R e a c t i o n o f 2 -I m i n o c o u m a r i n -3 -c a r b o x a m i d e s w i t h 2 -A m i n o t h i o p h e n e -3 -c a r b o x a m i d e sAbstract: In the course of our research on the synthesis of coumarins, the interaction of 2-iminocoumarin-3-carboxamides with a series of 2-aminothiophene-3-carboxamides was studied. It was established that the initial products -2-substituted coumarin-3-carboxamides -can undergo rearrangement to 2-(coumarin-3-yl)thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-ones by refluxing in DMF. [2,3-d]pyrimidines have been reported to exhibit a range of biological activities: anti-inflammatory, anti-anginal, anti-allergenic [1][2][3][4]7,9,11 and anti-cancer activity; 5 some of them can be useful as selective 5-HT3 and 5-HT4 receptor ligands. 6 Several compounds of this class showed significant analgesic and CNS depressant activity 8 and some exhibited anticonvulsant activity in mice against the convulsant corazole; 10 compounds with thrombocyte aggregation inhibiting activity are also known. 12 Some of the compounds were patented as useful for treating mammals suffering from discords related to gonadotropin releasing hormone, 13 and some as ALK-5 receptor ligands for the treatment of kidney fibrosis, 14 PDE7 inhibitors, 15 and c-GMP-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitors. 16 Among the 2,4-aminothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines substances with bacteriostatic activity related to Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus faecum and Lactobacillus casei have been found. 17,18 Bactericidal and trichomonacidal properties of some 4-amino-2-(5-nitro-2-furyl)thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines were determined. 19
2-HetarylthienoIt can be expected that modification of the thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine ring system with the naturally occurring and undoubtedly pharmacologically active coumarin moiety will increase the potential biological activity of such compounds.The simplest and most elegant method for the synthesis of 3-hetaryl-substituted coumarins is the Knoevenagel condensation of salicylic aldehydes and hetaryl acetates. 20 However, this method is difficult to apply to the synthesis of 2-(coumarin-3-yl)thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-ones, because the starting thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-one-2-acetic acid derivatives require complex synthetic procedures. 21In previous papers 22,23 we described a simpler method for the synthesis of substituted 2-(coumarin-3-yl)-3,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydrobenzothieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-ones by rearrangement of 2-substituted coumarin-3-carboxamides, which can also be applied to the synthesis of other 3-hetarylcoumarins. 24 As an extension of our work related to the recyclization of 2-imino-2H-1-benzopyrans by nucleophilic reagents we investigated the scope of this approach for the synthesis of a range of 2-(coumarin-3-yl)thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-ones.In order to obtain a series of novel 2-(coumarin-3-yl)thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-ones 4 we studied the interaction of 2-iminocoumarin-3-carboxamides 1a-h with different 2-aminothiophene-3-carboxamides 2a-d, which were obtained from cyclopentanone, cycloheptanone, and 4-substituted...