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Table 2
a
Synthesis of hydroxylated thiophene derivatives 3
O
N
R
2
O
NH
2
CN
R
2
R
2
NH
R
R
3
4
EtONa, air
R
1
+
R
4
+
R
1
R
1
NH
2
R3
o
HO
S
R
4
S
hv, 120 C, 3.0 h
S
N
1
2
3
R
3
4
Entry
R
1
, R
2
R
3
, R
4
Product
Yieldb (%)
Product
Yieldc (%)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
)
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
+ R
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
= (CH
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
3
4
5
3
4
5
3
4
5
—d
—
—
—
3a
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4b
4c
4d
4e
4a
4f
4g
4h
4i
Trace
33.5
45.2
Trace
20.6
58.9
Trace
45.1
54.3
26.3
22.1
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
Trace
Trace
—
65.7
Trace
—
Trace
Trace
Trace
Trace
1
1
0
1
= H, R
= CH ,R
3
= CH
= CH
3
4j
4k
3
4
3
a
b
c
Reactions conditions: 1 (1 mmol) and EtONa (1 equiv) in corresponding carbonyl compounds 2 (3.0 mL) with UV lamp irradiation.
Isolated yields.
Isolated yields or TLC detection yields.
The products 3 were not found by TLC or MS.
d
Results and discussion
(entry 5). When the cyclopentanone was tested, no transformation
of tertiary hydroxyl derivatives and 4b, 4e, and 4g occurred
(entries 1, 4 and 7). Additionally, the products obtained were 4c,
4d, 4f, and 4h–k but not the corresponding tertiary hydroxyl
thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidinone when other ketones were employed
(entries 2, 3, 6, 8–11). Evidently, only the cyclocondensation of
2-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo [b]thiophene-3-carbonitrile 1a
and cyclohexanone 2a provided the expected tertiary hydroxyl
derivative 3 with good yields perhaps for reasons of steric
hindrance and ring tension.
Based on the unique phenomenon, we turned our attention to
investigating the scope of substituted 2-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-
benzo[b]thiophene-3-carbonitrile 1 and cyclohexanone derivatives
2 for preparing the tertiary hydroxylated thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidi-
none derivatives 3. The results showed that the reactions were
When the reaction of o-aminothienonitrile 1 and ketone 2 was
carried out at 120 °C in the presence of EtONa (Scheme 1), the
expected fused heterocyclic derivatives containing a tertiary
hydroxyl moiety of thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidinone 3 was obtained.
Additionally, a dehydration product, thieno[2,3-b]pyridines 4,
was also obtained, with its formation possibly based on a Friedlän-
1
7
der condensation.
Initially, the reaction of 2-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo-[b]
thiophene-3-carbonitrile 1a and cyclohexanone 2a was chosen as
the model substrate to optimize the conditions (Table 1). Various
accelerants such as BrØnsted acids, Lewis acids, and base were
evaluated for the reaction and the results showed that accelerant
was a key factor to control the reaction route. The data indicated
that only a single product 4a was obtained in the presence of
BrØnsted acids of TsOH and PPA (entry 1 and 2), while only a trace
amount of product 3a was observed by thin layer chromatography
tolerated when 2 bear an electron-donating group (R
4-Me or 4-Et) (Table 3, entries 2–4 vs 1). Thereafter, the sub-
stituents (R = Me) on 1 were investigated and the results showed
2
= 3-Me,
1
(
TLC) when the Lewis acid of AlCl
3
and ZnCl
2
were used (entry 3
that the corresponding derivatives 3 were also obtained (Table 3,
and 4). The results from Table 1 (entries 5–7) showed slightly
decreasing yields of compound 4a and significantly increasing
yields of compound 3a because of changing the base accelerant
from NaOH to NaOMe to NaOEt, and strong base was beneficial
to push the reaction forward. Similar reactions were then
attempted in different solvents and the results showed that the
cyclohexanone itself was the medium of choice for the formation
of 3a (entries 7–11). Additionally, the yield of compound 3 was
increased with the rasing of temperature, but 120 °C was the better
selection (entries 12–16). It was worth mentioning that the prod-
ucts 3 could be isolated from the reaction mixture by filtration.
Therefore, it can be inferred that the preparation of 3a was a kinet-
ically controlled reaction and the optimum reaction condition was
reflux for 3.0 h in the presence of EtONa with cyclohexanone itself
as medium with UV lamp irradiation in air.
entries 5 and 9 vs 1). And the reactions were also extended to
the interactive variations of R and R (Table 3, entries 6–8 and
1 2
10–13). However, the correlation between the products and the
molecular structures can currently be described only empirically.
Overall, the hydroxylated thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidinone derivatives
3
were formed in
a one-pot procedure while substituted
2-amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[b]thiophene-3-carbonitrile
1
1
8
and cyclohexanone derivatives 2 used as the substrates perhaps
for the charge effect, thermodynamic stability of six-member ring,
1
9
and low strain of cyclohexane collective effect.
The chemical structures of target compounds 3 were fully char-
1
13
acterized by IR, H NMR, C NMR, and HRMS, while product 3a
and 3b were unequivocally confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis
(Fig. 2). Take crystal data of 3a as an example, the thieno[2,3-d]
pyrimidinone skeleton was nearly coplanar while the six-
membered rings of C(3)AC(4)AC(5)AC(6)AC(7)AC(8) and
C(10)AC(11)AC(12)AC(13)AC(14)AC(15) were present in chair
conformations. In addition, the structure confirmed there was a
stereogenic center at C(4) with a tertiary hydroxyl group. Further-
more, the C(9)AN(2) (1.3412) and C(1)@N(1) (1.2761) bonds were
In order to apply this reaction to a library synthesis, a series of
o-aminothienonitrile 1 and ketone 2 were employed. Astonish-
ingly, as shown in Table 2, only the reaction of 2-amino-4,5,6,
7
-tetrahydro-benzo[b]thiophene-3-carbonitrile 1a and cyclohex-
anone 2a provided the expected tertiary hydroxyl derivative 3a