Synthesis of 1,4-Benzodiazepine-2,5-diones by Base Promoted Ring Expansion of 3-Aminoquinoline-2,4-diones.

An unprecedented reactivity of 3-aminoquinoline-2,4-diones is reported. Under basic conditions, these compounds undergo molecular rearrangement to furnish 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-diones. The transformations take place under mild reaction conditions by using 1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine, NaOEt, or benzyltrimethylammonium hydroxide as a base. A proposed mechanism of the rearrangement and the conformational equilibrium of 1,4-benzodiazepine-2,5-dione rings are discussed.

Fischer indolisation of N-(α-ketoacyl)anthranilic acids into 2-(indol-2-carboxamido)benzoic acids and 2-indolyl-3,1-benzoxazin-4-ones and their NMR study.

N-(α-ketoacyl)anthranilic acids reacted with phenylhydrazinium chloride in boiling acetic acid to afford 2-(indol-2-carboxamido)benzoic acids in good to excellent yields and 2-indolyl-3,1-benzoxazin-4-ones as by-products. The formation of the latter products could easily be suppressed by a hydrolytic workup. Alternatively, by increasing the reaction temperature and/or time, 2-indolyl-3,1-benzoxazin-4-ones can be obtained exclusively. Optimisations of the reaction conditions as well as the scope and the course of the transformations were investigated. The products were characterized by (1)H, (13)C and (15)N NMR spectroscopy. The corresponding resonances were assigned on the basis of the standard 1D and gradient selected 2D NMR experiments ((1)H-(1)H gs-COSY, (1)H-(13)C gs-HSQC, (1)H-(13)C gs-HMBC) with (1)H-(15)N gs-HMBC as a practical tool to determine (15)N NMR chemical shifts at the natural abundance level of (15)N isotope.

4-Hy-droxy-1-methyl-3-phenyl-quinolin-2(1H)-one.

In the title compound, C(16)H(13)NO(2), the quinoline system is approximately planar with a maximum deviation from the least-squares plane of 0.059 (1) Šfor the N atom. The phenyl ring is rotated by 62.16 (4)° with respect to the plane of the quinoline system. In the crystal, O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link mol-ecules into infinite chains running along the b-axis direction.

3-Ethyl-4-hy-droxy-8-meth-oxy-quinolin-2(1H)-one.

In the title compound, C(12)H(13)NO(3), the quinoline ring system is approximately planar with a maximum deviation from the least-squares plane of 0.058 (2) Å. In the crystal, N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into chains running along the b-axis direction. The chains also feature π-π inter-actions between pyridine and benzene rings of inversion-related mol-ecules [centroid-centroid distance = 3.609 (2) Å].

3-Ethyl-3-hy-droxy-8-meth-oxy-quinoline-2,4(1H,3H)-dione monohydrate.

In the title hydrate, C(12)H(13)NO(4)·H(2)O, the piperidine ring that is fused to the benzene ring is in a sofa conformation with the chiral C atom lying 0.4084 (18) Šout of the plane of the nine fused-ring atoms. In the crystal, O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the organic mol-ecules and water mol-ecules into chains running along the b-axis direction. The chains are further connected into layers parallel to the bc plane by π-π inter-actions between inversion-related benzene rings [centroid-centroid distance = 3.8846 (9) Å].