Pyrid-2- and -4-ones

In 1951, Witkop et al. interpreted the infrared spectra of quinol-2-and -4-ones to favor the oxo formulation. Since then, many investigators, especially Mason, have reported that potential a- and y-hydroxy compounds show infrared absorption bands in the vN—H (3500-3360 cm ) and vC—O (1780-1550 cm ) regions of the spectrum and, hence, exist predominantly in the oxo form references to this work appear in Table I. A study of the bands which occur in the NH-stretching region of the infrared spectra of a series of substituted pyrid-2-ones and quinol-2-ones also supported an oxo formulation for these compounds. Detailed band assignments have been published for pyrid-2- and -4-one. Mason has reported that solutions of j8-hydroxy compounds in chloroform or carbon tetrachloride show... 

Pyrid-2- and -4-one are protonated on the oxygen atom, rather than at nitrogen, in view of the mesomeric stabilization this affords, e.g. (104) (76AHC(S1)84). The anion of pyrid-2-one carries the negative charge mainly on the oxygen atom <66JCS(B)996). 

Between 1951 and 1953 investigations by three English groups clearly demonstrated the preponderance of the oxo forms of pyrimidin-2- and -4-ones by comparing the ultraviolet spectra of these compounds with those of the N and 0-alkylated derivatives, The o-quinonoid form 91 (R = H) is favored by the evidence that A -methylation of the 6-methyl derivative of 89a does not cause a bathochromic shift in the ultraviolet spectrum (A -methylation of pyrid-4-one causes a bathochromic shift, but this is not observed for pyrid-2-one) The isomeric A -methyl derivatives of pyrimidin-4-ones [e.g., 91 (R = Me) and 90 (R = Me)] form similar cations (e.g., 92 and 93), and hence the equilibrium constant between... 

Cycloadditions, although relatively rare, are not unknown in heterocyclic systems. The first documented example was the photodimerization of pyrid-2-one a reinvestigation of this reaction has established that three other isomeric [ 4 + 4] dimers are formed in low yield in addition to the originally reported trans-anti dimer (264).215 Attempts to effect analogous cycloadditions in a series of l,T-polymethylenedipyrid-2-ones were unsuccessful, [ 2 + 2] and [ 4 + 2] additions being preferred.216 Thus,... 

Quaternary derivatives of 2- and 4 halogenopyridines are readily hydrolysed. Thus, alkali converts 2-chloro-l-phenacylpyridinium bromide into l-phenacylpyrid-2-one 4 , and other examples are known 28, 33ia, 949, Acid hydrolysis also occurs 28 that of l-ethyl-2-iodo-3- and -5-methylpyridinium iodides is accompanied by the formation of iodinated products 28, 4-Halo-geno-l-(4 -pyridyl)pyridinium chlorides give l-(4 -pyridyl)pyrid-4-one i7. 

The foregoing conclusions are further supported by a refined X-ray analysis of pyrid-2-one, which indicated that the mobile hydrogen atom is attached to the nitrogen atom in the solid state and that individual molecules are bound into helices by N—H- -0 hydrogen bonds. An oxo structure is also indicated by the molar refractivity of pyrid-2-one. The dipole moment of 4-methoxypyridine is ca. 3.0 debyes in dioxane, whereas the values for pyrid-4-one and its 1-methyl derivative are much higher, ca. 6.0 debyes indicating the... 

Cyclic dienes also react readily with ADC compounds although in many cases the initial adducts are not isolable. 1-Substituted pyrid-2-ones give Diels-Alder adducts with ADC compounds, although 2-pyridone itself gives only the substitution product (e.g., 113).174 2-Pyrone gives a 1 2 adduct with PTAD, since the initial adduct (114) rapidly loses C02 to generate a diene which then reacts with more PTAD.175 The initial adducts of ADC compounds with cyclopentadienones,176 and 3,4-dimethyl-1-phenylphos-phole 1-sulfide (115)177 also regenerate a diene by loss of CO and PhP=S, respectively. 

Ammonia or an amine can also be introduced between a terminal aldehyde or a ketone and a suitably placed double or triple bond, although the method is of limited use. A poor yield of 4-picoline is obtained when the aldehyde (262) is treated with ammonia or an ammonium salt (49JCS1430) and dihydroquinolines from the phenylethyl ketones (263) and hydroxylamine (76MI20800). More commonly, cyclization occurs by insertion of ammonia, amines or hydroxylamine between two triple or double bonds in the former case, pyrid-4-ones (264) are obtained (54BSF734) in the latter, a piperid-4-one (265) results (1897CB231). Amines have also been used to give N -substituted piperid-4-ones (70OMR(2)197>. In these cases a double 1,4-addition must be involved in the cyclization of the unsaturated nitrile... 

The biomimetic approach to the synthesis of new siderophores has not been restricted to studies in the USA Kontoghiorghes241 242,269) has synthesized hydroxypyridones (34, 35) and demonstrated their ability to mobilize iron(III) from ferritin. Intragastric administration of l,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-pyrid-4-one (34) proved to be as effective as intramuscular DFOA in mobilizing iron from the iron-overloaded rat. This effectiveness of an orally administered chelating agent is particularly noteworthy. 

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