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Synthesis, Characterization, and Crystal Structure of Some New Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Related Tetrahydrothieno[2,3-c]isoquinolines

Research Authors
Islam S. Marae, Etiafy A. Bakhite, Osama Sh. Mustafa, Mohamued S. Abbady, Shaaban Mohamed, Joel Mague
Research Abstract

The starting compounds 7-acetyl-8-aryl-4-cyano1,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinoline(2H)-3-thiones 3a,b were synthesized and reacted with some N-aryl-2- chloroacetamides 4a−e in the presence of sodium acetate to produce 7-acetyl-8-aryl-3-(N-arylcarbamoylmethylsulfanyl)-4- cyano-1,6-dimethyl-6-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinolines 5a− g. Upon heating in ethanol containing sodium ethoxide, they underwent intramolecular Thorpe−Zeigler cyclization, affording the corresponding 7-acetyl-1-amino-6-aryl-2-(N-arylcarbamoyl)- 5,8-dimethyl-8-hydroxy-6,7,8,9-tetrahydrothieno[2,3-c]- isoquinolines 6a−g. Compounds 6c,g,f were converted into the corresponding 1−(1-pyrrolyl) derivatives 7a−c by heating with 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran in glacial acetic acid. Structures of all synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental and spectral analyses. Also, the crystal structure of compounds 5a was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.

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Islam S. Marae, Etiafy A. Bakhite, Osama Sh. Mustafa, Mohamued S. Abbady
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ACS
Research Rank
Q1
Research Vol
6(12)
Research Website
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.1c00050
Research Year
2021
Research Pages
8332–8339