Dihydroquinoline synthesis, quinoline

This is an example of the Doebner synthesis of quinoline-4-carboxylic acids (cinchoninic acids) the reaction consists in the condensation of an aromatic amine with pyruvic acid and an aldehj de. The mechanism is probably similar to that given for the Doebner-Miller sj nthesis of quinaldiiie (Section V,2), involving the intermediate formation of a dihydroquinoline derivative, which is subsequently dehydrogenated by the Schiff s base derived from the aromatic amine and aldehyde. 

A number of dihydroquinolines have been prepared by treating aniline derivatives with acetone or mesityl oxide in the presence of iodine. In these cases aromatization to the fully unsaturated quinoline would require the loss of methane, a process known as the Riehm quinoline synthesis. Such Skraup/Doebner-von Miller-type reactions are often low yielding due to large amounts of competing polymerization. For example, aniline 37 reacts with mesityl oxide to give dihydroquinolines 39, albeit in low yield. ... 

The photocyclization of enamides to quinolines or isoquinolines has become an important reaction in the synthesis of alkaloids 219,358). It has recently been applied in the preparation of the isoquinoline alkaloid polycarpine 359). The principle of the reaction is demonstrated in the preparation of dihydroquinolines 360> (3.39) and of spirocyclohexaneisoquinoline derivatives (3.40) 361K In each case the electrocyclic ring closure product undergoes a subsequent 1,5-hydrogen shift. 

Recendy, we found that A -allyl-o-vii rlaniline 44 gave 1,2-dihydroquinoline 45 by normal RCM and developed silyl enol ether-ene metathesis for the novel synthesis of 4-siloxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline and demonstrated a convenient entry to quinolines and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline [13], We also have found a novel selective isomerization of terminal olefin to give the corresponding enamide 46 using rathenium carbene catalyst [Ru] and silyl enol ether [14], which represented a new synthetic route to a series of substituted indoles 47 [12], We also succeeded an unambiguous characterization of mthenium hydride complex [RuH] with ACheterocyclic carbene... 

The initial product is a dihydroquinoline it is formed via Michael-like addition, then an electrophilic aromatic substitution that is facilitated by the electron-donating amine function. A mild oxidizing agent is required to form the aromatic quinoline. The Skraup synthesis can be used with substituted anilines, provided these substituents are not strongly electron withdrawing and are not acid sensitive. 

An intramolecular cyclization of iV-anilino- and iV-benzyl-substituted propargyl trimethylsilyl ethers with Lewis acid catalysis provides the quinolines and isoquinolines, respectively <20040L2361>. An intramolecular aza-Diels-Alder reaction has been used as a key step in the synthesis of luotonin (Scheme 69) <20040L4913>. An analogous reaction afforded the dihydroquinoline as a single diastereomer (Equation 132) <2000TL5715>. 

The development and use of environmentally friendly methods for the synthesis of quinolines and dihydroquinolines were represented in variety of publications in 2006. Many of the reports incorporated solvent free conditions. Perumal et al. showed that silica-supported NaHSO as a heterogeneous catalyst for the cyclization of 2-amino-chalcones 71 under solvent free microwave conditions results in a variety of 2,3-dihydroquinolin-4-ones 72 in high yields <06CJC1079>. Lier et al. also utilized a silica supported TaBrs catalyst to cyclize 2-amino-chalcones 71 forming a variety of 2,3-dihydroquinolin-4-ones 72 under solvent free thermal conditions <06TL2725>. The use of silica gel supported TaBrs under solvent free thermal conditions showed considerable improvement in yield for this cyclization compared to the reaction conducted in organic solvents. 

Nitro compounds in alkaline medium are used for rather specific oxidations. 2-Nitropropane in the form of its sodium salt converts benzylic halides into aromatic aldehydes under fairly mild conditions [987. Nitrobenzene transforms isoeugenol [95S] and similar aromatic compounds with side chains that contain double bonds conjugated with the aromatic rings into aldehydes [988, 989], In the Skraup synthesis, nitrobenzene dehydrogenates the dihydroquinoline intermediate to quinoline. 

Quinolines are often prepared by the Skraup synthesis, in which an aniline reacts with an a. -unsaturated aldehyde and the dihydroquinoline product is oxidized. Suggest a mechanism. 

A synthesis of the 1,3,4,5-tetrahydropyrrolo-[3,3,2-de]quinoline ring, which appears in several natural products, was accomplished by using an indole ring closure. The cyclization would be expected to be disfavored by the strain which must be overcome in the ring closure. The successful approach was to construct the dihydroquinoline 48 which was then reduced to the amine 49. Cyclization to 50 occurred in 58% yield under acidic conditions. <94T7879>... 

In the synthesis of pyridines it proved advantageous to make a dihydropyridine and oxidize it to a pyridine afterwards. The same idea works well in probably the most famous quinoline synthesis, the Skraup reaction. The diketone is replaced by an unsaturated carbonyl compound so that the quinoline is formed regiospecifically. The first step is conjugate addition of the amine. Under acid catalysis the ketone now cyclizes in the way we have just described to give a dihydroquinoline after dehydration. Oxidation to the aromatic quinoline is an easy step accomplished by many possible oxidants. 

Intramolecular or intermolecular Heck-type reactions were also used in the synthesis of poly-substituted quinoline compounds. Palladium-catalyzed reaction between vinyl or aryl halides and ortAo-allyl-substituted-A -tosyl-anilides produces dihydroquinolines in an intermolecular fashion, where reaction of acrylates intramolecularly affords 4-quinolones. ° ° ... 

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