Pyrrolo[1,2-<Emphasis Type=Italic>a</Emphasis>]quinoxalines based on quinoxalines (Review)

Published data on methods for the synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxalines, based on derivatives of quinoxalines and also on compounds that are not initially derivatives of quinoxalines or pyrroles are summarized and classified.     

Reactions of 7-nitropyrido[1,2-<Emphasis Type=Italic>a</Emphasis>]benzimidazolium salts with hydrazines and hydroxylamine

We are the first to show that quaternary 7-nitropyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazolium salts are cleaved by hydrazine, phenylhydrazine, and hydroxylamine to form 2-pyrazolinemethyl- and 2-isoxazoline-methyl-6-nitrobenzimidazoles.     

A short and efficient method for the synthesis of pyrimido[1,2-<Emphasis Type=Italic>a</Emphasis>]quinolines

A new series of pyrimido[1,2-a]quinolines has been synthesized in good to excellent yields by rearrangement of N-quinolinylisoxazol-5(2H)-ones, substituted at nitrogen, with 2-chloroquinoline derivatives under mild base-catalyzed conditions. This method has the advantage of a short synthetic route.     

Synthesis of a new hetrocyclic system 7,8-dihydroimidazo[1,2-<Emphasis Type=Italic>c</Emphasis>][1,3]oxazolo[4,5-<Emphasis Type=Italic>e</Emphasis>]pyrimidine

2-(Acylaminocyanomethylene)imidazolidines are formed on interacting 2-acylamino-3,3-dichloro-acrylonitriles with ethylenediamine. The former are converted into new derivatives of oxazolo-[4,5-e]pyrimidine on treatment with trifluoroacetic acid, and then with triethyl orthoformate.     

2-Alkyl-4-oxohexahydropyrimido[4,5-<Emphasis Type=Italic>d</Emphasis>]- and -[5,4-<Emphasis Type=Italic>d</Emphasis>]azocines

It has been established that 2-R-4-oxotetrahydropyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidines, under the action of activated alkynes in methanol, form a mixture of 2-R-4-oxohexahydropyrimido[4,5-d]azocines and products of decomposition of the tetrahydropyridine ring, the 2-R-5-methoxymethyl-4-oxo-6-vinylaminoethyl-pyrimidines. Tetrahydropyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidine, isomeric at the junction of the pyrimidine and tetrahydropyridine rings, forms only the corresponding pyrimido[5,4-d]azocine, the product of expansion, under the action of methyl propiolate.     

Trifluoroacetylation of pyrrolo[1,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]pyrazines

A study was carried out on the reaction of pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazines containing an alkyl, aryl, or aralkyl substituent at C-1 with trifluoroacetic anhydride. Trifluoroacetylation products may be formed either by reaction in the pyrrole ring or at the aryl or aralkyl groups at C-1. Products of electrophilic substitution at C-6 are formed in the trifluoroacetylation of pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazines containing at C-1 a substituent bulkier than a methyl group but lacking substituents at C-6 (the α-position of the pyrrole ring). __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1226–1233, August, 2007.     

Nitration of Pyrrolo[1,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]pyrazines

We have synthesized nitro derivatives of pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazines using a nitrating mixture and acetyl nitrate. We have obtained the products of oxidation of the side chain of 1,6-substituted pyrrolo[1,2-a]-pyrazines. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1579–1586, October, 2005.     

Synthesis of azepino[1,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]benzimidazoles and imidazo[1,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]azepines

Fusion of 4-bromo-1,3-diphenyl-2-buten-1-ones (γ-bromodypnones) with 1,2-dimethyl-1H-benzimidazole and further treatment of the reaction product with a base (morpholine) gives 7,9-diaryl-5-methyl5,10-dihydroazepino[1,2-a]benzimidazol-11-ium bromides. The reaction of γ-bromodypnone with 1-alkyl-2-methyl-1H-imidazoles in benzene at 25 °C gives quaternary azolium salts. Upon heating their solutions in alcohol in the presence of K₂CO₃ the latter cyclize to 1-R-6,8-diaryl-1,5-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a]azepin-4-ium bromides or 1-R-6,8-diaryl-1H-imidazo[1,2-a]azepines depending on the nature of the substituent in the benzene rings and the substituent at the N(1) atom of the imidazole.