Piperidones, preparation

The solution of phenyl-lithium is cooled to -20°C and to this a solution of 12.7 grams of 1,3-dimethyl-4-piperidone, prepared according to the method of Howton, J. Org. Chem. 

The solution of phenyl-lithium is cooled to -20°C and to this a solution of 12.7 grams of l,3-dimethyl-4-piperidone, prepared according to the method of Howton, J. Org. Chem. 10, 277 (1945), in ether is added dropwise with stirring. After the addition, the stirring is continued for a further 2 hours at -20°C. The lithium complex, l,3-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4-oxylithium piperidine, which forms is soluble in the ether and can be recovered there from. To prepare the piperidinol, the lithium complex, while in the reaction mixture is decomposed by the addition of an ice and hydrochloric acid mixture. The acidified layer is separated, basified and extracted with ether. After drying the ether solution and removing the solvent, the residue on distillation in vacuum distills chiefly at 155°C/10 mm, yielding the product, l,3-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4-hydroxypiperidine, which, on crystallization from n-hexane melts at 102°C. On treatment with propionic anhydride catalyzed with a trace of sulfuric acid,... 

A special application of the Japp-Klingemann/Eischer sequence is in the preparation of tryptamines from piperidone-3-carboxylate salts, a method which was originally developed by Abramovitch and Shapiro[2]. When the piperidone is subjected to Japp-Klingemann coupling under mildly alkaline conditions decarboxylation occurs and a 3-hydrazonopiperidin-2-one is isolated. Fischer cyclization then gives 1-oxotetrahydro-p-carbolines which can be hydrolysed and decarboxylated to afford the desired tryptamine. 

This method of preparation has been developed primarily by Lukes (103,104). N-Methyl lactams (117) with five- and six-membered rings plus Grignard reagents yield the l-methyl-2-alkyl pyrroUnes (118, = 1) and l-methyl-2-alkylpiperideines(118, n = 2), respectively, plus 2,2-dialkylated bases (119) as by-products (103). For example, l,3-dimethyl-2-piperidone... 

The treatment of esters of aromatic acids with l-alkyl-2-pyrrolidones and l-alkyl-2-piperidones is an extremely useful method for the preparation of simple pyrrolines and piperideines, respectively. The l-alkyl-3-aroyl-2-... 

In an approach to opioid receptor ligands,diazabicyclononanones were prepared in a double Petrenko-Kritschenko reaction. Diester 76, in the presence of methylamine and aryl aldehydes, was converted to piperidone 77. This was immediately resubmitted to the reaction conditions however, in this iteration formaldehyde replaced the aryl aldehyde component. The outcome of this reaction produced 78 which was further investigated for its use in rheumatoid arthritis. 

A variety of l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-j8-carbolines have been prepared from 3-piperidone phenylhydrazone derivatives. Used initially to obtain pentacyclic derivatives (35) related to the yohimbe alkaloids, this route was later extended to the synthesis of tetracyclic compounds (36). l-Methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-j8-carboline (37) was prepared in low yield by heating cyclohexanone 2-methyl-3-pyridylhydrazone with zinc chloride, a synthesis probably based on the similar preparation of the tetracyclic compound 38 starting from the corresponding quinolylhydrazine. Abramovitch and Adams extended this approach to the cyclization of cyclohexanone 3-pyri-dylhydrazone (39) itself. The main product was 6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-8-carboline (40), a smaller amount of the j8-isomer (41) also being obtained. This provides a convenient and readily reproducible route to the otherwise difficultly accessible 8-carboline ring system. The favored attack at carbon-2 over carbon-4 of the pyridine nucleus... 

Tetrahydrocarboline derivatives have recently been synthesized from 2-o-nitroarylated cyclohexanone derivatives. Thus, reductive cyclization of 3-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-l-methyl-4-piperidone (68) (prepared by the reaction of 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene with l-methyl-4-A-pyrrolidmo-3-piperideine) gave 7-amino-2-methyl-l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-y-carboline (69). Neither catalytic nor chemical reduction of the... 

Reaction of malononitrile and quinazolinone 429 in the presence of three drops of NEts yielded pyrido[2,l-Z)]quinazolinone 430 (97MI7). 9,11-Dioxo-5,9-dihydro-l l//-pyrido[2,l-Z)]quinoline-8-carboxylates 432 were prepared in the reaction of anthranilonitrile and 2-piperidones 431 in boiling EtOH in the presence of AcOH (00JCS(P1)3686, 00PS133). 

The search for opioid analgesics which show reduced addiction liability ha.s centered largely on benzomorphan and morphinan derivatives. Some research has, however, been devoted to derivatives of the structurally simpler meperidine series. The preparation of one such compound, picenadol (59), starts with the reaction of N-methyl-4-piperidone with the lithium derivative from m-methoxybromobenzene. Dehydration of the first formed carbinol 51 gives the intermediate 52. Deprotonation by means of butyl lithium gives an anion which can be depicted in the ambident form 53. In the event, treatment of the anion with propyl bromide gives the product 54 from reaction of the benzylic anion. Treatment of that product, which now contains an eneamine function. 

The starting material is prepared by reacting 1-benzyl-4-piperidone with aniline, reducing the condensation product with lithium aluminum hydride, reacting the product thus obtained with propionic anhydride, than hydrogen. 

PA-5 can be synthesized by die anionic ring-opening polymerization of a-piperidone.12 First the catalyst, A -acetyl piperidone, is prepared. Then the polymerization is performed anionically, well below its melting temperature. 

Heating the oxime with 85% sulfuric acid to prepare 2-piperidone caused eruption of the stirred flask contents. Benzenesulfonyl chloride in alkali is a less vigorous reagent [1], A similar reaction using 70% acid and methanol solvent proceeded uneventfully until vacuum distillation to remove volatiles had been completed at 90° C (bath)/27 mbar when the dark residue exploded [2],... 

Pyrroloimidazopyridines can be prepared readily by an interesting reaction between 6-aminomethyl-2-piperidone and the vinyldiketo ester 288. This initially gives compound 289, which can be converted into the pyrroloimidazo-piperidine 290 upon treatment with pyridinium />-toluenesulfonate <1990JOC5821> (Scheme 79). 

A new route has been developed for the efficient formation of the variably substituted indolo[2,3-a]quinolizine ring system, starting from a properly substituted 2-piperidone (103, 104). For the preparation of octahydroindolo-quinolizine (1), the unsubstituted 2-piperidone 139 was treated with triethox-onium tetrafluoroborate. Then the corresponding lactim ether 140 was alkylated with 3-chloroacetylindole followed by a subsequent two-step reduction process and Bischler-Napieralski ring closure. Finally, reduction of the C=N bond afforded ( )-l (104). 

Heat 85.5 g 3-carbethoxy-2-piperidone and 30 g KOH in 1 L water for twelve hours at 30°. Filter, cool to 0°, add 50 ml 6N HCI. Prepare a fresh solution by diazotizing at 0-5° a mixture of 85 g 3-amino-4-Cl-acetophenone, 250 ml concentrated HCI and 750 ml water with a solution of 36 g Na nitrite in 125 ml water. Add the piperidone solution at 0° to the diazonium salt solution and stir five hours at 10°. Filter, wash precipitate with water to get 80% yield of the hydrazone (1) (recrystallize-95% ethanol). Reflux 62 g (I) in 310 ml 88% formic acid to get 40 g of the carboline (II) (recrystallize-absolute ethanol) (test for activity). Reflux 40 g (II), 100 g KOH, 480 ml ethanol and 360 ml water for eighteen hours and evaporate in vacuum. Add 480 ml water to the residue, cool and adjust pH to 6 with glacial acetic acid. Scratch glass to precipitate filter, wash precipitate with cold water to get 41 g 4-acetyl-2-COOH-7-CI-tryptamine (recrystallize-50% ethanol) which can be alkylated to the active dialkyltryptamine as described elsewhere here. 

Boronic acids 96 and 97 couple very well with vinyl triflates 98 and 99 under typical Suzuki conditions (Pd(PPh3)4/Na2C03/LiCl/DME) to give indoles 100 and 101, respectively, in 76-92% yield [115, 116]. Enol triflates 98 and 99 were prepared in good yield (73-86%) from N-substituted 3-piperidones, wherein the direction of enolization (LDA/THF/-78 °C PhNTf2) is dictated by the tf-substituent. 

N-Methyl-2-phenyl-A2-tetraJiydropyridine and similar compounds have previously been prepared by the hydrolysis and decarboxylation of a-benzoyl-N-methyl-2-piperidone3 and by the addition of phenyl Grignard reagents to N-methyl-2-piperidone followed by dehydration.4 Both of these methods require that a heterocyclic ring already be present in the system. In contrast, this procedure offers a new flexible route to the construction of five- or six-membered heterocyclic rings which may easily be incorporated into a larger polycyclic product. Several examples of this process that can be cited to demonstrate this utility are... 

Tetracyclic benzo[/]-4-oxopyrrolo[l,2-fl]thieno[3,2-c]azepine 103a, as well as its piperidone homolog 103b, can be prepared through intramolecular N-acyliminium ion cyclization of hydroxylactams 102 (Scheme 20 (2001 HI 519)). 

The bicyclic tropane ring of cocaine of course presented serious synthetic difficulties. In one attempt to find an appropriate substitute for this structural unit, a piperidine was prepared that contained methyl groups at the point of attachment of the deleted ring. Condensation of acetone with ammonia affords the piperidone, 17. Isophorone (15) may well be an intermediate in this process conjugate addition of ammonia would then give the aminoketone, 16. Further aldol reaction followed by ammonolysis would afford the observed product. Hydrogenation of the piperidone (18) followed then by reaction with benzoyl chloride gives the ester, 19. Ethanolysis of the nitrile (20) affords alpha-eucaine (21), an effective, albeit somewhat toxic, local anesthetic. 

Tertiary N-butynylamine 48 when oxidized generates an N-oxide intermediate that is cyclized in situ via gold catalysis to give bicyclic piperidone 49 (09JA8394). As amine 48 can be prepared readily, the overall transformation constitutes a formal [4+2] synthesis. 

A related sequence was used by Kozikowski and Park (74) to prepare the ring skeleton of streptazolin (200), a compound that exhibits antibacterial and antifungal effects. In this approach, the tricyclic isoxazoline intermediate 198 was formed in the key cycloaddition step (Scheme 6.86). Thus, the reaction of oxime 197 (obtained from 4-piperidone) with sodium hypochlorite-triethylamine afforded tricyclic isoxazoline 198 in very good yield. This cycloadduct was converted to p-hydroxyketone 199 by reduction/hydrolysis using Raney Ni in the presence of acetic acid. Racemic streptazolin (200) was obtained from 199 in several additional steps (74). 

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