Antitumor activity of some polynitrile derivatives

Three-Component Efficient Synthesis of 2-Amino-3-cyano-4H-pyrans Catalyzed by Diammonium hydrogen phosphate in Aqueous Media

Background:

The present method is facile, green and effective for the synthesis of 2-amino-3-cyano-4H-pyran derivatives which are obtained by one-pot three-component condensation reactions of aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile and methyl acetoacetate using diammonium hydrogen phosphate (DAHP) in aqueous ethanol at room temperature.

Methods:

2-Amino-3-cyano-4H-pyrans were synthesized through a one-pot three-component tandem Knoevenagel cyclocondensation reaction of aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile, and methyl acetoacetate in the presence of 10 mol% of DAHP as a catalyst under aqueous ethanol medium at room temperature. All obtained structures were confirmed by their physical constant, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR spectroscopy, also elemental analyses for new derivatives.

Results:

Three-component synthesis of 2-amino-3-cyano-4H-pyrans catalyzed by DAHP with aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile and methyl acetoacetate in aqueous ethanol medium at room temperature was prepared. The achieved derivatives (nine entries) were well synthesized in excellent yields.

Conclusion:

The present method is straightforward, quick, and most efficient green protocol for the synthesis of 2-amino3-cyano-4H-pyran derivatives using highly inexpensive, easily handle and, nontoxic DAHP as an efficient catalyst in aqueous ethanol medium at room temperature.

Diastereoselective synthesis of 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-4-carboxamides through an unusual regiospecific quasi-hydrolysis of a cyano group

An efficient diastereoselective approach for the synthesis of functionalized 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-4-carboxamides with variable frame was developed based on the reaction of available 4-oxoalkane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitriles (adducts of TCNE and ketones) with aldehydes in an acidic media. An unusual process of quasi hydrolysis of the cyano group was observed in the course of the described regio- and diastereoselective transformation.

Diastereoselective Cascade Assembly of Functionalized Pyrano[3,4-c]pyrrole Derivatives

A novel convenient approach for the synthesis of densely functionalized pyrano[3,4-c]pyrrole derivatives was developed. Cascade transformation of the simple adducts of tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) and ketones (4-oxoalkane-1,1,2,2-tetracarbonitriles) in the presence of aldehyde under the action of acetic acid led to the diastereoselective formation of targeted pyrano[3,4-c]pyrroles. The reaction pathway was thoroughly investigated, and proposed intermediates were shown to be consistent with experiment.