A novel one-pot synthesis of 2-aminoquinolines from arylazidoketones by cyclization under Vilsmeier conditions
摘要:
Studies have been carried out on a new novel method for the synthesis of 2-(N,N-disubstituted)aminoquinoline via intramolecular electrophilic substitution of methyleniminium salts by azide. Treatment of 1-(2-azidophenyl)ethanone with Vilsmeier reagent (DMF/POCl3) gave 4-chloro-2-dimethylamino-3-quinolinecarboxaldehyde and 4-chloro-2-dimethylaminoquinoline, whereas 1-(2-azidophenyl)propanone and 1-(2-azidophenyl)butanone give unformylated products 4-chloro-3-methyl-2-dimethylaminoquinoline, 4-chloro-3-methylquinoline and 4-chloro-3-ethyl-2-dimethylaminoquinolin 4-chloro-3-ethylquinoline respectively. The possible mechanisms for the formation of the products are discussed. The effect of the N,N-dimethylamino leaving group has been studied using sterically hindered N-methylformanilide(MFA), N-formylpiperidine(NFP) and N-formylmorpholine(NFM) instead of DMF. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.