Quinoline 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline

Tetrahydroquinoline Tetrahydro-iso-quinoline Indole Carbazole Piperazine... 

Reduction. Quinoline may be reduced rather selectively, depending on the reaction conditions. Raney nickel at 70—100°C and 6—7 MPa (60—70 atm) results in a 70% yield of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (32). Temperatures of 210—270°C produce only a slightly lower yield of decahydroquinoline [2051-28-7]. Catalytic reduction with platinum oxide in strongly acidic solution at ambient temperature and moderate pressure also gives a 70% yield of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline [10500-57-9] (33). Further reduction of this material with sodium—ethanol produces 90% of /ra/ j -decahydroquinoline [767-92-0] (34). Reductions of the quinoline heterocycHc ring accompanied by alkylation have been reported (35). Yields vary widely sodium borohydride—acetic acid gives 17% of l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-l-(trifluoromethyl)quinoline [57928-03-7] and 79% of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-l-isopropylquinoline [21863-25-2]. This latter compound is obtained in the presence of acetone the use of cyanoborohydride reduces the pyridine ring without alkylation. 

The 6-methylacetylamino-l,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline, after nitration and separation of isomers, following reduction and deprotection, gave the 7-amino-6-methylamino derivative, which cyclized with cyanogen bromide. Alkylation of the cyclization products afforded inhibitors of thymidylate synthase, 5-substituted 2-amino-l//-l-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-g]quinolines 136, designed for use in iterative protein crystal analysis (Scheme 42) (92JMC847). 

Chloro-2,3,4,4fl,5,6-hexahydro-l //-pyrazino[l, 2-fl]quinolin-2-one (407) was prepared when 6-chloro-2-[A -(2-bromoacetyl),-A -(rerf-butoxycarbonyl) aminomethyl]-l,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (406) was first treated with TFA, then the evaporated reaction mixture was heated in DMF in the presence of powdered K2CO3 (96USP5576319). 

Figure 1. HDN reaction network of quinohne-type compounds. Q=quinoline, THQ5=5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline, DHQ=decahydroq unohne, THQl=l,2,3,4-tetrahydroquiniline OPA=ortho-propylaniline, PCHA=2-propylcyclohexylamine, PCHE=propylcyclohexene, PCH=propylcyclohexane, PB=propylbenzene.

Besides the domino Michael/SN processes, domino Michael/Knoevenagel reactions have also been used. Thus, Obrecht, Filippone and Santeusanio employed this type of process for the assembly of highly substituted thiophenes [102] and pyrroles [103]. Marinelli and colleagues have reported on the synthesis of various 2,4-disubstituted quinolines [104] and [l,8]naphthyridines [105] by means of a domino Michael addition/imine cyclization. Related di- and tetrahydroquinolines were prepared by a domino Michael addition/aldol condensation described by the Hamada group [106]. A recent example of a domino Michael/aldol condensation process has been reported by Brase and coworkers [107], by which substituted tetrahydroxan-thenes 2-186 were prepared from salicylic aldehydes 2-184 and cycloenones 2-185 (Scheme 2.43). 

Hydrogenation of Quinolines Under Water Gas Shift Conditions and Oxidation of 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-quinolines to Hydroxamic Acids 6-Methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline and 1-Hydroxy-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydroquinolin-2(1 H)-one. 

The preparation of quinoline and tetrahydroquinoline derivatives from metal carbonyl-catalyzed reactions of Schiff bases with alkyl vinyl ethers in... 

The use of cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate (CAN) as a catalyst for an aza-Diels-Alder reaction was reported in two different publications. In one report Perumal and co-workers react a variety of anilines 86 and aldehydes 87 with enamine 88 in the presence of 5 mol% CAN to form a series of tetrahydroquinolines 89. The reactions were performed at room temperature with very short reaction times and in good yields. In addition, the resulting tetrahydroquinolines could be oxidized to the corresponding substituted quinolines using 2.5 eq of CAN in high yields <06TL3589>. 

The asymmetric hydrogenation of quinoline continues to be of interest. Li et al. reported the asymmetric hydrogenation of a variety of 2-substituted-quinolines to the corresponding tetrahydroquinolines using an Ir-catalyst with a BINOL-derived diphosphonite ligand... 

Additions to quinoline derivatives also continued to be reported last year. Chiral dihydroquinoline-2-nitriles 55 were prepared in up to 91% ee via a catalytic, asymmetric Reissert-type reaction promoted by a Lewis acid-Lewis base bifunctional catalyst. The dihydroquinoline-2-nitrile derivatives can be converted to tetrahydroquinoline-2-carboxylates without any loss of enantiomeric purity <00JA6327>. In addition the cyanomethyl group was introduced selectively at the C2-position of quinoline derivatives by reaction of trimethylsilylacetonitrile with quinolinium methiodides in the presence of CsF <00JOC907>. The reaction of quinolylmethyl and l-(quinolyl)ethylacetates with dimethylmalonate anion in the presence of Pd(0) was reported. Products of nucleophilic substitution and elimination and reduction products were obtained . Pyridoquinolines were prepared in one step from quinolines and 6-substituted quinolines under Friedel-Crafts conditions <00JCS(P1)2898>. 

Flumequine was prepared when 6-fluoro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tertrahydro-quinoline was first reacted with alkylidene malonates and trimethyl orthoformate in THF in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid, and then the products, alkylidene (6-fluoro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolin-1 -yl) methylenemalonates, were cyclized in xylene on the action of polyphos-phoric acid or ethyl polyphosphate at 110-115°C for 1 hr (89EUP310849). 

Recendy, we found that A -allyl-o-vii rlaniline 44 gave 1,2-dihydroquinoline 45 by normal RCM and developed silyl enol ether-ene metathesis for the novel synthesis of 4-siloxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline and demonstrated a convenient entry to quinolines and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline [13], We also have found a novel selective isomerization of terminal olefin to give the corresponding enamide 46 using rathenium carbene catalyst [Ru] and silyl enol ether [14], which represented a new synthetic route to a series of substituted indoles 47 [12], We also succeeded an unambiguous characterization of mthenium hydride complex [RuH] with ACheterocyclic carbene... 

Mechanistically, the Brpnsted acid-catalyzed cascade hydrogenation of quinolines presumably proceeds via the formation of quinolinium ion 56 and subsequent 1,4-hydride addition (step 1) to afford enamine 57. Protonation (step 2) of the latter (57) followed by 1,2-hydride addition (step 3) to the intermediate iminium ion 58 yields tetrahydroquinolines 59 (Scheme 21). In the case of 2-substituted precursors enantioselectivity is induced by an asymmetric hydride transfer (step 3), whereas for 3-substituted ones asymmetric induction is achieved by an enantioselective proton transfer (step 2). 

Reduction of quinolines in acid solution at a lead cathode or by dissolving zinc leads to attack on the heterocyclic ring with the formation of 4,4-coupled products, together with the tetrahydroquinoline [82,83]. In the case of 2- and 4-methyl substituted quinolines, dimeric products are obtained in 10 90 % yields. In these processes, dimerization of the one-electron addition product is in competition with further reduction to give the 1,4-dihydroquinoline, The latter is an enamine and it... 

Partially hydrogenated quinoline cores are also present in some important bioactive compounds. For example, the 4-aza-analogs of Podophyllotoxin, a plant lignan that inhibits microtubule assembly, revealed to be more potent and less toxic anticancer agents. In 2006, Ji s group reported a green multicomponent approach to a new series of these derivatives, consisting of the reaction of either tetronic acid or 1,3-indanedione with various aldehydes and substituted anilines in water under microwave irradiation conditions (Scheme 26) [107]. For this efficient and eco-friendly transformation, the authors proposed a mechanism quite similar to the one that was postulated for the synthesis of tetrahydroquinolines in the precedent section. 

Savitha G, Perumal PT (2006) An efficient one-pot synthesis of tetrahydroquinoline derivatives via an aza Diels-Alder reaction mediated by CAN in an aqueous medium and oxidation to heteroaryl quinolines. Tetrahedron Lett 47 3589-3593... 

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