the aryl derivatives, however, with bromine in methanol the addition of two methoxy groups at the exocyclic double bond takes place. 3,4-Dimethyl-5-(2-pyridylmethylene)-3-pyrrolin-2-one does not react with bromine or NO₂BF₄, but reacts as the aryl derivatives with bromine in methanol. The reactivity patterns are in agreement with the theoretical ones obtained from MINDO/3 calculations, using theFukui frontier orbital model. The obtained results are used to explain the reactivity of rubins (biladienes-a,c) and verdins (bilatrienes-a,b,c) in front of electrophiles.Einige 5-Arylmethylen-3,4-dimethyl-3-pyrrolin-2-one reagieren sowohl mit Brom als auch mit Nitroniumtetrafloroborat (NO₂BF₄). Man erhält 5-(aryl)bromomethylen-oder 5-(aryl)nitromethylen-3-pyrrolin-2-one. Bei Verwendung einer methanolischen Bromlösung werden 5-(aryl)bromomethyl-3,4-dimethyl-5-methoxy-3-pyrrolin-2-one gebildet. Pyrromethenone reagieren hauptsächlich am Pyrrolring, Ethyl 3,4-dimethyl-5-[(3,4-dimethyl)-5-oxo-3-pyrrolin-2-yl)methylen]-1H-pyrrol-2-carboxylat hingegen verhält sich wie ein Arylderivat, mit methanolischen Bromlösung jedoch erfolgt Eintritt zweier Methoxygruppen an der exocyclischen Doppelbindung.5-(2-Pyridyl)methylen-3,4-dimethyl-3-pyrrolin-2-on reagiert nicht mit Brom oder NO₂BF₄, wohl aber mit einer methanolischen Bromlösung und verhält sich unter diesen Bedingungen wie ein Arylderivat; 3- und 4-Pyridylderivate verhalten sich analog. Die Reaktivität ist in Übereinstimmung mit theoretischen Werten aus MINDO/3-Rechnungen unter Verwendung des Fukui frontier orbital model. Die Reaktivität von Rubinen (Biladiene-a, c) und Verdinen (Bilatriene-a,b,c) gegenüber Elektrophilen werden im Zusammenhang mit den erhaltenen Resultaten diskutiert.

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Reaktivität der Pyrrolpigmente, 5. Mitt.: Elektrophile Substituierung (Nitrierung und Bromierung) von einigen Pyrromethenonen und 5-Arylmethylen-3,4-dimethyl-3-pyrrolin-2-onen