Iodine-mediated oxidative Pictet-Spengler reaction using terminal alkyne as the 2-oxoaldehyde surrogate for the synthesis of 1-aroyl-β-carbolines and fused-nitrogen heterocycles

An efficient iodine-mediated oxidative Pictet-Spengler reaction in dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) using terminal alkynes as the 2-oxoaldehyde surrogate for the synthesis of aryl (9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl)methanones is described. The scope of the protocol includes the total synthesis of Fascaplysin, Eudistomins Y₁ and Y₂. The methodology is extended for preparing pyrrolo[1,2-a]-quinoxaline and indolo[1,5-a]quinoxaline derivatives. The utility of 1-aroyl-β-carbolines was demonstrated by performing palladium-catalyzed β-carboline directed ortho-C(sp2)-H functionalization of the phenyl ring with thiomethyl (SMe) group using DMSO as source and for accessing 4-aryl-canthin-6-ones.     

Synthesis, thermal stabilities, and anisotropic properties of some new isoflavone-based esters 7-decanoyloxy-3-(4'-substitutedphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-ones

A series of new isoflavonic esters 7-decanoyloxy-3-(4'-substitutedphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-ones containing a heterocycle in their central core with one flexible alkyl chain and various substituents, R (where R = F, Cl, Br, CH₃, OCH₃, or H) at 4'-position at one end, have successfully been synthesised, isolated, and characterised. The physical properties of title compounds were studied using spectroscopic techniques (Fourier transform infrared, ¹H and ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance). The liquid crystalline properties and the textures of these compounds along with their thermal stabilities were investigated via polarising optical microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. All the compounds except the member without the substituent were enantiotropic mesogens exhibiting smectic A and/or nematic phases. The layer periodicities in relation to different phases were substantiated by X-ray diffraction wherein the molecules within the SmA phase were found to be intercalated. The structural changes that resulted in a variation of transition temperature as well as the electronic polarisability of the respective compounds are also discussed.     

Reaction of 3,5-Carbonyl-substituted 1,4-Dihydropyridines with Hydrazine Hydrate

The interaction of 3,5-carbonyl-substituted derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridine and some analogs of it with hydrazine hydrate occurs with fission of the heterocycle. In the case of alkoxycarbonyl-substituted compounds a reverse Michael reaction predominates leading to fragmentation of the molecules.     

An efficient synthetic route to biologically relevant 2-phenylbenzothiazoles substituted on the benzothiazole ring

Certain 2-phenylbenzothiazoles containing substituents on the benzothiazole ring possess important biological properties, yet the majority of synthetic methods to 2-phenylbenzothiazoles described to date focus on their unsubstituted ring counterparts. Here we describe a new concise and efficient synthetic route to biologically relevant 2-phenylbenzothiazoles in high yield from the reaction of substituted 2-aminothiophenol disulfides and benzaldehydes, promoted by the inexpensive and non-toxic inorganic oxidant sodium metabisulfite in DMSO at 120 °C. Our new method is tolerant of a range of substituents on both the benzothiazole and phenyl ring, and affords efficient access to substituted 2-phenylbenzothiazoles without the need for column chromatography.     

ReviewInverse coordination. Organic nitrogen heterocycles as coordination centers. A survey of molecular topologies and systematization. Part 1. Five-membered and smaller rings

Abstract

This review continues the previous articles (I. Haiduc, J. Coord. Chem., 71, 3139 (2018) and J. Coord. Chem., 72, 35 (2019)), which discussed the structures with nitrogen-donor species (atoms and molecules) acting as centers in inverse coordination complexes. i.e. metal compounds which display an arrangement of acceptor and donor sites opposite to that occurring in conventional coordination complexes. This review is Part 1 of a work which introduces the topology of inverse coordination complexes with organic nitrogen heterocycles, and presents a panorama of five-membered rings and covers pyrazole, imidazole, triazoles, tetrazole, pyrrole, oxadiazole, thiadiazole, azaphospholes, and smaller rings.     

Consecutive Ring Expansion and Contraction for the Synthesis of 1‐Aryl Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Tetrahydrobenzazepines from Readily Available Heterocyclic Precursors

Tetrahydroisoquinolines and tetrahydrobenzazepines were prepared by acid‐promoted ring contraction of cyclic ureas, which were themselves formed by ring expansion of indolines and tetrahydroquinolines. The consequent overall one‐carbon insertion reaction gives these 6‐ and 7‐membered heterocyclic scaffolds in three steps from readily available precursors. Other ring sizes may be formed by an alternative elimination reaction of bicyclic structures. Scalability of the method was demonstrated by operating it in a flow system.     

A new two‐dimensional managnese(II) coordination polymer constructed by 2,2′‐(1,2‐phenylene)bis(1H‐imidazole‐4,5‐dicarboxylate)

In recent years, N‐heterocyclic carboxylate ligands have attracted much interest in the preparation of new coordination polymers since they contain N‐atom donors, as well as O‐atom donors, and have a rich variety of coordination modes which can lead to polymers with intriguing structures and interesting properties. A new two‐dimensional coordination polymer, namely poly[[μ₃‐2,2′‐(1,2‐phenylene)bis(4‐carboxy‐1H‐imidazole‐5‐carboxylato)‐κ⁶O⁴,N³,N^3′,O^4′:O⁵:O^5′]manganese(II)], [Mn(C₁₆H₈N₄O₈)]_n or [Mn(H₄Phbidc)]_n, has been synthesized by the reaction of Mn(OAc)₂·4H₂O (OAc is acetate) with 2,2′‐(1,2‐phenylene)bis(1H‐imidazole‐4,5‐dicarboxylic acid) (H₆Phbidc) under solvothermal conditions. In the polymer, each Mn^II ion is six‐coordinated by two N atoms from one H₄Phbidc²⁻ ligand and by four O atoms from three H₄Phbidc²⁻ ligands, forming a significantly distorted octahedral MnN₂O₄ coordination geometry. The Mn^II ions are linked by hexadentate H₄Phbidc²⁻ ligands, leading to a two‐dimensional structure parallel to the ac plane. In the crystal, adjacent layers are further connected by N—H…O hydrogen bonds, forming a three‐dimensional structure in the solid state.     

一氧化氮化学性质的研究进展

概括了由Louis J. Ignarro, Ferid Murad和Robert F. Furchgott三位诺贝尔奖获得者提出的一氧化氮作为血管内皮松弛因子(EDRF)的作用机制及生物学意义; 同时也总结了100多年来一氧化氮在化学本质的探讨方面做出的研究成就; 归纳了一氧化氮自由基在化学反应过程中的行为本质.