3- -quinoxalinone, acylation

Quinoxalinones are usually rendered nontautomeric (fixed) by A-alkylation, but A-acylation or the like can occasionally serve the same purpose. 

Hydrazinocarbonylpropyl)-6,7-dimethoxy-l-methyl-2(177)-quinoxalinone (126) undergoes acylation by fatty acids (EtN=C=NCH2CH2CH2NMe2, H2O, pyridine, 20°C) to afford highly fluorescent derivatives that are useful for the detection and estimation of such fatty acids. ... 

A -Acylation of l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-quinoxalinones anchored to Wang resin was achieved by the usual procedure to give 4-acyl derivatives (Equation 16) <1998JOC1172>. 

A second side reaction suffered by Ar(4)-unfunctionalized quinoxali-nones leading to racemization at the a-carbon was revealed in the closely related studies of Morales and co-workers, who assembled the [6,6] ring system from 4-fluoro-3-nitrobenzoic acid coupled as an ester to Wang resin (lb) (Scheme 12).9 This undesirable side reaction could also be prevented by functionalization of iV(4) prior to cleavage, which in this instance was accomplished by acylation with chloroformates and thiochloroformates. Derivatization at (V(l) was again effected using the Ellman alkylation protocol and provided optically pure samples of the quinoxalinones (72). 

Diazines other than diketopiperazines can also be prepared on insoluble supports (Table 15.31 see also Figure 3.13 [382]). Most strategies are based on intramolecular nucleophilic substitutions or acylations. Several examples of the solid-phase preparation of quinoxalinones have been reported. In most cases, the compounds have been prepared from support-bound 2-fluoronitrobenzenes according to the strategies outlined in Figure 15.18. Alternatively, a-amino acid esters bound to polystyrene as IV-benzyl derivatives can be N-arylated with 2-fluoronitrobenzene. Reduction of the resulting 2-nitroaniline leads to the formation of quinoxalinones [383]. 1,4-Diazines have been chemically modified by N- or C-alkylation on insoluble supports (Entries 9 and 10, Table 15.31). 

In 2006, Lectka and coworkers reported an asymmetric inverse electron demand hetero-Diels-Alder reaction (HDAR) of acyl chlorides (Bekele et al. 2006 Wolfer et al. 2006) and o-benzoquinone diimides to deliver chiral quinoxalinones (Abraham et al. 2006). In spite of perfect ee values observed by the catalysis of Lewis bases derived from cinchona alkaloids, the reaction conditions were somewhat harsh and metal triflates had to be used as co-catalysts to activate the electrophilic o-benzoquinone diimides (Abraham et al. 2006 Pauli et al. 2(X)8). 

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