Pyrrolo isoquinoline system

Several tetra- and pentacyclic systems were prepared from Pro, which was first -substituted with naphthalene or phenanthrene rings whereupon the cyclization took place. Such reactions were used for synthetic ap-proaehes toward alkaloids vinceten from Cynachum vincetoxicum (the tetrahydrobenzo /]pyrrolo[l,2-Z ]isoquinoline system 146) (79LA1212 84AJC819) or tylophorine (65T2573). 

Maryanoff and McComsey have studied the concerted suprafacial nature of the aza-Claisen rearrangement in the pyrrolo-[2,l-o]isoquinoline system 367 by deuterium labeling studies.Quaternary c -fixsed salt 370 underwent aza-Claisen rearrangement with allyl inversion to yield iminium species 371 which was reduced in situ to amine 372. 

Distinct functional groups with acidic hydrogens can also promote these transformations. For instance, benzoylnitromethane (208) or ethyl bromopyruvate (206) react with isoquinoline (6) and acetylenedicarboxylates via the same dipolar mechanism to generate a pyrrolo[2,l-a]isoquinoline scaffold. However, in these cases, after closure of the 5-membered ring, a double-bond formation via dehydrogenation or nitrous acid elimination yields the fully aromatic ring systems 207 and 209 (Scheme 28) [82, 183]. 

The quaternization of a j8-carboline, followed by the generation of an azomethine ylid, enables cycloaddition of diethyl acetylenedicarboxylate to yield the fused pyrrole product (357) (Scheme 115) <89TL3423>. Similar systems, namely the pyrrolo[2,l-a]isoquinolines, have been formed by an intramolecular electrophilic substitution on the 2-aryl ring of a suitably substituted pyrrole (358) (Equation (104)) <93JCS(Pi)276i>. 

This methodology with some variations has been utilized in the synthesis of numerous heterocyclic systems, such as heterocycle-fused quinolinone derivatives [391], l,4-benzodiazepin-2-ones [392], benzo-, naphtho- and heterocycle-fused pyrrolo[2,l-c][l,4]diazepines [393], quinolinone or pyrrolidinone derivatives [394], dibenzo[fl,c]phenanthridines [395], thiazolo-fused quinolinones [396], isoindolinone and isoquinolin-2-one derivatives [397], indoline derivatives [398], 5-aroyl-pyrrolidinones [399,400], indazolone derivatives [401,402], substituted indolizidinones [403], 1-arylpyrrolopyrazinones [404], stmcturally diverse... 

A Parham cyclization strategy has been used to synthesize a wide variety of isoquinolines. For example, iodide 66 is smoothly converted to 67, which can be reduced (sodium borohydride/trifluoroacetic acid, 99%) or treated with nucleophiles and a Lewis acid to effect a-amidoalkylation. Likewise, imidazo[4,3-a]isoquinolinones (68), ° thiazolo[4,3-a]isoquinolinones (69), ° pyrrolo[2,l-a]isoquinolines (70), pyrrolo[ 1,2-6] isoquinolines (71), pyrrolo[l,2-6]acridinones (72), ° pyirolo[l,2-g]quinolones (73), ° thieno[3,2-y]indolizinones (74), ° and furo[3,2-/lindolizinones (75). ° It should be noted that the latter ring system 63 was prepared by deprotonation (LDA) rather than halogen-lithium exchange. °... 

The aerobic dehydrogenative annulation of 2-aryl-substituted pyrroles and indoles for a variety of alkynes, using the system ruthenium(Il) catalyst with oxidant Cu(0Ac)2.H20, was then reported. The reaction was now performed under ambient air as the ideal sacrificial oxidant, thus only 10 mol% of Cu (0Ac)2.H20 could be used for efficient transformations of indoles [(Eq. 89)] [178]. This method could also be applied to synthesize pyrrolo[2,l-a]isoquinolines from 2-arylpyrroles with dialkyl-, diaryl-, or alkylarylacetylenes with an excellent regioselectivity. The competition experiments showed that an electron-deficient alkyne favours this reaction and that the more acidic C-H bond activation is favoured [(Eq. 89)] [178]. 

S. Monsal, A. Maity, R. Paira, M. Banerjee, YP. Bharitkar, A. Hazra, S. Banerjee, N.B. Mondals, Efficient synthesis of novel tetrahydropyr-rolo[3, 4 3.4]pyrrolo[2.1-fl] isoquinoline derivatives via simple and convenient MCR in aqueous micellar system. Tetrahedron Lett. 53 (2012) 1288-1291. 

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