Isoquinoline, aryl

Carbonylation of halides in the presence of primary and secondary amines at I atm affords amides[351j. The intramolecular carbonylation of an aryl bromide which has amino group affords a lactam and has been used for the synthesis of the isoquinoline alkaloid 498(352], The naturally occurring seven-membered lactam 499 (tomaymycin, neothramycin) is prepared by this method(353]. The a-methylene-d-lactam 500 is formed by the intramolecular carbonylation of 2-bromo-3-alkylamino-l-propene(354]. 

The preparation of benzo fused pyrido[3,2- i]pyrimidines has furnished the only examples of the classic reaction of this type, the Bischler-Napieralski, involving the cyclization of 5-aryl-4-acylaminopyrimidines to 6-alkylpyrimido[4,5-c]isoquinolines, e.g. (157)->(158) (73YZ330). As often found in this reaction, the presence of activating substituents appears necessary (78CPB245). 

In 1968, the aforementioned reaction was repeated and found to produce a rearranged product (11). This was the first report of aryl migration with the Pictet-Gams conditions. The expected product was l-methyl-3-phenyl isoquinoline, but only 1-methyl-4-isoquinoline (11) was observed. Interestingly, the authors did not suggest a mechanism for the formation of the isolated product. 

Cyclocondensation of a-aryl-2-pyridylacetamides and 2-(3,4-dihydroiso-quinolin-l-yl)acetamide with Et2C03 in the presence of NaOEt in boiling EtOH afforded 4-aryl-2,3-dihydro-l//-pyrido[l,2-c]pyrimidine-l,3-diones (99JHC389) and 6,7-dihydro-4//-pyrimido[6,1 -a]isoquinoline-2,4-dione (98MIP15), respectively. 

Substituted 4-aryl-1 -oxo-1,2-dihydropyrazino[l, 2-i]isoquinolinium salts 402 were obtained when 3-substituted isoquinolines 401 were cleaved from a polymer by treatment 25% TFA (00MIP5). c/i-3,lla-H-3-Phenyl-1,2,3,4,11,11 fl-hexahydropyrazino[l, 2-i]isoquinoline-1,4-dione (404) formed when isoquinoline derivative 403 was cleaved from a resin with 25% TFA during an automated solid-phase synthesis (98BMCL2369). 

This reaction works with aryl, allylic and 1-alkynyl halides, but not vinylic halides. A vinylic group can be introduced into the 4 position of an isoquinoline by using PdBr2 as the electrophile and an alkene (Scheme 9).10 This process... 

If the arylation chemistry is carried out under 1 atm of CO, an isoquinoline with a ketone moiety in the 4 position is produced in good yields (Scheme 10).11... 

The bromine atom of 4-aryl-2-(4-bromobutyl)-2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-177- ancj -perhydropyrido[l,2-c]pyrimidine-l,3-diones was displaced with 4-substituted piperazines <2002FES959, 2004APH139, 2004PHA99>. Heating 3-hydroxymethyl derivatives of epimeric 6-methyl-l,3,4,6,7,llb-hexahydro-277-pyrimido[6,l-,2]isoquinolin-2-ones 152 resulted in the formation of the 3-unsubstituted derivatives 153 by loss of CH20 (Equation 26) <1997LA1165>. 

Reaction of 2-cyanomethylpyridine with iV-(l-aryl-l-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-iV -(4-methylphenyl)carbodiimides, and with (1,1,2,2,2-pentachloro- and l,l-dichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)isocyanates or A-methoxycarbonyl-l,2,2,2-tetrachloro-, — l-chloro-2,2-trifluoroacetaldehyde imines afforded 3-aryl-4-cyano-l-(4-methylphenyl)imino-3-trifluoromethyl-2,3-dihydro-17/-pyrido[l,2-f]pyrimidines and 4-cyano-3-trichloro-, 4-cyano-3-trifluoro-17/-pyrido[l,2-4pyrimidin-l-ones, respectively <2004CHE47>. Refluxing 2-cyanomethylpyridine and iV-(l-aryl-l-chloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)isocyanates in benzene furnished l-aryl-4-cyano-l-trifluoromethyl-l,2-dihydro-3//-pyrido[l,2-4pyrimidin-3-ones. However, when the solution of the isocyanate was added dropwise to the solution of 2-cyanomethylpyridine, and the reaction mixture was then treated with NEt at room temperature, the isomeric 3-aryl-4-cyano-3-trifluoromethyl-2,3-dihydro-l//-pyr-ido[l,2-dpyrimidin-l-ones were obtained. Reaction of l-(acetyl- and benzoylmethylene)-6,7-dimethoxy-l,2,3,4-tetra-hydroisoquinolines with PhCONCS yielded 1-acetyl-, 1 -benzoyl-9,10-dime thoxy-3-pheny 1-6,7-dihydro-2//-pyrimido[6,l- ]isoquinoline-2-thiones <2003SL2369>. 

Reaction of pyridines with dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates in the presence of isocyanates in dry CH2C12 at room temperature produced 1-substituted 2-oxo-l,9a-dihydro-2/7-pyrido[l,2-tf]pyrimidine-3,4-dicarboxylates <2004TL1803>. One-pot, three-component synthesis of 1-substituted 2-oxo-l,llb-dihydro-2//-pyrimido[2,l- ]iso-quinoline-3,4-dicarboxylates and 4-(3-chloro-4-methylphenyl)-3-oxo-4,4a-dihydro-3/7-pyrimido[l,2-tf]quinoline-l,2-dicarboxylate was realized by the reaction of isoquinoline and quinoline with isocyanates and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates <2004S861>. Diastereomeric mixtures of l-tosyl-2-aryl-l,llb-dihydro-2/7-pyrimido[2,Ttf]isoquinoline-3,4-dicarboxylates were obtained from isoquinoline, iV-tosyl-benzaldehyde imines, and DMAD <2002OL3575>. 

Like simple aryl halides, furyl halides take part in Suzuki couplings as electrophiles [41, 42]. Young and Martin coupled 2-bromofuran with 5-indolylboronic acid to prepare 5-substituted indole 37 [43]. Terashima s group cross-coupled 3-bromofuran with diethyl-(4-isoquinolyl)borane 38 to make 4-substituted isoquinoline 39 [44]. Similarly, 2- and 3-substituted isoquinolines were also synthesized in the same fashion [45]. 

Unexpected oxazoline formation was observed during a study to prepare nonsedating anxiolytic 1-styrylisoquinolines 27a-h from 2-(trifluoromethyl)aryl-ethylamines 25a-h under Pictet-Gams conditions (POCI3 in refluxing toluene). This deviation from the normal reaction pathway was hypothesized to result from the electron-withdrawing effect of trifluoromethyl group that inhibited the formation of a benzylic cation required for isoquinoline formation (Scheme 8.12). 

Zinc chloride-doped natural phosphate was shown to have catalytic behavior in the 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nucleoside acetylenes with azides to form triazolonucleosides <99SC1057>. A soluble polymer-supported 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of carbohydrate-derived 1,2,3-triazoles has been reported <99H(51)1807>. 2-Styrylchromones and sodium azide were employed in the synthesis of 4(5)-aryl-5(4)-(2-chromonyl)-1,2,3-triazoles <99H(51)481>. Lead(IV) acetate oxidation of mixed bis-aroyl hydrazones of biacetyl led to l-(a-aroyloxyarylideneamino)-3,5-dimethyl-l,2,3-triazoles <99H(51)599>. Reaction of 1-amino-3-methylbenzimidazolium chloride with lead(fV) acetate afforded l-methyl-l/f-benzotriazole <99BML961>. Hydrogenation reactions of some [l,2,3]triazolo[l,5-a]pyridines, [l,2,3]triazolo[l,5-a]quinolines, and [l,2,3]triazolo[l,5-a]isoquinolines were studied <99T12881>. 

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