Pyrrole, 2-benzyl-5-methyl

Treatment of pyrrole, 1-methyl-, 1-benzyl- and 1-phenyl-pyrrole with one mole of A -bromosuccinimide in THF results in the regiospecific formation of 2-bromopyrroles. Chlorination with IV-chlorosuccinimide is less selective (8UOC2221). Bromination of pyrrole with bromine in acetic acid gives 2,3,4,5-tetrabromopyrrole and iodination with iodine in aqueous potassium iodide yields the corresponding tetraiodo compound. 

Comparison of IR Spectra of Isomeric Pyrroles Obtained from Benzyl Methyl Ketoxime"... 

Comparison of H-NMR Spectra of Isomeric Pyrroles (79,80) Obtained from Benzyl Methyl and Benzyl Ethyl Ketoximes1 ... 

The reaction of benzyl methyl ketoxime with excess acetylene (100°C, KOH) furnishes 2-methyl-3-phenyl-N-vinylpyrrole only (Scheme 1.106). The regioselectivity of the reaction is not violated even under harsher conditions (120°C) and when the reaction is carried out in the system LiOH/DMSO (120 C). Under these conditions, 2-methyl-3-phenyl-N-vinylpyrrole and its nonvinylated precursor are formed in approximately equal amounts (Scheme 1.106). Structural isomer, 2-benzylpyrrole, has been isolated only at increased concentrations of the reactants and base at 120 C. Thus, the methyl group also begins to participate in the construction of the pyrrole ring under these conditions (Schane 1.106). 

Pyrroles do not react with alkyl halides in a simple fashion polyalkylated products are obtained from reaction with methyl iodide at elevated temperatures and also from the more reactive allyl and benzyl halides under milder conditions in the presence of weak bases. Alkylation of pyrrole Grignard reagents gives mainly 2-alkylated pyrroles whereas N-alkylated pyrroles are obtained by alkylation of pyrrole alkali-metal salts in ionizing solvents. 

In many cases, substituents linked to a pyrrole, furan or thiophene ring show similar reactivity to those linked to a benzenoid nucleus. This generalization is not true for amino or hydroxyl groups. Hydroxy compounds exist largely, or entirely, in an alternative nonaromatic tautomeric form. Derivatives of this type show little resemblance in their reactions to anilines or phenols. Thienyl- and especially pyrryl- and furyl-methyl halides show enhanced reactivity compared with benzyl halides because the halogen is made more labile by electron release of the type shown below. Hydroxymethyl and aminomethyl groups on heteroaromatic nuclei are activated to nucleophilic attack by a similar effect. 

Thieno[2,3-d ]pyrimidin-4(3 H) -one, 3-methyl-synthesis, 4, 1017 Thieno[2,3-d ]pyrimidin-4-ones synthesis, 4, 1017, 1018, 1022 Thieno[2,3-6]pyrrole, 5-aryl-synthesis, 6, 1009 Thieno[2,3-6]pyrrole, N-benzyl- H NMR, 4, 1042 UV spectra, 4, 1044 Thieno[2,3-c]pyrrole, N-ethyl-UV spectra, 4, 1044 Thieno[3,2-6]pyrrole, 5-aryl-synthesis, 6, 1009 Thieno[3,2-6]pyrrole, N-benzyl- H NMR, 4, 1041, 1042 lithiation, 4, 1051 UV spectra, 4, 1044 Thieno[3,2-6]pyrrole, 2,3-dihydro-desulfurization, 6, 984 oxidation, 6, 981... 

Figure 11.11 Pyrogram of a paint sample collected from a decorative frame of the Universal Judgement by Bonamico Buffalmacco (fourteenth century, Monumental Cemetery of Pisa, Italy). Pyrolysis was performed with a microfurnace pyrolyser, at 600°C, in the presence of HMDS. 1, Benzene 2, ethyl acrylate 3, methyl methacrylate 4, acetic acid, trimethyl silyl ester 5, pyrrole 6, toluene 7, 2 methylpyrrole 8, 3 methylpyrrole 9, crotonic acid 10, ben zaldehyde 11, phenol 12, 2 methylphenol 13, 4 methylphenol 14, 2,4 dimethyl phenol 15, benzyl nitrile 16, 3 phenylpropionitrile 17, indole 18, phthalate 19, phthalate 20, ben zyl benzoate HMDS pyrolysis products [27]...

Reaction of iV-[(benzotriazol-l-yl)methyl]amide 707 with PCI5 gives chloroimine 708, which upon treatment with Bu OK is converted to nitrile ylide 709. Benzyl esters of ot,(3-unsaturated acids used as dipolarophiles trap species 709 to generate pyrroles 712 (Scheme 110) <2002JHC759>. When no trapping agent is added, the N-2 atom of benzotriazole act as a nucleophile, and tricyclic system 711 is formed <2001TL9109>. Addition of benzyl bromide... 

A different mode of cycloaddition occurs with 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]-heptadiene derivatives, in which the nucleophilicity of the nitrogen atom determines the point of attachment of the electrophilic dienophile. The addition depicted in 87, which may occur in two steps via a zwitterionic intermediate rather than by a concerted mechanism, accounts for the structures (88) of 1 2 adducts obtained with A-methyl- or A-benzyl-pyrrole and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. At a higher temperature the reaction with A-methylpyrrole also afforded the indole tetraester... 

Padwa et al. (75) found that the unsymmetrical miinchnone 137, which was generated from A-acetyl-7/-benzylglycine (136) and refluxing acetic anhydride, reacts with methyl propiolate to give an 8 1 mixture of pyrroles 138 and 139. The same product ratio is obtained from the reaction of methyl propiolate and the azomethine ylide derived from 7/-benzyl-A(-(a-cyanoethyl)-A(-[(trimethylsilyl)-methyl] amine. 

Phase-transfer catalysis was found <1996CHEC-II(7)1> to be successful for N-substitution of the furo[3,2-/ ]pyrrole system. The reaction of 81a with methyl iodide or benzyl chloride gave 81b and 81c derivatives. Methyl 4-acetyl-2-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]furo[3,2-3]pyrrole-5-carboxylate 82 was obtained by reacting 81a in boiling acetic anhydride (Scheme 6) <2005CEC311>. 

A series of pyrazolo[3,4-, pyridazinones 430 and analogues, potentially useful as peripheral vasodilators, were synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors of PDE5 extracted from human platelets. Several of them showed ICso values in the range 0.14-1.4 pM. A good activity and selectivity profile versus PDE6 was found for compound 430 (6-benzyl-3-methyl-l-isopropyl-4-phenylpyrazolo[3,4-r/]pyridazin-7(6/7)-one). Structure-activity relationship studies demonstrated the essential role played by the benzyl group at position 6 of the pyrazolopyridazine system. Other types of pyridazinones fused with five- and six-membered heterocycles (pyrrole, isoxazole, pyridine, and dihydropyridine), as well as some open-chain models were prepared and evaluated. Besides the pyrazole, the best of the fused systems proved to be isoxazole and pyridine <2002MI227>. 

Radical benzylation of pyrrole produces 2-benzylpyrrole (B-77MI30500), whilst indoles react to give low yields of the 1- and 3-mono-, together with the 1,3- and 2,3-di-benzylated indoles (65JCS4253). Similarly, radical methylation of 2-nitropyrrole (B-77MI30500) has been reported to yield C-substitution products, whereas, in contrast, 2,5-bis(triphenylmethyl)-A3-pyrroline is obtained from the addition of triphenylmethyl radicals to pyrrole. 

H-Pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid, 5-nitro-, methyl ester 15N NMR, 4, 176 <76OMR(8)208> lH-Pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid, benzyl ester H NMR, 4, 166 <81UP30400>... 

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