1 -Methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridines, reaction

Using trimethylsilyl triflate, a one-pot reaction of acetoxyallylation and O-silylation of nitrones, gave silylated hydroxylamines (673). Enantiomers of the naturally occurring alkaloid dihydropinidine, potential antifeedants against the pine weevil Hylobius abietis, were prepared by diastereoselective, dimethylzinc mediated addition of pinacolyl 2-propenylboronate to (/ )- and to (S )-2-methyl tetrahydropyridine-A-oxide, obtained from D-alanine and L-alanine, respectively (Scheme 2.190) (674). 

The synthesis of isoquinolinone carboxylates by Diels-Alder reaction was carried out by using arecoline (or its isomer methyl tetrahydropyridine carboxylate) with Danishefsky s diene under thermal and microwave conditions. It was found that with microwave technique, higher yields of the adduct were achieved as well as a new a, P-unsaturated pyridyl ketone was also formed (Jankowski et al., 2001). 

The reaction of 1-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine 62 and azides 50a-c in dry ether at 25°C afforded the l-methylpiperidylidene-2-sulfon(cyan)amides 65a-c in good yield (82JHC1259). The reaction proceeds via a triazoline intermediate 63, which loses nitrogen to afford 65. The elimination of nitrogen from triazoline intermediate 63 occurs by two possible mechanisms [68JCS(C)277]. In path A, the 63 could eliminate nitrogen to give first an unstable 2,7-diazabicyclo[4.1.0]heptane... 

Alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines on reaction with peracids undergo either extensive decomposition or biomimetic oxidation to A-alkylpyridinum salts (98JOC10001). However, A-methoxycarbonyl derivatives of 1,4- and 1,2-dihydro-pyridines (74) and (8a) react with m-CPBA to give the methyl tmns-2- 2>-chlorobenzoyloxy)-3-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine-l-carboxylate (75) and methyl rran.s-2-(3-chlorobenzoyloxy)-3-hydroxy-l,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-l-carboxylate (76) in 65% and 66% yield, respectively (nonbiomimetic oxidation). The reaction is related to the interaction of peracids with enol ethers and involves the initial formation of an aminoepoxide, which is opened in situ by m-chlorobenzoic acid regio- and stereoselectively (57JA3234, 93JA7593). 

In a similar manner, overnight refluxing of 1-methyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-3-carbonitrile (112) with p-chlorothiophenol (108) at 100°C gave a Michael addition product as a 1 1 mixture of two isomers 113a and 113b in 70% total yield (Fig. 3). However, if the reaction was carried out at low temperature for 4 hours, kinetic isomer 113a was detected in 50% yield (84JHC981). 

Alkylation of the tetrahydropyridine, 52 (obtained by reaction of a suitable protected derivative of 4-piperidone followed by dehydration and deprotection), with chloroacetonitrile affords 53, Reduction of the cyano group gives the diamine (54). Reaction of this intermediate with the S-methyl ether of thiourea affords guancycline (55). 

Phenyl-l,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrido[2,l- ][l,3]thiazino[3,2- ]quinolin-6-ones were prepared by the reaction of 2-mercapto-5-phenyl-l,4-dihydroquinolin-4-ones with 1,3-dihalopropane <1997JAK97/278780>. 7-Acetyl-2-aryl-9-cyano-6-methyl-8-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-277,877-pyrido[2,l- ][l,3]thiazin-4-ones were obtained from 5-acetyl-3-cyano-6-methyl-4-phenyl-l,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine-2-thione with 3-aryl-2-propenoyl chloride <2002CHE761>. Reaction... 

Of the two analogs, MPPP poses a somewhat more serious threat to users because a highly toxic by-product, l-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), is sometimes formed during its synthesis. MPTP forms during the synthesis of MPPP if the pH of the reaction solution is too low or the reaction temperature is too high. Thus, errors that might appear relatively minor to an inexperienced chemist can result in a contaminated product (MPPP + MPTP) that is highly toxic to users. 

More recently, Menendez et al. reported a closely related four-component access to tetrahydropyridines, the amino alcohol being replaced by a primary amine and an alcohol. Thus, the cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate (CAN)-catalyzed reaction between primary aliphatic amines, 1,3-dicarbonyls, cx,p-unsaturated aldehydes, and alcohols resulted in the formation of 6-aUcoxy-2-methyl-l,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridines with... 

Figure 6.5 Hydrogen-bond donors (50mol% loading) screened for the reaction of nitrone 6-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine N-oxide and TMSCN at -78°C. The yields and reaction times are given for the resulting adducts.

Reaction of methyl 4-amino-l-benzyl-l,2,5>6-tetrahydropyridine-3-carboxylate 601 with ethyl isothiocyanoacetate in refluxing pyridine or ethyl iV-[bis(methylthio)methylene]glycinate (BMMA reagent) in AcOH at reflux temperature gave the pyrido[4,3-r7 pyrimidines 603 and 604, respectively, via intermediate 602 (Equation 50) <2001H(55)115>. 

In sharp contrast to the development of the [4 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of electron-rich 2-azadienes, reports dealing with the chemistry of electron-poor 2-azadienes remained unknown until a few years ago. In fact, the first cycloaddition of an electron-withdrawing substituted 2-azadiene was observed in 1986 by Wulff and Bohnke [86AG(E)90] while they were preparing dehydroaminoacid derivatives (Scheme 48). They isolated AL(arylmethylene)dehydroalanine methyl esters 208 by dehydration of the Schiff base of the serine methyl ester 207 and found that it dimerized through a [4 + 2] cycloaddition to give tetrahydropyridine derivative 209 in 56% yield as a sole diasteroisomer. 

The 4 + 2-cycloaddition of 2-substituted 1,2-dihydropyridines with nitrosoben-zene produces [2.2.2]bicycloadducts, which are readily reduced by alane to trans-2-substituted 3-amino-l,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridines stereospeciflcally.123 The intramolec- (g) ular nitroso-Diels-Alder reaction of a-acetoxynitroso derivatives in aqueous medium produces 3,6-dihydro-l,2-oxazines in high yield.124 The nitroso-Diels-Alder reaction of acyclic OTIPS-dienes (115) and 6-methyl-2-nitrosopyridine (114) in the presence of (g) [Cu(MeCN)4(difluorosegphos)]PF6 yielded the dihydro 1,2-oxazine cycloadduct (116) with high yield and enantioselectivity (Scheme 33). 125 (Fe)... 

There has been extensive research into electrophilic additions to 3-substituted-l,4-dihydropyridines, such as N-methyl-3-cyano-l,4-dihydropyridine 138, which readily undergoes addition across the more reactive enamine-like 5,6-alkene to give 2,3,5-trisubstituted-l,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridines (Scheme 38) <1998JOC2728, 2000CEJ1763, 2003TL8449>. In an unusual example, the reaction with sulfinyl chlorides and triethylamine results in the formation of the 1,4-dihydropyridine sulfoxide 139, where in the absence of an additional nucleophile, the iminium intermediate is deprotonated to yield the monosubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridine product 139. 

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