Synthesis of Some Naphthothiadiazolophanes. Derivatives of 4,10,14-Ethenylylidene-7H-[1,2,3]thiadiazolo[5,4-e]azacyclotridecine and 4,11,15-Ethenylylidene[1,2,3]thiadiazolo[5,4-f]azacyclotetradecine

Abstract

Reaction of 7,8-dimethoxy-1,2,4,5,1lb, 11c-hexahydrobenzo [de]pyrrolo[3,2,1-ij][1,2,3]thiadiazolo[4,5-g]quinoline (3a) and 8,9-dimethoxy-2,3,5,6,12b,12c-hexahydro-1H-[1,2,3]thiadiazolo-[5',4':3,4]naphtho[2,1,8-ijalquinoline (3b) with cyanogen bromide in the presence of potassium carbonate gave the naphthothiadiazolophanes 12,13-dimethoxy-5,6,8,9-tetrahydro-4,10,14- ethenylylidene-7H-[1,2,3]thiadiazolo[5,4-e]azacyclotridecine-7-carbonitrile (4a) and 13,14-di-methoxy-6,7,9,10-tetrahydro-4,11,15-ethenylylidene[1,2,3]thiadiazolo[5,4-f]azacyclotetradecine-8(5H)-carbonltrile (4b) in 39 and 89% yield respectively;7-(2-bromoethyl)-1,2-dimethoxy-5,6,6a,7-tetrahydro-4H-benzo[de][1,2,3]thiadiazolo[4,5-g]quinoline-6-car bonitrile (5a) was also obtained in 40% yield from the former reaction. Products of analogous structure resulted from (3a,b) when methyl chloroformate was used In place of cyanogen bromide. Attempted Diels-Alder reactions of (4b,c) with some powerful dienophiles were unsuccessful.