Pyridyl alkyl ketones

With regard to ruthenium complexes, in 1992 Moore and coworkers reported the ruthenium-catalyzed three-component coupling of pyridine, alkene, and carbon monoxide to produce 2-pyridyl alkyl ketone (Eq. 11.30) [73], This reaction involves ruthenium-catalyzed C-H bond activation followed by the insertion of CO and alkene to give the product. 

Reactions of 3- and 4-piperidone-derived enamines with a dienester gave intermediates which could be dehydrogenated to tetrahydroquinolines and tetrahydroisoquinolines (678). The methyl vinyl ketone annelation of pyrrolines was extended to an erythrinan synthesis (679). Perhydrophenan-threnones were obtained from 1-acetylcyclohexene and pyrrolidinocyclo-hexene (680) or alternatively from Birch reduction and cyclization of a 2-pyridyl ethyl ketone intermediate, which was formed by alkylation of an enamine with a 2-vinylpyridine (681). 

The iminophosphoranes of methyl arylhydrazono acetates (338) possessing a keto function in an o-position afford l//-l,2,4-benzotriazepines (339) upon heating (Scheme 123). The yield depends on the substituents and solvents employed. Methoxycarbonyl-, 4-pyridyl-, and 3-pyridyl groups activate the carbonyl function and improve the yield. Reactions of alkyl ketones and aldehydes proved to be unsuccessful [91JCR(S)2],... 

The quaternary salts of ketals of 4-pyridyl alkyl and aryl ketones undergo reduction with sodium borohydride to give the expected 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridines.47" Reduction of an analogous ketal of a quaternary salt of a 3-pyridyl ketone led to rupture of the ketal ring.476... 

In a few instances, not only methyl ketones but other alkyl ketones are degraded to shorter carboxylic acids resulting from halogenation of the methylene group adjacent to the carbonyl and subsequent hydrolysis [103, 160,1172]. The reaction between propiophenone and sodium hypobromite at 22-25 °C gives a 96% yield of benzoic acid [303]. Under similar conditions, 5-butyl-2-butyrylpyridine is converted into 5-butyl-a-picolinic acid in 79% yield [160]. Methyl 3-(a-pyridyl)propyl ketone yields not only the... 

Dehydrogenation of a-pyridinealdehyde hydrazone (251) yields not a-pyridyldiazomethane (252) but the cyclic isomer l,2,3-triazolo[3,4-a]pyridine (253).1 A similar ring closure is observed in diazo group transfers onto alkyl or aryl(2-pyridyl)methyl ketone (254) in MeOH/KOEt.1 The diazo intermediate could not be isolated but 3-acyl[l,2,3]triazolo[3,4-a]pyridine (255) is obtained.1... 

Reductive alkylation of methyl isonicotinate with benzyl chloride yields 4-pyridyl benzyl ketone (X-182). ... 

Zhang and co-workers reported the use of this Ru-catalyzed a-alkylation methodology to synthesize a series a-pyridyl methylated ketones using pyridyl methanol derivatives (Scheme 11) [112]. 

As in catalytic hydrogenation, in reduction with metals alkyl pyridyl ketones make a complex picture. 

Hydrolytic reactions can also be applied in the synthesis of aldehydes or ketones via the corresponding 1,3-oxazine derivatives. The anion formed from 3-methyl-2-(4-pyridyl)tetrahydro-l,3-oxazine 155 on treatment with BuLi proved to react with various electrophiles (alkyl halides, carboxylic esters, acid chlorides, or aldehydes) exclusively at position 2 of the 1,3-oxazine ring and not at the pyridine nitrogen atom. The readily formed 2,2-disubstituted-l,3-oxazine... 

A different type of reaction, in which the intermediate formation of a chelate ring is crucial, is the reaction of pyridyl thioates with Grignard reagents, which achieves an overall conversion of an alkyl or aryl halide to a ketone (Scheme 105).378 Grignard reactions are highly susceptible to chelation factors and stereoselectivity is observed in the addition of organomagnesium or... 

Fu reported the enantioselective addition of diphenylzinc to ketones catalyzed by chiral amino alcohol 6, and observed a slight asymmetric amplification [13]. Bolm also reported asymmetric amplification in enantioselective alkylations using diethylzinc promoted by a chiral 2-pyridyl alkanol 7 and (1-hydroxy sulfoximine 8 (Scheme 9.6) [14,15]. 

Several related examples of transition metal-catalyzed addition of C-H bonds in ketones to olefins have been reported (Table 2) [11-14]. The alkylation of diterpenoid 6 with olefins giving 7 proceeds with the aid of Ru(H)2(CO)(PPh3)3 (A) or Ru(CO)2(PPh3)3 (B) as catalyst [11], Ruthenium complex C, Ru(H)2(H2)(CO) (PCy3)2, has catalytic activity in the reaction of benzophenone with ethylene at room temperature [12]. The alkylation of phenyl 3-pyridyl ketone 8 proceeds with A as catalyst [13], Alkylation occurs selectively at the pyridine ring. Application of this C-H/olefin coupling to polymer chemistry using ce,co-dienes such as 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-l,3-divinyldisiloxane 11 has been reported [14]. 

A wide variety of substituents are tolerated. The group R can be alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, -amido, azi-domethyl, ester, aryl, aryloxy and aryloyl, and at least one ortho substituent is permissible with no loss in yield. TTie aromatic ring can also be 2-naphthyl, 9,10-dihydro-2-phenanthryl, 3-pyridyl, thiophen-2-yl or pyrrol-3-yl. The group R can be hydrogen, yl, acyl or acetic acid. Beyond Ae antiinflammatory targets, successful reaction substrates include the methyl ketones of a binaphthyl crown ether, a morphinane and a polyaromatic hydrocarbon. The preparation of ibuprofen methyl ester (38) is shown in equation (37) as a typical example. ... 

PhNCO or CH2=CHC02Me. The reaction of N4S4 with various aryl and alkyl benzyl ketones, oxindole, benzyl a-pyridyl ketone, or a-phenacyl-... 

In practice, the azide decompositions are usually carried out in boiling toluene or xylene and give good yields of 3-alkyl-170,184,187 and 3-aryl-anthranils.185,188 Yields of 3-unsubstituted anthranils from o-azidoben-zaldehydes are generally much lower.170 The method has also been used to prepare 3-(j3-styryl)anthranils (106) from o-azidochalcones,189 3-methyl-naphtho[2,3-c]isoxazoles from 3-acetyl-2-azidonaphthalene,190 and 3-(2-pyridyl)anthranils from o-azidophenyl pyridyl ketones.191 This last reaction is of interest in that 2-(2-azido-3,5-dibromobenzoyl)pyridine in boiling toluene yields almost equal amounts of 5,7-dibromo-3-(2-pyridyl)anthranil (43%) and the zwitterionic pyrido[l,2-f>] cinnolin-6-ium 139 (41%). 

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