Phosphorus trichloride, cyclizations using

Phosphorus trichloride in benzene is reported to effect mild and fast cyclization. It has been used for synthesis of 2,3-dialkyl- and 2,3-diaryl-indoles[8-ll]. Table 7.2 presents some typical Fischer indolization reactions using both the traditional and more recently developed reaction conditions. 

The preparation of furans by acid catalyzed dehydration of 1,4-diketones followed by cyclization of the monoenol has been comprehensively reviewed (69RCR389). This method of furan preparation is useful for all 1,4-diketones which are not sterically hindered with the highly hindered l,4-bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)-l,4-butanedione no cyclization occurs (50JA5754). Although sulfuric acid is normally used for cyclization, hydrochloric acid was employed in the conversion of a 1,2-diacylethylene to a furylacrylic acid derivative (59MIP31200). Other reagents used for this purpose include polyphosphoric acid, phosphorus trichloride, zinc chloride and DMSO. Both DMSO and phosphoric esters provide neutral... 

The synthesis of indoles by the Fischer method has been the subject of a review, where phosphorus trichloride and polyphosphoric acid were used as cyclizing agents [6], Although the first publication on the synthesis of phosphorus-containing indoles appeared in 1930 [7], reviews on this subject are few. The treatment of the subject in [8] was fragmentary, while the review [9] covered the literature up to 1975. It is also possible to mention [10], which was devoted to the phosphorylation of pyrrole and its carbonyl derivatives. 

Dimethyl-1,3-henzotellurazole was similarly obtained in 46% yield using phosphorus trichloride to induce cyclization. ... 

As shown in eq. 3 (p. 9) the reaction of acyl arylhydrazines with jS-ketoesters forms 2-aryl-3-pyrazolin-5-ones.679,849,984,988,1001 The aeyl group is lost in the cyclization and these products have no N-l substituent. Formyl-, acetyl- and benzoylhydrazines may be used. This is a very frequently employed method for preparation of 2-aryl-3-pyrazoIin-5-ones. The condensing agents generally used have been phosphorus trichloride, phosphorus oxychloride and phosphorus penta-chloride. A modification of this, also mentioned earlier, has been the condensation of a symmetrically substituted hydrazine with a j8-ketoester to give l,2-disubstituted-3-pyrazolin-5-ones.54,370 The sub-... 

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