Knoevenagel/cyclocondensation reaction

Keywords Aldehydes, malononitrile, C-H activated acids, urea, organocatalyst, ethanol-water (1 1), room temperature, tandem Knoevenagel-cyclocondensation, one-pot three-component reaction, chemoselectivity, functionalized 2-amino-3-cyano-4//-pyrans and pyran annulated heterocycles... 

Keywords Salicylic aldehydes, malononitrile, cyclic secondary amines/thiols, sodium formate, ethanol, room temperature, one-pot multicomponent reaction, tandem Knoevenagel-cyclocondensation, benzopyrano[2,3- f pyrimidmes/2-amino-4-arylsulfanyl-4//-chromene-3-corbonitriles... 

According to the classical Hantzsch synthesis of pyridine derivatives, an a,(5-unsaturated carbonyl compound is first formed by Knoevenagel condensation of an aldehyde with a P-dicarbonyl compound. The next step is a Michael reaction with another equivalent of the P-dicarbonyl compound (or its enamine) to form a 1,5-diketone, which finally undergoes a cyclocondensation with ammonia to give a 1,4-dihydropyridine with specific symmetry in its substitution pattern. 

A series of tetrasubstituted thiazole derivatives 28 has been prepared via a multi-component tandem protocol <07T10054>. Reaction of bis(aroylmethyl)sulfides 23 with aryl aldehydes and ammonium acetate in 1 2 1 ratio under solvent-free microwave irradiation affords 28 in good yields. This reaction presumably starts with Knoevenagel condensation of sulfide with 2 equiv. of aryl aldehydes to give 24. Michael addition with ammonia and concomitant cyclocondensation lead to 26. Base-catalyzed ring opening of 26 to 27 and ring... 

Less common are literature examples in which mechanochemical reaction was carried out at elevated temperature. Naimi-Jamal reported the heating of double-walled ball-mill beaker equipped with fittings for circulating water at 96°C (boiling water as circulant) [45]. One-pot solvent-free synthesis of pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4(lFf,3F0-diones 154 was achieved by simply ball milling a stioichiometric mixture of an aromatic aldehyde, malononitrile, and barbituric acid, without addition of solvent and catalyst (Scheme 2.53). Quantitative yields were obtained (Table 2.47) and products generally did not require purification, the solid products were just dried at 80°C in vacuum and recrystaUized, if necessary. Reaction presumably takes place by initial Knoevenagel condensation of aromatic aldehyde with malononitrile to afford the intermediate Michael acceptor, which subsequently reacts with barbituric acid. Tautomerization of Michael adduct is followed by intramolecular cyclocondensation and another tautomerization to afford pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4(177,37f)-diones 154. 

Mechanistically, this transformation was proposed to start by the formation of enaminone 5 from 1 and L-Pro, which is faster than a similar reaction starting from 3, followed by a Knoevenagel reaction with 3 and subsequent hydrolysis to give 6. A Michael addition of 2 to 6 followed by a final cyclocondensation with loss of a molecule of water would explain the isolation of the final dihydropyridine 4 [9],... 

Like many other MCRs, the Hantzsch protocol usually commences with a condensation reaction that produces an imine from the amine and aldehyde. In this case, however, the Knoevenagel adduct undergoes addition by the nucleophilic p-keto ester, which generates the intermediary dihydropyranol. Ammonium acetate addition then finally initiates the expected cyclocondensation to give the aminal. Although the... 

Aldol Condensation Claisen Condensation Claisen-Schmidt Condensation Cyclocondensation Friedlander Condensation Isay Condensation Knoevenagel Condensation Pechmann Reaction Ugi Condensation... 

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