A Ring Destruction Approach to Some Benzo-Fused Medium-Sized Heterocycles by Means of Cyanogen-Bromide Under Solvolytic Conditions - X-Ray Structure of a '1h-2,6-Benzoxazecine-6-Carbonitrile and a '2h-3,6-Benzoxazecine-6-Carbonitrile Derivative

Abstract

Reaction of the reduced pyrrolo [2,1-a] isoquinoline amine (1a) with cyanogen bromide in the presence of methanol gave the medium-ring cyanamide derivative 7,9,10-trimethoxy-2,3,4,5,6,7-hexahydro-1H-3- benzazonine-3-carbonitrile (2a). Analogous products were also obtained from reaction of the reduced 5H-oxazolo[2,3-a] isoquinoline , 2H- benzo [a] quinolizine , 2H,6H-[1,3] oxazino [2,3-a] isoquinoline and [1,4] oxazino [3,4-a] isoquinoline derivatives (1b-e), whereas the reduced 3H-oxazolo[4,3-a] isoquinoline and 5H-oxazolo[2,3-a] isoquinoline derivatives (1f) and (8) gave 1-(2,4-dioxapentyl)-6,7-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-2-carbonitrile (5a) and N-[2-(2-benzoyl-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl]-N- methylcyanamide (9) respectively, the latter in low yield. The medium-sized heterocyclic derivatives (2f-h) were also obtained from cyanogen -bromide-mediated water solvolysis reactions of (1a), (1c) and (1e). The cyanamides (2a-h), (5a) and (9) have been converted into the respective tertiary amine derivatives (3a- h), (5c) and (11), with concomitant reduction of the carbonyl group in the last case. The crystal and molecular structure of 1,10,11- trimethoxy-3,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-2,6-benzoxazecine-6-carbonitrile (2d) and 1-hydroxy-10,11-dimethoxy-1,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-2H-3,6- benzoxazecine-6-carbonitrile (2h) have been determined by single- crystal X-ray methods.