Amidines 250 cyclization

If the amino group of an AA is transformed into an amidine, cyclization can occur either with acetic anhydride in pyridine or with hydrazine to give... 

Simple one-pot reactions have been developed for the synthesis of 4-bromopyrimidines and condensed derivatives. Under the catalytic influence of dry hydrogen bromide, Al-(cyanovinyl)-amidines cyclized to 4-bromopyrimidines. 2-Aminonitrile compounds with halogenoacetonitri-les gave condensed furopyrimidines in good yields <99H(51)2723>. 

The general approach of amidine cyclization ha.s been applied to the synthesis of a variety of 2-substitutcd imidazoles. Aminoacetaldehyde dimethyl and diethyl acetals are readily available commercially, and the N-subsiituted derivatives can be made with little difficulty, providing access to 1-substituted imidazoles on reaction with a suitable imidate. Thus, methyl -hydroxypropanimidate (2), prepared from 3-hydroxypropanenitrilc, and methanolic HCl, condenses with an aminoacetaldehyde acetal to give the amidine hydrochloride (3), which ring closes when heated in acidic medium to form the 1-substituted 2-hydroxyethylimidazolc (4) (Scheme 2.2.3) [6J. The reaction has been adapted to the preparation of 2-arylimidazoles [5, 7-11],... 

Among the possible approaches to the preparation of 4-aminoimidazoles is the cyclization of a-cyanoalkyl cyanamidcs (34). When treated with anhydrous hydrobromic acid they give 4(5)-amino-2-bromoimidazoles (35) in a process which bears formal similarities to amidine cyclizations (Scheme 2.2.12). The instabilities of many 4(5)-aminoimidazolcs necessitates their conversion into the more easily handled acetyl derivatives using acetic anhydride [46] (see also Section 3.1.1). Table 2.2.4 lists some examples. 

Imidazole-2-carboxylates can be made by amidine cyclization (see Section 2.2.1 and Table 2.2.2), by reaction of an aminocarbonyl compound with thioxamate (see Section 4.1 and Scheme 4.1.6), and from 1-cyano-or 1-carbethoxy-substituted 4-amino-2-azabutadienes (see Section 3.2 and Scheme 3.2.3). An improved amidine cyclization treats trichloroacetonitrile with ami noacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal to give the amidine (5), which cyclizes with trifluoroacetic acid at room temperature to give 2-trichloromethylimidazole (Scheme 8.3.2). This is not purified, but converted immediately into ethyl imidazole-2-carboxylate or imidazole-2-carboxylic acid in high yields [10],... 

Cyclic amidines. Cyclization of (1) to (2) is effected by refluxing the base with triethyl orthoformate. The reagent supplies carbon atom 6 of (2). 

A major type of reaction in this class is the cyclization of 4-amino- or 4-halo-pyrimidines carrying 5-cyanoethyl or 5-ethoxycarbonylethyl groups, which cyclize to 7-amino or 7-oxo derivatives of 5,6-dihydropyrido[2,3- f]pyrimidine, e.g. (131)->(63). The intermediates may sometimes be prepared by reaction of 4(6)-aminopyrimidines with acrylonitrile, or even via a pyrimidine ring synthesis from an amidine and a cyanoacetic ester or malononitrile derivative, e.g. (132) -> (133) (7lJOC2 85, 72BCJ1127). 

The other main reaction in this class is the Dieckmann-type cyclization of the intermediates (163) from 4(6)-halo-5-ethoxycarbonylpyrimidines with AC-substituted /3-alanine esters and nitriles, and related compounds, to give 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5-oxopyrido[2,3-[Pg.221]

Another approach uses the reaction of 6-chloro-5-nitropyrimidines with a-phenyl-substituted amidines followed by base-catalyzed cyclization to pteridine 5-oxides, which can be reduced further by sodium dithionite to the heteroaromatic analogues (equation 97) (79JOC1700). Acylation of 6-amino-5-nitropyrimidines with cyanoacetyl chloride yields 6-(2-cyanoacetamino)-5-nitropyrimidines (276), which can be cyclized by base to 5-hydroxypteridine-6,7-diones (27S) or 6-cyano-7-oxo-7,8-dihydropteridine 5-oxides (277), precursors of pteridine-6,7-diones (278 equation 98) (75CC819). 

A combination of the preceding type of synthesis and of cyclization of 4-amino-5-arylazopyrimidine can be seen in the novel procedure of Richter and Taylor. Proceeding from phenylazomalonamide-amidine hydrochloride (180), they actually close both rings in this synthesis. The pyrimidine ring (183) is closed by formamide, the triazole (181) one by oxidative cyclization in the presence of cupric sulfate. Both possible sequences of cyclization were used. The synthetic possibilities of this procedure follow from the combination of the two parts. The synthesis was used for 7-substituted 2-phenyl-l,2,3-triazolo[4,5-d]-pyrimidines (184, 185). An analogous procedure was employed to prepare the 7-amino derivatives (188) from phenylazomalondiamidine (186). 

This reaction is believed to proceed via an amidine (34) and it has been shown that the reactivity of the nitrile group toward nucleophiles is a more important factor than amine basicity in controlling cyclization. 

Highly electron-deficient 1,3,6-trinitrobenzene (145) treated with phenyl acet-amidines 146 in ethanol provided low yields of a dinitroindole derivatives, probably 4,6-dinitroindoles 148 (77JOC435). Formation of indole derivatives 148 can be explained by nucleophilic substitution of the activated aromatic hydrogen leading to intermediates 147, which then cyclized to the final products 148 (Scheme 22). 

Reaction of pyridinium-A -(2-pyridyl)amidine (402) and alkyl haloace-tates in the presence of K2CO3 afforded a mixture of 4-oxo-4/f-pyrido[l, 2-u]pyrimidine-2-carboxylates 407 and 2-aminopyridine derivatives 406 through intermediers 403- 05, as depicted in Scheme 15 (00TL5837). Compound 406 could be cyclized on the action of heat or silica gel into 407. The best yield was achieved in the case of ethyl bromoacetate. 

The amidines 10, prepared by condensation of the corresponding imidates with aminoacetal-dehyde dimethyl acetal, undergo cyclization with a variety of acids to l//-3-benzazcpin-2-amines 11 45 Method A has proved to be successful on an industrial scale. 

The first dibenz[/>,e]azepine 23 was prepared by cyclization of amidine 22 with phosphoryl chloride in refluxing nitrobenzene.103... 

B. Hydroamination/cyclization reactions catalyzed by amidinate and guanidinate complexes... 

The formation of compounds 2-503 proceeds via the addition of a hydrazide 2-500 onto the central carbon of an isothiocyanate 2-499. Subsequent cyclization by attack of the hydrazide nitrogen in the formed 2-501 onto the nitrile moiety gives intermediate 2-502. A further attack of the newly formed amidine nitrogen onto the carbonyl group followed by extrusion of water affords the triazoloquinolines 2-503. 

V-(3-Ethoxy-4-decyloxyphenyl)aminomethylenemalonate (309) was prepared in the reaction of the amidine (308), diethyl malonate, and ethyl orthoformate in the presence of ammonium chloride at 125-130°C for 1 hr (68FRP1531495). The crude ester (309) was applied without purification in the cyclization step. 

These authors conclude that the problem of internal solvation is still an experimental and theoretical challenge GB measurements for this type of molecules of low volatility are not always in good agreement194. Molecular orbital calculations may help to solve the difficult experimental problems, but they have to take into account conformational isomerisms and the prototropic tautomerisms of the amidine and guanidine moieties. In light of the above discussion, the proton affinities deduced from the experimental GB values should be based on accurate estimations of the entropy of cyclization 86. 

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