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Synlett 2011(19): 2795-2798  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289563
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Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis, Part 97: [¹] Silver-Catalyzed Synthesis of Hexahalogenated 2,2′-Bipyrroles

René Martin, Anne Jäger, Hans-Joachim Knölker*
Department Chemie, Technische Universität Dresden, Bergstr. 66, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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Received 12 September 2011
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31 October 2011 (online)

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Abstract

We describe the synthesis of three hexahalogenated 1,1′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyrroles using an efficient silver(I)-catalyzed cyclization as key step.

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alkaloids - catalysis - cyclization - halogenation - pyrroles

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Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydro-1′-methyl-1-tosyl-2,2′-bipyrrole (10) by Silver(I)-Catalyzed Cyclization of the N -Tosylhomopropargylamine 9: Silver(I) acetate (6 mg, 35.9 µmol) was added to a stirred solution of compound 9 (105 mg, 347 µmol) in anhyd acetone (12 mL) and the resulting mixture was heated at reflux for 3 d. After cooling to r.t., the solvent was removed in vacuum. Purification of the crude product by flash chromatography (light petroleum ether-Et2O, 5:1) on silica gel provided the 2,3-dihydro-2,2′-bipyrrole 10; yield: 100 mg (95%); yellow crystals; mp 125 ˚C. UV (MeOH): λ = 221, 252, 277 nm. IR (ATR): 3099, 2925, 2857, 1619, 1597, 1494, 1451, 1344, 1295, 1160, 1089, 1049, 957, 911, 814, 706, 664 cm-¹. ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.41 (s, 3 H), 2.60 (ddt, J = 16.7, 7.6, 2.4 Hz, 1 H), 2.84 (ddt, J = 16.7, 11.2, 2.4 Hz, 1 H), 3.54 (s, 3 H), 4.86 (dd, J = 11.2, 7.6 Hz, 1 H), 5.14 (m, 1 H), 6.00 (m, 2 H), 6.47 (m, 1 H), 6.50 (t, J = 2.2 Hz, 1 H), 7.24 (m, 2 H), 7.51 (d, J = 8.3 Hz, 2 H). ¹³C NMR (DEPT; 125 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 21.55 (Me), 34.47 (Me), 38.43 (CH2), 56.76 (CH), 106.87 (CH), 108.74 (CH), 109.35 (CH), 123.51 (CH), 127.44 (2 × CH), 129.44 (2 × CH), 130.61 (CH), 130.92 (C), 134.30 (C), 143.49 (C). MS (EI): m/z (%) = 302 (33) [M+], 147 (100), 107 (11). HRMS: m/z [M+] calcd for C16H18N2O2S: 302.1089; found: 302.1078. Anal. Calcd for C16H18N2O2S: C, 63.55; H, 6.00; N, 9.26; S, 10.60. Found: C, 63.72; H, 5.97; N, 9.15; S, 10.49.

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Crystallographic Data for the 2,3-Dihydro-2,2′-bipyrrole 10: C16H18N2O2S, M = 302.38 g mol-¹, crystal size: 0.70 ¥ 0.55 ¥ 0.30 mm³, monoclinic, space group P21/n, a = 13.286 (1), b = 8.603 (1), c = 13.580 (1) Å, V = 1494.6 (2) ų, Z = 4, ρ calcd = 1.344 g cm-³, µ = 0.223 mm-¹, λ = 0.71073 Å, T = 198 (2) K, θ range = 3.04-30.00˚, reflections collected: 73987, independent: 4349 (R int = 0.0256), 192 parameters. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined by full-matrix least-squares on F ²; final R indices [I > 2σ(I)]: R 1 = 0.0353; wR 2 = 0.1005; maximal residual electron density: 0.302 e Å-³. CCDC 829173 contains the supplementary crystallographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free of charge from The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre via www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif.

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Synthesis of 1,1′-Dimethyl-2,2′-bipyrrole (11) by Aromatization and Alkylation of 10:
A solution of potassium tert-butoxide (926 mg, 8.25 mmol) and the 2,3-dihydro-2,2′-bipyrrole 10 (500 mg, 1.65 mmol) in dimethyl sulfoxide (35 mL) was stirred at 50 ˚C for 3 h. The solution was cooled to 0 ˚C, MeI (1.0 mL, 2.28 g, 16.1 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at r.t. overnight. After addition of H2O (50 mL), the reaction mixture was extracted with Et2O (3 × 25 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with H2O (2 × 25 mL) and dried over MgSO4. Removal of the solvent and purification of the crude product by flash chromatography (light petroleum ether-Et2O, 10:1) on silica gel afforded 1,1′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyrrole (11) as a yellow oil; yield: 200 mg (76%). IR (ATR): 3101, 2926, 1514, 1484, 1447, 1410, 1359, 1312, 1282, 1234, 1203, 1088, 1062, 968, 781, 706 cm-¹. ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 3.52 (s, 6 H), 6.16-6.17 (m, 2 H), 6.19-6.21 (m, 2 H), 6.73 (m, 2 H). ¹³C NMR (DEPT; 125 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 34.38 (2 × Me), 107.30 (2 × CH), 110.44 (2 × CH), 122.58 (2 × CH), 125.05 (2 × C). MS (EI): m/z (%) = 160 (100) [M+], 159 (38), 145 (16), 118 (21), 117 (16). HRMS: m/z [M+] calcd for C10H12N2: 160.1000; found: 160.0995.

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Synthesis of 3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-Hexabromo-1,1′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyrrole (1) by Bromination of 11:
A solution of N-bromosuccinimide (449 mg, 2.52 mmol) in anhyd MeCN (10 mL) was added at -40 ˚C to a solution of 1,1′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyrrole (11) (57.5 mg, 0.36 mmol) in MeCN (15 mL). The resulting green solution was warmed slowly to r.t. and stirred for 15 h. Removal of the solvent in vacuum and purification by flash chromatography (light petroleum ether-Et2O, 7:1) on silica gel provided compound 1; yield: 208 mg (91%).
Spectroscopic data for the 3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-Hexahalo-1,1′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyrroles 1-3:
3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-Hexabromo-1,1′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyrrole (1): pale yellow solid; mp 237-238 ˚C. UV (MeOH): λ = 256 nm. IR (ATR): 2923, 2853, 1478, 1462, 1436, 1402, 1384, 1364, 1321, 1228, 1187, 1087, 1042, 971, 753, 733, 677, 613 cm-¹. ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 3.46 (s, 6 H). ¹³C NMR (DEPT; 125 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 35.37 (2 × Me), 101.21 (2 × C), 103.31 (2 × C), 106.77 (2 × C), 122.17 (2 × C). MS (EI): m/z (%) = 640 (7), 638 (44), 636 (81), 634 (100), 632 (84), 630 (47), 628 (7) [M+], 516 (10), 514 (23), 512 (24), 510 (11), 476 (29), 474 (46), 472 (31), 395 (15), 393 (15). HRMS: m/z [M+] calcd for C10H6Br6N2: 627.5631; found: 627.5619.
3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-Hexachloro-1,1′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyrrole (2): colorless crystals; mp 208-209 ˚C (dec.). UV (MeOH): λ = 230, 260 nm. IR (ATR): 2951, 2920, 2846, 1509, 1446, 1382, 1348, 1333, 1259, 1198, 1112, 1055, 1015, 981, 909, 794, 734, 708, 690, 627 cm-¹. ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 3.41 (s, 6 H). ¹³C NMR (DEPT; 125 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 32.79 (2 × Me), 108.38 (2 × C), 113.52 (2 × C), 116.39 (2 × C), 116.51 (2 × C). MS (EI): m/z (%) = 370 (30), 368 (78), 366 (100), 364 (47) [M+], 331 (11), 296 (16), 294 (17),
292 (16), 290 (26), 288 (16). HRMS: m/z [M+] calcd for C10H6Cl6N2: 363.8662; found: 363.8658. Anal. Calcd for C10H6Cl6N2: C, 32.74; H, 1.65; N, 7.64. Found: C, 32.76; H, 1.75; N, 7.44.
3,3′,4,4′-Tetrabromo-5,5′-dichloro-1,1′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyrrole (3): yellow solid; mp 220 ˚C (dec.). UV (MeOH): λ = 232, 253 nm. IR (ATR): 2943, 2923, 2851, 1726, 1491, 1476, 1440, 1408, 1375, 1323, 1190, 1105, 1049, 978, 764, 681, 665, 620 cm-¹. ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 3.43 (s, 6 H). ¹³C NMR (DEPT; 125 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 33.50 (2 × Me), 97.37 (2 × C), 102.89 (2 × C), 118.81 (2 × C), 120.25 (2 × C). MS (EI): m/z (%) = 550 (11), 548 (46), 546 (94), 544 (100), 542 (55), 540 (13) [M+], 428 (12), 426 (38), 424 (57), 422 (43), 420 (12), 388 (19), 386 (56), 384 (63), 382 (25). Anal. Calcd for C10H6Br4Cl2N2: C, 22.05; H, 1.11; N, 5.14. Found: C, 22.32; H, 1.21; N, 4.96.