L-Proline-Catalyzed Synthesis of Novel 5-(1H-Indol-3-yl-methylene)-thiazolidine-2,4-dione Derivatives as Potential Antihyperglycemic Agents
作者:S. Riyaz、A. Naidu、P. K. Dubey
DOI:10.1080/00397911.2010.515352
日期:2011.9.15
Knoevenagel condensation between indole-3-aldehyde 1 and an active methylene group containing 2,4-thiazolidinedione 2 in refluxing toluene using L-proline as a catalyst yielded 3, which on alkylation using 2 equivalents of alkylating agent under phase-transfer-catalyzed (PTC) conditions using K2CO3 as a base in dimethylformamide gave N,N-I-symmetrically disubstituted 5-(1H-indol-3ylmethylene)-thiazolidine-2,4-diones 4. Alternately, 4 can be synthesized by condensing 5 and 6 in a single step. Using this synthetic strategy, N,N-I-unsymmetricallydisubstituted derivatives 9a-f were prepared either by condensing 6 with N-substituted-2,4-thiazolidinedione 5 to obtain 7 followed by alkylation under PTC conditions or condensing 6 with N-unsubstituted-2,4-thiazolidinedione 2 to yield 8 followed by alkylation under PTC conditions. The latter are the dehydro analogs of the dihydro-N-substituted-5-(1H-indol-3-yl-methylene)-thiazolidine-2,4-diones, which are potential antihyperglycemic agents.