[2,3-g] or [2,3-h]quinoline derivatives were prepared from 7-(or 8, or 9)amino-1,5-benzodiazepin-2-ones by the Doebner-von Miller quinoline synthesis. The structure of the cyclized products depends on the position of the primary amino group and on the substituents of the diazepine ring of the starting compounds. The regiochemical outcome of the reaction was estimated by calculating average local ionization energies on the molecular surface at the Density Functional Theory (DFT) level of theory.
A number of 6,7‐dihydroquinazolino[3,2‐a][1,5]benzodiazepin‐13(5H)‐ones were prepared utilizing the coupling of readily available 5‐acyl‐1,3,4,5‐tetrahydro‐2H‐1,5‐benzodiazepin‐2‐ones with 2‐nitrobenzoyl chloride followed by a reductive N‐heterocyclization. 3‐Methylsubstituted 1‐(2‐nitrobenzoyl)‐1,5‐benzodiazepinone derivatives did not cyclize under the reductive N‐heterocyclization conditions. The possible mechanism of this heterocyclization was discussed, and it was demonstrated that the hydroxylamine intermediate was the initiator of this reaction. To clarify the reasons of different reactivities of various 1,5‐benzodiazepine derivatives, the quantum‐chemical reactivity descriptors of the hydroxylamine intermediates were calculated and evaluated.
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