Remarkable Iodine-Catalyzed Synthesis of Novel Pyrrole- Bearing N-Polyaromatic β-Lactams 英文参考文献.docVIP

Molecules 2010, 15, 1082-1088; doi:10.3390/molecule OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Communication Remarkable Iodine-Catalyzed Synthesis of Novel Pyrrole- Bearing N-Polyaromatic β-Lactams Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Gildardo Rivera, Isabel Salinas, Hector Aguilar and Bimal K. Banik * Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas-Pan American, 1201 West University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78541, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: banik@; Tel.: +1-956-380-8741; Fax: +1-956-384-5006. Received: 22 December 2009; in revised form: 8 February 2010 / Accepted: 20 February 2010 / Published: 23 February 2010 Abstract: Because of their interesting biological properties various methods for the synthesis of substituted pyrroles are described in the literature. However, synthesis of pyrroles fused with a β-lactam ring has not been reported. Our group has demonstrated synthesis and biological evaluation of various β-lactams as anticancer agents. The anticancer activities of these compounds have prompted us to study the synthesis of pyrroles bound to the β-lactams. We have identified an expeditious synthetic method for the preparation of pyrroles fused with β-lactams by reacting 3-amino β-lactams with acetonylacetone in the presence of catalytic amounts (5 mol%) of molecular iodine at room temperature. It has also been discovered that the reaction gives products under domestic and automated microwave oven irradiation. To our knowledge, there are no other prior reports that describe the synthesis of pyrrole-substituted β-lactams. Keywords: iodine; catalysis; β-lactams; pyrroles 1. Introduction The biological activities of pyrroles have investigated extensively [1,2]. For this reason, diverse methods for the synthesis of pyrroles are described in the literature [3]. Conjugate addition reactions have b