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Figure 2. Structure of some pyridazine-based drugs.
To generate new pyridazine-based bioactive cores, the conversion of the tetrazine
[
17]
unit into pyridazine-derivatives is an extremely advantageous method.
With the
above considerations in mind, as part of biologically and pharmaceutically active
dibenzoazepine and diazine, we decided to synthesize novel dibenzoazepine–pyrida-
zine derivatives and developed a strategy that engaged the N-substitute-dibenzoaze-
pines with tetrazines in an inverse electron demand Diels–Alder reaction (IEDDA)
to give the corresponding the dibenzoazepine–pyridazine hybrid derivatives.
Results and discussions
The IEDDA reaction is a cycloaddition between highest occupied molecule orbital
(
HOMO) energy of an electron-rich dienophile and lowest un-occupied molecular
[
18]
orbital (LUMO) energy of an electron-poor diene.
zines and olefins are very common procedures to generate pyridazine skeletons.
IEDDA reactions between s-tetra-
[
19]
These reactions conclusion in the formation of bicyclic intermediates via nitrogen elim-
ination readily and then rearranging, giving dihydropyridazines that can be oxidized to
[
20]
pyridazines.
Here, we examined the IEDDA reactions between N-substituted dibenzoazepine
derivatives 1–2 and 14–17 and tetrazines, dimethyl 1,2,4,5-tetrazine-3,6-dicarboxylate
(
(
DET) (18) and 3,6-di(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine (DPT) (19). 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine
1), which was commercially available, became the key structure that allowed us to
afford N-substituted dibenzoazepine derivatives 1–2 and 14–17 (Fig. 3).
Dibenzoazepine derivatives 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine-5-carboxamide (2),
[
21]
5-methyl-
[
22]
[23]
5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (14),
5-(prop-2-yn-1-yl)-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (15),
and
[
10]
1-(5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepin-5-yl)ethan-1-one (16)
were synthesized according to a pre-
viously reported methods. Treatment of N,N-dimethylsulfamoyl chloride with pyridine
ꢀ
in toluene at 80 C for 1 h followed by the addition of 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1) gave
N,N-dimethyl-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine-5-sulfonamide (17) in 96% yield.
Following the same sequence of Diels–Alder (DA), of retro-Diels–Alder (rDA), and
of 1,3-prototropic H-shifting reactions (Scheme 1), the adducts 20–27 were obtained
when the electron-rich dienophile N-substituted dibenzoazepine derivatives 1–2 and
4
–15 were reacted with tetrazines 18 and 19 (1.1 equiv.) in a sealed tube in dry toluene
ꢀ
at 110–180 C for 12–72 h (Scheme 2). Then, the cycloadducts 20–27 was used directly
in the next reaction without requiring separation and oxidized with PIFA to access to
target products 28–35 in dry methylene chloride in excellent yields (74–98%).
As known, the IEDDA reaction is a cycloaddition between HOMO energy of an elec-
tron-rich dienophile and LUMO energy of an electron-poor diene. Electron-