Thorpe-Ziegler

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Synthesis of amino derivatives of five-membered heterocycles by Thorpe-Ziegler cyclization 99AHC(72)79. 

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Most probably, the last stage in the synthesis of 2-amino-4H-pyrans involves base-catalyzed nucleophilic addition of the enolic oxygen to a C=N group, which can be regarded as a hetero-Thorpe-Ziegler reaction (Scheme 21). 

Multicomponent reactions of this type, in the concepts of Tietze, who introduced the term domino reactions (96CRV115), can also be regarded as domino reactions of the type Knoevenagel-Michael-ljef-ero-Thorpe-Ziegler in accordance with the probable mechanistic scheme (Scheme 32). 

The use of classical condensation reactions is important. Thus, the Dieckmann reaction (equation 38) and the Thorpe-Ziegler cyclization (equation 39) have been used for almost a century for the preparation of a wide range of monocyclic and benzo-fused heterocycles. The aldol condensation and related reactions have also been fairly widely exploited, especially for the synthesis of 4-quinolones (the Camps reaction, e.g. equation 40), and various extensions of this general approach are described in the monograph chapters. 

A Thorpe-Ziegler intramolecular cyclization starting with 3-cyanopyridine-2-thione derivatives leads to the formation of 3-amino-2-(organylsulfinyl)thieno[2,3- ]pyridines in high yields <2006RCB529>. 

The Thorpe-Ziegler reaction has been employed in the synthesis of thieno[3,4-t4pyritnidines by providing the thiophene 421. Heating this compound under reflux in formic acid leads to a series of thienopyrimidines 422 (Equation 157) <2002IZK854>. 

Highly substituted [l,6]naphthyridines have been prepared by the Michael addition and subsequent Thorpe-Ziegler cyclization of a series of chalcones with malononitrile in the presence of pyrrolidine, over extended periods of heating <1999SC3881>. Attempts to reduce the reaction times using microwave irradiation gave mixtures of products... 

Thorpe Reaction (If intermodular, known as the Thorpe-Ziegler Reaction.)... 

Synthesis of Amino Derivatives of Five-Membered Heterocycles by Thorpe-Ziegler Cyclization... 

The present review covers the Thorpe-Ziegler syntheses of 3-aminofurans, 3-aminopyrroles, 3-aminothiophenes, 3-aminoselenophenes, and diverse aminoazoles as well as the corresponding annulated systems that appeared from 1983 to 1996 but excludes examples considered in the 3-cyanopyridine review (92MI1). Moreover, examples are included that do not report a separate Thorpe-Ziegler cyclization but are likely to involve this type of reaction (e.g., cases in which precursors 1 were not isolated and identified but directly formed in the reaction mixture). Special attention is paid to synthetic aspects, although some reaction mechanisms are discussed too. 

Lithium diisopropyl amide (LDA) assisted Thorpe-Ziegler cyclization of cyanoenolethers (11) was used to synthesize the ribose-C-glycoside 12, which was further transformed into a furo[3,2-d] pyrimidine (86TL815 90MI1). Other bases such as NaOEt, l,5-diazabicyclo[4,3,0] non-5-ene (DBN), r-BuOK or n-BuLi that were successfully used in pyrrole syntheses (see Section III. A) were not suitable for this furan formation (Scheme 3). 

Aminofuran-2-ones (15) (R = COAr, COMe) could be synthesized by Thorpe-Ziegler cyclization of acylmethyl esters 13 and 14 in the presence of NEt3 and NaOEt, respectively. However, the less acidic ethoxycarbonyl-methyl componds 13 and 14 (R = COOEt) or cyanomethyl esters (R = CN) failed to ring close (84LA1702) (Scheme 4). The starting esters could... 

Interestingly, o-cyanomethoxybenzonitrile (26) gives a Thorpe-Ziegler type of cyclization under Vilsmeier conditions (DMF/POCl3), that is without the addition of a base. Further cyclization of the assumed 3-amino-2-cyanobenzofuran 27 with the Vilsmeier reagent afforded benzofuro-[3,2-d]pyrimidine (28) in poor yield, (91JHC263) (Scheme 7). 

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