Decarboxylations quinoline

Decarboxylation. Cohen and Schambach1 report that the usual copper metal-quinoline decarboxylation procedure is much slower than that using the cupric or cuprous salt of the acid (N2,180-200°). They also note that the rate is increased markedly by certain chelating agents such as 2,2 -dipyridyl (Eastman, Aldrich) and 1,10-phenanthroline (Eastman, Aldrich). The latter is more effective, but about twice as expensive. 

Syntheses of 3,4-Unsaturated Cyclic Compounds - Compound 30, available in three steps from 5-hydroxymethyl-l,6-anhydro-a-L-a//ro-hexopyranose was converted into ewMevoglucosenone by reaction with copper-quinoline (decarboxylation at C-5), zirconium oxide induced olefination at C-3 (reductive decarboxylation) then deacylation and oxidation. The 5-hydroxymethyl analogue of ent-levogluco-senone was also made from the same starting materials. ... 

Quinolinate decarboxylation and conversion to nicotinic acid mononucleotide is catalysed by quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase, a rate-limiting enzyme in the conversion of tryptophan to NAD the reaction requires Mg and is negatively regulated by nicotinamide. Next the transfer of adenylate from ATP by an intermediate of nicotinamide/nicotinate-mononucleotide-adenyl-transferases isoenzymes (NMNAT, see below) yields nicotinic acid adenine... 

In 1967, Wynberg et al. reported the first synthesis of air-sensitive thieno[3,4-b] thiophene [51]. The sulfoxide (131) was converted into anhydride 133 in refluxing acetic anhydride (132). Hydrolysis to form thieno[3,4-Z>]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid (134) then copper/quinoline decarboxylation gave 2, isolated initially as a picrate (Scheme 29). 

In order to evaluate what caused the limitation to ort/io-substimted carboxylic acids, we investigated the decarboxylation step separately firom die cross-coupling step. In the presence of only the copper(I) phenanthroline/quinoline decarboxylation catalyst (15 mol%), a wide range of aromatic, heteroaromatic, and vinylic carboxylates protodecarboxylated to the corresponding hydrocarbons rai heating to 160°C (Scheme 12). However, added halide ions, as would inevitably be released in a decarboxylative cross-coupling (Scheme 6), prevented the decarboxylation for aU non-orf/io-substituted or not otherwise activated aromatic carboxylic acids. 

Heat-triggered decarboxylation of aromatic carboxylic acids in quinoline solution in the presence of copper metal or copper salts (the copper-quinoline decarboxylation)... 

The product is the isomer with the two phenyl groups cis to each other, since decarboxylation with quinoline-copper chromium oxide at 210-220° yields cis-stilbene. 

J lie decarboxylation is frequently the most troublesome step in this sequence. Attempts at simple thermal decarboxylation frequently lead to recycliz-ation to the lactam. The original investigators carried out decarboxylation by acidic hydrolysis and noted that rings with ER substituents were most easily decarboxylated[2]. It appears that ring protonation is involved in the decarboxylation under hydrolytic conditions. Quinoline-copper decarboxylation has been used successfully after protecting the exocyclic nitrogen with a phthaloyl, acetyl or benzoyl group[3]. 

Oxidation. The synthesis of quinolinic acid and its subsequent decarboxylation to nicotinic acid [59-67-6] (7) has been accompHshed direcdy in 79% yield using a nitric—sulfuric acid mixture above 220°C (25). A wide variety of oxidants have been used in the preparation of quinoline N-oxide. This substrate has proved to be useful in the preparation of 2-chloroquinoline [612-62-4] and 4-chloroquinoline [611 -35-8] using sulfuryl chloride (26). The oxidized nitrogen is readily reduced with DMSO (27) (see Amine oxides). 

PUtzing erReaction. Quinoline-4-carboxyhc acids are easily prepared by the condensation of isatin [91-56-5] (16) with carbonyl compounds (50). The products may be decarboxylated to the corresponding quinolines. The reaction of isatin with cycHc ketones has been reported, eg, the addition of cyclohexanone gives the tricycHc intermediate (17) [38186-54-8] which upon oxidation produces quinoline-2,3,4-tricarboxyhc acid [16880-83-4] (51). 

Practically all pyridazine-carboxylic and -polycarboxylic acids undergo decarboxylation when heated above 200 °C. As the corresponding products are usually isolated in high yields, decarboxylation is frequently used as the best synthetic route for many pyridazine and pyridazinone derivatives. For example, pyridazine-3-carboxylic acid eliminates carbon dioxide when heated at reduced pressure to give pyridazine in almost quantitative yield, but pyridazine is obtained in poor yield from pyridazine-4-carboxylic acid. Decarboxylation is usually carried out in acid solution, or by heating dry silver salts, while organic bases such as aniline, dimethylaniline and quinoline are used as catalysts for monodecarboxylation of pyridazine-4,5-dicarboxylic acids. 

Until recent years the only syntheses of 3-hydroxy quinoline involved multistep processes, the last step of which consisted of the conversion of 3-aminoquinoline to 3-hydroxyquinoline via the diazonium salt. " Small quantities of quinoline have been oxidized to 3-hydroxyquinoline in low yields by using oxygen in the presence of ascorbic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, ferrous sulfate, and i)hosi)halc buffer. The decarboxylation of 3-hydroxycinchoninic, acid in boiling nitrobenzene has been re-... 

The benz analogue of 2-trifluoromethylimidazole is inert to aqueous alkali, presumably because formation of the intermediate diazafulvene would disrupt the benzene ring However, two quinoline analogues do undergo hydrolysis with subsequent decarboxylation [4J] (equations 42 and 43) The f4,5-h] isomer is less reactive (equation 42) than the [4,5-f] isomer (equation 43)... 

The Doebner reaction is a three component coupling of an aniline (1), pyruvic acid (2), and an aldehyde (3) to provide a 4-carboxyl quinoline (4). That product can be decarboxylated to furnish quinoline 5. 

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 preparation and use of derivatized Meldrum s acid has led to an alternative preparation of 2-substituted quinolines (49 and 50) and the preparation of pyridopyrimidines (52). When Meldrum s acid derivatives are used (as shown in this example) decarboxylation occurred under the cyclization conditions. Three component coupling has been used to readily assemble the desired 3-anilino-acrylate from reaction of Meldrum s acid, (EtO)3CH and an aniline (e.g. 54 or 55).< ... 

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. " ... 

Esters of 9-oxo-6,9-dihydro-triazolo[4,5-/]quinoline-8-carboxylic acids 176 can be hydrolyzed and decarboxylated to afford the 9-oxo-6,9-dihydrotriazolo[4, 5-/]quinolines 177 (Scheme 55) (87CCC2918, 88CCC1068,90JMC2640). These in turn were aromatized with POCI3 to the appropriate 9-chloroderivatives 178,... 

When reacted with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, the amines produced ben-zotriazolylaminobutendioates 188 accompanied by A-benzotriazolyl substituted 2-pyridones only in the case of 5-amino-2-methyl-2//-benzotriazole, the triazolo-9,10-dihydrobenzo[d]azepine and an unusual cyclization product, triazolo-2-oxindole (convertible into 2-methyltriazolo[4,5-/]carbostyril-9-carboxylate) were formed. The quinolones 189 were aromatized to chloroesters 190 these in turn were hydrolyzed to chloroacids 191 and decarboxylated to 9-chlorotriazolo[4, 5-/]quinolines 192 (Scheme 58) (93H259). The chlorine atom could be replaced with 17 various secondary amines to give the corresponding 9-aminoalkyl(aryl) derivatives 193, some of which exhibit both cell selectivity and tumor growth inhibition activity at concentrations between 10 and 10 " M (95FA47). 

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