Oxidative halogenation of substituted pyrroles with Cu(II). PartIII. Bromination and chlorination of 2-benzoylpyrrole

The bromination of 2-benzoylpyrrole with copper(II) bromide in the homogeneous and the heterogeneous phase is described, giving 4- and 5-monobromo derivatives whose ratio decreases as the temperature is increased. The same reaction with copper(II) chloride in acetonitrile at 60° produces 5-chloro-2-benzoylpyrrole as the major product. 4,5-Dihalopyrroles in good yields are obtained with an excess of halogenating agent.

Electrochemical oxidation of substituted pyrroles.III.Anodic oxidation of 2,5-diphenyl-3-acetylpyrrole

The electrochemical oxidation of 2,5-diphenyl-3-acetylpyrrole (I) is described. The cyclic derivative 1,6a-dihydro-2,5,6a-triphenyl-3,4-diacetylbenzo[g]pyrrolo[3,2-e]indole (II) was obtained in very good yield. However, when water was present in the reaction medium, a different derivative, 4-acetyl-2-hydroxy-2,5-diphenyl-3-(4′-acetyl-2′,5′-diphenyl-3′-yl)-2H-pyrrole (III), was obtained as the main product. 2,2′,5,5′-Tetraphenyl-4,4′-diacetyl-3,3′-dipyrryl (IV), a potentially useful intermediate for the synthesis of condensed pyrroles, was synthesized by zinc reduction of III.

Oxidative halogenation of substituted pyrroles with cu(II). Part I. Bromination of some 3-acetylpyrroles

3-Acetylpyrroles are brominated with copper(II) bromide. The reaction afforded almost quantitatively only nuclear monobromination. Evidence for the structures of final compounds was by mass spectrometry, 1 H-nuclear magnetic resonance, ir, and elemental analysis

Oxidative halogenation of substituted pyrroles with cu(II). Part II. Bromination of some ethyl 3-pyrrolecarboxylates and corresponding acids

Ethyl 3-pyrrolecarboxylates and their corresponding acids are brominated with copper(II) bromide. The reaction afforded at 0°, with high-yield nuclear monobromination.

Electrochemical oxidation of 2,4,5-triaryl-substituted pyrroles.II. Oxidative dimerization of 4,5-diphenyl-2-mesitylylpyrrole

2,4,5-Triaryl-substituted pyrroles lead, upon chemical or electrochemical oxidation, to an intermediate β-β'-dimer, which, in the course of the reaction, undergoes further oxidation to a tetracyclic derivative. To improve the selectivity towards the uncyclized dimer the oxidation of a triarylpyrrole in which the ortho positions of the phenyl group in position 2 are hindered by the presence of methyl groups was attempted. The cyclization was hindered, but an α-β'-dimer was obtained as the major product. An unexspected isomeric α-β'-dimer, in which the mesitylyl group is shifted into the β position of the pyrrole ring which undergoes the oxidation, was obtained in minor amounts. Electroanalyt…

Oxidative halogenation of substituted pyrroles with Cu(II). PartIV.Bromination of 2-(2′-hydroxybenzoyl)pyrrole. A new synthesis of bioactive analogs of monodeoxypyoluteorin

The selective bromination with copper(II) bromide of the pyrrole ring in 2-(2'-hydroxybenzoyl)pyrrole (II) in the heterogeneous phase is des- cribed giving in almost quantitative yield the 4,5-dibromo derivative (VI). The subsequent introduction of halogen into the phenol moiety was observed when the reaction was perfomed in the homogeneous phase with an excess of halogenating agent. The pentabromo derivative (IX), a com- pound very active against Staphylococcus aureus (mic=17 nmoles per dm -3 ), was obtained by exhaustive bromination of the title compound. Poor yields of chloro derivatives of (II) were obtained by reaction of the parent compound with copper(II) chloride

The behaviour of some thioxanthene and thianthrene derivatives with hydrazoic acid