A. A. Kalinin

Ring contraction in reactions of 3-benzoylquinoxalin-2-ones with 1,2-phenylenediamines. Quinoxaline-benzoimidazole rearrangement

The reactions of 3-benzoylquinoxalin-2-one and its N(1)-alkyl derivatives with 1,2-phenylenediamines were accompanied by ring contraction as a result of the quinoxaline-benzoimidazole rearrangement giving rise to 2-benzoimidazolyl-substituted quinoxalines. The possible pathways of these reaction are discussed.

Quinoxaline-benzimidazole rearrangement in the synthesis of benzimidazole-based podands

Alkylation of 3-benzoylquinoxalin-2(1H)-one with 1,5-dibromo-3-oxapentane, 1,8-dibromo-3,6-dioxaoctane, and α,ω-dihaloalkanes with different lengths of the polymethylene chain gave the corresponding quinoxaline podands. In the reaction with 1,2-dibromoethane, the N,O-rather than N,N′-alkylation product was obtained. The reaction of the obtained quinoxaline-based podands with benzene-1,2-diamine followed the quinoxaline-benzimidazole rearrangement pattern with formation of 2-(3-phenylquinoxalin-2-yl)benzimidazole-based podands.

QUINOXALINE-BENZIMIDAZOLE REARRANGEMENTS IN THE REACTIONS OF 3-ALKANOYLQUINOXALIN-2-ONES WITH 1,2-PHENYLENEDIAMINES

The interaction of 3-alkanoylquinoxalin-2-ones with 1,2-phenylenediamines in boiling acetic acid led to the contraction of the pyrazine ring as the result of a quinoxaline-benzimidiazole rearrangement with the formation of 2-benzimidazolyl-substituted quinoxalines.

Synthesis and Functionalization of 3-Ethylquinoxalin-2(1H)-one

A new and effective procedure was developed for the synthesis of 3-ethylquinoxalin-2(1H)-one from o-phenylenediamine and ethyl 2-oxobutanoate. The latter was prepared by the Grignard reaction of diethyl oxalate with ethylmagnesium bromide or iodide. The ethyl group in 3-ethylquinoxalin-2(1H)-one can readily be converted into various functional groups: α-bromoethyl, α-thiocyanato, α-azidoethyl, α-phenylaminoethyl, acetyl, and bromoacetyl. The reaction of 3-(bromoacetyl)quinoxalin-2(1H)-one with thiourea and hydrazine-1,2-dicarbothioamide gives the corresponding 3-(2-amino-4-thiazolyl) derivatives.

The Kornblum Reaction of α-Substituted 3-Benzyl-1,2-dihydro-2-oxoquinoxalines. Synthesis and Structure of 3-Benzoyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoxaline

A method has been developed for the preparation of 3-benzoyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoxaline by the reaction of 3-(α-chlorobenzyl)-1,2-dihydroquinoxaline under Kornblum reaction conditions to the corresponding α-azido derivative and then acid fission of the latter. The structure of the target ketone has been confirmed by X-ray analysis.

Antimicrobial activity of imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxaline derivatives with pyridinium moiety

3-Phenyl(methyl)-5-alkyl-1-(pyridin-3-yl)imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4-ones (2a-f) and their N-alkyl-pyridinium salts (3a-o), including 1,n-bis{3-(3-phenylimidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4(5H)-on-1-yl)pyridinium}alkane dibromides (4a-d, 5, 6) have been synthesized. It has been established that the antimicrobial properties of imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxaline derivatives are connected with the presence of various alkyl substituents in the position 1 of the pyridine ring and in the position 5 of the imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxaline system. Chlorides and iodides are more active towards bacteria than fungi. Compounds 3d, 3e, 3m and 3n showed an effective bacteriostatic activity. Compound showed not only well defined bacteriostatic activities but also good fungistatic activities, with the MIC values comparable with the reference drugs. Toxicity of more effective (imidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4-on-1-yl)-1-pyridinium halides was examined in mice.

Redox-switchable binding of the Mg2+ ions by 21,31-diphenyl-12,42-dioxo-7,10,13-trioxa-1,4(3,1)-diquinoxaline-2(2,3),3(3,2)-diindolysine-cyclopentadecaphane

The binding of the Li+, Na+, K+, Mg2+, and Co2+ ions by 21,31-diphenyl-12,42-dioxo-7,10,13-trioxa-1,4(3,1)-diquinoxaline-2(2,3),3(3,2)-diindolysine-cyclopentadecaphane containing two indolysine fragments, two quinoxaline fragments, and 3,6,9-trioxyundecane spacer in the acetonitrile/0.1 M Bu4NBF4 environment is studied by the method of cyclic voltammetry. It is demonstrated that the Li+, Na+, K+, and Co2+ ions are not bound by this macrocycle, whereas selective redox-switchable binding is observed for the Mg2+ ions. The macrocycle binds the Mg2+ ions way more efficiently as compared with its radical cation and dication. The indolysinequinoxaline fragments play the determining role in the binding.

3-Indolizin-2-ylquinoxalines and the derived monopodands

The reactions of 3-acetylquinoxalin-2-one with methyl-and benzylpyridines in the presence of iodine produce the corresponding 3-(2-alkylpyridinioacetyl)quinoxalin-2(1H)-one iodides. Treatment of the latter with triethylamine affords the corresponding 3-indolizin-2-ylquinoxalin-2-ones. Due to the presence of the endocyclic carbamoyl group, the reactions of these compounds with bisalkylating reagents give quinoxaline-containing monopodands and monoalkylation products containing spacers with different lengths and of different nature.

Voltammetric study of metal ions binding by biindolizine heterocyclophanes and their acyclic analogues

The binding of ions Li+, Na+, K+, (group I), Mg2+, Al3+, Ga3+ (group II), Ca2+, Pb2+ (group III) ions, Ba2+ and paraquat by heterocyclophanes containing biindolizine and quinoxaline fragments connected by 3,6,9-trioxaundecane and 5,8,11,14,17-pentaoxageneicosane spacers, and also their acyclic analogues, in the acetonitrile-0.1 M Bu4NBF4 is studied by cyclic voltammetry. A conclusion is drawn that the ions of the group I are not bound by these compounds; the paraquat is not bound by heterocyclophane with the 5,8,11,14,17-pentaoxageneicosan spacers. For ions of the group II, reversible redox-switchable binding by the macrocycles with the 3,6,9-trioxaundecane and 5,8,11,14,17-pentaoxageneicosan spacers is observed: the initial compounds show the binding; their radical cations and dications do not. The binding of the ions of the group III and Ba2+ is determined by the macrocycles’ size. In particular, these ions are bound not only by the heterocyclophane with 3,6,9-trioxaundecane spacers but also by its radical cation or dication. The binding results in the corresponding dication stabilization. The heterocyclophane with the 5,8,11,14,17-pentaoxageneicosan spacers demonstrates the redox-switchable binding of Ca2+ and Pb2+ ions; no effect of Ba2+ ions on the cyclic voltammograms of this heterocyclophane was observed. In the ternary system “heterocyclophane with 3,6,9-trioxaundecane spacers + ions of the group II (Al3+, Ga3+) + ions of the group III (Ca2+, Pb2+)” either primary binding of the group III ion Pb2+ or concurrent binding of the ions of the group II and the group III, with the system’s reversible redox-switching from one metal complex to another, was observed.

3-Cyano-2-(dicyano)methylene-4-methyl-2,5-dihydrofurans in the synthesis of nonlinear-optical chromophores (minireview)

This minireview reflects the most significant advances in the synthesis of promising nonlinear-optical chromophores over the last 5–10 years. We focus on the studies of chromophores combining an electron-donating moiety with an electron-withdrawing 3-cyano-2-(dicyano)methylene-2,5-dihydrofuran-4-yl group through a linker containing a polyene motif or one to two five-membered heterocycles.