Competing Domino Knoevenagel-Cyclization Sequences with N-Arylcinnamylamines
Mihály Kajtár1,2, Sándor Balázs Király1, Attila Bényei3
1Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen 4002, Hungary.
Abstract:
Domino Knoevenagel-cyclization reactions of N-arylcinnamylamines were carried out with active methylene reagents, which took place with five competing cyclization mechanisms: intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reaction, stepwise polar [2 + 2] cycloaddition, styryl or aza-Diels-Alder reactions followed by rearomatization, and [1,5]-hydride shift-6-endo cyclization. In the stepwise aza-Diels-Alder reaction, the N-vinylpyridinium moiety acted as an azadiene, producing a condensed heterocycle with tetrahydroquinolizinium and tetrahydroquiniline subunits. Antiproliferative activity with low micromolar IC50 values was identified for some of the novel scaffolds.
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