Syntheses and medicinal chemistry of spiro heterocyclic steroids

• Laura L. Romero-Hernández,
• Ana Isabel Ahuja-Casarín,
• Penélope Merino-Montiel,
• Sara Montiel-Smith,
• José Luis Vega-Báez and
• Jesús Sandoval-Ramírez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1713–1745, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.152

(E,Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-Hexafluorobut-2-enes: hydrofluoroolefins halogenation/dehydrohalogenation cascade to reach new fluorinated allene

• Nataliia V. Kirij,
• Andrey A. Filatov,
• Yurii L. Yagupolskii,
• Sheng Peng and
• Lee Sprague

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 452–459, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.40

• demonstrated that 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene reacts with dithietane, sulfur and KF with the formation of the corresponding 1,3-dithiole [16]. Also, a recent patent presents a method for the preparation of 5,6-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,2,4-triazine-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester starting from 1,1,1,4,4,4

Trifluoromethylated hydrazones and acylhydrazones as potent nitrogen-containing fluorinated building blocks

• Zhang Dongxu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1741–1754, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.127

• ] (Scheme 12a). Meanwhile, the Jasiński group turned their attention to the [3 + 3] cycloaddition of α-amino esters and trifluoromethylated hydrazonoyl halides and demonstrated the efficient synthesis of trifluoromethylated 1,2,4-triazine derivatives [80] (Scheme 12b). Difluoromethylated compounds play an

• trifluoromethylated hydrazonoyl halides. [3 + 2]/[3 + 3] Cycloadditions of trifluoromethylated hydrazonoyl halides. Substrate scope for [3 + 2] cycloadditions with trifluoroacetonitrile imines reported by Jasiński’s team and other groups. Synthesis of trifluoromethylated 1,2,4-triazole and 1,2,4-triazine derivatives

Synthesis of imidazo[4,5-e][1,3]thiazino[2,3-c][1,2,4]triazines via a base-induced rearrangement of functionalized imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[2,3-c][1,2,4]triazines

• Dmitry B. Vinogradov,
• Alexei N. Izmest’ev,
• Angelina N. Kravchenko,
• Yuri A. Strelenko and
• Galina A. Gazieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1047–1054, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.80

• esters are also suitable substrates for the reaction. In this case hydrolysis and thiazole ring expansion were accompanied with the change of the thiazolotriazine junction type from thiazolo[3,2-b][1,2,4]triazine to thiazino[2,3-c][1,2,4]triazine. Keywords: N,S-heterocycles; ring expansion; skeletal

• closely related hybrid compounds including fragments of 1,3-thiazine and imidazo-1,2,4-triazine is still highly relevant. Earlier we have demonstrated that imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[3,2-b]-1,2,4-triazines and their derivatives functionalized at position 6 are capable of undergoing skeletal rearrangements and

• derivatives undergo rearrangement into the corresponding isomeric derivatives of imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[2,3-c]-1,2,4-triazine [18][21] (Scheme 1A). In the present study, we report a new base-induced recyclization of functionalized imidazothiazolotriazines 1 and 2 resulting in derivatives of the new

Synthesis of functionalized imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[3,2-b]triazines by condensation of imidazo[4,5-e]triazinethiones with DMAD or DEAD and rearrangement to imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[2,3-c]triazines

• Alexei N. Izmest’ev,
• Dmitry B. Vinogradov,
• Natalya G. Kolotyrkina,
• Angelina N. Kravchenko and
• Galina A. Gazieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1141–1148, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.87

• -triazine-3-thiones with acetylenedicarboxylic acid dimethyl and diethyl esters (DMAD and DEAD) and subsequent base-catalyzed rearrangement of the obtained imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[3,2-b]-1,2,4-triazines into regioisomeric imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[2,3-c]-1,2,4-triazine derivatives. Keywords: amidine

• rearrangement; cyclocondensation; heterocycles; thiazolidine-4-one; 1,2,4-triazine; Introduction The thiazolidin-4-one heterocyclic system is a well-known, accessible and, as a consequence, a widely used pharmacophore in the chemistry of biologically active compounds possessing antimicrobial [1

• only products, namely, thiazolo[3,2-b]-1,2,4-triazines 2 (Scheme 1) while the regioisomeric thiazolo[2,3-с]-1,2,4-triazine derivatives remain unavailable. The present work is devoted to the development of methods for the regiodirected synthesis of two series of functionalized imidazothiazolotriazines

Recent advances in synthetic approaches for medicinal chemistry of C-nucleosides

• Kartik Temburnikar and
• Katherine L. Seley-Radtke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 772–785, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.65

• -Me analogues of pyrrolo- and imidazo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine C-nucleosides using a 2'-β-Me lactone that mimic adenosine and guanosine (12–19, Figure 8) [71][72]. The adenine analogues of pyrrolo- and imidazo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine were active as nucleosides in HCV1b RNA replication assays, and as

• imparting high potency but also high cytotoxicity [72]. A further modification to the imidazo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine C-nucleoside scaffold was reported by Dang et al., wherein they synthesized a series of 2'-β-Me analogues possessing a 1',2' cyclopentyl ring (Figure 9) [73]. A representative synthesis

• of their synthesis have become critical to more effective drug discovery. For example, the pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine scaffold has been key to the discovery of several highly active molecules [53][69][71][72][73][86]. Modular and convergent synthetic routes have proved valuable in this regard both

5-Aminopyrazole as precursor in design and synthesis of fused pyrazoloazines

• Ranjana Aggarwal and
• Suresh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 203–242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.15

Microfluidic radiosynthesis of [¹⁸F]FEMPT, a high affinity PET radiotracer for imaging serotonin receptors

• Thomas Lee Collier,
• Steven H. Liang,
• J. John Mann,
• Neil Vasdev and
• J. S. Dileep Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2922–2927, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.285

• has met with limited success. An arylpiperazine derivative of 3,5-dioxo-(2H,4H)-1,2,4-triazine radiolabeled with carbon-11 (t½ = 20.4 min), [11C]MPT, is the first successful agonist PET tracer reported for 5-HT1AR in non-human primates. The binding of [11C]MPT in baboon brain was in excellent

¹⁵N-Labelling and structure determination of adamantylated azolo-azines in solution

• Sergey L. Deev,
• Alexander S. Paramonov,
• Tatyana S. Shestakova,
• Igor A. Khalymbadzha,
• Oleg N. Chupakhin,
• Julia O. Subbotina,
• Oleg S. Eltsov,
• Pavel A. Slepukhin,
• Vladimir L. Rusinov,
• Alexander S. Arseniev and
• Zakhar O. Shenkarev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2535–2548, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.250

• ][1,2,4]triazine 4 (Figure 1A, Triazavirin®) was approved in Russia for the treatment of influenza [9]. This drug targets the viral protein haemagglutinin. The incorporation of an adamantyl moiety in azolo-azine structures could lead to the development of new multifunctional antiviral drugs. Previously

• ) was used to incorporate isotopic labels in the tetrazolo[1,5-b][1,2,4]triazine core (Scheme 1). The interaction of diazonium salt 8-15N2 derived from [2,3-15N2]-5-aminotetrazole 7-15N2 with ethyl α-formylphenylacetate (9) yielded compound 10-15N2. It was expected that the cyclization of 10-15N2 would

• give [1,2-15N2]-tetrazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazine 11-15N2. Indeed, [2,3-15N2]-tetrazolo[1,5-b][1,2,4]triazin-7-one 13-15N2 was obtained (see below). Most likely, tetrazole 11-15N2 underwent a ring-opening process, yielding azide 12-15N2, and this process was followed by an alternative ring closure. This

An effective one-pot access to polynuclear dispiroheterocyclic structures comprising pyrrolidinyloxindole and imidazothiazolotriazine moieties via a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition strategy

• Alexei N. Izmest’ev,
• Galina A. Gazieva,
• Natalya V. Sigay,
• Sergei A. Serkov,
• Valentina A. Karnoukhova,
• Vadim V. Kachala,
• Alexander S. Shashkov,
• Igor E. Zanin,
• Angelina N. Kravchenko and
• Nina N. Makhova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2240–2249, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.216

• regio- and diastereoselective one-pot method for the synthesis of new polynuclear dispiroheterocyclic systems with five stereogenic centers (dispiro[imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[3,2-b]-1,2,4-triazine-6,3′-pyrrolidine-2′,3′′-indoles]) comprising pyrrolidinyloxindole and imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[3,2-b]-1,2,4

• -triazine moieties has been developed. The method relies on a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides generated in situ from isatin derivatives and sarcosine to 6-benzylideneimidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[3,2-b]-1,2,4-triazine-2,7-diones. Keywords: azomethine ylides; cycloaddition; diastereoselectivity

• of many natural and synthetic bioactive products [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. The pyrimido[5,4-e]-1,2,4-triazine constitutes the core of the antibiotics fervenulin, xanthothricin, and reumycin [33][34]. Other hetero-annelated 1,2,4-triazines reveal antiviral effect against influenza A and B

Synthesis of 3,4-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-2(1H)-ones via microwave-activated inverse electron-demand Diels–Alder reactions

• Salah Fadel,
• Youssef Hajbi,
• Mostafa Khouili,
• Said Lazar,
• Franck Suzenet and
• Gérald Guillaumet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 282–286, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.24

• reaction to yield 5-aryl-3,4-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-2(1H)-ones by an efficient synthetic route. Keywords: inverse-electron-demand Diels–Alder reaction; microwave irradiation; naphthyridin-2(1H)-ones; Sonogashira cross-coupling; 1,2,4-triazine; Introduction 1,8-Naphthyridine derivatives are an important

• . Results and Discussion Synthesis of 1,7-disubstituted 3,4-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-2(1H)-ones 3-Methylsulfonyl-5-phenyl-1,2,4-triazine Our strategy was first based on the 3-methylsulfonyl-1,2,4-triazine 1 (Scheme 1). This key triazine 1 was prepared according to the procedure described by Taylor and

• synthesis of 1-substituted 3,4-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-2(1H)-ones by using 1,2,4-triazine and alkyne tethered together by an amide linker. Synthesis of 1,5,7-trisubstituted-3,4-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridin-2(1H)-ones In order to functionalize the 4-position of the pyridine ring and to extend diversity, we

An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles

• Marcus Baumann and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2265–2319, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.265

Regioselective synthesis of 7,8-dihydroimidazo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazine-3,6(2H,4H)-dione derivatives: A new drug-like heterocyclic scaffold

• Nikolay T. Tzvetkov,
• Harald Euler and
• Christa E. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1584–1593, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.181

• /bjoc.8.181 Abstract Dihydroimidazo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazine-3,6(2H,4H)-dione derivatives were prepared by successive N3- and N1-alkylation of hydantoins, followed by regioselective thionation and subsequent cyclization under mild conditions. In a final alkylation step a further substituent may be

• ] properties. The impressive array of biological effects of these compounds is associated with the 1,2,4-triazine ring as the core structural moiety, which also occurs in a number of natural products [5]. In addition, the 1,2,4-triazine scaffold has found application in pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals [6

• ]. For example, some 7-phenylimidazo-[1,2.b][1,2,4]triazine derivatives of the general structure 1 (Figure 1) have been developed as selective ligands for γ-aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptors and are therefore of benefit in the treatment and prevention of adverse conditions of the central nervous

An intramolecular inverse electron demand Diels–Alder approach to annulated α-carbolines

• Zhiyuan Ma,
• Feng Ni,
• Grace H. C. Woo,
• Sie-Mun Lo,
• Philip M. Roveto,
• Scott E. Schaus and
• John K. Snyder

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 829–840, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.93

• library of eighty-eight α-carbolines was prepared by using this robust methodology for biological evaluation. Keywords: α-carboline; chemical diversity; inverse electron demand Diels–Alder; isatin; pyrido[2,3-b]indole; 1,2,4-triazine; Introduction In comparison with the well-known β-carbolines, α

• serve as a diversification point, would be needed on the indole nitrogen. Results and Discussion Feasibility studies began with isatin-derived 1,2,4-triazine 9a (9, R1 = H) [73][74], which was easily prepared by the condensation of isatin (10, R1= H) with ethyl oxaloamidrazonate [75][76][77] (11) in