2-chloro-6- -pyridine transformations

A differently anchored Mukaiyama reagent is the N-methylpyridinium iodide salt 57 [71], which has been obtained by reaction of the Merrifield resin with N-Boc-aminocaproic acid in the presence of cesium carbonate to give the supported ester 55 (Scheme 7.19). Further Boc-deprotection and reaction with 6-chloronicoti-noyl chloride in the presence of Hxinig s base furnished the anchored 2-chloro-pyridine 56, which was transformed into the final N-methylpyridinium salt 57 after N-methylation in neat methyl iodide. This supported reagent has been used in the rapid microwave-assisted esterification of carboxylic acids and alcohols in the presence of triethylamine as base, with dichloromethane as solvent at 80 °C, the products being obtained in high purity after simple resin filtration [72],... 

Theoretical calculations have predicted that imidazo[l,2-a]pyrimidine (160) should be attacked at C-3 by electrophiles, although reactivity will be lower than in the corresponding imidazo[l,2-a]pyridines (see D,l,e) (74JHC1013). The 3-bromo derivative of 160 was formed when the parent was treated with NBS in chloroform (66JOC809). The usual transformation of oxo to chloro was responsible for the preparation of 5-chloroimidazo[ 1,2-a]pyrimidine [66LA(699) 127]. 

The cycloadducts formed from the Diels-Alder reaction of 3-amino-5-chloro-2(17/)-pyrazinones with methyl acrylate in toluene are subject to two alternative modes of ring transformation yielding either methyl 6-cyano-l,2-dihydro-2-oxo-4-pyridinecarboxylates or the corresponding 3-amino-6-cyano-l,2,5,6-tetrahydro-2-oxo-4-pyridinecarboxylates. From the latter compounds, 3-amino-2-pyridones can be generated through subsequent loss of HCN <96 JOC(61)304>. Synthesis of 3-spirocyclopropane-4-pyridone and furo[2,3-c]pyridine derivatives can be achieved by the thermal rearrangement of nitrone and nitrile oxide cycloadducts of bicyclopropylidene <96JCX (61)1665>. 

Many other glycosides have been subjected to selective chlorination with sulfuryl chloride. Methyl /3-L-arabinopyranoside afforded methyl 4-chloro-4-deoxy-a-D-xylopyranoside 2,3-di(chlorosulfate) in 29% yield, whereas the a-L anomer gave357 methyl 3,4-dichloro-3,4-dideoxy-/3-i)-ribopyranoside 2-(chlorosulfate) (30%). Methyl /3-d-ribopyranoside was converted into methyl 3,4-dichloro-3,4-dideoxy-a-L-arabinopyranoside through the action of pyridine hydrochloride on its 2,3,4-tri(chlorosulfate).358 Methyl a-D-lyxopyranoside gave only the 2,3,4-tri(chlorosulfate),353 as would be expected from the disposition of its hydroxyl groups, similar to that in the rhamno- and manno-pyranosides. Methyl a-D-altropyranoside was transformed into the 6-chloro-6-deoxy 2,3,4-tri(chlorosulfate) derivative in 80% yield.353... 

Another synthesis of halopyridines, unique to pyridine and other JV-containing heteroarenes, involves transformation of pyridine N-oxide into the corresponding pyridone followed by halogenation. In one case, treatment of 3-chloro-2,4 -bipyridine-l -oxide (8) with acetic anhydride produced the pyridone, which was then converted to dichloride 9 with POCls/DMF [7]. 

The preceding analysis neglects the fact that for very fast follow-up reactions, transformation of B into C may take place within the solvent cage before separation of B and P (Scheme 2.14). The ensuing systematic error is an increasing function of kc but does not exceed +30 mV for rate constants as high as 1011 M-1 s-1.21 Typical examples concern the reductive cleavage of chloro- and bromobenzenes and pyridines.22... 

Cycloadditions to a cyano group are comparatively rare. The high-temperature reactions of 1,3-dienes, e.g. butadiene, isoprene and 2-chloro-l,3-butadiene, with dicyanogen, propionitrile or benzonitrile result in formation of pyridines (equation 80)70. Sulfonyl cyanides 147, obtained by the action of cyanogen chloride on sodium salts of sulfinic acids, add to dienes to give dihydropyridines 148, which are transformed into pyridines 149 by oxidation (equation 81)71. 

A recent communication is based on the nucleophilic substitution of N-silylated iminophosphoranes (Scheme 8), where activated chloro- (12) and nitro heterocycles (13) (triazines, pyrazines, and pyridines) are transformed into monosubstituted iminophosphoranes (14). Of special advantage are the mild reaction conditions and the preferential formation of monosubstituted... 

The transformation predominates in Group 9 (Rh, Ir) chemistry. Reactions of RhCl(L)2 2 with 1-alkynes give the q -alkyne complexes which slowly convert to the hydrido(alkynyl)s at room temperature. The latter are sensitive to air and not often isolated. Addition of pyridine affords RhHCl(C=CR)(py)(L)2, which readily lose pyridine in hydrocarbon solvents to give square-planar fran.s-RhCl(=C=CHR)(L)2. Alternatively, the Cp complexes Rh(=C=CHR)(L)Cp can be obtained by reaction of the chloro complexes vdth TlCp. In the iridium series, heating for 36h in refluxing toluene afforded the vinylidenes in 80-90% yields. Table 1.2 lists several examples of reactions in which the q -alkyne complexes have been detected. 

Numerous syntheses involving formation of the thiophene ring have been reported. Nucleophilic substitution by ethyl mercaptoacetate of 2-chloro-3-cyanopyridine with subsequent base-promoted cyclization yields ethyl 3-aminothieno[2,3-i]pyridine-2-carboxylic acid, which is easily transformed by standard methods into the parent compound (258 Scheme 63) (74JHC975, 76JHC273). 

The transformation of one hetero substituent into another is a reaction frequently observed in the 1,2,4-triazine series. Oxo group transformations are indicated in Scheme 8. They can be transformed into thioxo groups by phosphorus pentasulfide or Lawesson s reagent. Pyridine seems to be the best solvent for the phosphorus pentasulfide reaction and a small amount of water (0.1% or less) seems to improve results. An oxygen in the 5-position is more easily replaced than one in the 3- or 6-position. Transformation of the oxo (hydroxy) group into a chloro substituent is achieved by phosphorus oxychloride, phosphorus penta-chloride, or thionyl chloride and DMF. In this reaction also the oxygen is most reactive in the 5-position. 

On being heated with 5" aqueous alkali, 3-bromo-2-phenyl-4-oxo-4//-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidine was transformed to 2-phenylimidazo[l,2-u]pyri-dine, whereas the 2-methyl analog in 7"0 aqueous potassium hydroxide yielded a mixture of the 3-unsubstituted- and 3-carboxy-2-methylimidazo-[l,2-u]pyridines. Under similar conditions, 3-bromo-2-chloro- and 3-bromo-4-oxo-4ff-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidines decomposed to 2-aminopyridine.294... 

The hydroxy group of l-(2-hydroxyethyl)thieno[3,4-d]pyrimidine-2,4(3//)-dione 344 was chlorinated with thionyl chloride in a mixture of pyridine and chloroform, or mesylated with methanesulfonyl chloride in pyridine. No ring chlorination was observed under these conditions. The resulting l-(2-chloro or 2-methanesulfonylethyl) derivative 365 was cyclized to l,2-dihydrooxazolo[2,3-6]thieno[3,4-d]pyrimidin-5-one 366 with 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) (89H985). A similar transformation of 3-(2-hydroxyethyl)thieno[3,4-d]pyrimidine-2(l//),4-diones 333a,b into the 3-(2-chloroethyl) derivatives 367 with thionyl chloride occurred in chlo-... 

Androstenolone, 1, can be transformed microbiologically to the 7a,15a-dihy-droxy derivative 2 by the action of Colletotrichium Uni. During formation of the acetal (3), inversion takes place on C-7. Acidic cleavage of 3 results in the triol, 4, which can also be produced by direct acidic catalysis from 2 [12,13]. After selective protection to the 3/l,15a-dipivalate (5), the 15/1,16/1-methylene compound, 6, can be synthetized, and then stereoselectively transformed to the 5/ ,6/ -epoxide, 7. This reacts with triphenylphosphine and tetrachloromethane in pyridine to produce the 7a-chloro derivative, 8. On treatment with zinc and acetic acid, 8 can be converted to the key compound 9, which has a 5/i-hydroxy-6-ene structure. Compound 9 can then be methylenated stereoselectively in the 6/1,7/1 position by the Simmons-Smith method. The last three steps - 10 —> 11 —> 12 — drospirenone -include the build-up of the spironolactone ring, after which water is lost from the molecule and oxidation affords drospirenone. 

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