New scheme of the mechanism of Fischer indolization

An expanded and fundamentally new scheme of the mechanism of Fischer indolization has been constructed on the basis of quantum chemical calculations of the energetic, electronic, and structural indices, as well as a study of the regioselectivity, kinetic and spectrometric characteristics of some phenylhydrazones.I. Dzhavakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi 380028. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1092–1103, August, 1995. Original article submitted August 26, 1995.     

Exploration of the interrupted Fischer indolization reaction

A convergent method to access the fused indoline ring system present in a multitude of bioactive molecules has been developed. The strategy involves the condensation of hydrazines with latent aldehydes to ultimately deliver indoline-containing products by way of an interrupted Fischer indolization sequence. The method is convergent, mild, operationally simple, broad in scope, and can be used to access enantioenriched products. In addition, our approach is amenable to the synthesis of furoindoline and pyrrolidinoindoline natural products as demonstrated by the concise formal total syntheses of physovenine and debromoflustramine B. The strategy will likely enable the synthesis of more complex targets such as the communesin alkaloids.     

2-甲基-3-(4-对甲氧基苯基)-5-(3-甲氧基苯基)异噁唑啉及其生物活性

采用1,3-偶极环加成反应合成了2-甲基-3-对甲氧基苯基-5-间甲氧基苯基异噁唑啉,分离了顺、反异构体,采用核磁共振氢谱分析表征了顺反异构体的谱图行为,对异构体的生物活性进行了测定,新杀菌剂2-甲基-3-对甲氧基苯基-5-间甲氧基苯基异噁唑啉对病菌的有效成分为反式结构,顺式体为无效成分.     

Synthesis of n-(2-chloro-5-bromo-4-pyrimidyl)- and N-(2-chloro-5-iodo-4-pyrimidyl)amino acids

The previously unreported N-(2-chloro-5-bromo-4-pyrimidyl)- and N-(2-chloro-5-iodo-4-pyrimidyl) amino acids were synthesized.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 527–529, April, 1971.     

A new scheme for the mechanism of Fischer indolization of arylhydrazones

A new scheme for the mechanism of Fischer indolization of arylhydrazones has been suggested based on quantum-chemical calculations by the MNDO AM1 method.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 961–962, May, 1994.     

ortho effect on the nitrosation of the 2,3-diphenyl-5(2-methoxyphenyl)pyrrole

A comparison of the behaviour on the nitrosation of the isomers 5-(2-methoxyphenyl)- ( 1a ) 5-(3-methoxyphenyl)- ( 1b ) and 5-(4-methoxyphenyl)2,3-diphenylpyrroles ( 1c ) carried out in the usual way with iso-amyl nitrite in a solution of sodium ethoxide in ethanol evidences that 1a is dramatically less reactive with respect to 1b and 1c . The different reactivity was ascribed to the occurrence of a strong hydrogen bond involving pyrrole N? H and the ortho-methoxy group.     

Synthesis and Structure of 2,3-Bis(5-tert-butyl-2-methoxyphenyl)buta-1,3-diene by Bromine Elimination of (Z)-1,4-Dibromo-2,3-bis(5-tert-butyl-2-methoxyphenyl)-2-butene

2,3-Bis(5-tert-butyl-2-methoxyphenyl)buta-1,3-diene was prepared by bromination of (Z)- and (E)-2,3-bis(5-tert-butyl-2-methoxyphenyl)-2-butene followed by treatment with zinc powder in a mixture of CH₂Cl₂ and acetic acid, which was converted to the corresponding o-terphenyl skeleton by the condensation with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate followed by oxidation with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone.     

Synthesis and structure of bis(monohaloacetates) of tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)antimony

Tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)antimony bis(monohaloacetates) [(5-Br)(2-MeO)C₆H₃]₃Sb[OC(O)CH₂X]₂, X = Cl (I), Br (II), I (III) have been synthesized by the reaction of tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)antimony with chloro-, bromo-, and iodoacetic acids in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. According to X-ray analysis the antimony atom in I–III has a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal coordination.     

Synthesis and structural features of tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)antimony bis (cyclopropanecarboxylate)

Reaction of tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)antimony with cyclopropanecarboxylic acid in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (1:2:1 mol) results in tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)antimony bis(cyclopropanecarboxylate) I. The structure of the resulting complex was proved by the XRD analysis.     

A Convenient Synthesis of 2-Butyl-4(5)-chloro-1H-imidazole-5(4)-carboxaldehyde

A Convenient Synthesis of 2-Butyl-4(5)-chloro-1H-imidazole-5(4)-carboxaldehyde, starting from 2-butyl imidazole, has been developed.     

A Practical Synthesis of 2-Butyl-4(5)-chloro-5(4)-hydroxymethyl- 1H-imidazole

A practical process for the synthesis of 2-butyl-4-hydroxymethyl imidazole (4) followed by chlorination to provide chloroimidazole 1 in an overall 71% yield has been developed.     

Synthesis and structural features of tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)antimony dicarboxylates

Tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)antimony bis(4-nitrophenylacetate) (I), tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)antimony bis(2-methoxybenzoate) (II), and tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl)antimony bis(phenylpropiolate) (III) have been synthesized via the reaction between tris(5-bromo-2-methoxyphenyl) antimony and 4-nitrophenylacetic acid, 2-methoxybenzoic acid, and phenylpropiolic acid, respectively, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (molar ratio: 1: 2: 1). According to X-ray diffraction data, the antimony atom in molecules of complexes I–III has a distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination. The OSbO axial angles and the CSbC bond angles in the equatorial plane are 173.27(15)°, 172.96(11)°, 172.99(10)°, and 115.5(2)°–123.3(2)°, 108.81(16)°–129.32(17)°, and 110.66(17)°–127.91(17)°, respectively. The Sb-O bond lengths are 2.092(4) and 2.115(4)Å in I, 2.088(3) and 2.097(2) Å in II, and 2.096(3) and 2.120(3) Å in III. The Sb-C bonds range within 2.095(6)–2.123(6) Å in I, 2.107(4)–2.117(4) Å in II, and 2.097(4)–2.116(4) Å in III. Complexes I, II, and III are observed to have intramolecular Sb…OCH₃ contacts (3.169–3.226, 3.134–3.174, and 3.147–3.196 Å, respectively) in addition to Sb…O=C interactions (3.121, 3.139Å; 2.944, 3.038 A0; 3.111, 3.120 Å).     

Anomalous transformations of acetaldehyde (2,6-dichloro-4-pyridyl)hydrazone under the conditions of the Fischer reaction

Instead of the usual indolization, when acetaldehyde (2,6-dichloro-4-pyridyl)hydrazone is heated with zinc chloride under the conditions of the Fischer reaction one observes the formation of acetone (2,6-dichloro-4-pyridyl)hydrazone, 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-pyridyl)-5-methylpyrazoline, and 2,6-dichloro-4-aminopyridine, the ratio between which depends on the temperature and duration of the reaction.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 374–377, March, 1973.