A versatile route to 2-alkyl-/aryl-amino-3-formyl- and hetero-annelated-chromones, through a facile nucleophilic substitution at C2 in 2-(N-methylanilino)-3-formylchromones
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Introduction
Besides forming the basic nucleus of an entire class of natural products, i.e. flavones,1 the chromone moiety is also part of a large number of molecules of medicinal significance.2 Consequently, considerable attention is being devoted to isolation from natural resources, chemistry and synthesis of chromone derivatives, and evaluation of their biological activity with stress on their potential medicinal applications.2., 3., 4. Some of the biological activities recently ascribed to chromone derivatives include cytotoxic (anticancer),4a–c P-glycoprotein binding (to overcome multi-drug resistance, anticancer),4d neuroprotective,4e HIV-inhibitory,4f antimicrobial,4g,h cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitory (anticancer),4i antifungal4j and antioxidant activity.4k 3-Formyl-chromone has emerged as a valuable synthon for incorporation of the chromone moiety5 and attempts are being made to develop its solid supported synthetic equivalents.5g However, it has been observed that nucleophilic attack at C2 in 3-formylchromone or its derivatives, results in either pyrone ring opening or loss of the C2–C3– π bond, thereby, limiting its synthetic applications.2., 3., 5. This facile pyrone ring opening has also attracted the attention of theoreticians.6 We had earlier observed7 that C-(4-oxo-4H[1]benzopyran-3-yl)-N-phenylnitrones (1, R=H, Me, Cl) undergo intramolecular rearrangement to yield 2-anilino-3-formylchromones (2, 70–90%) and 3-phenyliminomethyl-enechromone-2,4-diones (3, 10–25%, Scheme 1).
We report herein that N-methylation of 2 yields 2-(N-methylanilino)-3-formylchromone (4) in high yield (>95%) and the 2-N-methylanilino group in the latter undergoes facile substitution by various nitrogen nucleophiles, paving the way for the preparation of a large number of novel 2-substituted-3-formylchromones and heteroannelated-chromones. To further enhance the synthetic potential of this approach, taking cognizance of a literature report on the acid promoted cyclization of 3-formylchromone-oxime,3l the yield of 2 has been improved to 96% by refluxing the nitrone 1 in dry benzene in the presence of a catalytic amount of acetic acid (Scheme 1); the product obtained can be directly methylated (without any separation from 3) to 4, which is crystallized out.
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Results and discussion
Initially, the reactions of 4b (X=Cl) were carried out with 1 molar equiv. of primary aromatic/aliphatic amines (benzylamine, n-butylamine and p-ansidine) in dry acetonitrile, which afforded, the 2-substituted product (5a–c) in 23–29% yield, along with 2-arylamino-3-(N-aryliminomethyl)chromones (6a–c, 30–36%); the rest of 4 was recovered unreacted. On the other hand, when the reaction was carried out with 2 molar equiv. of the above amines the yields of (6a–c) were more than 90%. However, when
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NMR spectra ware recorded on Bruker 200, 300 and 400 MHz FT NMR spectrometers, using TMS as internal standard and CDCl3/DMSO-d6 as solvents. Chemical shifts are reported in ppm as down field displacements from tetramethylsilane used as internal standard. Mass spectra were recorded on Shimadzu GCMS-QP-2000A spectrometer. The microanalytical data were collected on a Perkin–Elmer 240C elemental analyzer. IR spectra were recorded on a Shimadzu DR 2001 IR spectrophotometer in CHCl3 solution or as
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Patrick Perlmutter, Monash University, Clayton, Australia for recording NMR spectra of some samples.
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