Pyrrole-isoquinolines, synthesis

Whenever an appropriate electrophile is present in the reaction mixture along with an alkyne, the W-alkylated product reacts with the electrophile, producing an intermediate prone for intramolecular nucleophilic cyclization to the quinolinium or isoquinolinium salt as this is demonstrated in the synthesis of pyrrole-isoquinolines through die formation of mesoanionic intermediates. 

Besides being useful precursors to pyrroles pyridine-2-ones -4-ones, -4-thiones. and -4-imines 4-alkylidene-dihydropyridines thiophenes 1,2,4-triazoles thiapyrane-2-thiones, isoquinoline-3-ones isoben-zothiophenes and 4-mercaptoimidazolium hydroxide inner salts, mesoionic thiazoles are potentially useful in the construction of molecules with herbicidic (39). central nerve stimulating, and antiinflammatory properties (40,41). Application in dye synthesis has likewise been reported (42). 

We move from benzo-fused pyrroles to benzo-fused pyridines and meet quinoline and isoquinolinc. Isoquinolines will feature as benzyl isoquinoline alkaloids in Chapter 51 and their synthesis will mostly be discussed there. In this section we shall concentrate on the quinolines. 

In a similar context Amdtsen developed a new pyrrole synthesis from alkynes, acid chlorides either imines or isoquinolines, based on the reactivity of isocyanides (Scheme 35a) [197]. Although all atoms from the isocyanide are excluded from the final structure, its role in the reaction mechanism is crucial. The process takes place through the activation of the imine (isoquinoline) by the acid chloride to generate the reactive M-acyliminium salt, which is then attacked by the isocyanide to furnish a nitrilium ion. This cationic intermediate coordinates with the neighboring carbonyl group to form a miinchnone derivative, which undergoes a [3+2] cycloaddition followed by subsequent cycloelimination of the isocyanate unit, to afford the pentasubstituted pyrrole adducts 243 and 244 (Scheme 35a, b). 

The two-step one-pot total synthesis of Ro 22-1319, an antipsychotic agent featuring a rigid pyrrolo[2,3-g]isoquinoline skeleton, was accomplished by D.L. Coffen and co-workers. The cyclic 1,3-diketone precursor was prepared from arecoline and dimethyl malonate, and in the same reaction vessel an amino ketone hydrochloride was added. The pH of the reaction mixture was adjusted to 4 in order to initiate the formation of the pyrrole. 

Arndtsen and co-workers developed an isocyanide-mediated three-component synthesis ofthe polysubstituted pyrroles 97, wherein an acyclic imine was activated in situ by acylation [54]. Thus, reaction of an imine, an acyl chloride, an alkyne, and an isocyanide in the presence of PrNEt2 afforded 97 in good to excellent yields (Scheme 5.29). A complex reaction sequence involving formation ofthe N-acyliminium by [4 + 1] followed by [3 + 2] cycloadditions and a retro-cycloaddition was proposed to account the formation of 97. The isocyanide participated actively in this reaction sequence however, it was not incorporated in the final adduct since it was lost as isocyanate by a retro-D-A reaction. The aliphatic imine was shown to be an appropriate substrate, at least in one case, leading to the corresponding pyrrole (R2 = isopropyl) in 72% yield. Azenes participated in this reaction in a similar manner. Thus, the isoquinoline 94 was converted to the benzo-fused pyrrole 98 in 50% yield. 

Another method for the synthesis of isoquinoline derivatives is the Pomeranz-Fritsch reaction. Simple aniline derivatives can be used but this is very useful for acid sensitive substrates such as thiophene and pyrrole... 

Parham cycloalkylation 343 Patemo-Btichi reaction 46 von Pechmann synthesis (coumarin) 322 Pellizari synthesis (1,2,4-triazole) 270 Perkin rearrangement 82 Pfitzinger synthesis (quinoline) 398 Pictet-Gams synthesis (isoquinoline) 414 Pictet-Spengler synthesis (isoquinoline) 415 Piloty-Robinson synthesis (pyrrole) 119 Pinner synthesis (pyrimidine) 467 Plancher rearrangement 128 Polonovski reaction 545 Pomeranz-Fritsch synthesis (isoquinoline) 415 Prileschajew reaction 23 Prins reaction 452 Pummerer rearrangement 26, 457... 

R =aryl) in aprotic solvents, for example, xylene at 140 °C, is more important and has been applied very frequently to prepare indoles of type 176 via intermediate 172. This method is connected with the names of Hemetsberger and Knittel and can be transferred to the synthesis of azaindoles, fused indoles, and fused pyrrol derivatives. Quite recently, reactions like 171 (R =Ph) —> 176 have been conducted in a rhodium(II)-catalyzed way, which allows to decrease the necessary temperature into a range of 25-60 C. The transformation of 171 into isoquinolines is also possible if one or both ortho positions of the aryl group R are substituted appropriately. ... 

As described in this chapter, transition-metal catalysts promote various types of cyclization reactions between C=N, C=0, N—H, O—H, and S—H bonds and alkynes in 5/6-endo/exo-dig manners. These reaction modes provide facile and atom-economical pathways to aromatic compounds such as pyrroles, indoles, isoquinolines, quinolines, furans, thiophenes, oxazoles, pyrones, and isoquinolones and their aza analogs and fused-ring congeners. Particularly notable is their utility in cascade reactions, which are step-economical approaches to target molecules, which increase rapidly in structural complexity. Therefore, these reactions can help provide solutions to meet the increasing demands of environmentally benign synthesis in modern organic chemistry. 

Larocket fl/. in 2000 developed the fluoren-9-one synthesis by the cyclocarbonyla-tion of ort/zo-halobiarys with a commercially available Pd(PCy3)2 catalyst [17] This procedure was initiated by the palladium(0) and could be utilized to the synthesis of polycyclic and heterocyclic fluorenones containing the fused isoquinoline, indole, pyrrole, thiophene, benzothiophene, and benzofuran rings (Table 15.12). 

In this book chapter, methods in heterocycle substitution and synthesis using catalytic C-H functionalization are presented with a focus on complex-molecule synthesis, classified by heterocycle indoles (Section 16.2.1) pyrroles (Section 16.2.2) carbazoles (Section 16.2.3) benzofurans (Section 16.2.4) imidazoles, oxazoles, andthiazoles (Section 16.2.5) quinazolines (Section 16.2.6) quinolines, isoquinolines, and phenanthridines (Section 16.2.7) pyridines (Section 16.2.8) and other heterocycles (Section 16.2.9). 

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