One-step, three-component synthesis of pyridines and 1,4-dihydropyridines with manifold medicinal utility.
Privileged medicinal scaffolds based on the structures of 2-amino-3,5-dicyano-6-sulfanylpyridines and the corresponding 1,4-dihydropyridines have been prepared via a single-step, three-component reaction of structurally diverse aldehydes with various thiols and malononitrile. Mechanistic studies revealed that 1,4-dyhidropyridines undergo oxidation by the intermediate Knoevenagel adducts rather than by air oxygen. Although the latter process undermines the yields of pyridines, it results in the formation of substituted enaminonitriles, promising antiinflammatory agents.
Department of Organic Chemistry, Timiryazev Agriculture Academy, Moscow 127550, Russia.
Nikolai M
NM
Evdokimov
Igor V
IV
Magedov
Artem S
AS
Kireev
Alexander
A
Kornienko
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009570:Nitriles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D004095:Dihydropyridines; D009570:Nitriles; D011725:Pyridines