1- Amino-2-quinolone, reaction with ethyl

Although phenols have not participated in the Conrad-Limpach reaction under certain conditions thiophenols were not as innocent. Lee and coworkers reported mixtures of thiochromenones and quinolones from reactions of amino-thiophenols with ethyl benzoyl acetate. Amino-thiophenol 67 reacted with ethyl benzoylacetate 68 in PPA to give a mixture of thiochromenone 70 and quinolone 69 in which the quinolone predominated. 

The same methodology was also used starting from the ethyl 6-amino-7-chloro-l-ethyl-4-oxo-l,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylate, prepared by reduction of the nitro derivative. The requisite nitro derivative was prepared by nitration of ethyl 7-chloro-l-ethyl-4-oxo-l,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylate. A second isomer was prepared from 4-chloro-3-nitroaniline by reaction with diethyl ethoxymethylene-malonate, subsequent thermal cyclization, and further ethylation because of low solubility of the formed quinolone. After separation and reduction, the ethyl 7-amino-6-chloro-l-ethyl-4-oxo-l,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylate 32 was obtained. The ort/io-chloroaminoquinolones 32,33 were cyclized to the corresponding 2-substituted thiazoloquinolines 34 and 35, and the latter were derivatized (Scheme 19) (74JAP(K)4, 79CPB1). 

The synthesis of compound 27 was initiated with the treatment of ke-toester 29, reported by Yoshida et al. [25], with ethyl orthoformate in acetic acid, followed by reaction with (l.R,2S)-2-fluoro-1-cyclopropylamine p-toluenesulfonic acid salt in the presence of triethylamine to yield an enam-inoketoester intermediate, cyclization of which under NaH in dioxane yields the 5-nitroquinolone derivative (30). Reduction of the nitro group of compound 30 followed by acid hydrolysis provides compound 27 via the amino-quinolone derivative (31), according to Scheme 7. 

Reaction of the silyl derivative of quinoline with 2-acetoxyethyl acetoxy-methyl ether in dichloroethane with stannic chloride gave a cyclonucleoside. Removal of both the acetyl and ethyl ester groups in NaOH afforded the fully deprotected nucleoside 788. Acylation of 788 could be carried out with different esters in the presence of amino Ps lipase [91SC1477 92JCR(S)216]. The 4-quinolones showed no significant antiviral activity (91SC1477). 

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