On the Knorr Synthesis of 6-Bromo-4-methylquinolin-2(1H)-one

Nicolas Wlodarczyk; Catherine Simenel; Muriel Delepierre; Jean-Christophe Barale; Yves L. Janin

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1258440

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On the Knorr Synthesis of 6-Bromo-4-methylquinolin-2(1H)-one

Nicolas Wlodarczyk^a,b, Catherine Simenel^c,d, Muriel Delepierre^c,d, Jean-Christophe Barale^e,f, Yves L. Janin*^a,b
^a Institut Pasteur, Laboratoire de chimie médicinale, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
Fax: +33(1)45688404; e-Mail: yves.janin@pasteur.fr;
^b CNRS, URA 2128, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
^c Institut Pasteur, Unité de résonance magnétique nucléaire des biomolécules, Département de Biologie Structurale et Chimie, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
^d CNRS, URA 2185, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
^e Institut Pasteur, Unité d’immunologie moléculaire des parasites, Département de Parasitologie et de Mycologie, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
^f CNRS, URA 2581, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France

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In the course of our work on infectious diseases, we were led to prepare 6-bromo-2-chloro-4-methylquinoline as a starting material. Since surprisingly little has been reported in the literature, the two synthetic steps to this compound were investigated. The synthesis involves a condensation between β-keto esters and 4-bromoaniline and the cyclization of the resulting anilides into 6-bromoquinolin-2(1H)-one, otherwise known as the Knorr reaction. The ^¹H NMR monitoring of the first step allowed us to optimize the conditions leading specifically to the anilide without the occurrence of the alternative crotonate. To illustrate the scope of our finding, few additional anilides featuring electron-attracting groups were prepared. The study of their cyclization revealed some unsuspected steric effect governing this second step. Aside from rectifying a few claims in this chemistry, this study led to a three-step preparation of 6-bromo-2-chloro-4-methylquinoline in 48% overall yield from 4-bromoaniline.

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acylation - cyclization - heterocycles - quinolines - carbocation

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