Heteroaryl

Aryl, heteroaryl, and alkenyl cyanides are prepared by the reaction of halides[656-658] or triflates[659,660] with KCN or LiCN in DMF, HMPA, and THF. Addition of crown ethers[661] and alumina[662] promotes efficient aryl and alkenyl cyanation. lodobenzene is converted into benzonitrile (794) by the reaction of trimethylsiiyl cyanide in EtiN as a solvent. No reaction takes place with aryl bromides and chlorides[663]. The reaction was employed in an estradiol synthesis. The 3-hydroxy group in 796 was derived from the iodide 795 by converting it into a cyano group[664]. 

Goto et al. (386) have qualitatively studied the relationship between the structure and the ease of formation of some 2-aryl- and 2-heteroaryl-A-2-thiazolin-4-one derivatives. It is found that 2-pyridyI, 2-benzimidazoyl, and 2- 6 hydroxy-5 -methyl)-benzothiazolyl derivatives are too unstable to be isolated. 6 -Hydroxy-, 6 -methyl-, and unsubstituted 2-benzothiazoiyl derivatives, as well as naphtothiazolyl derivatives are unstable but isolable. On the other hand, 6 -methoxy-. 6 -acetoxy-. and 5, 7 -dimethyl-6 -hvdroxybenzothiazolyl derivatives as well as most of their 5-methyl substituted derivatives are stable and easily prepared. 

The nucleophilic reactivity of the oxygen has been observed in acetylation by acetic anhydride of 2-aryl- and 2-heteroaryl-A-2-thiazoline-4-ones (181) (388, 397, 410, 414, 416, 419, 422, 426. 427) and methylation of 5-(4 -chlorophenyl)-A-2-thiazoline-4-one (416) (Scheme 94). 

The reaction of a thioamide with a-halocarbonyl compounds has been applied extensively, and many thiazoles (10) with alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, or heteroaryl functional groups at the three 2-, 4-, or 5-positions have been reported (Scheme 6). 

Thiazoles with Heterocyouc Substituents. Thiazoles with heterocyclic substituents in the 2- or 4-position have been synthesized (Table II-9). Thus thioacetamide (or its a-substituted derivatives) react with bromomethyl heteroarylketones under reflux in alcohol to give the corresponding 2-methyl-4-heteroarylthiazoles heteroaryl groups in the 4-position were 2 -thienyl (213, 692) a-pyrrolyl and 3-method derivatives... 

Ethyl-4,5-thiazole dicarboxylates (77), R =H, Me, Et, Ph, or heteroaryl, were prepared from diethyl-a-chloro-/3-ketosuccinate (76) and thioamides in boiling ethanol (Scheme 35) (103, 110, 145, 298, 577, 639). 

Thiazolium salts can be obtained successfully by a modification of the Hantzsch s thiazole synthesis. This method is particularly valuable for those thiazolium compounds in which the substituent on the ring nitrogen cannot be introduced by direct alkylation, for example, aryl or heteroaryl thiazolium salts (Scheme 42). 

Thiazolium salts with alkyl (103, 722), arylalkyl (116), aryl (305), or heteroaryl (96) substituents on the nitrogen have been also prepared by this procedure. As in the thiazole series, N-substituted thioamides can be formed directly in the reaction mixture from phosphorus pentasulfide and N-substituted amides (127). These methods are important in the synthesis of thiamine 102 (vitamin Bj) (Scheme 45). 

TABLE II 13. 4 ALKYL, 4-ARYL. OR 4-HETEROARYL 2-AMINO miAZOLES... 

This scheme eliminates the process of converting bis(etherimide)s to bis(ether anhydride)s. When polyetherimides are fusible the polymerization is performed in the melt, allowing the monamine to distill off. It is advantageous if the amino groups of diamines are more basic or nucleophilic than the by-product monoamine. Bisimides derived from heteroaromatic amines such as 2-arninopyridine are readily exchanged by common aromatic diamines (68,69). High molecular weight polyetherimides have been synthesized from various N,lSf -bis(heteroaryl)bis(etherimide)s. 

This method is suitable only for the preparation of 4-substituted and/or 3,4-disubstituted derivatives, the substituents being only alkyl, aryl or heteroaryl groups. The presence of electron-withdrawing groups in the unsaturated side chain prevents the cyclization step. This is understandable if the influence of such groups on the stability of the intermediate carbonium ion is considered. Of more limited application is the analogous cyclization of diazotized o-aminophenylpropiolic acids, the reaction being referred to as the Richter synthesis (Scheme 70). A related synthesis (also referred to as the Neber-Bossel synthesis)... 

In 1959 Carboni and Lindsay first reported the cycloaddition reaction between 1,2,4,5-tetrazines and alkynes or alkenes (59JA4342) and this reaction type has become a useful synthetic approach to pyridazines. In general, the reaction proceeds between 1,2,4,5-tetrazines with strongly electrophilic substituents at positions 3 and 6 (alkoxycarbonyl, carboxamido, trifluoromethyl, aryl, heteroaryl, etc.) and a variety of alkenes and alkynes, enol ethers, ketene acetals, enol esters, enamines (78HC(33)1073) or even with aldehydes and ketones (79JOC629). With alkenes 1,4-dihydropyridazines (172) are first formed, which in most cases are not isolated but are oxidized further to pyridazines (173). These are obtained directly from alkynes which are, however, less reactive in these cycloaddition reactions. In general, the overall reaction which is presented in Scheme 96 is strongly... 

Rate data are also available for the solvolysis of l-(2-heteroaryl)ethyl acetates in aqueous ethanol. Side-chain reactions such as this, in which a delocalizable positive charge is developed in the transition state, are frequently regarded as analogous to electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions. In solvolysis the relative order of reactivity is tellurienyl> furyl > selenienyl > thienyl whereas in electrophilic substitutions the reactivity sequence is furan > tellurophene > selenophene > thiophene. This discrepancy has been explained in terms of different charge distributions in the transition states of these two classes of reaction (77AHC(21)119>. 

Pteridine, 4-amino-2,6-diphenyl-synthesis, 3, 320 Pteridine, 7-amino-6-heteroaryl-synthesis, 3, 315... 

An interesting class ot covalent Inflates are vin l and ar>/ or heteroaryl Inflates Vinyl inflates are used for the direct solvolytic generation of vinyl cations and for the generation of unsaturated carbenes via the a-elimination process [66] A triflate ester of 2-hydroxypyridine can be used as a catalyst for the acylation of aromatic compounds with carboxylic acids [109] (equation 55)... 

The incorporation of S-N chains between metal centres by the use of heteroaryl substituents in complexes of the type 14.7 has been proposed as a way to generate new materials that may function as molecular wires. However, the synthesis of thiazyl chains bearing metal-binding sites has yet to be achieved. 

The Robinson-Gabriel cyclodehydration of 2-acylamidoketones 1 is one of the oldest yet most versatile synthesis of 2,5-di- and 2,4,5-trialkyl, aryl, heteroaryl-, and aralkyloxazoles 2. ... 

In 1909, Robinson demonstrated the utility of acylamidoketones as intermediates to aryl-and benzyl-substituted 1,3-oxazoles through cyclization with sulfuric acid. Extension of sulfuric acid cyclization conditions to alkyl-substituted oxazoles can give low yields, for example 10-15% for 2,5-dimethyl-l,3-oxazole. Wiegand and Rathbum found that polyphosphoric acid can provide alkyl-substituted oxazoles 4 in yields equal to or greater than those obtained with sulfuric acid. Significantly better yields are seen in the preparation of aryl- and heteroaryl-substituted oxazoles. For example, reaction of ketoamides 5 with 98% phosphoric acid in acetic anhydride gives oxazoles 6 in 90-95% yield. ... 

During studies of the reaction of heteroaryl hydrazine and perfluoroaryl hydrazine with l,l,l-trifluoropentane-2,4-dione, the enolization of the dione 18 was... 

The reaction conditions (neutral, acidic or basic) do have an affect on the regioselectivity of the reaction. Acidic reaction conditions have also been shown to preferentially provide one regioisomer over basic conditions for reactions of aryl hydrazines. Extensive studies with 2-perfluoroacylcycloalkanones and mono-substituted hydrazines were studied to determine the selectivity of various alkyl-, aryl-, and heteroaryl-substituted hydrazines. Reactions of the aryl hydrazine 21 with the trifluoromethyl-substituted cycloalkanone 22 under neutral conditions (methanol, reflux) gave a mixture of isomers 23 and 24, whereas the reaction of the pyridyl hydrazine 25 was shown to give exclusively 26. 

Het = heteroaryl residue] follow second-order kinetics, first order with respect to each reactant. Regular kinetics of this kind are also observed in the reaction of sodium arylsulfide in methanol provided that no free thiol is present (see Section II,D, l,c). As to other heterocyclic systems, A -oxides and bromofuran derivatives show similar kinetic behavior. 

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