Synthesis of spiro heterocyclic compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1155/2010/604549

Reaction of isatin with acetophenone derivatives gave 3-hydroxy-3-phenacyl oxindole derivatives (II), dehydration of (II) gave 3-phenacylidene-2-indolinone derivatives (III). Condensation of (III) with hydrazine hydrate, phenylhydrazine and phenylthiourea

Full text of DOI:10.1155/2010/604549

ISSN: 0973-4945; CODEN ECJHAO
E-Journal of Chemistry
2010, 7(1), 55-58
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Synthesis of Spiro Heterocyclic Compounds
MOHAMED N IBRAHIM*, MOHAMED F EL-MESSMARY
and MOHAMED G A ELARFI
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science,
Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya.
mnibrahim46@yahoo.com
Received 3 April 2009; Accepted 14 May 2009
Abstract: Reaction of isatin with acetophenone derivatives gave 3-hydroxy-3-
phenacyl oxindole derivatives (II), dehydration of (II) gave 3-phenacylidene-2-
indolinone derivatives (III). Condensation of (III) with hydrazine hydrate,
phenylhydrazine and phenylthiourea afforded new spiropyrazolines (IV & V)
and spiropyrimidinethione (VI) respectively. The structures of the final products
were established by physical and spectral means
.
Keywords: Synthesis, Isatin, Spiropyrazolines, Spiropyrimidinethione.
Introduction
The reaction of isatin with various compounds have been under intensive studies by many
authors1-6 and due to the importance of some derivatives, for example, pyrazoline and
pyrimidinethione in different biological and industrial aspects7,8, this research work has been
initiated to prepare such new molecules. The reaction of isatin with acetophenone
derivatives (Ia-c ) was carried out in the presence of diethyl amine as a basic catalyst giving
rise to 3-hydroxy-3-phenacyl oxindoles (IIa-c) in good yields. Dehydration of the above
compounds by dilute alcoholic hydrochloric acid gave 3-phenacylidene-2-indolinones (IIIa-c)
in quantitative yields. Cyclocondensation of α, β-unsaturated ketones with hydrazine have
been previously investigated9,10 in which most cases gave pyrazoline. Accordingly the
reaction of compound (III) with hydrazine, phenylhydrazine were carried out in presence of
diethyl amine and gave spiropyrazoline (IV) and spiro-N-phenylpyrazoline (V) respectively.
On the other hand interaction of (III) with phenylthiourea in the presence of alcoholic
KOH11 afforded spiropyrimidinethione (VI), (Scheme 1). The structures of the final products
were established by physical and spectral methods (Table 1).
O
OH
CO CH
3
CH CO
2
O
(C2H5)2NH
+
O
X
N
(C2H5)2OH
N
X
H
H
IIa-c
Ia-c

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CO
CH
O
C2H5OH
X
IIa-c
HCl
N
H
IIIa-c
N
HN
X
NH2NH2
C2H5OH
O
N
H
IVa-c
IIIa-c
Ph
N
(C2H5)2NH
PhNHNH2
HN
X
O
N
H
Va-c
Ph
N
X
S
HN
PhNH-CS-NH2
C2H5OH / KOH
IIIa-c
O
N
H
VIa-c
X = H, p- Cl, p- OCH3 for a, b, c respectively.
Scheme 1
Experimental
Melting points were measured on Gallen-Kamp apparatus and are uncorrected. I.R. spectra
were recorded on a Unicam SP1100 spectrophotometer. 1H-NMR spectra were recorded in
CDCl3 on a Varian Mercury VX spectrometer at 300 MHz, using TMS as internal reference.
Preparation of 3-hydroxy-3-phenacyl oxindoles (II a-c
)
A mixture of isatin and substituted acetophenone (0.01 mole of each) was dissolved in
ethanol (100 mL) and diethyl amine (1 mL) was added. The mixture was allowed to stand
overnight at room temperature, the yellow needles formed were recrystallised from ethanol.

Synthesis of Spiro Heterocyclic Compounds
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Preparation of 3-phenacylidene -2-indolinones (IIIa-c
)
A mixture of 0.01 mole of compound (IIa-c), ethanol 25 mL and 50 mL of dilute HCl
solution (25%), was allowed to stand overnight, fine orange needles were formed.
Preparation of spiropyrazolines (IVa-c & Va-c
)
A mixture of 0.01 mole of compound (IIIa-c) and hydrazine hydrate (50 %) or phenyl
hydrazine (0.01 mole) in ethanol (50 mL ) and diethyl amine (1 mL ) was refluxed for 10-14
hours, then acetic acid (10 ml) was added to the cold solution. The precipitate formed after
concentration was filtered and washed with cold ethanol and recrystallised from acetic acid.
Preparation of spiropyrimidinethione (VI a-c
)
A mixture of 0.01 mole of (III a-c ), phenylthiourea (0.02 mol), KOH (2 g), ethanol (60 mL)
and water (10 mL) was refluxed for 10-14 hours. The heavy precipitate formed after
concentration and cooling was filtered, dried and recrystallised from ethanol.
Table 1. Physical and spectral data of compounds (II a-c – VI a-c
)
Compd.
No
M. p,
o C
127-9
Yield,
%
65
IR,
υ / Cm-1
1H NMR,
δ / ppm
1630( CO); 1705(CO)
3410(NH); 3500(OH)
1640(CO); 1685(CO)
3400(NH); 3440(OH)
1650(CO); 1710(CO)
1100(O-C); 3420(NH)
3500(OH)
3.7(s,2H,CH2); 6.0(b,1H,OH)
7.6(m,9H,Ar-H); 10.1(s,1H,NH)
3.5(s,2H,CH2); 5.7(s,1H,OH)
7.8(m,8H,Ar-H); 10.2(s,1H,NH)
3.3(s,2H,CH2); 4.6(s,3H,OCH3)
5.9(s,1H,OH); 7.4(m,8H,Ar-H)
10.0(s,1H,NH)
IIa
184-6
187-9
76
72
IIb
IIc
194-6
182-5
192-4
262-4
222-3
226-7
210-2
164-6
212-3
146-9
245-7
183-5
86
80
87
56
52
55
56
60
55
60
57
50
1590(C=C); 1630(CO)
1690(CO); 3400(NH)
1580(C=C); 1620(CO)
1675(CO); 3400(NH)
1580(C=C); 1640(CO)
1690(CO); 3400(NH)
7.6(s,1H,CH); 7.8(m,9H,Ar-H)
10.8(s,1H,NH)
IIIa
IIIb
IIIc
IVa
IVb
IVc
Va
7.5(s,1H,CH); 7.7(m,8H,A-H)
10.6(s,1H,NH)
4.6(s,3H,OCH3); 7.5(s,1H,CH)
7.8(m,8H,Ar-H);10.4(s,1H,NH)
1240(C-N); 1625(C=N) 3.8(s,2H,CH2); 7.7(m,9H,Ar-H)
1695(CO); 3300(NH) 10.1(s,2H,2NH)
1250(C-N); 1620(C=N) 3.6(s,2H,CH2); 7.8(m,8H,Ar-H)
1690(CO); 3400(NH) 10.1(s,2H,2NH)
1240(C-N); 1630(C=N) 3.8(s,2H,CH2); 4.4(s,3H,OCH3);
1690(CO); 3340(NH) 7.7(m,8H,Ar-H);10.2(s,2H,2NH)
1240(C-N); 1600(C=C) 6.6(s,1H,CH); 8.0(m,14H,Ar-H)
1700(CO); 3400(NH) 10.0(s,2H,2NH)
1250(C-N); 1605(C=C) 6.7(s,1H,CH); 7.9(m.13H,Ar-
1690(CO); 3390(NH) H)10.1(s,2H,2NH)
1245(C-N); 1590(C=C) 6.5(s,1H,CH); 4.4(s,3H,OCH3)
Vb
Vc
1695(CO); 3400(NH)
1240(CS); 1605(C=C)
1695(CO); 3400(NH)
1250(CS); 1580(C=C)
1695(CO); 3360(NH)
1240(CS); 1590(C=C)
1695(CO); 3400(NH)
8.0(m,13H,Ar-H);10.0(s,2H,2NH)
6.9(s,1H,CH); 8.0(m,13H,Ar-H)
10.0(s,2H,2NH)
VIa
VIb
VIc
6.8(s,1H,CH); 7.9(m,13H,Ar-H)
10.1(s,2H,2NH)
6.6(s,1H,CH); 4.6(s,3H,OCH3)
8.1(m,13H,Ar-H);10.1(s,2H,2NH)

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Results and Discussion
The first step in this synthesis involve crossed aldol condensation between the acetophenone
or its derivatives (I a-c) with the isatin in basic medium to give the aldol products, 3-hydroxy-
3-phenacyloxindoles (IIa-c) which then dehydrated easily by using dilute alcoholic
hydrochloric acid, to yield the expected α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, 3-
phenacylidene-2-indolinones (IIIa-c). Nucleophilic Michael addition of hydrazine or phenyl
hydrazine or phenylthiourea to the above compounds leads to the formation of spiro-5-(-3-
indolyl-2-one)-3-phenylpyrazoline, spiro-5-(-3-indolyl-2-one)-2, 3-diphenylpyrazolin-3-ene,
and spiro-6-(-3-indolyl-2-one)-3, 4-diphenylpyrimidinethione,(IVa-c;Va-c;VIa-c) respectively.
The structures of these products were established by physical and spectral methods.
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