L-Tyrosine Catalysed Mild and Efficient Synthesis of Dihydropyrano[2,3c] pyrazole under Microwave Irradiation

Balaji D Rupnar1*, Vijay P Pagore2, Sunil U Tekale2, Suresh U Shisodia2 and Rajendra P Pawar2

1Department of Chemistry, R.B.Attal College, Georai Dist. Beed, Maharashtra, India

2Department of Chemistry, Deogiri College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India

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Abstract

A highly efficient and environmentally benign protocol has been developed for the construction of dihydropyrano[2,3-c] pyrazole derivatives through one-pot, multi-component cascade reaction of various aldehydes, acetoacetic ester, hydrazine hydrate and malononitrile under microwave irradiation using L-Tyrosine as catalyst in the presence of green solvent medium (ethanol-water) is described. The significant feature of this protocol is the use of ethanol-water as a green solvent system.

Keywords

Multicomponent reaction, L-Tyrosine, Microwave, Green solvent, Pyranopyrazole

Introduction

Oxygen and Nitrogen containing heterocycles, pyrans and pyran-annulated derivatives, pyrazoles and pyrano [2,3- c]pyrazoles are commonly found as essential subunits of a wide range of biologically active natural compounds. Functionalized pyran is an important class of heterocyclic compounds due to their wide range of biological activity. Among these, 4H-pyran has been associated with a wide range of pharmacological properties, such as anticancer, antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and anticholinesterase activities [1]. The pyranopyrazole derivative is source of biologically important scaffolds because of their wide application in pharmaceuticals and in organic synthesis. These moieties showed anti-cancer [2], anti-inflammatory [3], anti-microbial [4], fungicidal and molluscicidal [5] and analgesic [6] properties. They are also find applications in biodegradable agrochemicals [7]. They also serve as potential inhibitors of human Chk1 kinase [8-10]. Apart from this, pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles have been used as potential insecticide [1]. Some representative biologically active pyranopyrazole are shown in Figure 1.

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Figure 1: Some representative biologically active pyranopyrazole.

Microwave irradiation (MW) has emerged as effective heating source for organic synthesis due to shorter reaction times, uniform and selective heating, higher yields, cleaner reactions, easy work up [11]. Recently, Microwave-assisted organic synthesis has become a significant tool for accelerating drug discovery and development processes [12-14]. For this process, we have selected L-tyrosine organo catalyst. The choice of L-tyrosine is based on a fact that it is an efficient, bi-functional, zwitter ionic (Figure 2) and eco-friendly organo-catalyst; capable in playing multiple catalytic roles as an acid and base. Though L-tyrosine used in psychiatric disorder, schizophrenia [15], its catalytic activity in various organic transformations is till unnoticed. Very few report of the catalytic activity of L-tyrosine was reflected in its application such as Bigenelli reaction and Knoevenagel condensation reaction under grindstone condition [16]. Recently Khaskel et al. [17] used L-Tyrosine loaded nanoparticle for the synthesis of Bis-coumarin and Hantzsch dihydropyridines.

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Figure 2: L-tyrosine as zwitter ionic form.

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) significantly accelerate chemical synthesis, converting three or more components into complex molecules via simple one-pot routes. Multicomponent reactions are advantageous over multistep reaction such as high atom economy, short reaction times, high yields, low costs and minimization of waste, labor, energy and avoidance of complex or tedious processes. These reactions are valuable assets in organic synthesis and pharmaceutical chemistry due to their wide range of usage in the preparation of various scaffolds and discovery of new drugs [18]. With the growing concern over environment pollution and related societal health problems, green chemistry concept is emerging as one of the important tools in the development of environmentally benign chemical processes and clean technologies. Considering the great importance of pyranopyrazoles, various multicomponent reactions for the synthesis of 6-amino-5-cyano dihydro-pyranopyrazoles has been reported [19-22].

The present study describes a mild, efficient and environmentally friendly L-Tyrosine catalyzed one-pot fourcomponent condensation of acetoacetic ester, hydrazine hydride, aldehydes, and malononitrile in water:ethanol medium to afford pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole derivatives in high yields (Scheme 1).

Materials and Methods

FTIR spectra were recorded on a Perkin-Elmer FTIR spectrophotometer 65 as KBr pellets and the absorption expressed in cm-1. 1H NMR spectra were recorded in CDCl3 or DMSO on 400 MHz FT-NMR spectrometer at 25oC with tetramethylsilane (TMS) as the internal standard, and resonances (δ) are given in ppm. Data are reported as follows: chemical shift (d), multiplicity (s=singlet, d=doublet, t=triplet, m=multiplet), coupling constants (Hz), and integration. Melting points of the products were recorded in capillaries open at one end and were uncorrected using an Electrothermal Mk3 apparatus. All experiments under microwave irradiation were carried out in microwave synthesis system 700W model manufactured by RAGA’s Scientific Microwave Synthesis System Pvt. Ltd; Pune, India has a maximum power output of 700W and 2450 MHz frequency. Thin layer chromatography (TLC) was performed using Merck pre-coated silica gel and the components were visualized under a UV or an iodine chamber.

Experimental study

General Procedure for the synthesis of pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole (Scheme 1): In a capped 10 mL MW-vessel charged with aromatic aldehyde (1 mmol), malononitrile (1 mmol), acetoacetic ester (1 mmol), hydrazine hydrate, L-Tyrosine and water:ethanol (5 ml). The tube was positioned in irradiation cavity and the mixture was irradiated in monomode microwave oven (210 W) for specific time. The progress of reaction was monitored by TLC in ethyl acetate: hexane (1:4). After completion of reaction, the mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured onto 5 mL ice cold water. The separated solid was filtered and washed with water several times. The residue was dried and recrystallized from ethanol to afford corresponding pyrano [2,3-c]pyrazole (5a-k). The products were confirmed by comparisons of their melting points with authentic samples and spectral data such as IR, 1H NMR. The filtrate was heated over burner to evaporate water:ethanol content and the residual catalyst was used for second cycle of reaction.

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Scheme 1: Synthesis of pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole

Spectral Data

6-amino-1,4-dihydro-3-methyl-4-(4-nitrophenyl)-1-phenylpyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole-5-carbonitrile (5b): Melting point: 250-252oC. IR (KBr) cm-1: 3380 (NH2), 3183 and 2958 (C-H), 2188 (CN), 1674, 1635, 1604 (C=C), 1491, 1405, 1364, 1246, 1216. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 400 MHz, δ ppm): 12.10 (s, 1H, NH), 8.11 (d, 1H, J=8.2 Hz, Ar- H), 8.01 (s, 1H, Ar-H), 7.64 (m, 2H, J= 8.4 Hz, Ar-H), 6.84 (s, 2H, NH2), 4.80 (s, 1H, CH), 1.83 (s, 3H, CH3).

6-amino-4-(4-bromophenyl)-1,4-dihydro-3-methyl-1-phenylpyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole-5-carbonitrile (5e).:

Melting point: 178-180oC. IR (KBr) cm-1: 3405 and 3332 (NH2), 3203 (NH), 2199 (CN), 1692, 1650, 1607 (C=C), 1519, 1346, 1210. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 400 MHz, δ ppm): 11.97 (s, 1H, NH), 7.45 (d, 2H, J=8.6 Hz, Ar-H), 7.12 (d, 2H, J=8.4 Hz, Ar-H), 6.59 (s, 2H, NH2), 4.55 (s, 1H, CH), 1.82 (s, 3H, CH3).

6-amino-3-methyl-4-(4-chloro-phenyl)-2,4-dihydro-pyrano-[2,3-c]pyrazole-5-carbonitrile (5d).

Melting point: 230-232oC. IR (KBr): ν 3408, 3234, 3178, 2190, 1642, 1597, 1508, 1490, 1401, 1264, 1091, 1014, 806, 745; 1H NMR (300, CDCl3): δ 1.82 (s, 3H), 4.59 (s, 1H), 6.80 (s, 2H), 7.88 (s, 1H), 8.21 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.20-7.53 (m, 2H), 12.06 (s, 1H).

6-amino-3-methyl-4-(3-nitro-phenyl)-2,4,dihydro-pyrano-[2,3-c]pyrazole-5-carbonitrile (5c)

Melting point: 2214-212oCIR (KBr): ν 3473, 3224, 3117, 2195, 1652, 1525, 1491, 1400, 1349, 805, 733 cm−1; 1H NMR (300, CDCl3): δ 1.82 (s, 3H), 4.82 (s,1H), 6.92 (s, 2H), 7.59-7.81 (m, 2H), 8.01 (s, 1H), 8.09(d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 12.13 (s, 1H).

Results and Discussion

Initially for optimization of reaction we chose p-nitro benzaldehyde, acetoacetic ester, malononitrile and hydrazine hydrate as model substrates. Firstly reactions performed by stirring at room temperature and catalyst-free condition in ethanol gave unsatisfactory results (Table 2, entry 1). Although in presence of catalytic amount of L-Tyrosine gave very poor yield of product (Table 2, entry 2). Keeping in mind the green chemistry principle in synthesis, microwaveassisted organic synthesis has become a significant tool for accelerating drug discovery and development processes. Microwaves have ability to couple directly with the reacting molecules leads to rapid rise in the temperature. In this regard we able to carry out this transformation in microwave irradiation.

To optimize the reaction condition, the model reaction irradiate under microwave without catalyst in ethanol gave low yield of desired product (Table 2, entry 3). Moderate yield observed when L-tyrosine was used as catalyst in ethanol. The solvent effect was also examined by using protic solvent such as ethanol, methanol and water. It was found that reaction in water gave better yield than ethanol and methanol medium (Table 2, entry 4-7). Excellent result was observed when water: EtOH (1:1) medium solvent system was used (Table 2, entry 8).

With this result, we optimized the catalyst load which was finally arrived at 0.05 g giving maximum yield of 94 %, since further increase in the amount of catalyst beyond 0.05 g did not improve the yield of products (Table 3, entries 1-3).

The reusability of the L-Tyrosine catalyst was further studied through a model reaction under optimized conditions. After completion of reaction the mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured onto ice cold water, product was separated by simple filtration. The filtrate was heated over burner to evaporate water:ethanol content and the residual catalyst was washed with diethyl ether and dried in a hot oven and reused. It was observed that the reusability of L-Tyrosine was considerably effective for four consecutive runs.

In a subsequent investigation for the substrate scope using the optimized reaction conditions, we found that various aromatic aldehydes (electron donating as well as electron withdrawing) offered the corresponding products in high yields (Table 1, entries a-k).

  Entry   R   Product   Time (min)   Yield % Melting Point
Found Reported
a 4-H 5a 7 92 226-228 228-230 [18]
b 4-NO2 5b 5 94 250-252 251-252 [18]
c 3-NO2 5c 5 93 212-214 214-216 [18]
d 4-Cl 5d 6 94 230-232 233-234 [18]
e 4-Br 5e 4 91 178-180 179-180 [19]
f 4-F 5f 4 92 243-245 240-242 [19]
g 4-Me 5g 6 88 174-175 176-177 [18]
h 4-OMe 5h 7 86 244-246 240-242 [19]
i 4-OH 5i 6 89 220-222 224-226 [19]
j 3,4-OMe 5j 8 89 175-177 170-172 [18]
k 3-OMe, 4-OH 5k 6 90 238-240 234-236 [20]

Table 1: Synthesis of pyranopyrazole by using L-Tyrosine under microwave.

Entry Condition Solvent Time (min) Yield %
1 Cat. Free, RT EtOH 60 -
2 L-Tyrosine, RT EtOH 60 30
3 Cat.free, MW EtOH 20 40
4 L-Tyrosine, MW EtOH 20 60
5 L-Tyrosine, MW MeOH 20 55
6 L-Tyrosine, MW H2O 20 75
7 L-Tyrosine, MW H2O 40 80
8 L-Tyrosine, MW H2O:EtOH (1:1) 5 94
9 L-Tyrosine, MW H2O:EtOH (2:1) 15 85

Table 2: Optimization of reaction condition.

Entry Amount of Catalyst (g) Time (min) Yield %
1 0.01 20 60
2 0.03 20 75
3 0.05 2 94
4 0.06 5 90
5 0.07 5 90

Table 3: Electronic spectra of free ligand and its complexes.

A proposed mechanistic pathway for the formation of pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazolederivatives is shown in Scheme 2. The reaction initiated knoevenagel condensation of benzaldehyde and malononitrile in presence of catalyst to provide the 2-benzylidene malononitrile (I). Simultaneously formation of pyrazolone (II) from acetoacetic ester and hydrazine hydrate has been also takes place. Michael addition of pyrazolone (II) onto α,β-unsaturated compound (I) facilitates the formation of intermediate (III), which further undergoes cyclisation to give the desired product pyrano[2,3-c] pyrazole (Scheme 2).

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Scheme 2: Mechanistic pathway for the formation of pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazolederivative

Conclusion

We reported an atom-economical multicomponent reaction, using energy-efficient microwave irradiation; L-Tyrosine as mild, cost effective and ‘greener’ catalyst along with eco-friendly green solvent water: ethanol for the synthesis of pyranopyrazoles. The attractive features of this protocol are the mild reaction conditions, high conversions, operational simplicity and inexpensive and ready availability of the catalyst; which makes it a useful and attractive strategy for the preparation of dihydropyrano[2,3-c] pyrazoles.

Acknowledgement

The authors express appreciation to the principal Dr. S. N. Thore Deogiri College, Aurangabad for providing laboratory facility. We also thank to SAIF Chandigarh for providing spectral data.

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