Pyrrole carboxylic acids, reactions

The same reaction has been applied to a pyrrole carboxylic acid (35) and although some diazo compound (36) was formed the reaction... 

Oxidative decarboxylation of pyrrole-2-carboxylic acids Reaction of pyrrolc-2-carboxylic acids such as 1 and 2 with singlet oxygen in i-PrOH or CH3CN and water (3 1) results in 5-hydroxy-3-pyrrolin-2-ones in high yield. 

Methylpyrrole is used in excess to be sure that no butyllithium is present during the reaction with C02 the pentanoie acid formed from BuLi might give rise to difficulties in the purification of the pyrrole carboxylic acid. 

Intramolecular allylation with alkenyloxiranes offers a good method of macro-cyclization. In the total synthesis of roseophilin by Fiirstner, the alkenyloxirane 144 was cyclized smoothly to yield the 13-membered carbocycle 145 in high yield (85%) in the presence of two ligands DPPE and PPh3. Then Pd-catalyzed reaction of the allylic lactone 146 with benzylamine afforded the pyrrole carboxylic acid 147 cleanly in 70 % yield via regioselective allylation of benzylamine at the electron-deficient terminus of the allylic lactone 146 [52],... 

In a more recent variant by Gelmi et al. [80], 5(4H)-oxazolones 143 and munchnones 144 were used as sources for 1,3-dipoles in thermal cycloaddition reactions with phosphonium salt 128. 3-Methylpyrroles and 3-pyrrole carboxylic acids were obtained likewise from substituted vinylphos-phonium salts. The cycloaddition reactions proceed with high regioselectivity (Scheme 30). 

Pyridazinones may undergo ring contraction to pyrroles, pyrazoles and indoles, the process being induced either by an acid or base. The structure of the final product is strongly dependent on the reaction conditions. For example, 4,5-dichloro-l-phenylpyridazin-6(lFT)-one rearranges thermally to 4-chloro-l-phenylpyrazole-5-carboxylic acid (12S), while in aqueous base the corresponding 4-hydroxy acid (126) is formed (Scheme 40). 

The main feature of the reactivity of pyrrole-2-carboxylic acids is the ease with which the carboxyl group is removed. Thermal decarboxylation is a preparatively useful reaction. 

The base-promoted ring contraction of 3-bromo-2-pyrones to 2-furoic acids cf. Scheme llOd) is a well exemplified reaction 01CB1992,69JCS(C)1950,73JCS(P1)1130> which has also been applied to the obtention of benzofuran-2-carboxylic acids frorn 3-bromocoumarins 08CB830,70KGS(S2)166), Similar base treatment of 3-amino-2-pyrones provides pyrrole-2-carboxylic acids (Scheme IlOe) 75JHC129). 

Michael addition reactions, 4, 302 reactions with ally halides, 4, 301 Pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid, 1-methyl-conformation, 4, 194 esters... 

A small number of pyrroles undergo addition of acetylenedi-carboxylic acid across the 2,5-positions yielding adducts similar to those obtained from cyclopentadiene. In the case of 1-benzylpyrrole and the acid, some (13) is formed, probably through the intermediary of a species such as (8) a strong case has been made for the supposition that the Diels-Alder reaction occurs in two distinct stages,... 

A two-step procedure was required for the preparation of a diverse set of pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid derivatives. The diketone 15 was prepared using a functional homologation of a 6-ketoester 14 with different aldehydes followed by oxidation with PCC. The Paal-Knorr reaction was carried out in AcOH in a sealed tube under microwave irradiation (180 °C, 5-10 min) to give differently substituted pyrroles with a COOMe group in position 3 (Scheme 5). This group was further transformed to expand the diversity of the products prepared with this method [32]. 

The last method for the preparation of 2-quinolones described in this chapter relies on a intramolecular Heck cyclization starting from heteroaryl-amides (Table 2) [57]. These are synthesized either from commercially available pyrrole- and thiophene-2-carboxylic acids (a, Table 2) or thiophene-and furan-3-carboxylic acids (b, Table 2) in three steps. The Heck cyclization is conventionally performed with W,Ar-dimethylacetamide (DMA) as solvent, KOAc as base and Pd(PPh3)4 as catalyst for 24 h at 120 °C resulting in the coupled products in 56-89% yields. As discussed in Sect. 3.4, transition metal-catalyzed reactions often benefit from microwave irradiation [58-61], and so is the case also for this intramolecular reaction. In fact, derivatives with an aryl iodide were successfully coupled by conventional methods, whereas the heteroarylbromides 18 and 19, shown in Table 2, could only be coupled in satisfying yields by using MAOS (Table 2). 

The carboxylafion of indole into indole-3-carboxylate was observed by the purified indole-3-carboxylate decarboxylase as well as by the whole cells. For the carboxylafion reaction, temperatures over 30°C were not appropriate. The activities at 10, 20, and 30°C were about the same. The activity was maximal at pH 8.0 (Tris-HCl buffer, 100 mM). As shown in Fig. 10, the resting cells of A. nicotianae F11612 also catalyzed the carboxylafion of indole efficiently in the reaction mixture containing 20 mM indole, 3M KHCO3, 100mM potassium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) in a tightly closed reaction vessel. By 6h, 6.81 mM indole-3-carboxylic acid accumulated in the reaction mixture with a molar conversion yield of 34%. Compared to the carhoxylation of pyrrole by pyrrole-2-carboxylate decarboxylase, the lower value compared might derive from the lower solubility of indole in the reaction mixture. 

Arndtsen and coworkers [154] described the first Pd-catalyzed synthesis of miinchnones 6/1-318 from an imine 6/1-316, a carboxylic acid chloride 6/1-317 and CO. The formed 1,3-dipol 6/1-318 can react with an alkyne 6/1-319 present in the reaction mixture to give pyrroles 6/1-321 via 6/1-320, in good yields. The best results in this four-component domino process were obtained with the preformed catalyst 6/1-322 (Scheme 6/1.83). 

Reactions of Phosphonic and Phosphinic Acid Derivatives.—The reactions of phos-phonic and thiophosphonic amides and chlorides with carboxylic acid chlorides and amides have been discussed.101 Dialkyl alkylphosphonates and alkyl dialkylphos-phinates may be used for the iV-alkylation of imidazoles, triazoles, and pyrroles.105... 

Intramolecular electrophilic reactions of substituted pyrrole-2-carboxylic acids or their amides lead to benzo[d]pyrrolo[l,2-a]azepinones. Acid 70 in this fashion undergoes Fiiedel-Crafts cyclization to furnish fused azepine 71 in good yield (Equation (6) (2000JOC2479)). 

As with pyrrole, the a-lithiation of N-substituted indoles occurs readily [790R1 84MI2], and reaction can also be performed in the presence of a number of reactive functional groups at C-3. Thus the 3-carboxylic acid, 3-diethylamide, and 3-aldehyde derivatives of N-methylindole (9,10, and 11) have all been a-lithiated (87JOC104 91M17), the latter via its a-(N-methylpiperazino) alkoxide 12. 

The present procedure provides a facile and versatile synthesis, on large scale, of a variety of pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid derivatives without necessitating the use of moisture-sensitive organometallic reagents. The use of alcohols other than ethanol in the alcoholysis reaction provides virtually any desired ester. Ammonia or aliphatic amines readily give amides in high yields, and aqueous base can be used to give the free acid. 

In terms of A -substitution, Hartwig reported improved conditions for the Pd(0) catalyzed N-arylation of indoles and pyrrole <99JOC5575>. It was found that when commercially available P(<-Bu)3 was employed as ligand and cesium carbonate as base, the reaction between indoles 95 and unhindered aryl bromides 96 or chlorides occurred under milder conditions than the Pd(OAc)2/DPPF system previously reported yielding the A/-arylated products 97. Alternatively, it has been found that pyrrole- and indole-2-carboxylic acid esters can be selectively 7V-arylated with phenylboronic acids in the presence of cupric acetate and either tiiethylamine or pyridine <99T12757>. 

The condensation of amino sugars with /3-keto esters in an alkaline medium results in considerable degradation of the (tetrahydroxybu-tyl)pyrrole produced, giving rise to small yields of 2-methylpyr-role,57,58 which seems to be the main chromophore in the Elson-Morgan reaction. Under these conditions, 3-amino-3-deoxyhexoses yield 2-methylpyrrole-4-carboxylic acid,59 which is, in part, responsible for the coloration produced with p-(dimethylamino)benzaldehyde. 

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