Syntheses of 5,6-Diamino-1,3-Dihydrobenzo[<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]thiophene 2,2-Dioxide

5,6-Diamino-1,3-dihydrobenzo[c]thiophene 2,2-dioxide was obtained by two methods from 5-amino-6-nitro- and 5-acylamino-1,3-dihydrobenzo[c]thiophene 2,2-dioxide.__________Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 522–523, April, 2005.     

Reactions of 4-cyanobenzo[<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]pyrylium salts with nitrogen-containing nucleophiles

The recyclization reactions of 4-cyanobenzo[c]pyrylium salts with ammonia, primary amines, and hydrazines have been studied. New derivatives of isoquinoline, benzo-2,3-diazepine, and pyrazolo-[ 5,4-c]isoquinoline have been obtained.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1645–1651, November, 2004.     

Synthesis and reductive reactions of 2,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydrobenzo[<Emphasis Type="Italic">b</Emphasis>]furo[2,3-<Emphasis Type="Italic">f</Emphasis>]-, -[2,3-<Emphasis Type="Italic">g</Emphasis>]-, and -[3,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">e</Emphasis>]indoles

The Sandmeyer reaction was used to prepare 2,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]furoindoles which could be reduced with diborane or with complex hydrides to give the corresponding unsubstituted as well as the 3-hydroxybenzo[b]furoindoles.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No 11, pp. 1683–1689, November, 2004.     

Reaction of 3-acylamino- and 3-alkoxybenzo[<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]pyrilium salts with hydrazine

The reaction of 3-acylamino- and 3-alkoxybenzo[c]pyrilium perchlorates with hydrazine has been studied. It was discovered that the direction of the recyclization of the pyran ring depends on the type of substituent in position 3 and on the ratio of reactants. Derivatives of isoquinoline and benzo-2,3-diazepine were obtained.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No.10, pp. 1507–1511, October, 2004.     

Structure and photochromism of 2-(<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-acyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-arylaminomethylene)benzo[<Emphasis Type="Italic">b</Emphasis>]thiophen-3(2<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>)-ones

It was shown by electron absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis that steric strains in photochromic 2-(N-acyl-N-arylaminomethylene) benzo[b]thiophen-3(2H)-one molecules ortho-substituted in the N-phenyl ring increase the quantum yield of the N→O photoinduced rearrangement in accord with an increase in the steric constant of the ortho-substituent.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2151–2155, October, 2004.     

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.     

Reaction of 3-Arylaminobenzofuro-, 3-Arylaminobenzothieno-, and 3-Arylaminoindolo[2,3-<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]pyrylium Salts with Nucleophilic Reagents

We have studied the reactions of 3-arylaminobenzofuro-, 3-arylaminobenzothieno-, and 3-arylaminoindolo[2,3-c]pyrylium salts with ammonium acetate, primary amines, and hydrazine hydrate. In an alcoholic medium, primary amines and hydrazine hydrate open up the pyrylium ring to form arylamides of 2-(N-benzylmethylketimine)hetaryl-3-acetic acids or the corresponding hydrazones, where further heterocyclization does not occur. Upon treatment with ammonium acetate in acetic acid, 2-aryl-1-methylhetero[2,3-c]pyridin-3-(2H)-ones are formed along with their 2-unsubstituted analogs.__________Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 601–612, April, 2005.     

Synthesis of Hexahydro-<Emphasis Type="Italic">1H</Emphasis>-pyrido[3,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]azepines as Hypotensive Agents of Expected Calcium-Channel Blocking Activity

Summary. Michael addition reaction of 3-(4-fluorophenylamino)-2-cyclohexenone and its 5,5-dimethyl derivative to the acrylonitrile derivatives afforded the novel hexahydroquinolines. The target hexahydro-1H-pyrido[3,2-c]azepine derivatives were obtained via ring enlargement of the corresponding hexahydroquinolines under Schmedt conditions. Some novel pyrido[3,2-c]azepines showed hypotensive activity in vivo on normotensive anaesthetized male adult albino rats and their effects on the ventricular contraction and auricular rate of isolated rabbit hearts using Langendorff’s method and nefidipine as a reference drug were studied. Compounds 29 and 36 which bear some structural similarities to nefidipine exhibited the highest hypotensive activity and negative inotropic as well as chronotropic activities.     

Cymantrenyl and styryl derivatives of 1-methyl[60]fullereno[<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]pyrrolidine: Synthesis and electrochemical behavior

New cymantrenyl derivatives of 1-methyl[60]fullereno[c]pyrrolidine were obtained. According to electrochemical data, the cymantrenyl and phenyl fragments show close electron-donating effects in the presence of the strong acceptor fullerene. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 349–351, February, 2007.     

Tandem transformations of tetrahydropyrrolo[3,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]pyridines under the action of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. A novel route to pyrrolo[2,3-<Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>]azocines

Reactions of substituted tetrahydropyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridines with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in protic and aprotic solvents were studied. A novel single-step method for the synthesis of pyrrolo[2,3-d]azocine derivatives was developed. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2513–2519, November, 2005.     

Synthesis of 6-aryl-1,6-dihydrodipyrazolo[3,4-<Emphasis Type="Italic">b</Emphasis>:4,3-<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]pyridines

6-Azido-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridino-5-carbaldehydes react with aromatic amines to give the corresponding N-arylimines which cyclize on heating in boiling toluene to give 6-aryl-1,6-dihydrodipyrazolo[3,4-b:4,3-e]pyridines.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, 1717–1722, November, 2004.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis><Subscript>RN</Subscript>1 Reactions in the Nitrobenzo[1,3]dioxole Series

5-Chloromethyl-6-nitrobenzo[1,3]dioxole has been shown to react with 2-nitropropane anion to give C-alkylation by an S _RN1 mechanism. The reaction was extended to various aliphatic, cyclic, and heterocyclic nitronate anions, leading to a new series of nitrobenzo[1,3]dioxole derivatives.     

Transformation of indoline spiropyrans to bridged 1,3-benzoxazepino[3,2-<Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>]indoles <Emphasis Type="Italic">via</Emphasis> carbanions stabilized by a cyano group

Condensation of 1-cyanomethyl-2,3,3-trimethyl-3H-indolium perchlorate with ortho-hydroxy-substituted aromatic aldehydes afforded 1-cyanomethylindoline spiropyrans. The latter underwent rearrangement to bridged 1,3-benzoxazepino[3,2-a]indoles on treatment with a base. The mechanism of the rearrangement includes generation of a carbanion stabilized by a cyano group. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1322–1328, September, 2007.     

Ionic Liquid Promoted One-Pot Synthesis of Furo[2,3-<Emphasis Type="Italic">d</Emphasis>]pyrimidine-2,4(1<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>,3<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis>)-diones

Summary. The three-component condensation of aldehyde, N,N′-dimethylbarbituric acid and alkyl or aryl isocyanide afforded the corresponding furo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-diones in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide as an ionic liquid in high yields at room temperature within several minutes.     

Synthesis of 2,3-<Emphasis Type="Italic">cis</Emphasis> Stereomeric Emetamines <Emphasis Type="Italic">via Reissert</Emphasis> Compounds

Summary. Alkylation of Reissert compounds with certain benzoquinolizinone derivatives followed by hydrolytic cleavage afforded the core of the title compounds in a two step sequence. Finally, the lactam intermediates were reduced with DIBAH giving the target compounds, the structural and stereochemical assignments of which were achieved by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. Part of PhD thesis, LMU München, D