Synlett 2018; 29(04): 483-488
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1590961
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

An Efficient Cyanide-Free Approach towards 1-(2-Pyridyl)isoquinoline-3-carbonitriles via the Reaction of 5-Phenacyl-1,2,4-triazines with 1,2-Dehydrobenzene in the Presence of Alkyl Nitrites

Dmitry S. Kopchuk
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
b   I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Str., Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russian Federation
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Alexey P. Krinochkin
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
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Albert F. Khasanov
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
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Igor S. Kovalev
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
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Pavel A. Slepukhin
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
b   I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Str., Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russian Federation
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Ekaterina S. Starnovskaya
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
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Anindita Mukherjee
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
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Matiur Rahman
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
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Grigory V. Zyryanov
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
b   I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Str., Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russian Federation
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Adinath Majee
c   Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan-731235, India
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Vladimir L. Rusinov
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
b   I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Str., Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russian Federation
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Oleg N. Chupakhin
a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
b   I. Ya. Postovskiy Institute of Organic Synthesis, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 22 S. Kovalevskoy Str., Yekaterinburg, 620219, Russian Federation
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a   Department of Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Institute, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation   eMail: sougatasantra85@gmail.com   eMail: ssantra@urfu.ru
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We are pleased to acknowledge the Russian Science Foundation (Ref. # 16-43-02020) for funding. A. Majee acknowledges financial support from the DST-RSF Major Research Project (Ref. No. INT/RUS/RSF/P-08).
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Received: 16. Oktober 2017

Accepted: 24. Oktober 2017

Publikationsdatum:
28. November 2017 (online)


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Abstract

A cyanide-free method for the preparation of 1-(2-pyridyl)isoquinoline-3-carbonitriles (3-cyanoisoquinolines) was developed. The interaction of 5-phenacyl-3-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazines with 1,2-dehydrobenzene generated in situ from anthranilic acid and an excess of amyl nitrites afforded the target compounds in good yields. The proposed mechanism involves the in situ transformation of the 5-phenacyl group into the 5-cyano group under the action of alkyl nitrite and the following inverse demand aza-Diels–Alder reaction of thus formed 5-cyano-1,2,4-triazines with 1,2-dehydrobenzene affording the target products. The presence of the 5-phenacyl substituent is a key for the reaction, as in case of 5-styryl- or 5-phenylethynyl-3-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazines the formation of the 1,2,4-triazine ring-transformation products was observed

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