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Further chalcones are the important scaffolds which is repre-
atoms were positioned geometrically. After several cycles of
refinement, the final difference Fourier map showed peaks of
no chemical significance and the residuals were saturated to
accepted values. The geometrical calculations were carried out
using the program PLATON [18]. The molecular and packing
diagrams were generated using the software MERCURY [19].
Synthesis of 5-acetyl-8-hydroxyquinoline (3):To a solution
of acetyl chloride (2) (1.62 g, 20 mmol) in nitrobenzene (3-5
mL), introduce 8-hydroxyquinoline (1) (3 g, 20 mmol), a yellow
folculant precipitate out. To a above reaction mixture, added
about 5 g aluminium chloride/titanium chloride with constant
shaking, the precipitate disappeared and a clear semi-solid was
resulted. It was kept at 70 ºC for 12 h in a flask fitted with a
calcium chloride tube. On cooling, some crushed ice and 100
mL 10% HCl was added to it and the separated nitrobenzene
was driven off with steam. On standing overnight, the separated
hydrochloride of 5-acetyl-8-hydroxyquinoline (3) was filtered.
It was dissolved in water and on the addition of sodium acetate
to it, the free base separated out. It was recrystallized from hot
water; (55% of the theoretical) after recrystallization. Compound
3 is colourless hair-like needles from hot water (Scheme-I).
Yield 55%; m.p.: 112-114 ºC; MS m/z: 187.06 (100.0%) (M+);
Anal. calcd. (found) for C11H9NO2 (%): C, 70.58 (70.51); H,
4.85 (4.78); N, 7.48 (7.43).
Synthesis of 1-(8-hydroxyquinolin-5-yl)-3-(arylidene)-
prop-2-en-1-one (5a-d): To a solution mixture of 5-acetyl-8-
hydroxyquinoline (3, 10 mmol) and aromatic aldehydes (4a-d,
10 mmol) in ethyl alcohol, dry HCl was passed through the
bend tube for about 3-5 min. The solution mixture was stirred
at room temperature for 1-2 h. The progress of the reaction
was monitored by TLC.After the completion, the precipitation
of the reaction mixture was occurred indicating the completion
of the reaction. The solids separated were filtered, washed
successively with 2% aqueous sodium carbonate. The crude
solids were recrystallized from ethanol to obtain 1-(8-hydroxy-
quinolin-5-yl)-3-(aryl)prop-2-en-1-one (5a-d) in moderate
yield (Scheme-I).
sented by α,β-unsaturated ketone group which is sandwitched
between any two aromatic groups. Chalcones are naturally
occurring in many floras and are of great medicinal importance.
The flora families Leguminaceae, Fabaceae, zinzeberaceae,
Fabaceae contains chalcones and are used in folk medicines.
Numerous literatures revealed the importance of these chalcone
scaffolds [10]. In this perspective, we planned to construct
chalcones containing 8-hydroxy quinoline moiety. Chalcones
are chief precursor for variety of heterocyclic compounds with
heteroatoms nitrogen, sulphur, oxygen, etc. [11,12], The size
of heterocyclic ring may vary from three membered ring such
as aziridnes [13] to seven-membered rings such as benzothia-
zepines [14]. Five-membered rings such as pyrazolins, pyrazoles,
pyrazole carboxamide and pyrazole thiamides [15-20].
EXPERIMENTAL
Melting points were determined by an open capillary tube
method and are uncorrected. Purity of the compounds was
checked on thin layer chromatography plates precoated with
silica gel using the solvent system ethyl acetate: n-hexane (1:4
v/v). The spots were visualized under UV light and also using
iodine chamber. 1H NMR were recorded using 400 MHzAgilent-
NMR spectrometer. The solvent CDCl3 with TMS as an internal
standard was used to record the spectra. The chemical shifts are
expressed in δ ppm. Mass spectra were obtained on ESI/APCI-
Hybrid Quadrupole, Synapt G2 HDMS ACQUITY UPLC
model spectrometer. Elemental analysis was obtained on aThermo
Finnigan Flash EA 1112 CHN analyzer. Purification of com-
pounds was done by column chromatography on silica gel
(70-230 mesh Merck)
X-ray diffraction studies: Single crystals of suitable
dimensions were chosen carefully for X-ray diffraction studies.
The X-ray intensity data of the compounds were collected using
Rigaku XtaLAB Mini diffractometer with X-ray generator
operating at 50 kV, 12 mA and MoKα radiation. Data were
collected with χ fixed at 54º, for different settings of ϕ (0º and
360º), keeping the scan width of 0.5º with exposure time of 4 s
and the sample to detector distance was fixed to 50 mm. The
complete intensity data sets were processed using CRYSTAL
CLEAR [15]. The crystal structures were solved by direct
method and refined by full-matrix least squares method on F2
using SHELXS and SHELXL programs [16,17]. All the non-
hydrogen atoms were refined anisotropically and the hydrogen
1-(8-Hydroxyquinolin-5-yl)-3-phenylprop-2-en-1-one
(5a): Yield 67%, m.p.: 233-235 ºC; 1H NMR: δ 7.06 (d, 1H,
COCH), 6.68 (s, 1H, Ar-H), 7.43 (d, 2H, Ar-H) 7.38 (d, 2H,
Ar-H), 7.51 (m, 1H,Ar-H), 7.54 (d, 2H,Ar-H), 8.06 (d, 1H, =CH),
8.42-8.97 (m, 3H, Ar-H), 9.02 (s, 1H, -OH); MS m/z: 275.09
(100.0%) (M+); Anal. calcd. (found) for C18H13NO2 (%): C,
78.53 (78.50); H, 4.76 (4.70); N, 5.09 (5.03).
O
CH3
Dry HCl
room temp,
1-2 h
R
CH
CH
O
AlCl3/TiCl4
O
Nitrobenzene
+
H3C
Cl
60-700 C, 12hrs
O
H
N
N
HO
2
1
HO
3
N
HO
5(a-d)
R
R=H; Cl; F; CH3
4(a-d)
Scheme-I: Reaction pathway for the synthesis of 1-(8-hydroxyquinolin-5-yl)-3-(aryl)prop-2-en-1-one 5(a-d)