Pyrroles with acetylenic esters

Hendrickson and co-workers have used the reaction of a-amino-ketones with acetylenic esters for synthesizing pyrrole derivatives. Thus, in the reaction of a-aminopropiophenone with DMAD, an intermediate enamine adduct (56) is formed, which ultimately gives rise to the pyrrole 57 in presence of methanolic HCl [Eq. (16)]. Pandit and Huisman have shown the generality of this scheme in the synthesis of polycyclic pyrrole derivatives. 

N-Methyl- and N-phenyl-2-vinylpyrroles 20a,b react with DMAD at reflux temperature in chloroform to give, in moderate yields, the dihydroindoles 22 via a 1,3-H shift from the Diels-Alder intermediate 21 (55-75%) (80JOC4515). These adducts were readily converted into the corresponding indoles 23 with Dichlorodicyanoquinone (DDQ). 2-Vinyl-pyrrole failed to give [4 + 2]-cycloadducts with acetylenic esters (80JOC4515). Spectroscopic analysis of the product mixtures indicated the presence of polymeric compounds resulting from Michael addition reactions. 

Extrapolations and improvements to this approach continue to enlarge its usefulness - a,P-unsaturated sulfones react with isocyano-acetates and isocyano-nitriles to give pyrroles. Potassium carbonate can be used as the base, vinyl arenes and hetarenes react at the side-chain double bond to give 3-aryl(hetaryl)-pyrroles, and acetylenic-esters produce pyrrole-2,4-dicarboxylates, methyl t-butyl ether as solvent to avoid peroxides. ... 

This reaction can also be regarded as a Michael addition of pyrrole to maleic anhydride. Some substituted pyrroles, however, undergo a [4+2] cycloaddition with acetylene dienophiles, e.g. l-(ethoxycar-bonyl)pyrrole with acetylenedicarboxylic ester [37]. 

When the original reaction between the 1-methylpyrrole and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate was carried out on a larger scale with inadequate cooling, an exothermic reaction took place and none of the dihydroindole (48) could be detected among the products. However these included the mellitic ester (49) and the pyrrole (50), indicating that some of the dihydroindole (48) had formed and had combined with more of the acetylenic ester as already described. A decomposition product of the dihydroindole as yet unidentified, tetramethyl l-methylindole-2,3,6,7-tetracarboxylate (52), and tetramethyl prehnit-... 

Anderson and co-workers86 used the cycloaddition of acetylenic esters to 19a and 19 (R = COPh) in the synthesis of the antimitotic agent Verrucarin E (28). The pyrrole 19a and DMAD gave 35% of 21a, whereas 19 (R = COPh) gave 67% of 21 (R = COPh) and 23% of recovered starting material 1-benzoylpyrrole gave 54% of 29 with DEAD. Further transformations produced the natural product. 

Huisgen s group488 have described a new synthesis of pyrroles (26) from oxazol-5-ones (azlactones) (25) with DMAD and MP. The pyrrole derivatives formed in situ from 2,4-dimethyl- and 4-benzyl-2-methyloxazolone with DMAD underwent nucleophilic addition to a second mole of the acetylenic ester to give the Michael adducts 27 and 28... 

Acetylenecarboxylic esters, reactions with nitrogen-containing heterocycles, 23, 263 Acetylenic derivatives of pyrazoles, synthesis and properties of, 82, 1 Acetylenic esters, synthesis of heterocycles through nucleophilic additions to, 19,297 Acid-catalyzed polymerization of pyrroles and indoles, 2, 287... 

The reaction of cyclohexenamides with nucleophiles such as water, alcohols, or thiols, produced carboxylic acid, esters, or thioesters. Reaction with acetylenic dipolarophiles in acidic conditions produced highly functionalized pyrroles via a complex mechanism, implying as intermediates 1,3-dipoles and bycyclic cycloaddition products. Reaction of cyclohexenamides containing protected hydroxylic functions with AcCl/MeOH produced < -lactones, while cyclohexenamides, bearing in Ri an o-aminophenyl group, easily cyclized to 1, 4-benzodiazepine-2, 5-diones. 

Besides simple enones and enals, less reactive Michael acceptors like /3,/3-disubstituted enones, as well as a,/3-unsaturated esters, thioesters, and nitriles, can also be transformed into the 1,4-addition products by this procedure.44,44a,46,46a The conjugate addition of a-aminoalkylcuprates to allenic or acetylenic Michael acceptors has been utilized extensively in the synthesis of heterocyclic products.46-49 For instance, addition of the cuprate, formed from cyclic carbamate 53 by deprotonation and transmetallation, to alkyl-substituted allenic esters proceeded with high stereoselectivity to afford the adducts 54 with good yield (Scheme 12).46,46a 47 Treatment with phenol and chlorotrimethylsilane effected a smooth Boc deprotection and lactam formation. In contrast, the corresponding reaction with acetylenic esters46,46a or ketones48 invariably produced an E Z-mixture of addition products 56. This poor stereoselectivity could be circumvented by the use of (E)- or (Z)-3-iodo-2-enoates instead of acetylenic esters,49 but turned out to be irrelevant for the subsequent deprotection/cyclization to the pyrroles 57 since this step took place with concomitant E/Z-isomerization. 

We have too little information to understand the reactivity of azomethine ylides toward nonactivated acetylenes since acetylenes bearing no electron-withdrawing substituent(s) have rarely been utilized in cycloaddition trapping of azomethine ylides. To the best of our knowledge, the only example is the reaction of azomethine ylide 7, stabilized by two ester moieties, with acetylene itself in acetone at 125°C, producing pyrrole 210 after dehydrogenation with chloranil (66TL397). 

The synthesis of pentasubstituted pyrroles has been reported by Mjalli and Toyonaga [46] using a multicomponent condensation. The treatment of the intermediate 10 with neat acetic anhydride or isobutylchloroformate and tri-ethylamine in toluene, followed by the addition of a series of acetylenic esters, provided the polymer-bound pentasubstituted pyrroles 12 (Fig. 4). The reaction proceeded by in situ cyclization of the intermediate via [3+2]... 

Pyrroles.—Formation. A general synthesis of 2-aryl-pyrroles (112) is by cycliz-ation of the esters (111), which are obtained from unsaturated aldehydes and methyl azidoacetate. Thermolysis of the acetylene (113 Ar = p-MeC6H4) gives Al-(p-tolyl)pyrrole with the elimination of p-thiocresol. The pyrrole derivative (115) is the product of the action of benzylamine on tri-(t-butylthio)cyclopropenylium perchlorate (114). Azoalkenes combine with fi-dicarbonyl compounds or with enamines to yield derivatives of Al-aminopyrrole thus the ester (116) and ethyl acetoacetate form (117). The base-catalysed addition of methyl propiolate to toluene-p-sulphonylmethyl isocyanide, T0SCH2NC, gives the ester (118). The dipolar cyclo-adduct (120) of piperidinocyclopentene to the azo-compound (119) forms the A-(tosyl-amino)pyrrole derivative (121) and piperidine on heating. ... 

Acidic hydrolysis of the reactive enamide led to the corresponding carboxylic acids 14 whereas alcoholysis gave esters 16 and aminolysis amides 15. The mechanism of the hydrolysis was shown to proceed via miinchnone derivatives 20 which, instead of being opened with a nucleophile, reacted as a 1,3-dipole in [3+2] cycloaddition reactions with propiolic esters or acetylene dicarboxylic esters to give after elimination of carbon dioxide protected pyrroles 19 (Scheme 3.2.4)... 

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