Pyrazinones, alkylation

Pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazin-8-one-7-carboxylic acids H NMR, 3, 249 Pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazinones alkylation, 3, 250... 

Alkylation of pyrazinones and quinoxalinones may be carried out under a variety of conditions and it is usually observed that while O-alkylation may occur under conditions of kinetic control, to yield the corresponding alkoxypyrazines or alkoxyquinoxalines, under thermodynamic control the A-alkylated products are formed. Alkylation using trialkyl-oxonium fluoroborate results in exclusive O-alkylation, and silylation under a variety of conditions (75MI21400) yields specifically the O-silylated products. Alkylation with methyl iodide or dimethyl sulfate invariably leads to A-methylation. 

It has been shown that cross-coupling reactions constitute a very mild method to introduce different alkyl and aryl groups to the most active C-3 position of the pyrazinone ring [26]. The broadly functionahzed 2-azadiene system of the title compounds was studied in cycloaddition reactions with various electron-reach and electron-poor dienophiles to provide highly substituted heterocycles [24]. 

For example, the sensitive imidoyl chloride moiety at the C-3 position of the pyrazinone scaffold is known to vmdergo Stille reactions with a variety of tetraaryltin reagents, generating the corresponding 3-substituted pyrazi-nones (Scheme 10) [26]. Furthermore, the transition-metal-catalyzed stannyl-ation at the C-3 position is also documented in the hterature, in view of cross-couphng with a variety of alkyl and (hetero)aryl hahdes [26]. However, this strategy is completely restricted to the C-3 position, while the Cl atom of C-5 position was found to be inert under these conditions. 

The Suzuki-Miyaura and Heck reactions were recently also reported under conventional heating conditions [39,40]. A variety of 3-chloro pyrazinones were reacted with commercially available (hetero)aryl boronic acids or the alkyl-9-BBN derivatives under either classical or slightly modified Suzuki conditions to generate the 3-substituted analogues, however having the drawback of longer reaction times of up to 12 h of reflux. 

In a typical reaction, a series of C - O linked pyrazinone-triazoles were irradiated with an excess (3.5 equiv) of DMAD in o-DCB. The reactions were completed in 6-20 min at 180 °C, using a maximum irradiation power of 200 W. After spontaneous elimination of the corresponding isocyanate or cyanogen chloride, the pyridines and pyridinones were formed in combined yields of 71-99%. It is noteworthy that the pyrazinones with an aryl moiety at the N-1 position yielded pyridines as major products, while those with ben-zyUc or alkyl ester moieties at the N-1 position furnished the corresponding pyridinones as major products. 

It has been shown that the imidoyl chloride moiety of 2(lff)-pyrazinones can imdergo an easy addition/elimination reaction with alkyl amines [24], while reactions with anilines proceed under harsher conditions. Ullmann coupling [109-113] of 2(lff)-pyrazinones with substituted anilines could open the way to the libraries of physiologically active compounds useful in inhibiting HIV replication [7]. Polymer-bound pyrazinone was successfully... 

Treatment of pyridones 638a (X = CH) <1997CHE596> and pyrazinones 638b (X = N) <1998JHC655> with - V-alkyl and W-aryl triazolidinediones provides tricyclic derivatives 639 containing the title bicyclic moiety in good yields (Equation 94). 

Most pyrazines are thermally stable, but pyrazinecarboxylic acids undergo decarboxylation at high temperature above 200 °C. This reaction is practically utilized for the synthesis of alkyl- or arylpyrazines, pyrazinones, and pyrazinamines from the corresponding pyrazinecarboxylic acids (Section 8.03.7.1). 

Ring nitrogens in pyrazines and the benzo derivatives react with electrophiles to form quaternary ammonium species such as iV-alkylpyrazinium salts and pyrazine iV-oxides. N-Alkylation has generally been performed by treatment with a reactive alkyl iodide. The N-1 nitrogen in 2(l//)-pyrazinone 5 is methylated using chloro(chloromethyl)dimethyl-silane followed by desilylation with cesium fluoride to yield l-methyl-2(l//)-pyrazinone <2000TL4933>. 

Numerous alkyl- and/or aryl-substituted 2(17/)-pyrazinones react with 47/-l,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione to give high yields of [4-I-2] adducts <1998JHC655>. 

The N-alkylation, N-arylation, and in particular N-heteroarylation of piperazines is an important process because of the common propensity (justified or not) for introducing a piperazino grouping into structures perceived as potentially bioactive in a variety of drug-related areas. The various routes to such N-alkylated piperazines are outlined in this section, which also includes examples of the N-alkylation of di- or tetrahydropyrazines the N-alkylation of (tautomeric) pyrazinones and the like is covered in Section 5.1.2.2. 

Irrespective of the type of reagent or the conditions used, alkylation of a tautomeric 2(l//)-pyrazinone usually gives an N-alkylated pyrazinone, sometimes accompanied by a smaller amount of the isomeric alkoxypyrazine. Occasionally, the alkoxypyrazine may predominate when a diazoalkane or trialkyloxonium tertafluo-roborate is used, when the steric and/or electronic factors associated with the reagent or substrate are favorable, or when the substrate s ring is partially reduced. 

The following alkylations illustrate the results to be expected from various types of tautomeric pyrazinones and a variety of reagents and conditions. The examples are grouped according to the type of substrate and the given percentages represent isolate yields except when stated otherwise. 

Methyl-2(lH)-pyrazinone (57) underwent quatemization to l-benzyl-3-methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydropyrazinium bromide (58) (PhCH2Br, EtOH, reflux, N2, 24 h 80%) that then gave the zwitterionic base, l-benzyl-5-methylpyrazin-l-ium-3-olate (59) [H20—MeOH, (Amberlite IRA-400, HO ) column 97% this indirect route offers a procedure for N-alkylation on a ring-N that is not adjacent to the oxo substituent] 341 l,5-dimethylpyrazin-l-ium-3-olate was made somewhat similarly.1478... 

Uni like alkylation, acylation of 2(l//)-pyrazinones usually occurs exclusively at oxygen to afford an acyloxy derivative only occasionally is an /V-acylpyrazi-none formed. The following examples will indicate the conditions, facility, and yields to be expected of such reactions ... 

Most alkoxy- or aryloxypyrazines have been made by primary synthesis (see Chapters 1 and 2), by addition of alcohols to alkynylpyrazines (see Section 3.2.4.9), by alcoholysis or phenolysis of halogenopyrazines (see Sections 4.2.3 and 4.4), by O-alkylation of tautomeric pyrazinones or extranuclear hydroxypyrazines (see Sections 5.1.2.2 and 5.2.2), or by epoxidation of alkenylpyrazines (see Section 3.2.4.1). Some of the few remaining routes (presently of minor preparative value) are illustrated briefly in the following recent examples ... 

Tautomeric pyrazinones may be rendered nontautomeric by O-alkylation to afford alkoxypyrazines (see Section 5.3.1) or by N-alkylation to furnish 1-alkyl-2( I //(-pyrazinones or l-alkylpyrazinium-3-olates (see Section 5.1.2.2). 

Most such pyrazinones have been made by primary synthesis (Chapters 1 and 2) or N-alkylation of tautomeric pyrazinones (Section 5.1.2.2). The minor route by rearrangement of alkoxypyrazines (H 184) appears to be unpresented in recent literature, but there are examples of the hydrolysis of nontautomeric iminopyrazines to corresponding pyrazinones. Thus 3-imino-4-methyl-3, 4-dihy-dro-2-pyrazinamine hydriodide (191, R = H) (i.e., 2,3-diamino-l-methyl-pyrazinium iodide) underwent hydrolysis in 2 M sodium hydroxide during 1 h at 100°C to afford 3-amino-1 -methyl-2(l//)-pyrazinonc (192, R = H) ( 40%) without any evidence of Dimroth rearrangement to 3-methylamino-2-pyrazinamine 1008 l-methyl-3-methylamino-2(l//)-pyrazinimine (191, R = Me) likewise gave 1-methyl-3-methylamino-2(l//)-pyrazinone (192, R = Me) ( 50%) 1008 and other examples have been reported.598... 

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