Chemical modification of plant alkaloids. I. Aminomethylation of barbituric acid derivatives by cytisine
摘要:
Reaction of cytisine with 1-mono- and 1,3-disubstituted 5-arylmethylbarbituric acids in the presence of formaldehyde results in aminomethylation of C-5 to form the corresponding 5-cytisylmethylbarbituric acids. The structures of the products are found using PMR spectroscopy mid mass spectrometry. 1-Phenyl-5-(2,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-5-cytisylmethylbarbituric acid is obtained as a mixture of two steroisomers in an approximately 2:1 ratio.
Palladium-Catalyzed [5 + 2] Annulation of Vinylethylene Carbonates with Barbiturate-Derived Alkenes
摘要:
A palladium/XantPhos-catalyzed [5 + 2] annulation of VECs with electron-deficient alkenes having an isolated carbon-carbon double bond has been developed to afford spirobarbiturate-tetrahydrooxepines. This study provides an expedient assembly of biologically interesting spirobarbiturate-tetrahydrooxepines. The easy scalability and versatile transformability of the reaction products were also exhibited.