Benzamidine

D, H W Hoeffken, D Crosse, J Stuerzebecher, P D Martin, B F P Edwards and W Bode 1992. Refined 2.3 Angstroms X-Ray Crystal Structure of Bovine Thrombin Complexes Formed witli he 3 Benzamidine and Arginine-Based Thrombin Inhibitors NAPAP, 4-TAPAP and MQPA A Starting Point for Improving Antithrombotics. Journal of Molecular Biology 226 1085-1099. 

Ihese relative probabilities can be easily determined by simply counting the number c imes during the simulation that the relevant value of lambda reaches unity. In the case ( the para-substituted benzamidines it was possible after only a relatively short simulatio (110 po) to observe that the p-chloro and p-methyl derivatives were significantly weaki than the p-amino and the parent compound (Figure 11.18). In this particular case, all foe... 

The cyclocondensation route is also effective for the synthesis of planar C2N4S2 rings from benzamidines and sulfur dichloride in the presence of a strong base (Eq. 2.11). ... 

Scheme 2.2 Reactions of trisilylated benzamidines with chalcogen halides...

The reactions of trisilylated benzamidines with benzenechalcogenyl halides are of particular interest. The initially formed trisubstituted derivatives are thermally unstable and decompose by a radical process to generate the dark blue diazenes tran5-PhEN(Ph)CN=NC(Ph)NEPh (E = S, Se) (Scheme 2.3) (Section 15.2)." ... 

Dithiatetrazocines, 12.20 (R = Ph) and 12.21, were first prepared by the cyclocondensation of benzamidine or dimethylguanidine, respectively, with SCI2 in the presence of a base. The yields are low. 

The first recorded pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidine (133) was synthesized in 1945 by the action of benzamidine on ethyl l-methylpiperid-4-one-3-carboxylate (132). Many more tetrahydro derivatives have been prepared by the similar condensation of various 1,5-substituted... 

Tautomerism of simple monosubstituted 1,4-dihydropyrimidines in solution has been studied on an example of 2-phenyldihydropyrimidine 48, prepared by condensation of benzamidine with acrolein [84H(22)657]. IR and H and NMR spectra at -60°C in specially purified solvents showed that this compound exists as a tautomeric mixture of 1,4- and 1,6-dihydro tautomers (Scheme 17), with the relative amount of 1,4-dihydro isomer 48a increasing with the polarity of the solvent. 

Mefenidil (78) is a cerebral vasodilator which may be of value in treating geriatric cerebral circulatory problems. It can be synthesized by reacting benzamidine (76) with biacetyl to produce the highly reactive methylene benzimidazole adduct 77. Reaction of the latter with sodium cyanide completes the synthesis 1,26]. 

Methoxyphenyl)-2-phenyl-lH-imidazole. A 2-L, three-necked, round-bottomed flask equipped with an addition funnel, reflux condenser, and mechanical stirrer is charged with 500 mL of tetrahydrofuran (THF) and 125 mL of water. Benzamidine hydrochloride monohydrate (50 g, 0.29 mol) (Note 1) is added, followed by the slow, portionwise addition of potassium bicarbonate (54.4 g, 0.57 mol) (Note 2). The reaction mixture is vigorously heated to reflux. A solution of 4-methoxyphenacyl bromide (65.3 g, 0.29 mol) in 325 mL of THF is then added dropwise via the addition funnel over a period of 30 min while the reaction is maintained at reflux. After completion of the addition, the mixture is heated at reflux for 18-20 hr (Note 3), then cooled in an ice bath (Note 4), and THF is removed under reduced pressure using a rotary evaporator. An additional 100 mL of water is added, and the resulting suspension is stirred at 50-60°C for 30 min. The mixture is cooled in an ice bath and the solids are collected by filtration. The filter cake is rinsed with two 100-mL portions of water and air-dried in the filter funnel for 2 hr. The crude product is transferred to a 500-mL flask and 150 mL of diisopropyl ether and 150 mL of hexanes are added. The mixture is stirred for 2 hr at room temperature, and the solids are again collected by filtration. The filter cake is dried in a vacuum oven for 48 hr (68°C/ca. 100 mm) to give 68.6 g (96%) of the desired imidazole as an off-white solid (Notes 5, 6). 

The synthesis of pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7(8H)-ones has also been achieved by a microwave-assisted MCR [87-89] that is based on the Victory reaction of 6-oxotetrahydropyridine-3-carbonitrile 57, obtained by reaction of an Q ,/3-unsaturated ester 56 and malonitrile 47 (Z = CN). The one-pot cyclo condensation of 56, amidines 58 and methylene active nitriles 47, either malonitrile or ethyl cyanoacetate, at 100 °C for benzamidine or 140 °C for reactions with guanidine, in methanol in the presence of a catalytic amount of sodium methoxide gave 4-oxo-60 or 4-aminopyridopyrimidines 59, respectively, in only 10 min in a single-mode microwave reactor [87,88]... 

Historically, the amidinate story begins with the discovery of N,N,N -tris(trimethylsilyl)benzamidine, PhC( = NSiMe3)[N(SiMe3)2], by Sanger. The compound was prepared by the reaction of benzonitrile with LiN(SiMe3)2 followed by treatment with chlorotrimethylsilane. The method was later... 

The lithium benzamidinates Li[PhC(NR)2] (R = Cy, Pr ) and Li[2,4,6-(Cp3)3C6H2C(NCy)2] have been prepared analogously. Reaction of FcLi (Fc = ferrocenyl) with 1,3-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide ( = DCC, Scheme 6), followed by addition of water, afforded the ferrocene-substituted amidine Fc(NCy)NHCy in 50% yield. The amidine is readily deprotonated by LLN(SiMe3)2 or NaN(SiMe3)2 to yield the alkali metal amidinates, Li[FcC(NCy)2l and Na[FcC(NCy)2l in high yields. ... 

Tin amidinates display a rich coordination chemistry with the metal in both the di- and tetravalent oxidation states. The first results in this area were mainly obtained with N-silylated benzamidinate ligands. Typical reactions are summarized in Scheme 48. A stannylene containing unsymmetrically substituted amidinate ligands, [o-MeC6H4C(NSiMe3)(NPh)]2Sn, has been prepared accordingly and isolated in the form of colorless crystals in 75% yield. ... 

While ytterbium(II) benzamidinate complexes have been known for many years/ the synthesis of the first divalent samarium bis(amidinate) required the use of a sterically hindered amidinate ligand, [HC(NDipp)2l (Dipp = C6H3Pr2-2,6)/ As illustrated in Scheme 54, the dark green compound Sm(DippForm)2(THF)2 (DippForm = [HC(NDipp)2] ) can be prepared by three different synthetic routes. Structural data indicated that hexacoordinated... 

A review article entitled "Bulky amido ligands in rare-earth chemistry Syntheses, structures, and catalysis" has been published by Roesky. Benzamidinate ligands are briefly mentioned in this contexD The use of bulky benzamidinate ligands in organolanthanide chemistry was also briefly mentioned in a review article by Okuda et al. devoted to "Cationic alkyl complexes of the rare-earth metals S mthesis, structure, and reactivity." Particularly mentioned in this article are reactions of neutral bis(alkyl) lanthanide benzamidinates with [NMe2HPh][BPh4] which result in the formation of thermally robust ion pairs (Scheme 55). ... 

In a systematic study, it was demonstrated that, using a specially designed bulky benzamidinate ligand, it is possible to isolate mono(amidinato) dialkyl complexes over the full size range of the Group 3 and lanthanide metals, i.e., from scandium to lanthanum. The synthetic methods leading to the neutral and cationic bis(alkyls) are summarized in Scheme 56. Figure 18 displays the molecular structures of the cations obtained with Sc, Gd, and La. ... 

Another type of sterically demanding benzamidinate ligands contains the 2,4,6-tris(trifluoromethyl)phenyl substituent at the central carbon atom of the... 

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