On the Mechanism of the Skraup−Doebner−Von Miller Quinoline Synthesis
摘要:
The mechanism of the formation of substituted quinolines from anilines and alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones has been studied by the use of C-13-labeled ketones in cross-over experiments. In the reaction of doubly labeled C-13(2,4) mesityl oxide, a 100% scrambling of the label in the quinoline product was observed, whereas only a small (5-10%) amount of the starting mesityl oxide showed scrambling of the label. Similarly, the reaction of triply labeled pulegone clearly shows that the label in the product is 100% scrambled, whereas the label in the starting pulegone is retained. On the basis of these studies, a mechanistic pathway for the Skraup quinoline synthesis is proposed that involves a fragmentation-recombination mechanism. The aniline component condenses with the alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone initially in a conjugate fashion, followed by a fragmentation to the corresponding imine and the ketone itself. These fragments recombine to form the quinoline product.
Novel facile synthesis of 2,2,4 substituted 1,2-dihydroquinolines via a modified Skraup reaction
作者:Maria-Elena Theoclitou、Leslie A. Robinson
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(02)00614-7
日期:2002.5
A variety of 2,2,4 substituted 1,2-dihydroquinolines were synthesized from substituted anilines or aminoheterocycles and the corresponding ketones in good yield via the use of lanthanide catalysts and microwave technology. This method can be readily applied to the general synthesis of combinatorial libraries of dihydroquinolines.