2-Methyleneaminonaphthalene smoothly reacts with cyclic beta-diketones to afford azaphenanthrene derivatives in high yield. The dihydropyridine ring in the products can be oxidized to pyridine ring. The oxidation products, unlike their precursors and analogs having an aryl substituent in the a-position with respect to the nitrogen atom, react with hydroxylamine at the carbonyl group to give the corresponding oximes and in some cases undergo Knoevenagel condensation with malononitrile. Hydrolysis of the condensation product yields the respective diamide.
2-Methyleneaminonaphthalene smoothly reacts with cyclic beta-diketones to afford azaphenanthrene derivatives in high yield. The dihydropyridine ring in the products can be oxidized to pyridine ring. The oxidation products, unlike their precursors and analogs having an aryl substituent in the a-position with respect to the nitrogen atom, react with hydroxylamine at the carbonyl group to give the corresponding oximes and in some cases undergo Knoevenagel condensation with malononitrile. Hydrolysis of the condensation product yields the respective diamide.
2-Methyleneaminonaphthalene smoothly reacts with cyclic beta-diketones to afford azaphenanthrene derivatives in high yield. The dihydropyridine ring in the products can be oxidized to pyridine ring. The oxidation products, unlike their precursors and analogs having an aryl substituent in the a-position with respect to the nitrogen atom, react with hydroxylamine at the carbonyl group to give the corresponding oximes and in some cases undergo Knoevenagel condensation with malononitrile. Hydrolysis of the condensation product yields the respective diamide.