Scheme 3. Cycloaddition with unsymmetrical substituted piperidones 1a,c.Scheme 2. Cycloaddition with symmetrical substituted piperidones 1b,d.
402Vol 47 F.I. Zubkov, I.K. Airiyan, A.A. Dzyubenko, N.I. Yudina, V.P. Zaytsev, E.V. Nikitina, A.V. Varlamov, V.N. Khrustalev, D.G. Grudinin Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry DOI 10.1002/jhet 79À91 ppm) carbon atom signals are the most characteristic in 13 C NMR spectra of cycloaddition products 2À5, 7, 8.A large number of methods for pentacyclic indolizinoindole core synthesis are known [16], and the similarity of this heterocyclic system to some alkaloids encourages further research. Several short studies [17] dedicated to the synthesis of benzo [1,2]indolizino [8,7-b]indol-4-carboxylic acids of type 10 from maleic anhydride and N-furfurylidene(indol-3-yl)ethanamines have been published recently. An elegant reaction sequence (acylation/ Pictet-Spengler/ IMDAF) proceeds in mild conditions (Scheme 7). To build some alkaloid-like polycyclic structures by Suzuki coupling, we needed to synthesize 3-halosubstituted adducts 10.As was shown earlier [17], the condensation of N-furfurylidenetriptamines 9a,b with maleic anhydride proceeds stereoselectively, yielding the single exo-diastereoisomer 10a,b. Analogous interaction of azomethine 9c with citraconic anhydride leads with good yield to the mixture of polycycles 12A and 12B (in approximatively equal amounts), isomeric by methyl group position, that we could not separate by recrystallization.Haloderivatives 10a,b are white powders, low soluble even in DMSO, so to determinate their structure by 1 H and 13 C NMR we have synthesized esters 11. The spatial structure of these latter was established by NOE spectra, in which we can observe a significant change of H-13b proton integral intensity, while irradiating H-4a (and vice versa). This fact indicated the spatial closeness (cis-orientation) of the above protons.In the last part of our work we have applied an analogous method for the synthesis of spinacines annelated with epoxyisoindole moiety. The condensation of histamine with aromatic aldehydes in an alkaline medium leading to spinacines (Fig. 1) Acylation of spinacines 13 with maleic anhydride at room temperature occurs exclusively on the N-5 nitrogen atom of the tetrahydropyridine ring -products of anhydride addition to imidazole cycle were not found in the reaction mixture. Acylation (same as in previous cases) is accompanied by simultaneous [4þ2] cycloaddition giving exo-adducts 14. We suppose the cis-position of H-7a and H-11b protons by analogy with adducts 2-4, 7, 8, and 10. Cycloaddition products are extremely hard-soluble and hard-crystallizing tawny powders. The low-field singlet signal of H-2 proton at d $7.5 ppm and broaded one of H-11b at d $5.3 ppm, as well as associated exo-protons H-7a, H-8 with 3 J 7a,8 ¼ 8.9À9.1 Hz (at d 2.5À3.0 ppm), can be considered as characteristic. In the carbon spectrum, C-2 and C-11a peaks at d 135À136 and 90À91 ppm, respectively, are remarkable.
EXPERIMENTALAll reagents were ...