Imines reactions with cyclopropenones

Possible pathways to the pyridopyridazinones are shown in Scheme 3. One route (path a) involves initial 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the JV-imine with the cyclopropenone and subsequent opening of the cyclopropanone ring with transfer of the amino hydrogen to afford 41. An alternate route (path b) is very similar to that proposed for the reaction with 2//-azirines (Section IV,A,6). 

Thermal reactions of N-aryl cyclopropenone imines 268 are differentiated by the nature of the N-aryl substituent. Imines 268 (Ar = phenyl, p-nitro-phenyl) undergo isomerization to N-aryl-2-phenyl-indenone imines 271 when heated in aprotic solvents202. Since in protic solvents, e.g. ethanol, only the iminoester 272 is isolated, evidence seems to be given for the intermediacy of 269 implying carbene and ketene imine functionality, which may either cause electrophilic ring closure with a phenyl group to form 271 or may add to the hydroxylic solvent (272). 

Finally, a reaction should be mentioned in which a nucleophile gives support to another reacting species without appearing in the final product. Diphenyl cyclopropenone interacts with 2,6-dimethyl phenyl isocyanide only in the presence of tri-phenylphosphine with expansion of the three-ring to the imine 344 of cyclobutene-dione-1,2229,230 Addition of the isocyanide is preceded by formation of the ketene phosphorane 343, which can be isolated in pure formss 231 it is decomposed by methanol to triphenyl phosphine and the ester 52. 

When pyridinium A -imine salts 157 were reacted with methylphenyl-cyclopropenone (158, R = Ph, R = Me) in the presence of a base, dihydro-pyrido[l,2-h]pyridazin-3-ones (159) were formed, which subsequently underwent oxidation to produce 3//-pyrido[l,2-h]pyridazin-3-ones (160) under the reaction conditions [76JCS(CC)275 78JOC2892], In some cases the dihydro intermediates (159) could be isolated. 3-Substituted derivatives (157, R = 3-Me, 3-CN R = H) gave mixtures of isomers of 160 (R = 5-... 

Diphenylcyclopropenone and its thione are well known as highly electrophilic carbonyl compounds, which react with pyridine /V-acylimines to give l,3-oxazin-6-ones 39,46 166 and -6-thiones,46 respectively. The reaction of pyridine JV-imine with the cyclopropenone in methanol gives methyl 3-aminoacrylate 40.167 It is likely that these reactions involve ketene intermediates which are intercepted either by internal nucleophiles or by the solvent. Benzo[c]cinnoline JV-acylimines also give the oxazinones 39, whereas the Al-benzimidoylimines give stable 1 1 adducts as a result of a difference in the preferred site of attack by the electrophilic cyclopropenone (Eq. 22).168... 

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