Pyridones nucleophilic reactions

A bifunctional autocatalytic effect of azinones in general is possible in certain nucleophilic reactions such as amination. Zollinger has found that 2-pyridone is the best catalyst for anilino-dechlorination of various chloroazines. It seems likely that examples of autocatalysis will be found when the substrate contains an azinone moiety. The azinone hy-products of displacement reactions may also function in this way as catalysts for the main reaction. 

The previous sections have described methods to obtain 2-pyridone scaffolds. Both in the construction of new materials and especially in drug design and development, there is a desire to be able to derivatize and optimize the lead structures. In the following sections, some recent developments using MAOS to effectively substitute and derivatize 2-pyridone heterocycles are described. The reaction types described range from electrophilic-, and nucleophilic reactions to transition metal-catalyzed transformations (Fig. 7). To get an overview of how these systems behave, their characteristics imder conventional heating is first described in brevity. 

Hydroxypyridone 337 by triethyloxonium fluoborate was transformed to ether 338 that resisted nucleophilic reactions (76IJB400). Such reactions were possible, however, in the case of pyridone 192a through chloro compound 384. Nucleophilic displacement of triflate 28 resulted in the formation of iodide 29a as the major product (94TL393). 

Ammonia, primaiy amines, and related acyclic nitrogen nucleophiles react with a large variety of pyrones to form pyridones. These reactions often have been used to characterize the pyrones or to remove them from mixtures. Under these circumstances, yields are often not reported and experimental conditions are not optimal, and, therefore, in many instances these reactions are difficult to evaluate, particularly as alternative routes to the somewhat more carefully studied direct ring closures to form pyridones. 

The N-oxide function has proved useful for the activation of the pyridine ring, directed toward both nucleophilic and electrophilic attack (see Amine oxides). However, pyridine N-oxides have not been used widely ia iadustrial practice, because reactions involving them almost iavariably produce at least some isomeric by-products, a dding to the cost of purification of the desired isomer. Frequently, attack takes place first at the O-substituent, with subsequent rearrangement iato the ring. For example, 3-picoline N-oxide [1003-73-2] (40) reacts with acetic anhydride to give a mixture of pyridone products ia equal amounts, 5-methyl-2-pyridone [1003-68-5] and 3-methyl-2-pyridone [1003-56-1] (11). 

Because of the increased importance of inductive electron withdrawal, nucleophilic attack on uncharged azole rings generally occurs under milder conditions than those required for analogous reactions with pyridines or pyridones. Azolium rings are very easily attacked by nucleophilic reagents reactions similar to those of pyridinium and pyrylium compounds are known azolium rings open particularly readily. 

The azinones and their reaction characteristics are discussed in some detail in Section II, E. Because of their dual electrophilic-nucleophilic nature, the azinones may be bifunctional catalysts in their own formation (cf. discussion of autocatalysis below) or act as catalysts for the desired reaction from which they arise as byproducts. The uniquely effective catalysis of nucleophilic substitution of azines has been noted for 2-pyridone. 

Bifunctional catalysis in nucleophilic aromatic substitution was first observed by Bitter and Zollinger34, who studied the reaction of cyanuric chloride with aniline in benzene. This reaction was not accelerated by phenols or y-pyridone but was catalyzed by triethylamine and pyridine and by bifunctional catalysts such as a-pyridone and carboxylic acids. The carboxylic acids did not function as purely electrophilic reagents, since there was no relationship between catalytic efficiency and acid strength, acetic acid being more effective than chloracetic acid, which in turn was a more efficient catalyst than trichloroacetic acid. For catalysis by the carboxylic acids Bitter and Zollinger proposed the transition state depicted by H. 

Pyridones can also be converted to 2-chloropyridines by exchanging the carbonyl functionality using phosphoroxychloride (POCI3) [72]. A combination of N-halosuccinimides and triphenylphosphine has also been applied to introduce halogens in this position [73]. The carbonyl functionality in 2-pyridones makes these systems reactive towards nucleophiles as well, which add in 1,4-reactions with displacement of halides [74]. The use of transition metal mediated couplings like Heck, and Suzuki have also been successfully applied on halogenated 2-pyridones (d. Scheme 10) [36,75]. 

This chapter has taken the reader through a number of microwave-assisted methodologies to prepare and further functionalize 2-pyridone containing heterocycles. A survey of inter-, intramolecular-, and pericyclic reactions together with electrophilic, nucleophilic and transition metal mediated methodologies has been exemplified. Still, a number of methods remain to be advanced into microwave-assisted organic synthesis and we hope that the smorgasbord of reactions presented in this chapter will inspire to more successful research in this area. 

Nitroenamines and related compounds have been used for synthesis of a variety of heterocyclic compounds. Rajappahas summarized the chemistry of nitroenamines (see Section 4.2).140 Ariga and coworkers have developed the synthesis of heterocycles based on the reaction of nitropyridones or nitropyrimidinone with nucleophiles. For example, 2-substituted 3-nitro-pyridines are obtained by the reaction of l-methyl-3,5-dinitro-2-pyridones with ketones in the presence of ammonia (Eq. 10.82).141... 

Michael addition of (benzotriazol-l-yl)acetonitrile 557 to a,[)-unsatu rated ketones followed by heterocyclization provides new means for preparation of 2,4,5-trisubstituted pyridines. The reaction is catalyzed by bases. In the presence of secondary amines, a nucleophilic attack of amine on the CN group in adduct 556 initiates the cyclization to tetrahydropyridine 558 that subsequently eliminates water and benzotriazole to give pyridine 559. Analogously, in the presence of NaOH, pyridone 560 forms, via intermediate 561 (Scheme 88) <1997JOC6210>. 

The presence of the enamino moiety in 2-amino-4H-pyrans accoimts for their ability to undergo recyclizations into various pyridones, 1,4-dihy-dropyridines, and 2H-pyrones-2. To some extent, properties of 2-amino-4H-pyrans in reactions with nucleophiles can be compared to those of pyrillium salts (68T5059,80T697) because they also tend to form recyclized products. Reactions proceed in the presence of bases or acids. Naphthopyrans 133 form 2-alkoxypyridines 261 on the action of sodium alcoholates or ethanolic NaOH (79M115) (Scheme 101). 

The reactions of 2-substituted 6-methyl-4/7-l,3-oxazin-4-ones 98 with isoxazole ketones 99 in the presence of potassium / -rt-butoxide furnished 3-acetyl-5-(3-methylisoxazol-5-yl)-2-pyridones 101 in good to excellent yields (Scheme 14). The formation of 2-pyridones 101 presumably proceeds via nucleophilic addition of the methylene carbon of 99 to the carbon atom at position 2 of the l,3-oxazin-4-ones 98, followed by ring opening to give the acetoacetyl intermediates 100, which are transformed into 101 by intramolecular aldol condensation <2005H(66)299>. 

Reaction of oxazolones with 1-azadienes, for example, imines prepared from 3-(2-furyl)acrolein or cinnamaldehyde, affords 2-pyridones 316. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the formation of 316. However, products like 315 have also been isolated. The authors proposed that 315 arises from alkylation at C-4 of the oxazolone by the 1-azadiene. Subsequent nucleophilic attack by the amino group with ring opening then yields the 2-pyridone (Scheme 7.103). Representative examples of 2-pyridones prepared from 1-azadienes are shown in Table 7.28 (Fig. 7.30). 

Finally, reaction of 2,4-diphenyl-5(4//)-oxazolone 322 with 4-phenyl-A -tosyl-1-azabuta-1,3-diene was found to be highly dependent on the experimental conditions. At room temperature the sole product was 323 that arises from alkylation of 322 by addition at the imine carbon. However, heating 322 and 4-phenyl-A-tosyl-1-azabuta-1,3-diene gave rise to several products including a 2-pyridone 324, 2,3,6-triphenylpyridine 325, and the pentasubstituted pyrroles 326 and 327. The authors postulated two different reaction mechanisms. Here, both a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the oxazolone and a nucleophilic addition of the oxazolone are possible and that may account for the formation of 324—327. The marked differences in reactivity of 4-phenyl-A-tosyl-l-azabuta-l,3-diene relative to A-alkyl- or A-aryl-1-aza-1,3-dienes was attributed to the powerful electron-withdrawing nature of the tosyl group (Scheme 7.107). ... 

Only very powerful nucleophilic reagents such as HO-, NHJ, RLi, LAH, etc., react effectively at the ring carbon atoms of simple pyridines (c/. equation 22), and even then forcing conditions may be required. Oxidation of pyridine to 2-pyridone with potassium hydroxide, for example, requires a temperature of ca. 300 °C. Nevertheless, some of these reactions can be of very considerable synthetic importance, especially the classical Chichibabin reaction for the preparation of 2-amino, alkylamino and hydrazino heterocycles (equation 28). The sequence of substitution is C-2, then C-6 and finally C-4. The Chichibabin reaction also requires rather vigorous conditions and often proceeds in only moderate yield the simplicity of the approach, however, is such that it often represents the method of choice for the preparation of the requisite substituted heterocycle. 

Nucleophiles react particularly easily with quaternized azines and with pyrylium and thiopyrylium slats (cf. equation 23) typical examples, including the well-known reaction of pyridinium salts with hydroxide in the presence of potassium ferricyanide to give 2-pyridones, are summarized in equations (34)-(36) (note the rather unusual orientation of addition in the last case reaction normally occurs essentially exclusively a to the heteroatom if the position is free or occupied by a leaving group). 

Pyridones are normally resistant to nucleophilic attack at ring carbon atoms, but the pyrones react rather readily. There is a useful correlation between the position of attack and the hardness or softness of the nucleophile, and the situation for the pyrones is summarized in Schemes 12 and 13. Representative transformations illustrating these concepts are shown in equations (45)-(51). ANRORC reactions are also very common and examples are given in equations (52)—(55). 

In pyrrolopyridine synthesis reactions, nitropyridines are less reactive than the corresponding nitropyridone derivatives due to the decreased aromaticity of the pyridone ring. The pyridone is more attractive for nucleophilic attack in the reaction <2002H(58)301> (see Section 10.06.5.3). 

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