Using mild conditions and short reaction times, symmetrical disulfides have been synthesized in flow chemistry using phase transfer catalysts to facilitate the substitution of organohalides with disodium disulfide. Also, the synthesis of symmetrical trisulfides was possible using this procedure with an additional equivalent of sulfur.
3-Methylindole reacts with pyridines in the presence of NBS to give indol-2-yl-pyridinium salts which were converted into their ylides by an anion exchange resin in its hydroxide form. Indol-3- amine was subjected to a nucleophilic ring transformation with pyrylium salts which resulted in the formation of indol-3-yl-pyridinium salts, the 2,4,6-trimethylpyridinium derivative of which proved to be unstable. The 2,4,6-triphenylpyridinium derivate was deprotonated to the corresponding ylide. The isomeric indol-2-yl and indol-3-yl derivatives are cycloimmonium ylides which are members of the compound class of heterocyclic mesomeric betaines (MB). By contrast, the ylide of indol- 2-yl-pyrrolidinium is a cycloammonium ylide. It was prepared by reaction of 3-methylindole with pyrrolidine in the presence of NBS, followed by deprotonation.
The reaction of mercaptoacetic acid esters with pentachloro-2-nitro-1,3-butadiene provides appropriate precursors for the synthesis of 2,3,4-trisubstituted benzo[h]quinolines. These heterocycles are easily accessible via a single-step reaction with 1-naphthyl- or 1-anthracenylamine, respectively. Due to steric bulk and high electron density ring closure to benzo[h]quinolines takes place, exclusively. Such highly substituted annelated pyridine systems can be modified in subsequent, selective reactions to build up new N-heterocycles with promising microbiological properties. Antibacterial and antiproliferative assays against four cell mammalian cell lines demonstrate that some of the sulfur-substituted benzo[h]quinolines analogs display potent phenotypic bioactivities in the single-digit micromolar range.
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