1021087-76-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Copper-Catalyzed three- Five- or seven-Component coupling reactions: The selective synthesis of cyanomethylamines, N,N-bis(cyanomethyl)amines and N,N'-bis(cyanomethyl)methylenediamines based on a strecker-type synthesis
Sakai, Norio,Takahashi, Nobuaki,Inoda, Daiki,Ikeda, Reiko,Konakahara, Takeo
, p. 12488 - 12499 (2013/11/06)
We have demonstrated that a cooperative catalytic system comprised of CuCl and Cu(OTf)2 could be used to effectively catalyse the three-, five- and seven-component coupling reactions of aliphatic or aromatic amines, formaldehyde, and trimethylsilyl cyanide (TMSCN), and selectively produce in good yields the corresponding cyanomethylamines, N,N-bis(cyanomethyl)amines and N,N'-bis(cyanomethyl)methylenediamines.
The conversion of 2-cyano cyanothioformanilides into 3-aminoindole-2- carbonitriles using triphenylphosphine
Koutentis, Panayiotis A.,Michaelidou, Sophia S.
scheme or table, p. 6032 - 6039 (2010/09/11)
2-Cyano cyanothioformanilide 3a reacts with triphenylphosphine in the presence of water to give 2-(cyanomethyleneamino)benzonitrile 4a, 2-(cyanomethylamino)benzonitrile 5, 3-aminoindole-2-carbonitrile 2a and (2-cyanoindol-3-yl)iminotriphenylphosphorane 6a. In the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid in MeOH the reaction between 2-cyano cyanothioformanilide 3a and triphenylphosphine (2 equiv) gives 3-aminoindole-2-carbonitrile 2a in 90% yield. Under the same conditions 2-(cyanomethyleneamino)benzonitrile 4a gives anthranilonitrile 8a, 3-aminoindole-2-carbonitrile 2a and N-(2-cyanophenyl)formamide 9. In addition, substituted 2-cyano cyanothioformanilides 3b-f react with triphenylphosphine and p-toluenesulfonic acid in MeOH to give 3-aminoindole-2-carbonitriles 2b-f in 63-75% yields. Under analogous conditions 2-cyano-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl cyanothioformanilide 2g gives only 4,5-dimethoxyanthranilonitrile 8g and 4,6,7-trimethoxyquinazoline-2- carbonitrile 14g, but in refluxing dry PhMe in the absence of p-toluenesulfonic acid 2-cyano-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl cyanothioformanilide 3g, (2-cyano-5,6- dimethoxyindol-3-yl)iminotriphenylphosphorane 6g and 2-(cyanomethyleneamino)-4, 5-dimethoxybenzonitrile 4g are obtained. The structure of 2- (cyanomethyleneamino)-4,5-dimethoxybenzonitrile 4g is supported unambiguously via independent synthesis and comparison to the isomeric 6,7- dimethoxyquinazoline-2-carbonitrile 15. All new compounds are fully characterised and a tentative mechanism for the transformation of 2-cyano cyanothioformanilides to indoles is proposed.
Microwave assisted synthesis of 3-aminoindole-2-carbonitriles from anthranilonitriles via N-unprotected 2-(cyanomethylamino)benzonitriles
Michaelidou, Sophia S.,Koutentis, Panayiotis A.
experimental part, p. 685 - 688 (2010/09/05)
Anthranilonitrile 3a, 4,5-dimethoxyanthranilonitrile 3b and 5-nitroanthranilonitrile 3c, react with paraformaldehyde, KCN and ZnCl2 in acetic acid under acid catalysis (H2SO4) in a sealed tube at ca. 55 °C to give the corresponding 2-(cyanomethylamino)benzonitriles 4a-c in 96, 86 and 57% yields, respectively. Thorpe-Ziegler cyclisation of the N-unprotected 2-(cyanomethylamino)benzonitriles 4a-c with K2CO3 in EtOH at elevated temperatures and pressures using either microwave heating or conventional heating in a sealed tube gives 3-amino, 3-amino-5,6-dimethoxy, and 3-amino-5-nitroindole-2-carbonitriles 2a-c in moderate to good yields. All new compounds are fully characterised.
