Quinoline-2-carboxylates synthesis

Brequinar (DUP 785, NSC 368390) is a quinoline carboxylic acid derivative that inhibits pyrimidine synthesis by inhibiting dihydro-orotate dehydrogenase. It was originally developed as an anticancer drug, but has also been investigated for its immunosuppressant activity after transplantation. Some data suggest that that the immunosuppressant activity of brequinar may be partly due to inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation in lymphocytes (1). 

Quinolinyl moiety has been applied in the Negishi reaction either as an electrophile or as nucleophile. 2- or 4-substituted quinolinyl triflates or bromides have been used extensively for introduction of aromatic rings at the C2 or C4 positions of the heterocycle. In a representative example, Murata et al. employed a Negishi reaction in his effort toward the formal synthesis of antitumor compound camptothecin. In accordance to that, 2-chloropyridine was allowed to react with lithium naphthalenide, followed by zinc chloride, to afford the corresponding zinc pyridine salt. Reaction of the resulting organozinc intermediate with 2-chloro-3-quinoline carboxylate provided the hetero biaryl core of camptothecin. ... 

Hydroxy-quinoline carboxylates, prepared using the Could-Jacobs reaction, have also been frequently used as precursors for the synthesis of biologically interesting quinoline compounds. For example, the syndiesis of... 

This is an example of the Doebner synthesis of quinoline-4-carboxylic acids (cinchoninic acids) the reaction consists in the condensation of an aromatic amine with pyruvic acid and an aldehj de. The mechanism is probably similar to that given for the Doebner-Miller sj nthesis of quinaldiiie (Section V,2), involving the intermediate formation of a dihydroquinoline derivative, which is subsequently dehydrogenated by the Schiff s base derived from the aromatic amine and aldehyde. 

Additional pyrimido[4,5-f ]quinoline syntheses include one involving the action of cyanogen bromide on 2-chloro-3-cyanoquinoline similar to that described for pyridines (Section 2.15.5.5.1) (78JHC877), and a synthesis of pyrimido[4,5-fe]quinoline-2-carboxylic... 

PyrimidoX4,5-6]quinoline-2-carboxylic acids synthesis, 3, 224-225 Pyrimido[4,5-6]quinoline-2,4-diones synthesis, 3, 224 Pyrimido[5,4-6]quinolinediones synthesis, 3, 219 Pyrimido[4,5-6]quinolines synthesis, 3, 219, 224, 227, 228, 230, 231 Pyrimido[4,5-c]quinolines synthesis, 3, 224, 227 tautomerism, 3, 205 Pyrimido[5,4-6]quinolines synthesis, 3, 227 Pyrimido[5,4-c]quinolines synthesis, 3, 219, 224, 227, 230 Pyrimido[5,4-6]quinoline-1,3,5-trione, 7-chloro-synthesis, 3, 221... 

Friedlander synthesis, 2, 445 Quinoline-3-carboxylic acid, 4-oxo-synthesis... 

Quinoline-4-carboxylic acid, 3-hydroxy-Pfitzinger synthesis, 2, 446 Quinoline-4-carboxylic acid, 2-methyl-synthesis, 2, 475... 

Friedlander synthesis, 2, 444 as antipyretic, 1, 172 Quinoline-4-carboxylic acids amination, 2, 236 Beyer synthesis, 2, 475 Pfitzinger synthesis, 2, 446... 

In 1883, Bottinger described the reaction of aniline and pyruvic acid to yield a methylquinolinecarboxylic acid. He found that the compound decarboxylated and resulted in a methylquinoline, but made no effort to determine the position of either the carboxylic acid or methyl group. Four years later, Doebner established the first product as 2-methylquinoline-4-carboxylic acid (8) and the second product as 2- methylquinoline (9). Under the reaction conditions (refluxing ethanol), pyruvic acid partially decarboxylates to provide the required acetaldehyde in situ. By adding other aldehydes at the beginning of the reaction, Doebner found he was able to synthesize a variety of 2-substituted quinolines. While the Doebner reaction is most commonly associated with the preparation of 2-aryl quinolines, in this primary communication Doebner reported the successful use of several alkyl aldehydes in the quinoline synthesis. 

The Pfitzinger reaction entails the synthesis of quinoline-4-carboxylic acids 2 via condensation of isatic acids formed from isatins 1 and a-methylene carbonyl compounds in the presence of strong aqueous bases. Subsequent decarboxylation can afford the corresponding quinolines. " ... 

Carboxylic acids with labile a-methylene protons react with isatin in the presence of strong aqueous base. In the total synthesis of methoxatin, the coenzyme of methanol dehydrogenase and glucose dehydrogenase, Weinreb employs a Pfitzinger condensation of an isatin 37 and pyruvic acid as a key step to provide the 4-quinolinic acid 38 in 50% yield under the standard basic conditions. ... 

Note These examples are extensions of the Friedlander quinoline synthesis. 3-Ammo-2-quinoxalinecarbaldehyde (183, R = H) and diethyl malonate (184) gave ethyl 2-oxo-l,2-dihydropyrido[2,3-fc]quinoxaline-3-carboxylate (185, R = H) (trace NaOH, trace H2O, EtOH, 10 min 60%). ... 

The Pfitzinger reaction of isatins with a-methylene carbonyl compounds is widely used for the synthesis of substituted quinoline-4-carboxylic acids. Ivachtchenko and colleagues have recently reported on the Pfitzinger reaction in a series of 5-sulfa-moylisatins (Scheme 6.239) [422]. Treatment of 5-sulfamoylisatins with diethyl mal-... 

Interestingly, the Fischer indole synthesis does not easily proceed from acetaldehyde to afford indole. Usually, indole-2-carboxylic acid is prepared from phenylhydrazine with a pyruvate ester followed by hydrolysis. Traditional methods for decarboxylation of indole-2-carboxylic acid to form indole are not environmentally benign. They include pyrolysis or heating with copper-bronze powder, copper(I) chloride, copper chromite, copper acetate or copper(II) oxide, in for example, heat-transfer oils, glycerol, quinoline or 2-benzylpyridine. Decomposition of the product during lengthy thermolysis or purification affects the yields. 

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