Isatin acylhydrazones
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isomer results in a strong downfield shift of the signal
for the NH proton of the acylhydrazone fragment7 (see
Table 1). The H NMR spectrum of isomer 4″ shows a
concentrationꢀcaused change in the chemical shift of the
signal for the H(10) proton in Eꢀisomer 5´.
It should be noted that variation in the concentrations
of Zꢀisomers 4″ and 5″ does not change the ratio of their
cisꢀ and transꢀforms.
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double set of signals for some protons with an intensity
ratio of 3.3 : 1. Since, according to Refs 7 and 8, the
signals for the protons of the CH2C(O) fragment in
the cisꢀconformer are shifted downfield by ~0.5 ppm
compared to analogous signals for the transꢀconformer,
we assigned the more intense signals to cis,Zꢀ4″ and the
minor signals to trans,Zꢀ4″. This assignment is confirmed
by the δC value of the carbonyl C atom of the fragment
C(O)NHN=. This signal for the cisꢀconformers of acylꢀ
hydrazones is shifted downfield by 5—6 ppm compared
to an analogous signal for the transꢀconformers7,9 and
appears at δ 170 for the acylhydrazones described in
Ref. 7. Therefore, acylhydrazone 4″ is a 3.3 : 1 mixture
of the cis,Zꢀ and trans,Zꢀisomers.
Compound 5 also consists of Eꢀ and Zꢀisomers about
the C=N bond in a nearly equal proportion. ZꢀIsomer 5″
was isolated and characterized in the individual state (see
Tables 1 and 2). In turn, this isomer is a 2.7 : 1 mixture of
cisꢀ and transꢀisomers with respect to the amide bond. In
boiling ethanol, a mixture of the Eꢀ and Zꢀisomers of
compound 5 or Eꢀisomer 4´ isomerize into Zꢀisomers 5″
or 4″, respectively.
The fact that the positions of the signals for the N(10)H
protons in the 1H NMR spectra of the compounds obtained
are insensitive to their concentrations (Table 4) suggests
the presence of the aforesaid intramolecular hydrogen
bonds in structures 4″ and 5″ and intermolecular hydroꢀ
gen bonds involving the H(1) proton in structures 4´ (also
detected in its crystal, see Fig. 2) and 4″. One can assume
that intermolecular hydrogen bonding through the H(10)
proton (also detected in the crystal structure 4´) occurs
in more concentrated solutions and is undetectable for
1H NMR spectroscopy because of the low solubility of
this compound. This is evident from an appreciable
Experimental
1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker
Avanceꢀ600 instrument (600 (1H) and 150.9 MHz (13C)).
Signals for the residual protons of deuterated solvents were used
as standards.
1ꢀ(3,5ꢀDiꢀtertꢀbutylꢀ4ꢀhydroxybenzyl)ꢀ1Hꢀindoleꢀ2,3ꢀdione
(2). A. A solution of isatin 1 (1.47 g, 0.01 mol) and acetate 6
(2.78 g, 0.01 mol) in DMF (25 mL) was stirred at 70 °C for 3 h.
The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature. The
precipitate that formed was filtered off, washed with water, and
dried in air to a constant weight. The yield was 1.32 g (36.3%),
orange crystals, m.p. 245—246 °C (from acetone). An additional
crop of compound 2 (1.91 g, 52.4%) was isolated from the mother
liquor. 1H NMR (CDCl3), δ: 1.40 (s, 18 H, CMe3); 4.81 (s, 2 H,
CH2); 5.23 (s, 1 H, OH); 6.91 (d, 1 H, H(7), 3J = 7.5 Hz);
7.09 (t, 1 H, H(5), 3J = 7.2 Hz); 7.16 (s, 2 H, HAr); 7.55 (t, 1 H,
H(6), 3J = 7.5 Hz); 7.59 (d, 1 H, H(4), 3J = 7.2 Hz). 13C NMR
(CDCl3), δ: 30.45 (CMe3), 34.54 (CMe3), 44.61 (CH2), 111.18,
118.02, 123.83, 124.90, 125.51, 125.61, 136.86, 138.33, 151.45,
153.89 (CAr), 158.50 (NC=O), 183.74 (C=O). Found (%):
C, 75.99; H, 7.57; N, 3.54. C23H27NO3. Calculated (%):
C, 75.62; H, 7.40; N, 3.82.
B. A solution of isatin 1 (1.47 g, 0.01 mol) and acetate 6
(2.78 g, 0.01 mol) in formic acid (15 mL) and acetone (15 mL)
was stirred at 70 °C for 20 h. The reaction mixture was cooled
to room temperature. The precipitate that formed was filtered
off, washed with water, and dried in air to a constant weight.
The yield was 1.47 g (40.3%), orange crystals. A red resinous
product (1.6 g, 43.8%) was isolated from the mother liquor. The
content of compound 2 in the product was 20% (1H NMR).
N´ꢀ(2ꢀOxoꢀ1,2ꢀdihydroindolꢀ3ꢀylidene)ꢀ3ꢀ(3,5ꢀdiꢀtertꢀbutylꢀ
4ꢀhydroxyphenyl)propionohydrazide (4). A solution of isatin 1
(1.47 g, 0.01 mol) and hydrazide 3 (2.92 g, 0.01 mol) in EtOH
(50 mL) was refluxed for 4 h. The reaction mixture was cooled
to room temperature. The precipitate that formed was filtered
off, washed with ethanol, and dried in air to a constant weight.
The yield of compound 4´ was 2.56 g (60.8%), yellow crystals,
m.p. 214—216 °C (from MeCN). Found (%): C, 71.58; H, 7.60;
N, 9.64. C25H31N3O3. Calculated (%): C, 71.26; H, 7.36; N, 9.98.
Compound 4″ was isolated from the mother liquor. The
yield was 0.7 g (16.8%), yellow solid, m.p. 223—224 °C (from
MeCN). Found (%): C, 71.44; H, 7.58; N, 9.68. C25H31N3O3.
Calculated (%): C, 71.26; H, 7.36; N, 9.98.
Table 4. Positions of the signals for the NH protons in the
1H NMR spectra of compounds 4 and 5 in CDCl3
Comꢀ
pound
C/mol L–1
δ
H(1)
H(10)
4´
1.1•10–3
4.1•10–3
2.0•10–3
5.0•10–2
2.0•10–3
5.0•10–2
3.1•10–3
8.1•10–2
3.1•10–3
8.1•10–2
3.1•10–3
8.1•10–2
7.60
7.83
7.53
8.40
7.53
8.12
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—
—
—
—
9.37
9.35
cisꢀ4″
transꢀ4″
5´
12.42
12.41
12.93
12.95
9.35
N´ꢀ[1ꢀ(3,5ꢀDiꢀtertꢀbutylꢀ4ꢀhydroxybenzyl)ꢀ2ꢀoxoꢀ1,2ꢀdihydroꢀ
indolꢀ(3E)ꢀylidene]ꢀ3ꢀ(3,5ꢀdiꢀtertꢀbutylꢀ4ꢀhydroxyphenyl)ꢀ
propionohydrazide (5). A solution of compound 2 (3.65 g,
0.01 mol), hydrazide 3 (2.92 g, 0.01 mol), and AcOH (2 mL) in
EtOH (50 mL) was refluxed for 3 h. The reaction mixture was
cooled to room temperature. The precipitate that formed
was filtered off, washed with ethanol, and dried in air to a
constant weight. The yield of compound 5 was 5.64 g (88.2%),
yellow crystals (a mixture of Eꢀ and Zꢀisomers).
9.50
cisꢀ5″
transꢀ5″
12.56
12.56
13.11
13.11
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