a b s t r a c tReactions of 2-cyano-6-(trifluoromethyl)-4-pyrone, 2-cyano-4-pyrone, and 2-cyano-6-methyl-4-pyrone with aliphatic and aromatic amines in ethanol at À20°C for 2-21 days gave 5-amino-3-oxopent-4-enamides in 28-78% yields, which were cyclized with DMF-DMA in toluene under ambient conditions to afford 4-pyridone-3-carboxamides in 31-70% yields.Ó 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.4-Pyridone-3-carboxamides belong to an important class of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds with a broad spectrum of biological activities. Many of their derivatives are selective CB2 cannabinoid receptor ligands, 1 and possess herbicidal 2 and anti-inflammatory 3 activities. These heterocyclic amides also exhibit properties of plant growth regulators 4 and are the key frameworks of some natural products (e.g., aspernigrine A and pestalamides B and C 5 ) ( Fig. 1).Reported synthetic methods for the preparation of 4-pyridone-3-carboxamides are based on the reactions of 4-pyrone-3-carboxylic acid derivatives with amines (transformation of the 4-pyrone ring into a 4-pyridone ring), 1,4 the treatment of a-acylated enaminoamides with N,N-dimethylamide dimethyl acetals, 4b,c the reaction of 3-aminoacrylic acid derivatives with 2,2,6-trimethyl-1,3-dioxin-4-one 4 or diketene, 3 the transformation of 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-pyrone (triacetic acid lactone) into 4-pyridone-3-carboxylic acid derivatives, 1 as well as the self-condensation of N-aryl acetoacetamides mediated by sodium persulfate 5b or p-toluenesulfonic acid in refluxing benzene with azeotropic removal of water. 3 In this Letter, we report a novel synthesis of 4-pyridone-3-carboxamides from 5-amino-3-oxopent-4-enamides, which in turn were prepared from the corresponding 2-cyano-4-pyrones. We previously found 6 that dehydration of 4-oxo-6-(trifluoromethyl)-4H-pyran-2-carboxamide (1a) 7 with trifluoroacetic anhydride in the presence of pyridine at 0°C led to the formation of 2-cyano-6-(trifluoromethyl)-4-pyrone (2a) in 61% yield. We now report the synthesis of 2-cyano-4-pyrone (2b) and 2-cyano-6-methyl-4-pyrone (2c) from the corresponding 4-pyrone-2-carboxamides 1b,c under the same conditions, in 48% 8 and 55% yields, respectively (it proved important to carry out the reaction at À10°C). Surprisingly, as in the case of 1a and 2a, the isolation and characterization of which had not been reported prior to our work, 6,7 none of these simple 2-cyano-and 2-carbamoyl-4-pyrones had been recorded in the literature (Scheme 1). Pyrone 2a, due to activation of the conjugated system by two electron-withdrawing groups (CF 3 and CN), is a highly electrophilic Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirectTetrahedron Letters j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / t e t l e t substrate, which is able to react with different nucleophiles with or without affecting the pyrone ring. 6 We found that 2a reacted easily with both aliphatic and aromatic amines in ethanol at À20°C over 2 days to produce CF 3 -containing 5-amino-3-oxopent-4-enamid...
The approach to the biologically important pyridones includes formation of 5‐amino‐3‐oxopent‐4‐enamide intermediates.
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