Pyrroles domino processes

Scheme 12 Synthesis of tetrasubstituted pyrroles by coupled domino processes...

Tetrasubstituted pyrroles were also obtained in a coupled domino process carried out under solvent-free conditions on silica gel (Scheme 9). The process involved the transformation of the alkynoate 27 into the 1,3-oxazoUdine 28 that could be further rearranged (through loss of one molecule of water)... 

Pagenkopf s group developed a novel domino process for the synthesis of pyrroles 4-183, which allows for the control over the installation of substituents at three positions and seems to be very suitable for combinatorial chemistry [62]. The process consists of a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of an intermediate 1,3-dipole formed from the cyclopropane derivative 4-181 with a nitrile to give 4-182 followed by dehydration and isomerization (Scheme 4.39). The yield ranges from 25 to 93 %, and the procedure also works well with condensed cyclopropanes. 

The Cacchi group [85] developed a Pd-catalyzed domino process between o-alky-nyltrifluoroacetanilides as 6-157 and aryl or alkenyl halides, which leads to substituted pyrroles within an indole system. This scheme was successfully applied to the preparation of indolo[2,3-a]carbazoles as 6-158 using N-benzyl-3,4-dibro-momaleimide (Scheme 6/1.42). The indolocarbazole is found in several bioactive natural products as arcyriaflavin A and the cytotoxic rebeccamycin. 

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). 

Scheme 10.28. Microwave-assisted domino processes to tetrasubstituted pyrroles.

Tejedor and coworkers have utilized a combination of two domino processes for a microwave-promoted synthesis of tetrasubstituted pyrroles [344]. The protocol combines two coupled domino processes the triethylamine-catalyzed synthesis of enol-protected propargylic alcohols and their sequential transformation into pyrroles through a spontaneous rearrangement from 1,3-oxazolidines (Scheme 6.183). Overall, these two linked and coupled domino processes build up two carbon-carbon bonds, two carbon-nitrogen bonds, and an aromatic ring in a regioselective and efficient manner. The tetrasubstituted pyrroles could be directly synthesized from the enol-protected propargylic alcohols and the primary amines by microwave irradia-... 

Scheme 6.183 Pyrroles from coupled domino processes.

Tetrasubstituted pyrroles could be obtained by skeletal rearrangement of 1,3-oxazolidines, a reaction that is substantially accelerated by microwave irradiation. Dielectric heating of a 1,3-oxazolidine 7, absorbed on silica gel (1 g silica gel/mmol) for 5 min in a household MW oven (900 W power) cleanly afforded the 1,2,3,4-tetrasubstituted pyrrole 8 in 78% yield, thus reducing the reaction time from hours to minutes (Scheme 5) [24], 1,3-Oxazolidines are accessible in one-pot, two-step, solvent-free domino processes (see also Sect. 2.6). The first domino process, a multi-component reaction (MCR) between 2 equivalents of alkyl propiolate and 1 equivalent of aldehyde furnished enol ethers 9 (Scheme 5). Subsequent microwave-accelerated solvent-free reactions of enol ethers 9 with primary amines on silica support afforded intermediate 1,3-oxazolidines, which in situ rearranged to the tetrasubstituted pyrroles (2nd domino process). Performed in a one-pot format, these... 

Polysubstituted 1,3-oxazolidines were prepared in a one-pot diversity oriented four-component reaction (4-MCR), comprising two linked domino processes. Thus, domino synthesis of enol ethers 9 was followed by a sequential amine addition-cyclization sequence [74]. While strong microwave irradiation (900 W) of silica-gel absorbed conjugated alkynoates 9 and amines afforded tetrasubstituted pyrroles (via the skeletal rearrangement of 1,3-oxazolidines, see Sect. 2.1 and Scheme 5) [24], the use of milder microwave conditions (160 W power, 90 min) furnished 1,3-oxazolidines. Under these mild conditions the 1,3-oxazolidines did not rearrange to pyrroles and with respect to diastereoselectivity, the 1,3-oxazolidines were obtained as mixtures of syn/anti isomers. Overall, the formation of one C-C bond, one C-0 bond, two C - N bonds and a ring in this MCR required less than 3 hours and utilized simple and commercially available reagents (Scheme 26). 

Beller and coworkers recently reported a new strategy for the synthesis of poly-substituted anilines based on a three-component-coupling reaction and a domino deprotec-tion/aromatization reaction (equation l)44. A mixture of O-benzyl carbamate, p-toluene-sulfonic acid, aldehyde, AC2O and dienophile in /V-rnclhy I pyrrol idone was allowed to react for 24 h at 120 °C, followed by Pd/C catalyzed dehydrogenation in triglyme at 140 °C. A variety of tri-, tetra- and penta-substituted anilines were efficiently created by this domino process. 

Treatment of 26 with benzylamine under microwave irradiation led to the formation of 1,3-oxazolidine 27 which subsequently rearranged to give the pyrrole 28. The serendipitous discovery of the latter reaction provides a novel domino process for the formation of pyrroles from acyclic enol-protected propargyl alcohols which are also be derived from a domino process, the double condensation of alkynoates with aldehydes <04JA8390>. 

Pyrroles can be synthesized from 3-pyrrolines 39 which can be prepared from a Crabbe reaction of propargyl sulfonamides 38 and selective cycloisomerization of the resulting allene intermediate. Subsequent oxidation of 3-pyrrohnes with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) lead to 2-alkyl and aryl pyrroles 40 in this domino process (14EJO2305). 

Efficient domino approaches to multifunctionalized tricyclic fused pyrroles 59 and dibenzo[h,e][l,4]diazepin-l-ones 60 have been established starting from enam-inones 57 with different substitution patterns and arylglyoxal monohydrates 58. The reaction pathway is controlled by the substituent at the N atom in 57. The domino process can easily be performed by simply mixing 58 and N-amino acid enaminones or 3-(2-aminophenylamino)-5,5-dimethylcyclohex-2-enones 57 in the presence of AcOH under microwave irradiation (Scheme 12.21). The reaction occurs within 12-36 min, with water as the second product. A complete anti diastereoselectivity was achieved within the formation of tricyclic fused pyrrole derivatives [42]. 

While the cycloaddition of oxazole with acetylene is a well-established method for furan synthesis [36], the corresponding reaction of 5-amino oxazole was unknown at the outset of this work. As shown in Eq. (3) of Scheme 15.19, the reaction of 24b with 3-phenyl-2-propynoyl chloridephenylpropioloyl chloride (55a) proceeded smoothly to provide the 5,6-dihydro-furo[2,3-c]pyrrol-4-one (56) in greater than 95% yield. A triple domino sequence involving acylation/intramolecular DA cycloaddition/retro DA could explain the reaction outcome. That the domino process was initiated by acylation was evidenced by the fact that 24b failed to react with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) under the identical conditions. 

After this work, the more challenging synthesis of arene-alkynylated indoles was investigated. Because of the enhanced reactivity of the pyrrole ring, the direct functionalization of indoles on the benzene ring is highly challenging. A domino process to access these compounds would therefore be very useful. They were able... 

This MCR domino process involves initial CFsCOOH-promoted propargylation of the 1,3-dicarbonyl system and subsequent condensation between the resulting y-ketoalkyne 89 and the primary amine to afford the propargylated P-enaminoester 90, which undergoes an Ru-catalyzed 5-exo-dig aimulation to form the cyclic enamine 91, finally tautomerizing to the pyrrole 88. 

Besides the domino Michael/SN processes, domino Michael/Knoevenagel reactions have also been used. Thus, Obrecht, Filippone and Santeusanio employed this type of process for the assembly of highly substituted thiophenes [102] and pyrroles [103]. Marinelli and colleagues have reported on the synthesis of various 2,4-disubstituted quinolines [104] and [l,8]naphthyridines [105] by means of a domino Michael addition/imine cyclization. Related di- and tetrahydroquinolines were prepared by a domino Michael addition/aldol condensation described by the Hamada group [106]. A recent example of a domino Michael/aldol condensation process has been reported by Brase and coworkers [107], by which substituted tetrahydroxan-thenes 2-186 were prepared from salicylic aldehydes 2-184 and cycloenones 2-185 (Scheme 2.43). 

Interestingly, by conducting the second domino reaction at only 160 W for 90 min, it is also feasible to halt the process at the stage of the corresponding 1,3-ox-azolidines, which are intermediates in the formation of pyrroles 10-113 [42]. 

The inexpensive and readily available diisopropylamine was used in the iminium-ion-forming process for domino Michael addition/aldol condensation reaction to N-hydroxypyrrole 232 (Scheme 7.49). When a variety of different functional groups at R3 of the a,P-unsaturated aldehydes 231 were tried (phenylethyl, benzoxypropyl, and 2-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)ethyl), the process was efficient in forming the highly substituted hydroxypyrroles 232. However, aromatic groups in this position were unsuccessful. The regioselectivity of the domino reaction in water and methods for the later synthesis of liT-pyrrole were also reported [116]. 

Based on the Cul-catalyzed C-N coupling reaction, Buchwald et al. developed a domino coupling/cyclization process for synthesizing substituted pyrroles 119 from vinyl halides 117 and Boc-protected amines (Scheme 42) [78]. When Boc-protected... 

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