Pyrrole Vilsmeier-Haack formylation

Vilsmeier-Haack formylation, 4, 222 Pyrrole, 3-acetyl-oxidation, 4, 289 protodeaeetylation, 4, 208 synthesis, 4, 218... 

Pyrrole, 2-acetyl-1 -(2-hydroxyethyl)-5-nitro-cydization, 4, 74 ipso substitution, 4, 243 Pyrrole, 2-acetyl-1-methyl-dipole moment, 4, 194 photocydization reactions with 2,3-dimethylbut-2-ene, 4, 269 Pyrrole, 3-acetyl-4-methyl-Vilsmeier-Haack formylation, 4, 222 Pyrrole, 2-acetyl-3-nitro-reduction, 4, 297 Pyrrole, acyl-basicity, 4, 207 isomerization, 4, 208 oximes... 

Some pyrrolo[2,l-Vilsmeier-Haack formylation and successive base-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization (Scheme 6) (72FES1003 73FES494 80FES279). 

Pyrrolo[2,1 -d][ 1,5]benzothiazepine-6-carboxylic acid (27) was obtained via base-catalyzed cyclization of pyrrole-2-carboxaldehydes 26 and 28, each synthesized by Vilsmeier-Haack formylation of their respective pyrroles 24 and 25, prepared in turn by condensation of 18, respectively, with ethyl bromoacetate and chloroacetonitrile in the presence of sodium ethylate at room temperature. When treated with piperidine in refluxing benzene for 48 hours, 26 and 28 afforded ester 29 and nitrile 31 from which, in an alkaline medium, acid 27 could be obtained. Under similar experimental conditions, acid 27 was also formed from amide 30 (Scheme... 

When considering the synthesis of phospholes, one has to forget most of the classical and powerful methods employed for the preparation of thiophenes and pyrroles. For example, Paal-Knorr condensation, direct ortho-lithiation, halogenation with NBS or I2/Hg2+ and Vilsmeier-Haack formylation are not operative in phosphole chemistry. Likewise, no chemical or electrochemical oxidative polymerization... 

The recently reported dilithiation of the azafulvene dimer (20) is the key step in a synthesis of 5-sub-stituted pyrrole-2-carbaldehydes. This synthesis offers a reasonable alternative to the Vilsmeier-Haack formylation for the synthesis of such compounds. An example is shown in Scheme 26. 

Reactions of Pyrroles. 1,3-Di-t-butylpyrrole forms the first stable protonated pyrrole, the salt (104). Electrophilic substitution of pyrrole with MeaC or Me FC in the gas phase occurs mainly at the j3-position, as does nitration and Friedel-Crafts acylation of l-phenylsulphonylpyrrole2 Pyrrole-2,5-dialdehyde has been prepared by Vilsmeier-Haack formylation of the ester (105), followed by hydrolysis. A similar method has been used to convert the di-acetal (106) into pyrrole-2,3,5-tricarbaldehyde. AT-Benzoyl-pyrrole reacts with benzene in the presence of palladium(II) acetate to yield a mixture of l-benzoyl-2,5-diphenylpyrrole, the bipyrrolyl (107), and compound (108). Treating lithiated A-methylpyrrole with nickel(II) chloride results in the polypyrrolyls (109 = 0-4). 2-Aryl-1-methylpyrroles are obtained by cross-coupling of l-methylpyrrol-2-ylmagnesium bromide with aryl halides in the presence of palladium(0)-phosphine complexes. ... 

Alkylation of pyrroles proves to be problematic because the usual Lewis acid catalysts initiate polymerization. The Vilsmeier-Haack formylation, however, leads to the formation of pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde in good yield. The Houben-Hoesch acylation (reaction with nitriles in the presence of hydrogen chloride) provides 2-acylpyrroles ... 

Pyrrole and indole carbonitriles are readily prepared by dehydration of oximes. Because the aldehydes are easily available by Vilsmeier-Haack formylation, this represcarboxylic acid derivatives <80CJC409,88SC67l,93JMC10l>. 

Vilsmeier-Haack Formylation with N,N-Dimethylformamide. In the presence of phosphorus oxychloride (POCI3), the—CHO group of N,N-dimethylformamide can be attached to the pyrrole ring (Scheme 7.7). This is a highly useful process for the synthesis of pyrrole aldehydes, which are precursors of pyrrole acids by oxidation, of pyrryl carbinols by reductions with LiAHtj, and of other products (Scheme 7.7). 

A type Ilbc approach to pyrroles was employed in the synthesis of pyrrolo[2,l-fc]thiazoles <06S1433>. The key step involved a formylation with the Vilsmeier-Haack reagent followed by a cyclocondensation of the putative iminium intermediate. 

In this route a dihydroisoquinoline (58) is N alkylated with a highly functionalized o -bromoacetophenone (59) to give a quaternary salt (60), which is treated with base and cyclizes to a pyrroloisoquinoline (60). The pyrrole nucleus is then formylated under Vilsmeier-Haack conditions at position 5 and a proximate mesylated phenolic group is deprotected with base to yield a pen-tasubstituted pyrrole (61). Subsequent oxidative cyclization of this formylpyr-role produces the 5-lactone portion of lamellarin G trimethyl ether (36). This sequence allows for rapid and efficient analog synthesis as well as the synthesis of the natural product. 

The Vilsmeier-Haack reaction (herein, Vilsmeier reaction ) provides an effective method for the formylation of aromatic systems. The combination of phosphoryl chloride with V-methylaniline or dimethylformamide generates an iminium phosphorus derivative or chloro-iminium cation that is the active electrophile in an electrophilic substitution reaction. The resulting substitution product is an iminium salt 1, which is hydrolyzed on workup with alkali to give the carbaldehyde product 2 (Scheme l).1,2 The method is particularly useful with activated arenes or electron-rich heterocycles, such as pyrroles, furans, thiophenes, and indoles. We had a special interest in the preparation of indole-7-carbal-dehydes, namely, their properties as isosteres of salicylaldehyde. Thus, we became involved in a wide-ranging investigation of 4,6-dimethoxy-... 

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