Carbonylation reaction with carbonyldiimidazoles

Another compound 9 with three heterocyclic rings linearly fused (5 5 5) with two heteroatoms has been prepared from 1,1 -carbonyl diindole 297 <2001T5199>. Palladium-mediated coupling of the 2- and 2 -positions of 297 afforded the 1,1 -carbonyl-2,2 -biindolyl 9. 1,1 -Carbonyl diindole 297 was in turn obtained in 41% yield from 1,1 -carbonyldiimidazole 296 by reaction with indole in DMSO at 125 °C. The palladium-catalyzed coupling step afforded the desired product 9 in low yield and required a stoichiometric amount of palladium acetate. Therefore, it was felt prohibitively expensive. Addition of various co-oxidants (Ac20, Mn02, and Cu(OAc)2, etc) to make the reaction catalytic in palladium did not result in any improvement of the yield of 18 (Scheme 53). 

The antiarrhythmic activity of local anesthetics has been noted several times previously. Another such agent is prepared by first alkylating isopropylamine with sulfone 199. Reaction of the ])ioduct (200) with diethylethylenediamine and carbonyldiimidazole results in transfer of the CDI carbonyl group and formation of the urea suricainide (201) [52]. The transform in all likelihood involves stepwise replacement of the imidazole groups by the basic groups in the other reactants. 

Reaction of dipyrrinones such as 242 with A,A -carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) have been used to synthesize carbonyl-bridged dipyrrinones such as 243, which are highly fluorescent compounds (Equation 66) <2002JOC2713>. 

Carbonyldiimidazole does certainly stand out as one of the most remarkable reagents for peptide coupling. Carboxylic acids react readily with this reagent to yield acyl imidazoles which in turn couple with the amino group of a peptide to produce a new acyl-nitrogen linkage with very little racemization. Reaction of the acylimidazolide with other nucleophiles can lead to a variety of carbonyl derivatives (62AG(E)35l). 

The elimination of water from (3-hydroxy-a-amino acid derivatives 28 is a particularly valuable method for the synthesis of DHAs 29, when the corresponding hydroxy compounds are readily accessible, such as, those of Ser, Thr and Ser( 3-Ph). 93 Some of the reagents recommended for the elimination of water are disuccinimidyl carbonate, 9495 l,l -carbonyl-diimidazole, 96 or a base and acetic anhydride. 97 Reaction of l,l -carbonyldiimidazole with arylidene Ser esters gives the corresponding DHA derivatives. 98 In the, presence of tri-ethylamine with terminally protected Ser and Thr residues in an inert solvent this reagent affords the AAla and AzAbu acid derivatives in good yields 96 (Scheme 10). This is perhaps one of the simplest and cleanest ways to prepare AAla and AAbu derivatives. 

To a solution of 7.5 g thereof, in 300 ml of tetrahydrofuran is added 5 g of l,l -carbonyldiimidazole and the resultant mixture stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. To this mixture is added 5 g of l,3-dihydro-l-(4-piperidyl)-2H-benzimidazol-2-one, and the reaction is heated at reflux temperature for 48 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture is poured into 150 ml of ice-water and extracted into 150 ml of methylene chloride. The organic extracts are washed successively with 150 ml of sodium carbonate solution, 150 ml of water and 150 ml of dilute hydrochloric acid, then dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and the solvent is evaporated under reduced pressure to yield l,3-dihydro-l- l-[(4-methyl-4H,6H-pyrrolo[l,2-a][4,l]benzoxazepin-4-yl)carbonyl]-4-piperidinyl -2H-benzimidazol-2-one, m.p. 208°-210°C. 

When intermediate 81 is formed from indole 80 and l,l -carbonyldiimidazole (GDI) using DMAP to promote indole nitrogen acylation in acetonitrile at reflux, it is reasonably stable, observed by TLC, but not isolated. Treatment of intermediate 81 in situ with amines, alcohols, or thiols afforded the desired derivatives 82. During the reaction of indoles with GDI, some carbonyl diindole 83 was formed. In many cases this material could be isolated and characterized. In an alternative approach, alcohols reacted with GDI stoichiometrically to form an unstable intermediate carbamate species 84, which could in turn be reacted with indoles to form the desired indole-1-carboxylates 82. This new methodology for the formation of compound 82 proved to be useful in one of the approaches for the synthesis of novel Serotonergics. 

Among the most useful of these azolides is l,l -carbonyldiimidazole (253). This compound is extremely reactive towards nucleophilic reagents because the carbonyl group is subject to electron withdrawal from both sides. Also, although it is very rapidly hydrolyzed by water at room temperature with vigorous carbon dioxide evolution, tihe compound is crystalline, and much more easily handled than phosgene which has similar reactivity. In the formation of 1-acylimidazoles compound (253) reacts in equimolar proportions with a carboxylic acid in an inert solvent to give practically quantitative yields. This reaction comprises a two-step mechanism (Scheme 145) in which the carboxylic acid reacts initially... 

The carboxylic acid 163 underwent an initial loss of water and in situ Smiles rearrangement involving S—>N migration to afford the ketone 167. The reaction of 163 with l,r-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) resulted in the formation of 164, which then underwent intramolecular nucleophilic substitution by the sulfur atom at the activated 7V-carbonyl carbon of 164 to give the intermediate 165. Subsequent displacement afforded 166, which finally on ring contraction gave 167. ... 

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