Synlett 2018; 29(04): 483-488
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1590961
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

An Efficient Cyanide-Free Approach towards 1-(2-Pyridyl)isoquinoline-3-carbonitriles via the Reaction of 5-Phenacyl-1,2,4-triazines with 1,2-Dehydrobenzene in the Presence of Alkyl Nitrites

Authors

  • Dmitry S. Kopchuk

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
    b   I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Str., Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russian Federation
  • Alexey P. Krinochkin

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
  • Albert F. Khasanov

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
  • Igor S. Kovalev

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
  • Pavel A. Slepukhin

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
    b   I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Str., Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russian Federation
  • Ekaterina S. Starnovskaya

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
  • Anindita Mukherjee

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
  • Matiur Rahman

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
  • Grigory V. Zyryanov

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
    b   I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Str., Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russian Federation
  • Adinath Majee

    c   Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan-731235, India
  • Vladimir L. Rusinov

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
    b   I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Str., Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russian Federation
  • Oleg N. Chupakhin

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru
    b   I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Str., Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russian Federation
  • Sougata Santra  *

    a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   Email: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   Email: ssantra@urfu.ru

We are pleased to acknowledge the Russian Science Foundation (Ref. # 16-43-02020) for funding. A. Majee acknowledges financial support from the DST-RSF Major Research Project (Ref. No. INT/RUS/RSF/P-08).
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Publication History

Received: 16 October 2017

Accepted: 24 October 2017

Publication Date:
28 November 2017 (online)


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Abstract

A cyanide-free method for the preparation of 1-(2-pyridyl)isoquinoline-3-carbonitriles (3-cyanoisoquinolines) was developed. The interaction of 5-phenacyl-3-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazines with 1,2-dehydrobenzene generated in situ from anthranilic acid and an excess of amyl nitrites afforded the target compounds in good yields. The proposed mechanism involves the in situ transformation of the 5-phenacyl group into the 5-cyano group under the action of alkyl nitrite and the following inverse demand aza-Diels–Alder reaction of thus formed 5-cyano-1,2,4-triazines with 1,2-dehydrobenzene affording the target products. The presence of the 5-phenacyl substituent is a key for the reaction, as in case of 5-styryl- or 5-phenylethynyl-3-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazines the formation of the 1,2,4-triazine ring-transformation products was observed

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