Synthesis of polyfunctionalized pyrroles bearing C-2 α-azido side-chains and displacement of the α-azido group by various nucleophiles

Synthesis Strategies and Medicinal Value of Pyrrole and its Fused Heterocyclic Compounds

For several decades, interest in pyrrole and pyrrolopyrimidine derivatives increases owing to their biological importance, such as anti-tumor, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-histaminic, anti-malarial, anti-Parkinson, antioxidant and anti-viral, specially recently against COVID-19. These tremendous biological features motivated scientists to discover more pyrrole and fused pyrrole derivatives, owing to the great importance of the pyrrole nucleus as a pharmacophore in many drugs, and motivated us to present this article, highlighting on the different synthetic pathways of pyrrole and its fused compounds specially pyrrolopyrimidine, as well as their medicinal value from 2017 till 2021.

Synthesis of Highly Functionalized 4-Amino-2-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrroles

In this work, the reactivity of 5-bromo-1,1,1-trifluoro-4-methoxypent-3-en-2-one toward primary aliphatic amines was studied. The reaction was found to be extremely selective to synthesize a series of 1-alkyl-4-(aminoalkyl)-2-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrroles (13 examples, up to 90% yield) and a series of highly functionalized β-enaminones (6 examples, up to 78% yield), with only the amount of amine and the reaction conditions needing to be controlled. The structure of the products was unambiguously determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction and 2D NMR experiments.

Synthesis of 1,2,3-Triazines Using the Base-Mediated Cyclization of ( Z)-2,4-Diazido-2-alkenoates

A highly efficient and convenient method for the synthesis of 6-aryl-1,2,3-triazine-4-carboxylate esters has been developed using readily accessible ( Z)-4-aryl-2,4-diazido-2-alkenoates. This reaction is performed under mildly basic conditions without the assistance of any transition metals or strong acid.