Diarylamines synthesis

Good yields of 10-aryl-3,6-dinitroacridones were obtained merely by heating 2,2, 4,4 -tetranitrobenzophenone (419) with an excess of the corresponding aryl amines at 125°C. For example, aniline provided 420 in 80% yield (Eq. 38). The reaction is fairly general for meta- and para-substituted anilines, though it proceeds less readily with orf/io-substituted compounds (79JCS(P1)1364). A method of isolation of the intermediate diarylamine in the synthesis of certain 10-aryl-3,6-dinitroacridones from 2,2, 4,4 -tetranitrobenzophenone has also been described (93JCR(M)2779). 

Sjwyer and coworkers have developed an efficient alternative UUmann synthesis of diaryl ethers, diaryl thioethers, and diarylamines using the SnAt reaction. Phenol, thiophenol, or aniline reacts v/ith an appropriate aryl halide, In the presence of KF-aliunina and 18-crovm-6 In acetonitrile or DMSO to give the corresponding diaryl ether or diaryl thio ether as shovm In Eqs. 9.6 and 9.7. ... 

A few examples of the photocyclization of A,iV-diarylamines or related species have been applied to the synthesis of spirocyclic indoline precursors <96TL37> and carbazole derivatives <96SC657, 96JCS(P1)669>. 

A synergistic combination of Pd-catalyzed amination and arylation was the central operation of Sakamoto s synthesis of carbolines [147]. Diarylamine 187 was first installed via the Buchwald-Hartwig amination protocol. Subsequent intramolecular Heck-like arylation of 187 provided a novel route to a-carboline 188. 

The Goldberg coupling between 5-acetylamino-2,2-dimethylchromene 84 and 5-bromo-2-methylanisole 85 followed by hydrolysis leads to the diarylamine 86, which on palladium(II)-mediated oxidative cyclization affords pyrayafoline A 87 [ 17] (Scheme 30). Starting from 7-acetylamino-2,2-dimethylchromene, the method has been applied to the synthesis of 0-methylpyrayafoline B [54]. 

Lin and Zhang reported the synthesis of l-hydroxy-3-methylcarbazole (23) starting from the nitro derivative 625 (578). This synthesis uses a Buchwald-Hartwig amination for the synthesis of the diphenylamine 628. After protection of the hydroxy group in the nitrophenol 625 as a benzyl ether, the nitro group was reduced to the corresponding amino derivative 627. Amination of 627 with iodobenzene under Buchwald-Hartwig conditions afforded the diarylamine 628. Palladium(ll)-mediated cyclization of 628 led to the carbazole derivative 629, albeit in low... 

Fagnou et al. reported the synthesis of mukonine (11) starting from methyl vanillate (644). This synthesis uses both a palladium(0)-catalyzed intermolecular direct arylation and an intramolecular cyclization reaction. Triflation of methyl vanillate (644) afforded the aryl triflate 645. Using a Buchwald-Flartwig amination protocol, the latter was subjected to direct arylation with 2-chloroaniline (646) to furnish the corresponding diarylamine 647. Finally, intramolecular cyclization of 647 afforded mukonine (11). To date, this is the best synthesis (three steps, 75% overall yield) available for mukonine based on commercially available methyl vanillate (644) (582) (Scheme 5.45). 

Menendez et al. reported the synthesis of murrayafoline A (7) by palladium(II)-mediated oxidative double C-H activation of a diarylamine assisted by microwave irradiation (585). The aniline derivative 598 was obtained by O-methylation of 5-methyl-2-nitrophenol (625) followed by catalytic hydrogenation. The required diarylamine 654 was obtained by N-arylation of the aniline derivative 598 with phenyllead triacetate (653) in the presence of copper(II) acetate. Under microwave-assisted conditions, in the presence of more than the stoichiometric amount of palladium(II) acetate and a trace of dimethylformamide, the diarylamine 654 was cyclodehydrogenated to murrayafoline A (7) (585) (Scheme 5.47). 

The relay compound 1025 required for the synthesis of all of these 7-oxygenated carbazole alkaloids was obtained starting from commercially available 4-bromo-toluene (1023) and m-anisidine (840) in two steps and 72% overall yield. Buchwald-Hartwig amination of 4-bromotoluene (1023) with m-anisidine (840) furnished quantitatively the corresponding diarylamine 1024. Oxidative cyclization of 1024 using catalytic amounts of palladium(ll) acetate afforded 3-methyl-7-methoxycarbazole (1025). Oxidation of 1025 with DDQ led to clauszoline-K (98), which, on cleavage of the methyl ether using boron tribromide, afforded 3-formyl-7-hydroxycarbazole (99) (546) (Scheme 5.149). 

The first synthesis of an optically active isopavine, (—)-reframoline (29), has been achieved by the acid-catalyzed double cyclization process described previously. The properly substituted diarylamine 109 was resolved using (-t-)-di-benzoyltartaric acid to afford the (-I-) enantiomer. Conversion to the acetal 110 was accomplished without racemization. Subsequent acid-catalyzed cyclization yielded the levorotatory alkaloid 29 (Scheme 21) 112). 

Ring closure y to a heteroatom is also a rather uncommon [5 + 1] procedure although there are some important exceptions. The most widely investigated is the Bernthsen acridine synthesis in which a diarylamine is condensed with a carboxylic acid in the presence of a Lewis acid (equation 73). More recently, it has been shown that acylanilines react with the Vilsmeier-Haack reagent to give quinolines in good yield (e.g. equation 74) and the mechanism of the reaction has been elucidated. A final example of [5 +1] ring closure y to a heteroatom which is of occasional use is the pyrazine synthesis outlined in equation (75). 

The preparation of a diarylamine required for the synthesis of a phenothiazine via the sulfuration reaction requires the use of an activated chlorobenzene. 

Diarylamines will also usually require strong acylating agents to undergo acylation. If Lewis acids such as ZnCl2 are used as catalysts the formation of an acridine can compete with N-acylation (Bemthsen acridine synthesis last reaction, Scheme 7.10). 

The transition metal catalyzed synthesis of arylamines by the reaction of aryl halides or tri-flates with primary or secondary amines has become a valuable synthetic tool for many applications. This process forms monoalkyl or dialkyl anilines, mixed diarylamines or mixed triarylamines, as well as N-arylimines, carbamates, hydrazones, amides, and tosylamides. The mechanism of the process involves several new organometallic reactions. For example, the C-N bond is formed by reductive elimination of amine, and the metal amido complexes that undergo reductive elimination are formed in the catalytic cycle in some cases by N-H activation. Side products are formed by / -hydrogen elimination from amides, examples of which have recently been observed directly. An overview that covers the development of synthetic methods to form arylamines by this palladium-catalyzed chemistry is presented. In addition to the synthetic information, a description of the pertinent mechanistic data on the overall catalytic cycle, on each elementary reaction that comprises the catalytic cycle, and on competing side reactions is presented. The review covers manuscripts that appeared in press before June 1, 2001. This chapter is based on a review covering the literature up to September 1, 1999. However, roughly one-hundred papers on this topic have appeared since that time, requiring an updated review. 

Another intriguing option for sequential annulations is the combination of amination and CH activation. Here, Bedford and Cazin [99] have introduced a novel catalytic one-pot synthesis of carbazoles 123 via a consecutive amination-CH activation process of orffio-chloro anilines and aryl bromides (Scheme 43). Since the diarylamine intermediate is a chloroarene, the pres-... 

Louie and Hartwig described an application of the DPPF/Pd-catalyst toward the synthesis of oligo(m-anilines). The diarylamine monomer was prepared using this protocol in quantitative yield, Eq. (86) [64b]. Goodson and Hartwig have extended the method to synthesize other monomers for the preparation of poly(N-arylanilines) [54 c]. 

Acridine Syntheses and Reactions. Part IV. A New Synthesis of Aminoacridines from Formic Acid and Diarylamines. 

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