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1,1’-(3-Methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl)diethanone as a Building Block in Heterocyclic Synthesis. Novel Synthesis of Some Pyrazole and Pyrimidine Derivatives

by
Yahia Nasser Mabkhot
1,*,
Abdullah Mohammed Al-Majid
1,
Assem Barakat
1,*,
Saeed Alshahrani
1 and
Yamin Siddiqui
2
1
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, P.O. Box 344, Medina 41411, Saudi Arabia
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Molecules 2011, 16(8), 6502-6511; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules16086502
Submission received: 20 June 2011 / Revised: 25 July 2011 / Accepted: 29 July 2011 / Published: 3 August 2011
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Heterocycles)
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A series of new bis(heterocycles) featuring thieno[2,3-b]thiophene rings was synthesized in a combinatorial manner. Intramolecular cyclization of enaminone derivativeswith appropriate N-nucleophiles afforded the target compounds. All compounds were characterized by 1H-, 13C-NMR, GCMS, IR, and UV-Vis spectrometry. These compounds represent a new class of sulfur- and nitrogen-containing heterocycles that should also be of interest as new materials.

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1. Introduction

We have recently reported a short and expedient route to various bis(heterocycles) [1,2]. The method consists of sequential directed nucleophilic addition, side chain deprotonation, nucleophilic addition, and cyclization using a nitrogen or sulfur moiety as internal nucleophile. The importance of bis(heterocycles) can be appreciated from the numerous reports in the literature in which the chemistry and biological activities of these compounds were reviewed [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]. Thus, thienothiophene derivatives exhibit biological activities, e.g., antitumor, antiviral [12,13,14,15,16,17,18], and as antibiotic, antiglaucoma drugs, or as inhibitors of platelet aggregation [19,20,21,22,23]. Substituted thienothiophenes have been used as building blocks in the synthesis of polycondensed systems which include sulfur analogues of electronic devices, due to their many fundamental advantages over their inorganic counterparts in achieving low-cost, large area and mechanically flexible electronics [24,25,26,27]. More recently thienothiophenes, in particular the the thieno[2,3-b]thiophene scaffold, have attracted considerable attention as the moieties offer some significant advantages such as centrosymmetry and higher rigidity, in the design of novel NLO systems by incorporating this nucleus with in unsymmetrically functionalized cyclophane [13]. On the other hand, imidazopyrimidine and triazolopyrimidine compounds have been shown antimicrobial effects [28,29,30,31,32]. Our research has been devoted to the development of new classes of bis(heterocycle) systems which incorporate the theinothiophene moiety in the hope that they may be biologically active. We report herein the use of enaminone 3 for the synthesis of new pyrimidine, pyrazole, triazolopyrimidine and imidazopyrimidine derivatives.

2. Results and Discussion

The starting materials used in the synthesis, for instance, benzolyacetone (1), dimethylformamide dimethylacetal (DMF-DMA), 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole, and 2-aminobenzimidaole were easily available. The previously unreported 1,1'-(3-methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b] thiophene-2,5-diyl)diethanone (2) was synthesized starting from benzoylacetone. Deprotonation of the active methylene proton of the latter using a K2CO3 in DMF, then trapping with a C-nucleophile such as CS2 and finally reaction with chloroacetone afforded the product 2 (Scheme 1). The formation of the latter was confirmed by its spectral data (IR, MS, NMR) and elemental analysis. For example, the 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) spectra revealed two singlets signal at δ 1.84, 1.96 assignable to CH3 protons beside multiplet signal at δ 7.55 ppm assignable for 5H of the benzene ring.
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Scheme 1. Synthesis of 1,1'-(3-methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b] thiophene-2,5-diyl)diethanone (2).
Scheme 1. Synthesis of 1,1'-(3-methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b] thiophene-2,5-diyl)diethanone (2).
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Condensation of 2 with dimethylformamide dimethyle acetal (DMF-DMA) under reflux for 10 h in the presence of xylene furnished enaminone 3 (Scheme 2). The 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) spectrum of 3 displayed a singlet signal at δ 2.99 pmm due to the N,N-dimethyl group and a singlet at δ 1.96 ppm due to methyl protons. Two doublets signal at δ 4.53, 5.38 ppm with coupling constant J = 12 Hz were assignable to olefinic protons (CH=CH) in a trans configuration.
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Scheme 2. Synthesis of enaminone derivative 3.
Scheme 2. Synthesis of enaminone derivative 3.
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Reaction of enaminone 3 with an N-nucleophile such as urea in dioxane or EtOH/DMF mixture under reflux for 4–6 h in the presence of a catalytic amount of ZnCl2 as a Lewis acid afforded 4a (Scheme 3). The structure of the product was confirmed by the 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) spectrum which displayed a new pair of doublets signals at δ 5.38, 7.65 with J = 7.8 Hz corresponding to pyrimidinol besides a singlet peak at δ 6.5 ppm assignable to OH. The formation of compound 4a would involve an initial addition of the amino group in urea to the activated double bond in enaminone derivative 3, followed by deamination to an intermediate which then undergoes cyclization and aromatization via loss of water affording the final isolable product (Scheme 4).
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Scheme 3. Synthesis of bis-pyrimidine derivatives 4a–c.
Scheme 3. Synthesis of bis-pyrimidine derivatives 4a–c.
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Scheme 4. Plausible mechanism of bis-pyrimidine derivatives 4a–c.
Scheme 4. Plausible mechanism of bis-pyrimidine derivatives 4a–c.
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Next, reaction of enaminone 3 with thiourea in refluxing DMF/Ethanol mixture afforded the corresponding dipyrimidin-2-thiol derivatives 4b (Scheme 3). The 1H-NMR spectrum (DMSO-d6) of compound 4b revealed two doublets at δ 5.36 ppm (1H, d) and 7.62 ppm (1H, d) which were readily assigned to the hydrogen attached at C5 and C4 of the pyrimidine ring respectively, and a singlet at δ 6.5 pmm (1H, s) assigned to the –SH attached at C2 of the pyrimidine ring. Nevertheless, when enaminone derivative 3 was reacting with guanidine under similar reaction conditions to give dipyrimidin-2-amine derivative 4c (Scheme 3). The structure of dipyrimidin-2-amine derivatives was established on the basis of their elemental analysis and spectral data (see Experimental).
Similarly, enaminone derivative 3 cyclized with hydrazine compounds in refluxing absolute ethanol for 6 h. The novel bispyrazole 5a was assumed to be formed via addition of the amino group in the hydrazine to the activated double bond of the enamine derivative, followed by deamination, dehydration and subsequently nucleophilic cyclization to afford the final product (Scheme 5). The IR spectrum of compound 5a indicated the characteristic absorption band at 3402 cm−1 for the NH group. In particular, the 1H-NMR spectra (DMSO-d6) of compound 5a revealed two doublets at δ 6.45 (1H, d) and 7.81 ppm (1H, d) which were readily assigned to the hydrogen attached at C4 and C3 of the pyrazole ring respectively, and a singlet at δ 13.01 ppm (1H, s) assigned to the –NH attached at C2 of the pyrazole ring. Nevertheless, when enaminone derivative 3 was reacted with phenyl hydrazine under similar reaction conditions it gave N-phenyl pyrazole derivative 5b (Scheme 5). The structure of latter compound was established on the basis of their elemental analysis and spectral data (see Experimental).
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Scheme 5. Synthesis of bis-pyrazole derivatives 5a,b.
Scheme 5. Synthesis of bis-pyrazole derivatives 5a,b.
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The utility of enaminone 3 in the synthesis of annelated heterocycles was further explored via its reaction with 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole in absolute ethanol under reflux for 7 h in the presence of a catalytic amount of ZnCl2. It is assumed that the product 6 was formed via initial formation of a nonisolable hydrazonal followed by elimination of water to give the desired product 6 (Scheme 6). Spectral data (IR, NMR, MS) and elemental analysis were consistent with isolated product 6. For example, the 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) displayed a characteristic a pair of doublets at δ 8.17, 8.99 ppm assigned to the hydrogen at C5, and C4 of the pyrimidine ring respectively and a singlet at δ 8.67 ppm assigned to the triazole proton, respectively.
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Scheme 6. Synthesis of annelated heterocycles 6,7.
Scheme 6. Synthesis of annelated heterocycles 6,7.
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The study was extended to investigate the behavior of enaminone deriviatives 3 with different nucleophiles like 2-aminobenzimidazole with a view to synthesizing various heterocyclic ring systems. Thus, the reaction of 3 with this compound in refluxing ethanol in the presence of catalytic amount of ZnCl2 furnished the corresponding product 7 (Scheme 6). The structure of the product was confirmed on the basis of its elemental analysis and spectral data. The 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) spectrum of the compound 7 revealed two doublets signal at δ 8.16, 8.80 assigned to the hydrogen at C5, and C4 of the pyrimidine ring, respectively.

3. Experimental

3.1. General

All melting points were measured on a Gallenkamp melting point apparatus in open glass capillaries and are uncorrected. IR spectra were measured as KBr pellets on a Perkin Elmer FT 1000 spectrophotometer. The NMR spectra were recorded on a Varian Mercury Jeol-400 NMR spectrometer. 1H-NMR (400 MHz) and 13C-NMR (100 MHz) were run in deuterated dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO-d6). Chemical shifts (δ) are referred in terms of ppm and J-coupling constants are given in Hz. Abbreviations for multiplicities are as follows: s (singlet), d (doublet), t (triplet), q (quartet), m (multiplet). Mass spectra were recorded on a Shimadzu GCMS-QP 1000 EX mass spectrometer at 70 eV. Elemental analysis was carried out on an Elementar Vario EL analyzer.

3.2. 1,1'-(3-Methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl)diethanone (2)

A mixture of benzoylacetone 1 (16.2 g, 0.1 mol) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (25 g) in DMF (30–40 mL) was stirred vigorously at room temperature for 5 min, then carbon disulfide (7.6 mL, 0.1 mol) was added with continued stirring for 30 min. The resulting reaction mixture were cooled in ice bath, then chloroacetone (18.5 mL, 0.2 mol) was added with continued stirring for 15 min, then cooling bath subsequently removed and the mixture was stirred for further 30 min. The solid product was collected by filtration and washed with water, dried and the crude product was recrystallized from glacial acetic acid to give a pale green crystals. Yield: 87%; m.p. 204–206 °C; IR (νmax): 1645 (C=O) cm−1; 1H-NMR δ (ppm): 1.84 (s, 6H, CH3), 1.96 (s, 3H, CH3), 7.551–7.61 (m, 5H, C6H5); 13C-NMR δ (ppm): 14.49 (CH3), 29.37–30.55 (COCH3), 192.2 (C=O), 129.23, 129.55, 129.87, 134.79, 138.82, 141.84, 147.68 (Ar–C); MS m/z (%): 314 [M+, 70%], 299 (100), 226 (37), 184 (14); Anal. calcd. for C17H14O2S2: C, 64.94; H, 4.49; S, 20.40; Found: C, 64.95; H, 4.44; S, 20.43.

3.3. 1,1'-(3-Methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl)bis(3-(dimethylamino)prop-2-en-1-one) (3)

A mixture of compound 2 (1.75 g, 5 mmol), DMF-DMA (1.19 mL, 0.01 mol) was refluxed in m-xylene (15 mL) for 10 h. After cooling, the resulting solid product was collected by filtration to give a dark yellow crystals. Yield: 73%; m.p. 250 °C; IR (νmax): 1622 (C=O) cm−1; 1H-NMR δ (ppm): 1.96 (s, 3H, CH3), 2.99 (s, 12H, CH3), 4.53 (d, 1H, J = 12 Hz, CH), 5.38 (d, 1H, J = 12 Hz, CH), 7.41–7.65 (m, 5H, C6H5); 13C-NMR δ (ppm): 14.9 (–CH3), 44.79 (–N=(CH3)2), 109.8 (–CO–CH=), 153.9 (=CH–N), 180 (C=O); MS m/z (%): 424 [M+, 57%], 380 (51), 336 (18), 309 (18), 98 (100); Anal. calcd. for C23H24N2O2S2: C, 65.06; H, 5.70; N, 6.60; S, 15.10; Found: C, 65.10; H, 5.68; S, 15.07.

3.4. General Procedure for the Synthesis of Compounds 4a–c (GP1)

A mixture of compound 3 (0.212 g, 0.5 mmol), urea dervitives (2 equiv., 1 mmol) refluxed in dioxane (20 mL) for 4–6 h after in the presence of 0.5 mL of TEA and catalytic amount of ZnCl2. After cooling, the resulting solid products were filtered off, washed with ethanol, dried and recrystallized from DMF/EtOH, afford the corresponding derivatives 4a–c, respectively.
4,4'-(3-Methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl) dipyrimidin-2-ol (4a). Compound 4a was prepared from urea following GP1 as a pale yellow crystalline powder. Yield: 67%; m.p. 248 °C; IR (νmax): 3444 (OH), 1624 (C=N) cm−1; 1H-NMR δ (ppm): 1.96 (s, 3H, CH3), 5.38 (d, 1H, J = 7.8 Hz, CH), 6.5 (s, 1H, O–H), 7.65 (d, 1H, J = 7.8 Hz, CH), 7.41–7.65 (m, 5H, C6H5); MS m/z (%): 418 [M+, 2%]; Anal. calcd. for C21H14N4O2S2: C, 60.27; H, 3.37; N, 13.39; O, 7.65; S, 15.32; Found: C, 60.24; H, 3.31; N, 13.38; S, 15.32.
4,4'-(3-Methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl) dipyrimidin-2-thiol (4b). Compound 4b was prepared from thiourea following GP1 as a pale yellow crystalline powder. Yield: 68%; m.p. 247 °C; IR (νmax): 1625 (C=N) cm−1; 1H-NMR δ (ppm): 1.96 (s, 3H, CH3), 5.36 (d, 1H, J = 7.8 Hz, CH), 6.5 (s, 1H, S–H), 7.41–7.65 (m, 5H, C6H5), 7.62 (d, 1H, J = 7.8 Hz, CH); MS m/z (%): 450 [M+, 2%]; Anal. calcd. for C21H14N4S4: C, 55.97; H, 3.13; N, 12.43; S, 28.46; Found: C, 55.98; H, 3.12; N, 12.41; S, 28.41.
4,4'-(3-Methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl) dipyrimidin-2-amine (4c). Compound 4c was prepared from guanidine following GP1 as a yellow crystaline powder. Yield: 72%; m.p. 246 °C; IR (νmax): 3419 (NH2), 1624 (C=N) cm−1; 1H-NMR δ (ppm): 1.96 (s, 3H, CH3), 4.50–4.53 (d, 2H, NH2), 5.39 (d, 1H, J = 11.7 Hz, CH), 7.41–7.52 (m, 5H, C6H5), 7.66 (d, 1H, J = 11.7 Hz, CH); 13C-NMR δ (ppm): 14.99, 19.12, 56.58, 94.12, 108, 128, 129, 130, 136, 154, 179; MS m/z (%): 416 [M+, 2%], 336(100), 324(47), 153(8); Anal. calcd. for C21H16N6S2: C, 60.55; H, 3.87; N, 20.18; S, 15.40; Found: C, 60.58; H, 3.85; N, 20.15; S, 15.38.

3.5. General Procedure for the Synthesis of Compounds 5a–b (GP2)

A mixture of compound 3 (1 mmol), and an excess of hydrazine derivatives (1 mL) refluxed in EtOH (20 mL) for 6 h. After cooling, the resulting solid products were filtered off, washed with ethanol, dried and recrystallized from MeOH, afforded the corresponding derivatives 5a,b.
3,3'-(3-Methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl)bis(1H-pyrazole) (5a). Compound 5a was prepared from hydrazine hydrate following GP2 as white crystals. Yield: 62%; m.p. 177 °C; IR (νmax): 3402 (NH), 1624 (C=N) cm−1; 1H-NMR δ (ppm): 1.87 (s, 3H, CH3), 6.45 (d, 1H, J = 4.5 Hz, CH), 7.53–7.40 (m, 5H, C6H5), 7.81 (d, 1H, J = 4.5 Hz, CH), 13.01 (s, 1H, NH); 13C-NMR δ (ppm): 14.03(CH3), 103(CH), 145 (N=CH), 128.62, 129.13, 129.96, 130.35, 130.54, 136.37, 147.33 (Ar–C); MS m/z (%): 362 [M+, 43%]; Anal. calcd. for C19H14N4S2: C, 62.96; H, 3.89; N, 15.46; S, 17.69; Found: C, 62.98; H, 3.86; N, 15.45; S, 15.72.
3,3'-(3-Methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl)bis(1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole) (5b). Compound 5b was prepared from phenyl hydrazine following GP2 as brown crystals. Yield: 64%; m.p. 199 °C; IR (νmax): 1606 (C=N) cm−1; 1H-NMR δ (ppm): 1.86 (s, 3H, CH3), 6.48 (d, 1H, J = 4.5 Hz, CH), 6.53–7.20 (m, 15H, C6H5), 7.55 (d, 1H, J = 4.5 Hz, CH); 13C-NMR δ (ppm): 14.03 (CH3), 102 (CH), 143 (N=CH), 128.52, 129.23, 129.94, 130.38, 130.54, 136.38, 147.33, 152.84 (Ar–C); MS m/z (%): 514 [M+, 1%]; 169 (5), 107 (100), 92 (55), 90 (35); Anal. calcd. for C31H22N4S2: C, 72.34; H, 4.31; N, 10.89; S, 12.46; Found: C, 72.36; H, 4.29; N, 10.86; S, 12.43.

3.6. General Procedure for the Synthesis of Compounds 6,7 (GP3)

To a solution of compound 3 (212 mg, 0.5 mmol) in DMF (2 mL), substituted amine (2 equiv., 1 mmol) in EtOH (20 mL, 99.9%) was added, then the resulting reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 7 h in the presence of catalytic amount of ZnCl2. After cooling, the solid product was collected by filtration, washed with ethanol, dried and recrystallized from DMF/EtOH, to afford the corresponding derivatives 6,7, respectively.
7,7'-(3-Methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl)di-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine (6). According to GP3, 6 was obtained from 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole (84 mg) as yellow crystals. Yield: 67%; m.p. 245 °C; IR (νmax): 1624 (C=N) cm−1; 1H-NMR δ (ppm): 1.96 (s, 3H, CH3), 7.41–7.56 (m, 5H, C6H5), 8.17 (d, 1H, J = 8.5 Hz, CH, pyrimidyl), 8.67 (s, 1H, CH, triazole), 8.99 (d, 1H, J = 12.5 Hz, CH, pyrimidyl); 13C-NMR δ (ppm): 14.29 (–CH3), 115.38, 125,129.11, 129.98, 130.21, 132.81, 135.8, 152.8, 154.43, 159.98, 162.88 (Ar–C); MS m/z (%): 466 [M+,45%]; Anal. calcd. for C23H14N8S2: C, 59.21; H, 3.02; N, 24.02; S, 13.75; Found: C, 59.19; H, 3.03; N, 24.04; S, 13.71.
2,2'-(3-methyl-4-phenylthieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-diyl)bis(benzo[4,5]imidazo [1,2-a]pyrimidine) (7). According to GP3, 7 was obtained from 2-aminobenzimidazole (133 mg) as dark yellow crystals. Yield: 62%; m.p. 245 °C; IR (νmax): 1622 (C=N) cm−1; 1H-NMR δ (ppm): 1.96 (s, 3H, CH3), 7.42–7.65 (m, 8H, C6H5, benzimidazole), 8.16 (d, 1H, J = 12.5Hz, CH, pyrimidyl), 8.39 (d, 1H, J = 8.5Hz, CH, benzimidazole), 8.80 (d, 1H, J = 12.5 Hz, CH, pyrimidyl); 13C-NMR δ (ppm): 14.81(–CH3), 112.05, 115.13, 122.5, 127.13, 128.1, 129.9, 131.31, 135.97, 139.1, 142.0, 148.4, 156 (Ar–C); MS m/z (%): 564 [M+, 1%], 488 (1.5), 380 (38), 336 (55), 324 (67), 98 (100); Anal. calcd. for C33H20N6S2: C, 70.19; H, 3.57; N, 14.88; S, 11.36; Found: C, 70.21; H, 3.54; N, 14.85; S, 11.40.

4. Conclusions

In conclusion, the present investigation describes an efficient method for preparing novel bis(heterocycles), many of which may display potentially interesting biological activity in the field of medicinal chemistry.

Acknowledgments

The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding the work through the research group project Number RGP- VPP- 007.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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