Pyridine-3-carbaldehyde, reaction with

In the course of the continuing study [9a,b] on the enantioselective addition of dialkylzincs to aldehydes by using chiral amino alcohols such as diphenyl(l-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methanol (45) (DPMPM) [48] A. A -dibutylnorephedrine 46 (DBNE) [49], and 2-pyrrolidinyl-l-phenyl-1-propanol (47) [50] as chiral catalysts, Soai et al. reacted pyridine-3-carbaldehyde (48) with dialkylzincs using (lS,2/ )-DBNE 46, which gave the corresponding chiral pyridyl alkanols 49 with 74-86% ee (Scheme 9.24) [51]. The reaction with aldehyde 48 proceeded more rapidly (1 h) than that with benzaldehyde (16 h), which indicates that the product (zinc alkoxide of pyridyl alkanol) also catalyzes the reaction to produce itself. This observation led them to search for an asymmetric autocatalysis by using chiral pyridyl alkanol. 

In order to study substituent effects on the epimerization rate of square pyramidal compounds of the type CsHsM(CO)2LL, we synthesized the derivatives 41-49 by using instead of pyridine carbaldehyde-(2) the corresponding aldehydes for the condensation reaction with S-(-)-a-phenyl ethyl amine. In all the cases 41-49 the resulting pair of diastereoisomers could be separated into the optically active components a and b63-65 the a series is depicted in the formulas of Scheme 21. 

Pyridine ring construction according to strategy P is based on the one-step formation of the C(4)-N(5) and C(7)-C(7a) bonds. For example, this approach provides the basis for the synthesis of the simplest isomeric dithienopyridines (1988CS281). The Stille cross-coupling reaction of 2-tributylstannyl-3-thiophene-carbaldehyde (256) with thienylcarbamates 115, 257, and 258 affords the target compounds 259-261, respectively, in different yields. 

The presence of N-atoms in the aromatic part of the aldehyde appears essential for chiral amplification. With only one nitrogen, such as in the case of 3-pyridine carbaldehyde, autocatalytic kinetics but no chiral amplification effect has been observed [24,25]. In the case of 3-quinoline carbaldehyde, i.e., in the presence of two nucleophilic centers, autocatalysis as well as moderate chiral amplification were reported [26,27]. Highest amplification capacity is observed in the presence of two N-atoms in the aromatic part of the aldehyde, where for the substituent at the 2-position the amplification capacity increases H < CH3 < f- Bu - C=C -, i.e., with the size and rigidity of this group. So far, detailed studies that could relate the given observations to the possible mechanism of chiral amplification in Soai s reaction are still to be carried out. 

The palladium-catalyzed reaction of 2-bromocyclopentene-l-carbaldehyde derivatives with vinylzinc, 2-furyl, or 2-thienylzinc halides leads to the dimethylhydrazones which cyclize thermally to pyridines (Scheme 97) <1995T9119>. Palladium-catalyzed hetero-annelation reactions of internal alkynes to pyridines were reported... 

Decarboxylative condensation of N-unsubstituted tx-amino acids with benzaldehyde as an aromatic aldehyde requires somewhat harsher conditions. Benzaldehyde and oc-amino acids are heated under reflux in DMF together with N-phenylmaleimide. The azomethine ylides 108 generated can be captured as mixtures of several stereoisomeric cycloadducts (84CC180). 1-Aminocyclopentane-l-carboxylic acid undergoes a similar reaction with pyridine-3-carbaldehyde in the presence of N-phenylmaleimide to afford a spirocyclic cycloadduct, the maleimide cycloadduct of azomethine ylide 109 (84CC182). 

Several enamides, for example compound (72 Scheme 5), have been used as precursors to 1 -sub-stituted-2-pyridone derivatives (73) and pyridine-3-carbaldehyde derivatives (74 14-69%). Salt (1) promotes dehydration of tautomers (75b) of 2-acetylbenzamide derivatives (75a) to give enamides (76), which are converted by further reaction with salt U) into iminium salts (77). Hydrolysis of these salts yields aldehydes (78 81-99% Scheme 5). Enecarbamates, such as (79), give formylation products (80 26-94%) in the Vilsmeier-Haack reaction (Scheme 5). ... 

A very convenient method for the synthesis of (158) consists in the side-chain bromination of 2-thienyl ethyl ketone followed by reaction with sodium methoxide in methanol and with methanesulphonyl chloride in pyridine, which gave (157) in 88% yield. Treatment of (157) with calcium carbonate led to 1,2-rearrangement of the thienyl group to give (158). Metal complexes of s> -thiophen-2-aldoxime, thiophen-2-carbaldehyde 2-benzothiazolylhydrazone, and thiophen-2-carbaldehyde thiosemicarba-zone have been studied. 

Aminocyclopentane-l-carboxylic acid undergoes a similar reaction with pyridine-3-carbaldehyde in the presence of N-phenylmaleimide to afford a spirocyclic cycloadduct, the maleimide cycloadduct of azomethine ylide 109 (84CC182). 

Condensation of thiophene-3-carbaldehyde 38 with malonic acid (Doebner reaction) in a mixture of pyridine (Py) and piperidine (Hp) with heating affords ( )-3-(3-thienyl)acrylic add (42), whose treatment with thionyl chloride in Py produces 3-chlorothieno[2,3-6]thiophene-2-carboxylic add chloride (43) (72ACS2982,... 

Hughes M, Prince RH, Wyeth P (1978) Metal ion function in alcohol dehydrogenases-II. The metal binding sites of pyridine carbaldehyde and N-benzyldihydronicotinamide. J Inorg Nucl Chem 40 713-718 Huskey WP, Schowen RL (1983) Reaction coordinate tunneling in hydride-transfer reactions. J Am Chem Soc 105 5704-5706 Inouye Y, Oda J, Baba N (1983) Reduction with chiral dihydropyridine reagents. In Morrison JD (ed) Asymmetric synthesis, vol 2. Academic Press, New York, p91... 

Scheme 5 Faster reaction with pyridine-3-carbaldehyde than benzaldehyde...

With the aid of a Knoevenagel condensation and a Staudinger reaction, 2-azidocyclopent-l-ene 1-carbaldehydes (195) can be converted into suitable products for a cyclopenta[b]pyridine synthesis [89JCS(P1)1369], as shown in Scheme 72. In order to bring the ester carbonyl function and the imino-phosphorane group into close proximity suitable for cyclization reactions, the 1,3-diene system 196 should possess the s-cis conformation. Furthermore, the exocyclic double bond should show a cis conformation. To achieve... 

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