Quinol-2- and -4-ones

In 1951, Witkop et al. interpreted the infrared spectra of quinol-2-and -4-ones to favor the oxo formulation. Since then, many investigators, especially Mason, have reported that potential a- and y-hydroxy compounds show infrared absorption bands in the vN—H (3500-3360 cm ) and vC—O (1780-1550 cm ) regions of the spectrum and, hence, exist predominantly in the oxo form references to this work appear in Table I. A study of the bands which occur in the NH-stretching region of the infrared spectra of a series of substituted pyrid-2-ones and quinol-2-ones also supported an oxo formulation for these compounds. Detailed band assignments have been published for pyrid-2- and -4-one. Mason has reported that solutions of j8-hydroxy compounds in chloroform or carbon tetrachloride show... 

Quinoline 1-oxide, hydroxy-, 360 4ff-Quinolizine, 146, 146-150, 153 9aff-Quinolizines, 143-146, 153 Quinol-2- and -4-ones, 348-352 Quinolonediols, 363 Quinol-2- and -4-thiones, 397, 398 Quinoxaline alkyl-, 428 amino-, 415 hydroxy- 378, 379, 384 reaction with dimethyl acetylenedi-carboxylate, 163-164 Quinoxaline-2-thione, 400, 402... 

Attempts have been made to deduce the structure of the predominant form of a potentially tautomeric compound from the shifts which occur in the ultraviolet spectrum of the compound in question on passing from neutral to basic or acidic solutions. The fact that no bathochromic shifts were observed for 2- and 4-hydroxy quinoline and 1-hydroxyisoquinoline under these conditions was taken as evidence that they existed in the oxo form [similar work on substituted quinol-4-ones led to no definite conclusions ]. A knowledge of the dissociation constants is essential to studies of this type, and the conclusions can, in any case, be only very tentative. A further dif-... 

Recently, many investigators have extended the early observations that the ultraviolet spectra of - and y-hydroxypyridines resemble those of their A -methyl (not the 0-methyl) derivatives. This spectral resemblance is found both in aqueous solutions and in solutions of solvents with low dielectric constants, e.g., quinol-4-one in benzene, indicating that these compounds exist predominantly in the oxo form under all conditions. These data are summarized in Table I. In contrast, 4-hydroxyquinoline-3-carboxylic acid has been tentatively concluded to exist in the hydroxy form %- pjTid-2-one-4-carboxylic acid has also been formulated as a hydroxy compound, but this has been disputed. ... 

Reports of [ 2 + 2] cycloaddition of nitrogen containing heterocycles to alkenes are so numerous that attention can be drawn here to only a few. Recent examples include the acetone-sensitized photoaddition of 4-oxazolin-2-one (248) to ethylene to give the cis-adduct 249,203 the photocycloadditions of N-substituted imidazoles to acrylonitrile204 and of N-methyl-4-hydroxy-quinol-2-one to cyclohexene,205 and the photoaddition of pentafluoro-pyridine to ethylene to give the 1 1- and 1 2-adducts 250 and 251,... 

Much more work has been done on the cyclization of amides, mainly of enamides. There are examples of the use of N- chloroacetylbenzylamines to produce dihydroisoquinolin-4-ones (220) (74TL1181). Irradiation of enamides (221) can give either tetrahydrophenan-thridinones (71JOC3975) or hexahydrophenanthridinones (74JCS(P1)1747). Without added iodine a mixture of cis and trans derivatives is obtained and the ratio varies with solvent in non-polar solvents the trans cis ratio can be 15.6 1. If iodine is added to the solution to be irradiated, the quinol-2-ones are obtained. The mechanism has been discussed and... 

The reaction of o-nitrobenzaldehydes with some benzene derivatives in the presence of strong acid (H2S04, PPA) is a classical synthesis of acridinol N-oxides (373) (37BSF240) The synthesis works for benzyl alcohol, benzene, toluene and halobenzenes, but not for benzoic acid, benzonitrile, dimethylaniline, or nitrobenzene. Isoquinoline N-oxides (374) have been obtained from o-bromobenzaldoxime or the acetophenone derivative, and active methylene compounds with copper bromide and sodium hydride (77S760). The azobenzene cobalt tricarbonyl (375) reacts with hexafluorobut-2-yne to give a quinol-2-one (72CC1228), and the 3,4,5-tricyanopyridine (376) is formed when tetracyanoethylene reacts with an enaminonitrile (80S471). 

To an equimolar (1 mmol) mixture of 2-methylquinoline la (143 mg) and benzoyl chloride 2a (140 mg) placed in an open glass container, silica gel (silica gel 60, 230-240 mesh, Merck) (300 mg) was added and the reaction mixture was irradiated in a microwave oven at 400 W power for 4 min. Upon completion of the reaction, as followed by TLC examination, the product is extracted into dichloro-metliane (3xl0mL). The solvent was evaporated and the resulting crude material was purified on a silica gel plate (eluent CCl4-Et20) affording the l-phenyl-2-(quinol-2-yl)-etliane-l-one 3a in 91% yield. 

Baylis-Hillman adducts such as 55 and 56 derived from 2-nitrobenzaldehydes were shown to function as useful precursors to functionalized (1H)-quinol-2-ones and quinolines. Treatment of 55 and 56 with iron and acetic acid at 110 °C afforded 57 and 58, respectively <02T3693>. A variety of other cyclization reactions utilized in the preparation of the quinoline scaffold were also reported. An iridium-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of 3-(2-aminophenyl)propanols afforded 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines <02OL2691>. The intramolecular cyclization of aryl radicals to prepare pyrrolo[3,2-c]quinolines was studied <02T1453>. Additionally, photocyclization reactions of /rans-o-aminocinnamoyl derivatives were reported to provide 2-quinolones and quinolines <02JHC61>. Enolizable quinone and mono- and diimide intermediates were shown to provide quinolines via a thermal 6jt-electrocyclization <02OL4265>. Quinoline derivatives were also prepared from nitrogen-tethered 2-methoxyphenols. The corresponding 2-methoxyphenols were subjected to a iodine(III)-mediated acetoxylation which was followed by an intramolecular Michael addition to afford the quinoline OAc O... 

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