Vicente J. Arán, Juan L. Asensio, José Molina, Pilar Muñoz, José R. Ruiz and Manfred Stud
The cinnolin-3-ylio oxides 6, a new class of heterocyclic aminimide,
can be prepared by intramolecular cyclization of the
N′,N
′-disubstituted
(2-fluorophenyl)acetohydrazides 5. Attempts to prepare these betaines by
an alternative route, namely cyclization of the nitrenes expected from
the thermal decomposition of (2-dialkylaminophenyl)acetyl azides 11,
failed, Curtius rearrangement-derived compounds being the main products
isolated from these processes. Hydrochlorides of the cinnolin-3-ylio
oxides 6 undergo alkyl halide elimination to yield the
1-(ω-chloroalkyl)cinnolin-3-ols 19a,b or
1-methylcinnolin-3-ol 21. Oxidation of the latter to the
3-hydroxycinnolin-4-one 22, its methylation to the corresponding
N
1,O- 23 and
N
1,N
2-dimethyl
24 derivatives as well as the cyclization of
1-(5-chloropentyl)cinnolin-3-ol 19a to the
diazepino[1,2-a]cinnolinone 20 are also reported.