Synthesis of 2,2′-bis(1-(2-aryl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-3,3,3′,3′-tetramethyl-3H,3′H-5,5′-biindoles and 2,7-bis(1-(3-aryl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)--(naphthalene-1,5-diyl)bis (hydrazinium) chloride were converted via Fischer syntheses with 3-methylbutan-2-one into bisindolenines, 2,2′,3,3,3′,3′-hexamethyl-3H,3′H-5,5′-biindole 10 and 2, 3,3,7,8,8-hexamethyl-3H,8H-indolo[7,6-g]indole 14, respectively. Exposure of the bisindolenines to the Vilsmeier reagent produced tetraformyl compounds 11 and 15, which reacted with hydrazine and arylhydrazines to give the corresponding pyrazoles 12 and 16 in excellent yields.Keywords: Arylhydrazines, bisindolenine, Fischer reaction, hydrazine, pyrazole, Vilsmeier reagent
IntroductionWe recently described the reaction of 2,3,3-trimethylindolenines (3H-indoles) 1 with the Vilsmeier reagent formed from dimethylformamide and phosphorus oxychloride to produce aminomethylene malondialdehydes 2 (Scheme 1).1,2 Additionally we showed that the pyridoindolenines 2,3,3-trimethyl-3H-pyrrolo[2,3-f]quinoline and 2,3,3-trimethyl-3H-pyrrolo[3,2-h]quinoline 4 behave similarly (Scheme 2). The malondialdehydes 2,5 reacted with hydrazine or arylhydrazines to produce substituted pyrazoles 3,6. 1,3,4 We have now been able to show that the principles embodied in these transformations can be incorporated into bisindolenine systems, and thus have prepared several more complex pyrazoles.
Scheme 2For the mechanism of formation of the aminomethylene malondialdehydes, we suggested that a small equilibrium concentration of an enamine tautomer 7 is successively C-substituted and thus, before hydrolysis during work-up, species 8 is present (Scheme 3). We propose that a comparable mechanism operates in the work described herein.
Scheme 3
Results and DiscussionDiazotisation of benzidine and naphthalene-1,5-diamine, then reduction of the diazonium salts with tin(II) chloride, produced the corresponding bis hydrazinium chlorides 9 and 13. 5 Reaction of 2,2′-(biphenyl-4,4′-diyl)bis(hydrazinium)chloride 9 with isopropyl methyl ketone in a Fischer reaction 6 produced the bisindolenine 2,2′,3,3,3′,3′-hexamethyl-3H,3′H-5,5′-biindole 10 in good yield (Scheme 4).