Nitrogen, heterocyclic compounds pyrrolidine

Various schemes have been proposed to explain the production of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds, such as pyrrolidines and piperidines, from proline. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds are often potent flavouring chemicals. 

As discussed in Chapter 6, nitro compounds are converted into amines, oximes, or carbonyl compounds. They serve as usefid starting materials for the preparation of various heterocyclic compounds. Especially, five-membered nitrogen heterocycles, such as pyrroles, indoles, ind pyrrolidines, are frequently prepared from nitro compounds. Syntheses of heterocyclic compounds using nitro compounds are described partially in Chapters 4, 6 and 9. This chapter focuses on synthesis of hetero-aromadcs fmainly pyrroles ind indolesi ind saturated nitrogen heterocycles such as pyrrolidines ind their derivadves. 

Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds, including 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroqui-noline, piperidine, pyrrolidine and indoline, are also popular hydrogen donors for the reduction of aldehydes, alkenes, and alkynes [75, 76]. With piperidine as hydrogen donor, the highly reactive 1-piperidene intermediate undergoes trimer-ization or, in the presence of amines, an addition reaction [77]. Pyridine was not observed as a reaction product. 

The synthesis of oxygen- and nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds by anionic cyclization of unsaturated organolithium compounds has been reviewed recently. " Broka and Shen reported the first intramolecular reaction of an unstabilized a-amino-organolithium compound using reductive lithiation of an A,5-acetal derived from a homoaUylic secondary amine (Scheme 21). Just one example was reported treatment with lithium naphthalenide gave the pyrrolidine product, predominantly as the cis isomer. 

Since proline already contains a pyrrolidine ring it provides a potential source of nitrogen heterocyclics in the MaiUard reaction, and a number of proline-con-taining model systems have been examined. Tressl et al. [32] identified more than 120 proline-specific compounds in the reaction of proline or hydroxypro-line with various sugars. These include pyrrolines, pyrroles, pyridines, indolines, pyrrolizines and azepines, but relatively few of the compounds have been identified among food volatiles. 

Heterocyclic compounds containing a nitrogen atom commonly undergo N-alkylation or C-alkylation. N-Methyl pyrrole can be prepared by interaction of methyl iodide with potassium pyrrole (40%). N-Carbethoxy pyrrole is made from chloroformic ester and potassium pyrrole. The C-alkylation of pyrroles has been discussed. 3-Alkylindoles are made by the alkylation and decarboxylation of indole-2-carboxylic acid. The conditions for alkylation of pyrrolidine are analogous to those employed for the alkylation of a secondary amine. Thus, pyrrolidine on treatment with n-butyl bromide and potassium hydroxide in boiling benzene is con-... 

Heterocyclic compounds hold a special place among pharmaceutically significant natural products and synthetic compounds. The synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles such as substituted azetidines, pyrrolidines, piperidines, azepanes, 2V-substituted 2,3-dihydro-1//-isoindoles, 4,5-dihydropyrazoles, pyrazolidines and 1,2-dihydrophthalazines has been accomplished in an aqueous medium under the influence of MWs (Scheme 8.15).2" ... 

As the title denotes, this chapter deals with the conversion of carbohydrate derivatives into five-membered heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen. The types of target compounds are (1) hydroxymethylpyrrolidines, (2) carboxypyrrolidines, (3) aralkyl pyrrolidines and... 

A large number of heterocyclic compounds of oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur are prepared by condensation of di- or poly-functional compounds. Nitrogen-containing heterocycles by the thousands have been prepared by such reactions. The simplest such reaction is one leading to the preparation of a pyrrolidine or piperidine derivative. The synthesis of pyrrolidine may be accomplished by reaction of ammonia and 1,4-dichlorobutane in a stepwise process that may include an intramolecular displacement of chloride from the aminoalkyl chloride [Eq. (31)] or of ammonia from the aminoalkyl amine hydrochloride" [Eq. (32)] each process is known to occur. 

Three-membered Ring Nitrogen Heterocycles Four-membered Ring Nitrogen Heterocycles Pyrrolidines and Related Compounds Piperidines and Related Heterocycles... 

The strain energies of these five-membered heterocycles are relatively small with values of 23.5, 24.8 and S.SkJmoF estimated for tetrahydrofuran, pyrrolidine and tetrahy-drothiophene respectively (74PMH(6)199). The closeness of the values for the two former compounds reflects the almost identical covalent radii of oxygen (0.66 A) and nitrogen (0.70 A) atoms. The sulfur atom with a much larger covalent radius of 1.04 A causes a... 

Of the several syntheses available for the phenothiazine ring system, perhaps the simplest is the sulfuration reaction. This consists of treating the corresponding diphenylamine with a mixture of sulfur and iodine to afford directly the desired heterocycle. Since the proton on the nitrogen of the resultant molecule is but weakly acidic, strong bases are required to form the corresponding anion in order to carry out subsequent alkylation reactions. In practice such diverse bases as ethylmagnesium bromide, sodium amide, and sodium hydride have all been used. Alkylation with (chloroethyl)diethylamine affords diethazine (1), a compound that exhibits both antihista-minic and antiParkinsonian activity. Substitution of w-(2-chloroethyl)pyrrolidine in this sequence leads to pyrathiazine (2), an antihistamine of moderate potency. 

Alkaloids are basic plant natural products that typically have a nitrogen atom as part of a heterocyclic ring system and indeed are classified on this basis. Thus major classes of alkaloids are based on indole, isoquinoline, pyrrolidine, piperidine, pyrrolizidine, quinoline, tropane, quinolizidine or other heterocyclic ring systems. Other alkaloids are basic monoterpenoid, sesquiterpenoid, diterpenoid, steroid, purine, pyrimidine or peptide entities. Some of these compounds are exceptionally toxic [1,6, 7-12]. 

Five- and six-membered heterocycles, containing either a nitrogen or oxygen atom, and in particular pyrrolidine rings, are very important in natural products synthesis. There are many methods by which all these compounds may be synthesized and new routes to this target are constantly being sought. 

Fig. 13.35. Enders RAMP method for the generation of enantiomerically pure a-alky-lated carbonyl compounds RAMP, (/ )-aminoprolinol methyl ether or R-l-amino-2-(methoxymethyl)pyrrolidine. While hydrazones derived from ketones, such as compound E, are methylated at the doubly bound nitrogen, the methyla-tion of the corresponding aldehyde-derived hydrazones preferentially occurs at the nitrogen atom of the heterocycle.

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