NEW TANDEM REACTIONS INVOLVING NUCLEOPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION by JAMES ERVIN SCHAMMERHORN III Associates of Science Murray
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NEW TANDEM REACTIONS INVOLVING NUCLEOPHILIC AROMATIC SUBSTITUTION By JAMES ERVIN SCHAMMERHORN III Associates of Science Murray State College Tishomingo, Oklahoma 2003 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 2006 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May, 2011 1 NEW TANDEM REACTIONS INVOLVING NUCLEOPHILIC ARMOMATIC SUBSTITUTION Thesis Approved: Dr. Richard Bunce Thesis Adviser Dr. K. Darrell Berlin Dr. Ziad El-Rassi Dr. Nicholas Materer Dr. Andrew Mort Dr. Mark E. Payton Dean of the Graduate College ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. R. A. Bunce, my research advisor, my graduate committee chairman and my friend. I have learned many valuable lessons working alongside him in his research laboratory. His ability to teach both organic theory and laboratory techniques have been instrumental in my research at Oklahoma State University. I am immensely thankful for his support, guidance and patience to me during the course of this research. His unique sense of humor always makes me laugh and makes it a joy to come to lab. I would also like to thank my committee members, Drs. K. D. Berlin, Z. El Rassi, N. F. Materer, and A. J. Mort their acceptance to be on my committee. Their insights into research and graduate life have been invaluable during my graduate career. I am especially grateful to Dr. Berlin for sharing his wealth of organic chemistry knowledge with me during the course of my research. Also, to Dr. Materer, for his keen ability to address the heart of any problem has kept me focused as a graduate student. A special mention of thanks is extended to Dr. Benson and his student Jessica Hubbard for the X-ray crystallography studies on some of the molecules synthesized during the course of this study. Thanks are also due to Drs. M. A. Eastman and G. Bell- Eunice for their assistance with the NMR facilities and guidance in NMR experiments conducted in this research. iii I also thank Dr. Baskar. Nammalwar and Todd Harrison of the Bunce research group along with Travis James for their friendship and support, making it a pleasure to come to work. Baskar has never hesitated to help in answering any questions I have had about organic chemistry and Travis has always indulged me in healthy debate about life’s challenges. I would like to thank the Department of Chemistry for providing a teaching assistantship to me during my studies at OSU. Thanks also to Carolyn, Cheryl, Karen and Bob in the Chemitry Department office for their assistance over the years. The most sincere thanks and gratitude are extended to my parents Jim and Glenda, and my sister Lydia for all the encouragement and prayers they have given me during my time at OSU. Through times of medical troubles and emotional hardship their love and support has guided me throughout my graduate career. Thank you. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I. REVIEW OF TANDEM SNAr REACTIONS ..........................................................1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................1 Tandem SNAr Amination-Reduction Reaction ........................................................2 Synthesis of Tricyclic Substituted Oxazolidinones .................................................3 Synthesis of Functionalized Carbazoles ..................................................................4 Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diphenyl Ethers .........................................................5 Synthesis of 3,6-disubstituted 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridines ...................................6 Tandem Reductive Amination-SNAr Reaction ........................................................7 II. 6-NITRO-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE-4-CARBOXYLIC ESTERS AND 7-NITRO-3,4-DIHYDROQUINOXALINE-1(2H)-CARBOXYLIC ESTERS BY A TANDEM REDUCTIVE AMINATION-SNAr REACTION ........9 Introduction ..............................................................................................................9 Results ....................................................................................................................12 Synthesis of Precursors ..........................................................................................12 Conducting the Tandem Reductive Amination-SNAr Reaction .............................15 Conclusion .............................................................................................................19 Experimental Section .............................................................................................21 Methyl 2-Fluoro-5-nitrophenylacetate (9) ........................................................21 Methyl N-(2-Fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)carbamate (15) ..........................................22 Representative Alkylation Procedure for the Ester ..............................................23 Methyl 2-(2-Fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)-4-pentenoate (10) .....................................23 Methyl 2-(2-Fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)-4-methyl-4-pentenoate (11) .....................23 Representative Alkylation Procedure for the Amide ...........................................24 Methyl N-(2-Fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)-N-(2-propenyl)carbamate (16)............... 24 Methyl N-(2-Fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)-N-(2-methyl-2-propenyl)carbamate (17) .25 1-Chloro-2-(2-methyl-2-propenyloxy)-4-nitrobenzene (21) ............................25 Representative Ozonolysis Procedure..................................................................26 Methyl 2-(2-Fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)-4-oxobutanoate (12) .................................26 Methyl 2-(2-Fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)-4-oxopentanoate (13) ...............................27 Methyl N-(2-Fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)-N-(2-oxoethyl)carbamate (18) .................27 Methyl N-(2-Fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)-N-(2-oxopropyl)carbamate (19) ..............28 1-(2-Chloro-5-nitrophenoxy)-2-propanone (22) ...............................................28 Representative Procedure for Reductive Amination-SNAr Cyclizations .............29 v Chapter Page (±)-Methyl 1-Benzyl-6-nitro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-4- ........carboxylate (23a) ...........................................................................................29 (±)-Methyl 1-Hexyl-6-nitro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-4- ........carboxylate (23b) ...........................................................................................30 (±)-Methyl 1-Isobutyl-6-nitro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-4- ........carboxylate (23c) ...........................................................................................30 (±)-Methyl 1-Cyclohexyl-6-nitro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-4- ........carboxylate (23d) ...........................................................................................31 Methyl 4-Benzyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline-1(2H)-carboxylate (25a)....31 Methyl 4-Hexyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline-1(2H)-carboxylate (25b) .....32 Methyl 4-Isobutyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline-1(2H)-carboxylate (25c) ..32 Methyl 4-Cyclohexyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline-1(2H)- ........carboxylate (25d) ...........................................................................................33 (±)-Methyl 4-Benzyl-3-methyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline-1(2H)- ........carboxylate (26a). ..........................................................................................33 (±)-Methyl 4-Hexyl-3-methyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline-1(2H)- ........carboxylate (26b) ...........................................................................................34 (±)-Methyl 4-Isobutyl-3-methyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline-1(2H)- ........carboxylate (26c) ...........................................................................................35 (±)-Methyl 4-Cyclohexyl-3-methyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline-1(2H)- ........carboxylate (26d) ...........................................................................................35 (±)-N-Benzyl-1-(2-chloro-5-nitrophenoxy)-2-propanamine (28). ....................36 III. SYNTHESIS OF HIGHLY SUBSTITUTED 1,2,3,4- TETRAHYDROQUINOLINES VIA A TANDEM IMINE ADDITION-SNAr REACTION ...........................................................................................................37 Introduction ............................................................................................................37 Results ....................................................................................................................41 Synthesis of Precursors ..........................................................................................41 Conducting the Tandem Imine Addition-SNAr Reaction ......................................44 Mechanism for the Tandem Imine Addition-SNAr Reaction .................................56 Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydroquinolinone-3-carboxylate .............................................59 Alkylation-Decarboxylation of Tandem Product...................................................60 Synthesis of Trialkyl Substituted 2,3-Dihydroquinolinone ...................................63 Conclusion .............................................................................................................65 Experimental ..........................................................................................................67 2-Fluoro-5-nitrobenzaldehyde (24) ...................................................................67 2-Fluoro-5-nitrobenzoic Acid (25) ...................................................................68