3-Thiophen amine synthesis

Separately, Paal and Knorr described the initial examples of condensation reactions between 1,4-diketones and primary amines, which became known as the Paal-Knorr pyrrole synthesis. Paal also developed a furan synthesis in related studies. The central theme of these reactions involves cyclizations of 1,4-diketones, either in the presence of a primary amine (Paal-Knorr pyrrole synthesis), in the presence of a sulfur(II) source (Paal thiophene synthesis), or by dehydration of the diketone itself (Paal furan synthesis). 

Addition of amines to a,/J-unsaturated sulfones has been used in synthesis of key intermediates of biotin. In this reaction, benzylamine serves first as a base in the reaction with 60 to afford thiophene 1,1-dioxide (61) and also as a nucleophile to introduce two amino groups (equation 57)49. 

The condensation of activated thiols onto adjacent nitriles is a common method for the preparation of amine-substituted thiophenes. A three component condensation was utilized to prepare a-aminothiophene 11 <00TL1597>. An alternate method for preparing amino-substituted thiophenes involved the treatment of ketene S,JV-acetal 12 with an activated carbonyl compound 13 which gave thiophene 14 <00JOC3690>. This type of reaction has also been utilized to prepare building blocks for the synthesis of fused thiophenes <00JHC363>. 

Direct nitration of dibenzothiophene occurs in the 2-position, while prior oxidation of the sulfur atom to either the sulfoxide or sulfone causes nitration to be directed to the 3-position. These two reactions form the starting point for the synthesis of most of the known derivatives of dibenzothiophene, which normally proceed via the derived amines. This has now been further illustrated by the synthesis of both 1-nitro- and 4-nitrodibenzothiophene from iV -derivatives of 2- and 3-aminodibenzo-thiophene, respectively, as described below. The synthesis of these two compounds thus completes the series of mononitrodibenzothiophenes. Unfortunately hopes of s3mthesizing nitrodibenzothiophenes via the chlorocyclohexanone route have been almost certainly ruled out by the failure to produce 2-nitrodibenzothiophene by this route (Section IV, A). 

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Diketones can be used as the common precursor for the synthesis of furan, pyrrole, and thiophenes. The treatment of 1,4-diketones with aryl amines under similar conditions results in the formation of the corresponding pyrrole derivatives. 

Disubstituted thiophenes 96 and 1,2,5-tri- and 2,5-disubstituted pyrrole derivatives 97 are available readily from m-3,6-disubstituted-3,6-dihydro-l,2-dioxins in a one-pot synthesis. The reaction proceeds by an initial Kornblum-de la Mare rearrangement of the 3,6-dihydro-l,2-dioxin to its isomeric 1,4-diketone followed by the condensation with Lawesson s reagent, ammonium carbonate, or a primary amine (Scheme 21) <2002TL3199>. 

This approach is used exclusively for the synthesis of the isomeric annelated isothiazoles and isoselenazoles to form the nitrogen-sulfur(selenium) bond and has been discussed in CHEC-II(1996) <1996CHEC-II(7)49>. A wide variety of oxidative cyclizations have been reported, some of which incorpotate an amination. Eor example, reaction of 47 with chloramine gives the corresponding isothiazolo[5,4-7]thiophene 40 (Equation 9) <2000P65>. 

Diazotization of aminothiophene and the Hurd-Mori reaction <1955JA5359> are two popular methods for synthesis of thieno[2,3- -l,2,3-thiadiazoles. Amine 128 gave only a poor yield of methyl thieno[2,3-/7]-l,2,3-thiadiazole-6-carbox-ylate 131a when subjected to acidic diazotization conditions (Scheme 14). The fully substituted thiophenes 129 and 126 underwent cyclization in much greater yields under similar conditions <1999M573>. Protected amines 127 and 130 also gave a better yield of the cyclized product than the unprotected amine 128 <1999JHC761>. 

The nature of the aromatic substituents is apparently not critical for SSRI activity, as indicated by the structure of duloxetine (23-5), where one ring is replaced by thiophene and the other by naphthalene. The synthesis starts as above by the formation of the Mannich base (23-1) from 1-acetyl thiophene with formaldehyde and dimethyl-amine. Treatment of that intermediate with the complex from lithium aluminum hydride and the 2R,3S entantiomer of dimethylamino-l,2-diphenyl-3-methyl-butane-2-ol gives the S isomer (23-2) in high enantiomeric excess. Treatment of the aUcoxide from (23-2) and sodium hydride with 1-fluoronaphthalene leads to the displacement of halogen and thus the formation of ether (23-2). The surplus methyl group is then removed by yet another variant of the von Braun reaction that avoids the use of a base for saponifying the intermediate urethane. Thus, reaction of (23-3) with trichloroethyl formate leads to the A -demethylated chlorinated urethane (23-4). Treatment of that intermediate with zinc leads to a loss of the carbamate and the formation of the free secondary amine duloxetine (23-5) [23]. 

Paal-Knorr synthesis It is a useful and straightforward method for the synthesis of five-membered heterocyclic compounds, e.g. pyrrole, furan and thiophene. However, necessary precursors, e.g. dicarbonyl compounds, are not readily available. Ammonia, primary amines, hydroxylamines or hydrazines are used as the nitrogen component for the synthesis of pyrrole. 

Nielsen (81CS(18)135) prepared thieno[2,3-4]pyrimidin-4(3//)-ones in 43-90% yield by heating 2-acylaminothiophene-3-carboxylates (330) with phosphorus pentoxide, N,N -dimethylcyclohexylamine and an amine hydrochloride at 180 °C. By raising the temperature to 240 °C, thieno[2,3-4]pyrimidin-4-amines (331) were obtained in 27-34% yield (Scheme 92). Phenyl N,N -dimethylphosphorodiamidate [(MeNH)2P(0)OPh], a well-known reagent for the synthesis of 3-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinazolines (77S180), reacts with thiophene derivatives of type (330) to give 3-methylthieno[2,3-4]pyrimidin-4(3/f)-ones (78ACS(B)303). 

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