- Carbon-carbon bond cleavage of α-hydroxybenzylheteroarenes catalyzed by cyanide ion: Retro-benzoin condensation affords ketones and heteroarenes and benzyl migration affords benzylheteroarenes and arenecarbaldehydes
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4-(α-Benzylα-hydroxybenzyl)quinazoline (4a) underwent retro-benzoin condensation catalyzed by cyanide ion to give deoxybenzoin (2a) and quinazoline (5a). Similarly, several nitrogen-containing heteroarenes (4, 9, 12, 16-19) having an α-hydroxybenzyl group at the α-position of the nitrogen underwent retro-benzoin type condensation to afford kelones (2) and heteroarenes (5). However, similar reaction of pyrazolopyrimidines (13, 14, 15) having an α-benzyl-α-hydroxybelzyl group resulted in benzyl migration, giving benzylpyrazolopyrimidines (8) and arenecarbaldehydes (3). Tetrabutylammonium cyanide (11, Bu4NCN) was a more effective cyanide ion donor than KCN (10). The retro-benzoin condensation was applied to the synthesis of 2-substituted quinazolines (38) from 2-chloro-4- aroylquinazolines (34), using the aroyl group as a protecting and electron- withdrawing group.
- Suzuki, Yumiko,Takemura, Yuki,Iwamoto, Ken-Ichi,Higashino, Takeo,Miyashita, Akira
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p. 199 - 206
(2007/10/03)
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- Pyrolysis of 1-substituted pyrazoles and chloroform at 550°C: Formation of α-carboline from 1-benzylpyrazoles
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Pyrolysis of 13CH3 labelled 1-methylpyrazole 8 with chloroform at 550°C in a continuous flow reactor yields unlabelled 2-chloropyrimidine 9 and 2-cyanopyrrole 10 labelled at the cyano group. However, pyrolysis of 1-benzylpyrazole 14 with chloroform under similar conditions gives 9,2-phenylpyrimidine 13 and, as the major product, α-carboline 15. Pyrolysis of several substituted 1-(arylmethyl)pyrazoles and the use of 13C and 15N labelled compounds provides direct evidence by which the positions of 7 atoms of 1-benzylpyrazole can be located in the α-carboline. These data support the mechanisms suggested for the formation of 9, 10, and 15.
- Bhatti, Inayat A.,Busby, Reginald E.,Bin Mohamed, Murtedza,Parrick, John,Shaw, C. J. Granville
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p. 3581 - 3585
(2007/10/03)
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