Isoquinoline, alkylation

Pyridazino[4,5 -c]isoquinoIine, 6-aryI-synthesis, 3, 244 Pyridazino[3,4-c]isoquinoIines alkylation, 3, 238 JV-oxide, 3, 327 synthesis, 3, 247-248 Pyridazino[4,3-c]isoquinolines synthesis, 3, 247 Pyridazino[4,5-c]isoquinolines alkylation, 3, 238 Pyridazin-3(2H)-one, 6-acryIoxy-polymers, 1, 288... 

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Isoquinoline, 1,2,3,4-tetrahy dro-2-methyl-l-(2-phenylethyl)-, 56, 7 Isoquinolines, alkylation of, 56, 19 Isoquinolinium, 2-ethyl-3,4-dihydro-6,7-dimethoxy-1-phenyl-, iodide, 56, 7 ISOXAZOLE, 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(4-methoxyphenylK 55, 39 Isoxazole, 5-(4-chloropher,yl)-3-(4-meth-oxyphenyl)-, 55, 42... 

Chemical Properties. The presence of both a carbocycHc and a heterocycHc ring faciUtates a broad range of chemical reactions for (1) and (2). Quaternary alkylation on nitrogen takes place readily, but unlike pyridine both quinoline and isoquinoline show addition by subsequent reaction with nucleophiles. Nucleophilic substitution is promoted by the heterocycHc nitrogen. ElectrophiHc substitution takes place much more easily than in pyridine, and the substituents are generally located in the carbocycHc ring. 

The N-oxides of isoquinolines have proved to be excellent intermediates for the preparation of many compounds. Trialkylboranes give 1-alkyl derivatives (147). With cyanogen bromide in ethanol, ethyl N-(l- and 4-isoquinolyl)carbamates are formed (148). A compHcated but potentially important reaction is the formation of 1-acetonyLisoquinoline and 1-cyanoisoquinoline [1198-30-7] when isoquinoline N-oxide reacts with metbacrylonitrile in the presence of hydroquinone (149). Isoquinoline N-oxide undergoes direct acylamination with /V-benzoylanilinoisoquinoline salts to form 1-/V-benzoylanilinoisoquinoline [53112-20-4] in 55% yield (150). A similar reaction of AJ-sulfinyl- -toluenesulfonamide leads to l-(tos5larriino)isoquinoline [25770-51-8] which is readily hydrolyzed to 1-aminoisoquinoline (151). 

Isoquinoline can be reduced quantitatively over platinum in acidic media to a mixture of i j -decahydroisoquinoline [2744-08-3] and /n j -decahydroisoquinoline [2744-09-4] (32). Hydrogenation with platinum oxide in strong acid, but under mild conditions, selectively reduces the benzene ring and leads to a 90% yield of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinoline [36556-06-6] (32,33). Sodium hydride, in dipolar aprotic solvents like hexamethylphosphoric triamide, reduces isoquinoline in quantitative yield to the sodium adduct [81045-34-3] (25) (152). The adduct reacts with acid chlorides or anhydrides to give N-acyl derivatives which are converted to 4-substituted 1,2-dihydroisoquinolines. Sodium borohydride and carboxylic acids combine to provide a one-step reduction—alkylation (35). Sodium cyanoborohydride reduces isoquinoline under similar conditions without N-alkylation to give... 

Isoquinoline also forms Reissert compounds when treated with benzoyl chloride and alkyl cyanide (28), especially under phase-transfer conditions (29). The W-phenylsulfonyl Reissert has been converted to 1-cyanoisoquinoline with sodium borohydride under mild conditions (154). When the AJ-benzoyl-l-alkyl derivative is used, reductive fission occurs and the 1-alkyLisoquinoline is obtained. 

Isoquinoline reacts with aliphatic carboxylic acids photolyticaHy or with a silver catalyst to give excellent yields of alkylation products by decarboxylation (155). This method is useful in the synthesis of 2-benzoyhsoquinolines bearing a variety of aromatic substituents in the 1-position (156). 

Alkyl Isoquinolines. Coal tar contains small amounts of l-methylisoquinoline [1721-93-3] 3-methylisoquinoline [1125-80-0] and 1,3-dimetliylisoquinoline [1721-94-4J. The 1- and 3-methyl groups are more reactive than others in the isoquinoline nucleus and readily oxidize with selenium dioxide to form the corresponding isoquinoline aldehydes (174). These compounds can also be obtained by the hydrolysis of the dihalomethyl group. The 1- and 3-methyhsoquinolines condense with benzaldehyde in the presence of zinc chloride or acetic anhydride to produce 1- and 3-styryhsoquinolines. Radicals formed by decarboxylation of carboxyUc acids react to produce 1-aIkyhsoquinolines. 

Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions, 2, 350 tautomerism, 2, 27, 152, 347 Isoquinoline, 4-hydroxy-alkylation, 2, 349 sulfonation, 2, 321... 

The Gabriel-Colman reaction has been used to prepare 3-alkyl isoquinoline 1,4-diols. Phthalimides 8 and 9 rearrange as expected when treated with alkoxides. Further treatment with sodium ethoxide results in decarboxylation and the expected isoquinolinone 1,4-diols 12 and 13. 

To understand the unpredictable nature of the Pictet-Gams reaction, Hartwig and Whaley conducted the first mechanistic studies in 1949. Their work focused on substituent effects when directly attached to the ethylamine side chain. They also investigated a variety of dehydration agents in order to identify optimal reaction conditions. It was determined that formation of the isoquinoline structure was virtually impossible when alkyl or phenyl substituents were placed in the 4-position of the ethylamine side chain. 

Hartwig and Whaley also demonstrated that increasing the size of the alkyl side chain off the 3-position, resulted in low yields of expected product. In fact, when Ri is larger than a propyl group, the expected products were not isolated (n-butyl gave a 1% of the corresponding isoquinoline ). Furthermore, isoquinolines were formed more... 

Hydroxy group of 8-hyd oxy-2-cycloalkyl-2,3,4,6,ll,lla-hexahydro-l//-pyrazino[l,2-i]isoquinoline-l,4-diones was alkylated with allyl bromide, 2-(bromodifluoromethyl)pyridines, l-(bromodifluoromethyl)- and l-(bro-momethyl)benzenes, halomethyl derivatives of different heterocycles (pyridine, pyrazine, pyrazole, pyrrole, thiazole, thiophene) in the presence of CS2CO3 or K2CO3 (98MIP7). Hydroxy group of 8-hydroxy-2-cyclopentyl-... 

With pyridine and its alkyl derivatives, and in contrast to chlorination, substantial nuclear fluorination occurred before the side chain was attacked (87TL255). Direct fluorination of isoquinoline was unsuccessful but 2-methylcarbostyril gave the 4-fluoroderivative in 54% yield (82H429). 

The Reissert method15—conversion of an isoquinoline to a 2-benzoyl-1,2-dihydroisoquinaldonitrile (Reissert compound), alkylation, and hydrolysis—has enjoyed wide success in the synthesis of benzyliso-quinoline and related alkaloids.16,17 In particular, aporphines are prepared conveniently by converting isoquinolines to I-(o-nitrobcnzyl)-isoquinolines via a Reissert sequence, followed by A7-alkylation, reduction, and Pschorr cyclization.17... 

For the synthesis of quinolines and isoquinolines the classical approaches are the Skraup and the Bischler-Napieralski reactions. The reaction of substituted anilines with different carbonyl compounds in acid medium has been reported to be accelerated under microwave irradiation to give differently substituted quinolines and dihydro quinolines [137]. Although the yields are much better and the conditions are milder than under conventional heating, the acidity of the medium may prevent the preparation of acid-sensitive compounds. Thus, alternative approaches have been investigated. Substituted anilines and alkyl vinyl ketones reacted under microwave irradiation on the surface of sihca gel doped with InCU without solvent [137] to furnish good yields of quinohnes 213 (Scheme 77). 

Heterocyclic N-oxides such as pyridine, quinoline, or isoquinoline N-oxides can be converted into a mixture of 2- and some 4-cyanopyridines, 2- or 4-cyanoquino-lines, or 1-cyanoisoquinolines, in 40-70% yield, in a Reissert-Henze reaction, by activation of the N-oxide function by O-acylation [1] or O-alkylation [2, 3] followed by treatment with aqueous alkali metal cyanide in H2O or dioxane. 

Cyclization occurred at the N-3 atom when 4-(3-bromopropylaruino)-l, 6,7,1 1 b-tctrahydro-2//-pyrimido[6,l -zz -isoquinoline was treated with NaH to give a tetracyclic derivative <2003M1271>. 9,10-Dimethoxy-2-(arylimino)-2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-4//-pyrimido[6,l- ]isoquinolin-4-ones were N-3-alkylated with iV-(ra-bromoalkyl)phthalimides in the presence of K2C03 and a catalytic amount of I2 in boiling 2-butanone in 13-67% yields <2000W020/058308>. Treatment of the 2-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl] derivative of 2,3,6,7-tctrahydro-l //,5//-pyrido[3,2,l-/ylqninazolinc-... 

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