This mini-review focuses on recent developments relating to the synthesis ofsubstituted pyridines from pyridine N-oxides along with their interesting mechanism aspects. Accordingly, we discuss only the most essential reactions here and summarize the recentcontributions reported after Figure 1.
Pyridine N-oxide. Transition Metal-catalyzed AlkenylationRecently, Chang et al. The resultant alkenylated pyridine N-oxides e. In addition, Cui, Wu and co-workers revealed for thefirst time in Pd-catalyzed alkenylation of quinoline- and isoquinoline-N-oxides via C-Hactivation under external-oxidant-free conditions Scheme 2. Alkyne-coordinated nickel 0 species A underwent oxidative addition to the C2-Hbond, giving the pyridyl hydride - nickel species B.
Hydronickelation in a cis fashion thenprovided the alkenyl pyridyl nickel intermediate C. Coordination of the alkyne such that thesteric repulsion between the bulkier R3 and the pyridyl group in B was avoided would beresponsible for the observed regioselectivities. Reductive elimination followed by coordinationof an alkyne afforded 2-alkenylpyridine-N-oxide 9 and regenerated the nickel 0 species A.
Palladium-Catalyzed ArylationFagnou et al. The resulting 2-arylpyridine N-oxides could be easilyreduced to the free pyridine 12 via palladium-catalyzed hydrogenolysis Scheme 5.
Fagnou et al. Conditions A, which employed aryl triflates, resulted innot only higher yield than the previously reported conditions B with aryl bromides but alsorequired less equivalents of intermediate Therefore, it could be advantageous to employ aryltriflates when low yields were obtained with aryl bromides.
AminationYin et al. The process usedcommercially available reagents t-BuNH2 and Ts2O and showed good functional groupcompatibility Scheme 9.
TFA treatment of the crude reaction mixtureeffectively removed the t-Bu group. Scheme 9 Londregan et al. The authors found that the phosphonium salt PyBroP bromotri-pyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate functioned as a general and mild N-oxideactivator for the regioselective addition of amine nucleophiles.
In this reaction, unhindered-aliphatic amines participated most effectively in the transformation, but aminations usingheterocycles, such as imidazoles and pyrazoles, unexpectedly proceeded Scheme The reaction proceeded via the activatedpyridine complex Subsequent basic rearomatization 25 afforded the desired 2-aminopyridine23 and phosphoryltripyrrolidine 26, the only significant organic byproduct of the reaction.
The presented reactions represented a very largeand varied set of putative nucleophiles and N-oxides. Upon warming of the reactionmixture to room temperature in the presence of pyridine N-oxides, a rapid conversion to 2-aminopyridine amides 28 was observed in moderate to excellent isolated yields. Reviews and Accounts ARKIVOC i methodology allowed for the introduction of 1,2,4- and 1,2,3-triazoles, imidazole, and electron-deficient pyrazoles on pyridine Scheme CyanationRecently, Yamamoto et al.
Additionally, they reported a reaction of 4-amidopyridine N-oxide with dimethylcarbamoyl chloride and potassium cyanide in CH3CN at oC and gave the corresponding 2-cyanoamidopyridine 41 in a good yield Scheme Sequential addition of Grignard reagents to pyridine N-oxides in THF atroom temperature followed by treatment of the resulting 2,4-dienal oximes 42 with aceticanhydride at oC afforded a range of 2-substituted pyridines 43 in good to high yields Scheme Addition of i-PrMgCl to pyridine N-oxides in THF at oC generated selectively an ortho-metallated species, which could betrapped with various electrophiles, ranging from aldehydes, ketones and halogens, to generate 2-substituted pyridine N-oxides Scheme LiCl via bromine-magnesium exchange.
The bromine adjacent to pyridine N-oxide at 2- or 6-position could beselectively magnesiated in the presence of halogens substituted at other positions Scheme Under the influence of tBuOOtBu, pyridineN-oxide derivatives reacted with alkanes to furnish the corresponding cross-coupling products alkylated nitrogen heterocycles in good yields. Transition-metal Free AlkynylationChupakhin et al. It provided a versatile tool for the synthesis of a series ofethynyl azines.
The method requires no expensive reagents, and can be used as a complementarymethod to Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions Scheme Palladium-catalyzed Direct Hetero arylationYou, Hu, and co-workers recently reported for the first time in Pd II -catalyzed, copper I -promoted oxidative cross-coupling between pyridine N-oxides and electron-rich heteroarenessuch as furans and thiophenes, where Cu OAc 2. H2O was used as an oxidant Scheme In the first metalation step, the abstraction of hydrogen fromthiophene took place in the reaction system.
Then it reacted with N-oxide to form the key heterocoupling intermediate 52,which might be rate-determining in the entire reaction. ConclusionsIn summary, we have described some recent advances in the synthesis of various types of 2-substituted pyridines from pyridine N-oxides. The significance of development of syntheticmethods is that it provides a useful alternative to classic approach, which has usually preparedstarting from halo- or metallated pyridyl compounds.
However, pyridine N-oxide is now beingmore popular because of its efficiency, and many new methods will probably be developed forthe synthesis of 2-substituted pyridines in the near future. ChemBioChem , 5, Synthesis , Arkivoc i Aromatic Amine Oxides, Elsevier: Amsterdam, DOI: Mateus L.
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