Phthalazines, formation

When large groups, such as phenyl, bromo, ethoxycarbonyl or nitro are attached at position 3, the principal products are l-alkylcinnolin-4(l/f)-ones. Cyanoethylation and acetylation of cinnolin-4(l/f)-one takes place exclusively at N-1. Phthalazin-l(2/f)-ones give 2-substituted derivatives on alkylation and acylation. Alkylation of 4-hydroxyphthala2in-l(2/f)-one with an equimolar amount of primary halide in the presence of a base leads to 2-alkyl-4-hydroxyphthalazin-l(2/f)-one and further alkylation results in the formation of 4-alkoxy-2-alkylphthalazinone. Methylation of 4-hydroxy-2-methyl-phthalazinone with dimethyl sulfate in aqueous alkali gives a mixture of 4-methoxy-2-methylphthalazin-l(2/f)-one and 2,3-dimethylphthalazine-l,4(2//,3//)-dione, whereas methylation of 4-methoxyphthalazin-l(2/f)-one under similar conditions affords only 4-methoxy-2-methylphthalazinone. 

Addition of phenylmagnesium bromide to phthalazin-l(2//)-one or derivatives like 4-phenylphthalazin-l(2/f)-one, 4-phenylphthalazine-l(2/f)-thione and 2-substituted phthalazin-l(2//)-ones results in the formation of 1,4-diphenylphthalazines, while addition of organolithium compounds to phthalazin-l(2/f)-one gives the 4-substituted derivative. 

In a similar manner to the formation of pyridazines from AT-aminopyrroles, cinnolines or phthalazines are obtainable from the corresponding 1-aminooxindoles or 2-amino-phthalimides. If the relatively inaccessible 1-aminooxindoles are treated with lead tetraacetate, mercuric acetate, r-butyl hypochlorite (69JCS(C)772) or other agents, cinnolones are formed as shown in Scheme 105. The reaction was postulated to proceed via an intermediate... 

An ingenious synthesis of 1-arylisoindolcs has been developed by Vebor and Lwowski, based upon the reaction of an o-phthalimido-methylbenzophenone (41, R = aryl) with hydrazine (Table IV). The benzophenone is prepared by a Friedel-Crafts reaction with o-phthalimidomethylbenzoyl chloride (40). The mechanism of isoindole formation can be represented sehematically by a sequence involving attack by hydrazine at the imide to give the ring-opened hj drazide (42), followed by cyclization to phthalazine-l,4-dione (44) with displacement of the o-aminomethylbenzophenone (43). Intramolecular condensation of the latter can lead, via the isoindolenine... 

Palladium-catalyzed hydroarylation of sterically hindered PTAD adduct 157 with aryl halides in the presence of triphenylarsine, sodium acetate, and DMSO provides a 1 1 mixture of 170 and 171. The same reaction done with sodium fluoride and formic acid provides mixtures containing 171 as the major product. Apparently, the use of sodium fluoride as a base allows the selective formation of the opening products 171 in good yields (Equation 19). Similarly, the 2,3-phthalazine-l,4-dione adduct 172 provides the corresponding products 173 and 174 (Equation 20) <2002AGE3375>. 

With this in mind, the coordination chemistry of 52 with different diazine structural isomers was investigated. There were no detectable changes in the H NMR spectrum of 52 in a THF-Jg solution when either pyrazine or pyrimidine were added in 1 1 or 1 2 molar ratios, which suggested that only weak interactions might occur between 52 and these bases. In contrast, incremental addition of pyridazine or phthalazine to a THF-Jg solution of 52 at 25 °C resulted in an upheld shift of the aromatic NMR resonances of the diindacycle 52 thus reflecting the formation of complexes between 52 and the 1,2-diazines. Analysis of the tritration data clearly indicated the formation of 1 1 Lewis acid-diazine complexes 52-pyridazine-(THF)2 and 52-phthalazine-(THF)2 whose stability constants are equal to 80 ( 10) and 1000 ( 150) M respectively (Scheme 29). These data, as a whole, indicate that 52 is a selective receptor for 1,2-diazines. 

Hydrazone formation of pyridazine-3-hydrazines with aldoses, dialdofuranoses, and dialdopyranoses was studied by Stanovnik and co-workers. The respective hydrazones could be cyclized with Bt2 in MeOH or Pb(OAc)4 to j-triazolo[4,3-3]pyridazin-3-yl substituted polyols <1997JHC1115, 1998JHC513>. Similarly, 4-[(dimethylamino)-methylene]-l,8,8-trimethyl-2-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one was reacted with pyridazine-3-hydrazines and the resulting mixtures were subsequently treated with Pb(OAc)4. Besides j-triazolo[4,3-3]pyridazine formation also diazenes were obtained. This can be rationalized by the enehydrazine-hydrazone mixtures observed in the first reaction. For phthalazin-l-hydrazines only diazenes were obtained after oxidation <2005TA2927>. Also cyclizations of... 

A similar transformation was reported using a polyfunctional phthalazine derivative (7.2.) 4 It is interesting to note that the transmetalation of the borane was not selective with respect to the pyridyl group, formation of the product resulting from the transfer of the ethyl group was also observed. 

Figure 7.83 Possible routes for the metabolic activation of hydralazine. The oxidation of the hydrazine group may also involve the formation of a nitrogen-centered radical, which could also give rise to phthalazine with loss of nitrogen.

To explain the high enantioselectivity of the AD with the PHAL ligand in such a stepwise process. Sharpless proposed the formation of arrangement 12 with an L-shaped binding pocket that is built up by the phthalazine and one of the methoxyquinolines [26]. 

It was reported in 1993 that reaction of Ar-(2-bromoethyl)phthalimide with the dianion of isobutyric acid gave the aroylaziridine 1, and that treatment of 1 with hydrazine in ethanol at 60°C gave the phthalazin-1 (2//)-one 2. Tentative mechanisms were suggested for the formation of 1 and 2. It was subsequently rapidly established, however, that while the condensation of the phthalimide with the dianion was fully reproducible (almost quantitative crude yield), the structure of the product was not 1 as claimed. It was shown that the correct structure for the... 

Figure 5. CD within the near-UV region of azanaphthalenes after formation of inclusion complexes with B-cyclodextrin. Spectra are shown for (a) quinoline, (b) phthalazine, (c) isoquinoline, and (d) cinnoline (data adapted from reference [38]).

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