Redox-controlled Bergman cycloaromatizations. Designed enediynes with DNA-cleaving properties and antitumor activity
作者:K. C. Nicolaou、A. Liu、Z. Zeng、S. McComb
DOI:10.1021/ja00050a006
日期:1992.11
Enediynes 7 and 9 were designed for their potential to act as radical-generating species upon oxidation to the corresponding quinone. Their synthesis entailed a chromium-nickel-mediated ring closure of iodo aldehyde 6. Investigations with these molecules and their derivatives 8 and 10 demonstrated the anticipated acceleration of the Bergman cycloaromatization of the oxidized species as compared to
Method of synthesizing isoindolequinones and derivatives thereof
申请人:The University of Akron
公开号:US05889185A1
公开(公告)日:1999-03-30
A method of synthesizing isoindolequinones comprising the step of reacting a 2,3-di(ethynyl)hydroquinone with a hydride selected from the group consisting of Group 15 and Group 16 hydrides, wherein said step of reacting takes place in an oxygen free environment.
Reactions of Primary and Secondary Amines with Substituted Hydroquinones: Nuclear Amination, Side-Chain Amination, and Indolequinone Formation
作者:Manisha Chakraborty、David B. McConville、Yanhui Niu、Claire A. Tessier、Wiley J. Youngs
DOI:10.1021/jo980541v
日期:1998.10.1
A Novel High-Yield Synthesis of Substituted Isoindolequinones
作者:Manisha Chakraborty、David B. McConville、Gerald F. Koser、Claire A. Tessier、Takeshi Saito、Peter L. Rinaldi、Wiley J. Youngs
DOI:10.1021/jo971671r
日期:1997.11.1
The high-yield, general, one-pot synthesis of substituted isoindolequinones, a group of important radiosensitizers which sensitize hypoxic cells to the lethal effect of radiation in cancer radiotherapy, is described. Primary amines react with 2,3-bis[2-(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]-5,6-dimethylhydroquinone (2) in methanol at room temperature under an inert atmosphere to give substituted isoindole-quinones 2-alkyl-1,3,5,6-tetramethylisoindole-4,7-quinone (4) in almost quantitative yields. Moderate yields of 4 are also obtained using 2,3-diethynyl-5,6-dimethylhydroquinone (3) and amines as reactant and solvent under the similar conditions. Tris(2-aminoethyl)amine (TREN) reacts with 2 in MeOH/THF on reflux to produce the isoindolequinone derivative of TREN. Water with 2 on reflux in MeOH forms an isobenzofuranquinone. This indicates that the formation of similar heterocycles from small molecules (e.g., Group VA and VIA hydrides) and 2 is likely. Readily synthesizable starting materials, ease of chromatographic isolation of the product, reaction generality, use of no catalyst, and cost-effective environmentally benign solvents such as MeOH/EtOH make this novel reaction simple and convenient.