Synthesis of N-unsubstituted and N-methyl derivatives of 4-aryl-2,6-dimethyl-1,2-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles

In the reduction of 2,6-dimethyl-4-arylpyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles or their N-oxides by sodium borohydride, a mixture of 1,2- and 1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles is formed. 1,2,6-Trimethyl-4-aryl-1,2-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles were obtained by reducing the corresponding pyridinium perchlorates or by alkylating 4-aryl-2,6-dimethyl-1,2-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile derivatives by methyl iodide.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 81–85, January, 1987.     

Twofold reactivity of 1,2-disubstituted dihydro-n-heteroaromatic systems. 10. Synthesis and aromatization of ferrocene-containing hantzsch esters

1-Ferrocenylphenyl-4-aryl(furyl)-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridines and 4-ferrocenyl-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydropyridines (Hantzsch esters) have been prepared, and their reactions with triphenylcarbenium and 1-oxo-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinium perchlorate salts have been studied. Treatment with triphenylmethyl perchlorate results in oxidation of the ferrocenyl substituent to the ferrocenium cation, whereas treatment with the oxoammonium cation results in aromatization and the formation of salts containing a pyridinium cation and a neutral ferrocene ring. A 4-ferrocenyl-containing Hantzsch ester which was unsubstituted at the nitrogen atom constituted a single exception to this trend; it could be aromatized only upon treatment with sulfur.For Communication 9, see [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 8, pp. 1094–1101, August, 1986.     

New derivatives of 4-aryl-2,6-dimethyl-3,5-diacetyl-1,4- and 1,2-dihydropyridines

4-Aryl-1,2,6-trimethyl-3,5-diacetyl-1,4-dihydropyridines and the corresponding pyridinium salts, which upon reduction with NaBH₄ form 4-aryl-1,2,6-trimethyl-3,5-diacetyl-1,2-dihydropyridines, were synthesized.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 508–513, April, 1983.     

STUDIES ON BIPYRIDINIUM SALTS AND THEIR POLYMERS Ⅰ. SYNTHESIS OF 4, 4''-(1, 4-PHENYLENE-)BIS-[N-ALKYL (ARYL)-2, 6-DIPHENYL-] PYRIDINIUM SALTS AND THEIR POLYMERS FROM CORRESPONDING BIPYRYLIUM SALT*

The reaction of pyrylium salt with primary amine has been utilized to synthesize 4,4'-bipyri-dinium salts and pyridinium polymers. Seven new 4,4'-(1,4-phenylene-) bis-[N-alkyl(aryl)-2,6-diphenyl-] pyridinium perchlorates 4 and five corresponding bipyridinium polymers 5 were preparedwith good yields from 4,4'-(1,4-phenylene-) bis-(2,6-diphenyl-) pyrylium perchlorate 3. Preliminarytests have been made for their redox behavior and catalytic activity.     

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Bromination of Diethyl 2,4,6‐Trimethyl‐1,4‐dihydropyridine‐3,5‐dicarboxylate

A reaction of diethyl 2,4,6‐trimethyl‐1,4‐dihydropyridine‐3,5‐dicarboxylate with 1, 2, and more equivalents of N‐bromosuccinimide (NBS) in methanol was investigated by NMR spectroscopy at a temperature interval ranging from 25 to 40°C. The reaction was found to proceed through several steps. The structures of the intermediates diethyl 3‐bromo‐2,4,6‐trimethyl‐3,4‐dihydropyridine‐3,5‐dicarboxylate, diethyl 3‐bromo‐2‐methoxy‐2,4,6‐trimethyl‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydropyridine‐3,5‐dicarboxylate, and diethyl 3,5‐dibromo‐2‐methoxy‐2,4,6‐trimethyl‐2,3,4,5‐tetrahydropyridine‐3,5‐dicarboxylate were identified by multinuclear (¹H, ¹³C, and ¹⁵N) NMR spectral data. The optimal structures of all species participating in the reaction as well as changes in their relative energies along with the proposed pathway of the reaction were analyzed by quantum‐chemical calculations. The mechanism of bromination of diethyl 2,4,6‐trimethyl‐1,4‐dihydropyridine‐3,5‐dicarboxylate with NBS in methanol was found to favor the bromination in the 2,6‐methyl side chains as the only products in full agreement with experimental observations.     

Efficient Synthesis of 3,5‐Dicarbamoyl‐1,4‐dihydropyridines from Pyridinium Salts: Key Molecules in Understanding NAD(P)+/NAD(P)H Pathways

3,5‐Dicarbamoyl‐1,4‐dihydropyridines were prepared in high yields using a green protocol by reduction of the corresponding pyridinium salts in aqueous buffered sodium dithionite solutions. The pH value is a fundamental parameter for the reduction step and depends on the nature of substituent groups at positions 1, 3, and 5 of the pyridinium salts. These 3,5‐dicarbamoyl dihydropyridines show a lower tendency towards oxidation and a higher stability than N‐benzyl‐3‐carbamoyl‐1,4‐dihydropyridine at low pH values.     

Thermodynamics and kinetics of the hydride-transfer cycles for 1-aryl-1,4-dihydronicotinamide and its 1,2-dihydroisomer

Five 1-(p-substituted phenyl)-1,4-dihydronicotinamides (GPNAH-1,4-H(2)) and five 1-(p-substituted phenyl)-1,2-dihydronicotinamides (GPNAH-1,2-H(2)) were synthesized, which were used to mimic NAD(P)H coenzyme and its 1,2-dihydroisomer reductions, respectively. When the 1,4-dihydropyridine (GPNAH-1,4-H(2)) and the 1,2-dihydroisomer (GPNAH-1,2-H(2)) were treated with p-trifluoromethylbenzylidenemalononitrile (S) as a hydride acceptor, both reactions gave the same products: pyridinium derivative (GPNA(+)) and carbanion SH(-) by a hydride one-step transfer. Thermodynamic analysis on the two reactions shows that the hydride transfer from the 1,2-dihydropyridine is much more favorable than the hydride transfer from the corresponding 1,4-dihydroisomer, but the kinetic examination displays that the former reaction is remarkably slower than the latter reaction, which is mainly due to much more negative activation entropy for the former reaction. When the formed pyridinium derivative (GPNA(+)) was treated with SH(-), the major reduced product was the corresponding 1,4-dihydropyridine along with a trace of the 1,2-dihydroisomer. Thermodynamic and kinetic analyses on the hydride transfer from SH(-) to GPNA(+) all suggest that the 4-position on the pyridinium ring in GPNA(+) is much easier to accept the hydride than the 2-position, which indicates that when the 1,4-dihydropyridine is used the hydride donor to react with S, the formed pyridinium derivative GPNA(+) may return to the 1,4-dihydropyridine by a hydride transfer cycle; but when the 1,2-dihydropyridine is used as the hydride donor, the formed pyridinium derivative can not return to the 1,2-dihydropyridine by the hydride reverse transfer from SH(-) to GPNA(+). These results clearly show that the hydride-transfer cycle is favorable for the 1,4-dihydronicotinamides, but unfavorable for the corresponding 1,2-dihydroisomers.     

Electrochemical synthesis of 1,2,3,4,4,5,6-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines

It has been shown that chemical oxidation of the methyl ester of 3,4,5-trimethoxycarbonyl-1,2,6-trimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine to the pyridinium salt, requiring forcing experimental conditions, may be replaced by electrochemical oxidation. On electrochemical reduction of 3,4,5-trimethoxycarbonyl-1,2,6-trimethylpyridinium perchlorate in the presence of alkylating agents 1,2,3,4,4,5,6-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines are obtained. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 226–237, February, 2007.     

Pyridylidene‐Mediated Dihydrogen Activation Coupled with Catalytic Imine Reduction

In recent years, dihydrogen activation at non‐metallic centers has received increasing attention. A system in which dihydrogen is trapped by a pyridylidene intermediate that is generated from a pyridinium salt and a base is now reported. The dihydropyridine formed in this process can act as reducing agent towards organic electrophiles. By coupling the hydrogen‐activation step with subsequent hydride transfer from the dihydropyridine to an imine, a catalytic process was established. Treatment of the N‐phenylimine of phenyl trifluoromethyl ketone with 5–20 mol % of N‐mesityl‐3,5‐bis(2,6‐dimethylphenyl)pyridinium triflate and 0.3–1.0 equivalents of LiN(SiMe₃)₂ under 50 bar of hydrogen gas resulted in high conversion into the corresponding amine.     

Simons electrochemical fluorination of substituted homopiperazines(hexahydro-1,4-diazepines) and piperazines

Simons electrochemical fluorination (ECF) of 1,4-dimethyl-1,4-homopiperazine, methyl 4-ethylhomopiperazin-1-ylacetate and 1,4-bis(methoxycarbonylmethyl)-1,4-homopiperazine was studied. For comparison, ECF of three piperazines with a N-(methoxycarbonylmethyl) group(s) was also studied. ECF of 1,4-dimethyl-1,4-homopiperazine gave a low yield of corresponding perfluoro(1,4-dimethyl-1,4-homopiperazine) together with perfluoro(2,6-diaza-2,6-dimethylheptane) as the major product. Corresponding perfluoro(homopiperazines) with mono- and/or di-(fluorocarbonyldifluoromethyl) groups [CF₂C(O)F] at the 1- and/or 4-position were formed in low yields from methyl 4-ethylhomopiperazin-1-ylacetate and 1,4-bis(methoxycarbonylmethyl)-1,4-homopiperazine, respectively. These new seven-membered perfluoro(1,4-dialkyl-1,4-homopiperazines) were accompanied by the formation of mono- and/or di-basic linear perfluoroacid fluorides resulting from the CC bond scission at the 2- and 3-positions of the ring. From mono- and/or di-N-(methoxycarbonylmethyl)-substituted piperazines, corresponding perfluoropeperazines having the acid fluoride group(s) were formed in low yields.     

Magnesium hydrides and the dearomatisation of pyridine and quinoline derivatives

Reactions of the β-diketiminato n-butyl magnesium complex, [HC{(Me)CN(2,6-(i)Pr(2)C(6)H(3))}(2)Mg(n)Bu], with a range of substituted pyridines and fused-ring quinolines in the presence of PhSiH(3) has been found to result in dearomatisation of the N-heterocyclic compounds. This reaction is proposed to occur through the formation of an unobserved N-heterocycle-coordinated magnesium hydride and subsequent hydride transfer via the C2-position of the heterocycle prior to hydride transfer to the C4-position and formation of thermodynamically-favoured magnesium 1,4-dihydropyridides. This reaction is kinetically suppressed for 2,6-dimethylpyridine while the kinetic product, the 1,2-dihydropyridide derivative, was isolated through reaction with 4-methylpyridine (4-methylpyridine), in which case the formation of the 1,4-dihyropyridide is prevented by the presence of the 4-methyl substituent. X-ray structures of the products of these reactions with 4-methylpyridine, 3,5-dimethylpyridine and iso-quinoline comprise a pseudo-tetrahedral magnesium centre while the regiochemistry of the particular dearomatisation reaction is determined by the substitution pattern of the N-heterocycle under observation. The compounds are all air-sensitive and exposure of the magnesium derivatives of dearomatised pyridine and 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) to air resulted in ligand rearomatisation and the formation of dimeric μ(2)-η(2)-η(2)-peroxomagnesium compounds which have also been subject to analysis by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. An unsuccessful extension of this chemistry to N-heterocycle hydrosilylation is suggested to be a consequence of the low basicity of the silane reagent in comparison to the pyridine substrates which effectively impedes any further interaction with the magnesium centres.     

The reactions of pyranylidenemethylpyrylium salts with sodium sulfide

Symmetrical pyranylidenemethylpyrylium salts react with sodium sulfide to give, after acidification, pyranylidenemethylthiapyrylium salts. In the case of unsymmetrical salts in which the methylene group is joined at the 2-position of one ring and the 4-position of the other, the ortho oxygen atom is displaced by sulfur. An unsymmetrical dye which is substituted in the 2,6-positions of one ring with phenyl groups and with alkyl groups in the other ring gave a product which contained the sulfur atom in the aryl-substituted ring.     

Synthesis of ethoxycarbonyl-1,4- and -1,2-dihydropyridinecarboxylic acid amides

3-Carbamoyl derivatives of 4-phenyl-5-ethoxycarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine were obtained by cyclocondensation of 2-benzylideneacetoacetic ester with -aminocrotonic acid amide or anilides. In the alkylation of 4-phenyl-5-ethoxycarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid anilides the amido group is initially alkylated, after which the ring NH group is alkylated, while the thiocarbamoyl group is converted to a cyano group. Reduction of the pyridinium salts gave 3- and 5-carbamoyl derivatives of 4-phenyl-1,2,6-trimethyl-1,2-dihydropyridine-5- and -3-carboxylic acids.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1665–1673, December, 1991.     

Synthesis of a new 1,4-dihydropyridine containing the imidazo[1,5-α]pyridine nucleus

The synthesis of the new dihydropyridine diethyl 1,4-dihydro-4-(imidazo[1,5-α]pyridin-8-yl)-2,6-dimethyl-pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate ( 1 ) is described. After many attempts to prepare the key intermediate aldehyde 2a by different approaches, this compound has been obtained in good yields from methyl 2-cyano-3-pyridinecar-boxylate ( 10 ). A three-step procedure involving reduction to the amine, formylation with concomitant cyclization and reduction of the ester group was used.     

Chiral NADH model systems functionalized with Zn(II)-cyclen as flavin binding site

A series of chiral peptides has been prepared, bearing a 1,4-dihydronicotine amide and a zinc cyclen moiety. The metal complex reversibly binds flavins in aqueous solution, while the dihydronicotine amide serves as a NADH model transferring a hydride to the flavin within the assembly. The reaction rate of the redox reaction was monitored and determined by UV spectroscopy. The reaction rates of the substituted compounds were slower if compared to the non-substituted parent compound 1-H, but still show a 30-100 fold rate enhancement compared to the compound missing a flavin binding site. It was anticipated to probe the cryptic stereoselectivity of the hydride transfer from dihydropyridine to flavin. Spectroscopic data indicate that the introduction of deuterium labels upon reduction of the pyridinium salts to 1,4-dihydropyridine in D₂O proceeds diastereoselectively, but identical isotope effects on the rate of flavin reduction as with a non-chiral NADH model revealed that the hydride transfer within the assembly proceeds not stereoselective. A more rigid chiral NADH model compound must be prepared to achieve this goal.     

Preparation of quaternary pyridinium salts as possible proton conductors

On basis of earlier experimental experience, the transfer of protons in salts of the organic cation-inorganic anion type occurs primarily through directional arrangement of the anion-anion type short hydrogen bonds. The submitted work presents the preparation of quaternary pyridinium salts of inorganic hydrogen anions in the absence of solvent molecules in their crystal structure. These substances can form only the above-described anion-anion type hydrogen bonds; in addition, the absence of solvate anions increases the stability of the prepared compounds. A total of six substituted pyridinium salts were prepared, four of which have not been described yet: 1,2,4,6-tetraphenylpyridinium perchlorate, 1-benzyl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridinium perchlorate, 1,4-dimethylpyridinium hydrogen sulphate, 1,4-dimethylpyridinium dihydrogen phosphate, 1,4-dimethylpyridinium hydrogen sulphate, and 1,2-dimethyl-5-ethylpyridinium dihydrogen phosphate. Three of these substances were characterised by X-ray structural analysis: 1,2,4,6-tetraphenylpyridinium perchlorate crystallises in the orthorhombic system, space group Pbca; 1-benzyl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridinium perchlorate crystallises in the monoclinic system, space group P2₁/c; and 1,4-dimethylpyridinium dihydrogen phosphate crystallises in the monoclinic system, space group C2/c. This structure contains an oriented anion network bond by short anion-anion type hydrogen bonds with the donor acceptor lengths of 2.567(3) Å and 2.557(3) Å and thus fulfils the requirements of a good proton conductor.     

Spectroelectrochemical Study on the Electrooxidation in Aqueous Medium of some 1,4‐Dihydropyridines: Effects of Substitution in 1‐Position and 4‐Position

Spectroelectrochemical and HPLC characterization of the electrochemical oxidation in aqueous medium of a series of six N‐1 and C‐4 substituted 1,4‐dihydropyridines is presented. Based on the analysis of spectra obtained by in situ spectroscopic measurements it was possible to detect the generation of final oxidation products, which resulted in differences depending of the nature of the substitution on the nitrogen in the dihydropyridine ring. Controlled potential electrolysis (CPE) in aqueous medium was followed by the HPLC technique using EC and PDA detectors. This latter resulted adequately to follow the parent 1,4‐DHP derivatives and their respective oxidation products. Electrochemical oxidation of parent N‐H substituted 1,4‐dihydropyridines generated the corresponding neutral pyridine derivative as final oxidation product. However, the N‐ethyl substituted 1,4‐dihydropyridine derivatives gave rise to the pyridinium salt derivatives.     

Effect of acyl chain length and branching on the enantioselectivity of Candida rugosa lipase in the kinetic resolution of 4-(2-difluoromethoxyphenyl)-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridine 3,5-diesters.

Since 2,6-dimethyl-4-aryl-1,4-dihydropyridine 3,5-diesters themselves are not hydrolyzed by commercially available hydrolases, derivatives with spacers containing a hydrolyzable group were prepared. Seven acyloxymethyl esters of 5-methyl- and 5-(2-propoxyethyl) 4-[2-(difluoromethoxy)phenyl]-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate were synthesized and subjected to Candida rugosa lipase (CRL) catalyzed hydrolysis in wet diisopropyl ether. A methyl ester at the 5-position and a long or branched acyl chain at C3 gave the highest enantiomeric ratio (E values). The most stereoselective reaction (E = 21) was obtained with 3-[(isobutyryloxy)methyl] 5-methyl 4-(2-difluoromethoxyphenyl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate, and this compound was used to prepare both enantiomers of 3-methyl 5-(2-propoxyethyl) 4-[2-(difluoromethoxy)phenyl]-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate. The absolute configuration of the enzymatically produced carboxylic acid was established to be 4R by X-ray crystallographic analysis of its 1-(R)-phenylethyl amide.     

The reaction of 4-(p-nitrobenzyl)pyridine with some electrophiles

The nucleophile 4-(p-nitrobenzyl)pyridine was allowed to react with four carcinogenic alkylating agents, chloromethyl methyl ether, bis(chloromethyl) ether, glycol sulfate and propane sultone, one carcinogenic acylating agent, N,N-dimethylcarbamyl chloride, and one noncarcinogenic electrophile, perchlorocyclobutenone. The structures of the major products formed, which are substituted pyridinium salts or 1,4-dihydropyridines, were determined.     

Formation of furo- and difuro-1,4-dihydropyridines in the bromination 0f 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dimethoxycarbonyl-4-(o-nitrophenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine

Furo- and difuro-1,4-dihydropyridines were obtained by bromination of 2,6-dimethyl-3,5-dimethoxycarbonyl-4-(o-nitrophenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine with mild brominating agents (pyridinium bromide perbromide, N-bromosuccinimide, and dioxane dibromide).Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1227–1232, September, 1987.