title: Strategies and synthetic methods directed toward the preparation of libraries of substituted isoquinolines.
abstract: Strategies for the production of substituted isoquinoline libraries were developed and explored. Routes involving microwave-assisted variants of the Bischler-Napieralski or Pictet-Spengler reaction allowed for cyclization of substituted beta-arylethylamine derivatives. The dihydroisoquinolines and tetrahydroisoquinolines thus generated could then be oxidized to their corresponding isoquinoline analogues. An alternate strategy, however, involving the preparation and activation of isoquinolin-1(2H)-ones is demonstrated to be a more practical, rapid, and efficient route to C1- and C4-substituted isoquinoline libraries.
authors: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4M1.
authors: Emelia
authors: E
authors: Awuah
authors: Alfredo
authors: A
authors: Capretta
mesh_terms: D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D054852:Small Molecule Libraries; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D007546:Isoquinolines; D054852:Small Molecule Libraries