Synthesis of 2H-1,2-benzothiazine 1,1-dioxides via heteroannulation reactions of 2-iodobenzenesulfonamide with ketone enolates under S(RN)1 conditions.

[Reaction: see text]. 2-iodobenzenesulfonamide (1a) underwent photostimulated S(RN)1 reactions in liquid NH3 with the potassium enolates derived from acetone, pinacolone, butanone, and 3-methyl-2-butanone to give fair to good yields of 2H-1,2-benzothiazine 1,1-dioxides 2. Reductive dehalogenation of 1a was found to predominate in photoinduced reactions of 1a with 3-pentanone, 2-methyl-3-pentanone, and 2,4-dimethyl-3-pentanone, the extent of reduction being proportional to the number of beta-hydrogen atoms present in the ketone enolate.

Synthesis and anticonvulsant evaluation of some new 2-substituted-3-arylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidinones.

A series of 2-substituted-3-arylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidinones was prepared for evaluation as potential anticonvulsants. In murine screening, compounds 4a-c having a 2-oxo-2-(4-pyridyl)ethyl group in the 2-position and a 2-substituted phenyl moiety at the 3-position of the pyridopyrimidinone system displayed the most potent anti-seizure activity in both the maximal electroshock (MES) and pentylenetetrazol (scPTZ) tests at doses in the 3-10mg/kg range. Compound 4c showed no agonist activity at the GABA(A) receptor and was unable to block presynaptic sodium and calcium channels in vitro.

Synthesis of Succinimido[3,4-b]indane and 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexahydro-1,5-methano-3-benzazocine-2,4-dione by Sequential Alkylation and Intramolecular Arylation of Enolates Derived from N,N,N'N'-Tetramethylbutanediamides and N,N,N'N'-Tetramethylpentanediamides.

The tricyclic title compounds, 4 and 5, were synthesized by initial alkylation of the lithium monoenolates of N,N,N',N'-tetramethylbutanediamide (6) and N,N,N',N'-tetramethylpentanediamide (19) with 2-iodobenzyl chloride in liquid NH(3) at -60 degrees C to afford 2-(2-iodobenzyl)-N,N,N',N'-tetramethylbutanediamide (9) and 2-(2-iodobenzyl)-N,N,N',N'-tetramethylpentanediamide (20) in yields of 88 and 87%, respectively. Treatment of 9 with KNH(2) in liquid NH(3) resulted in formation and intramolecular arylation of the less-substituted alpha-enolate to produce trans-1,2-bis(N,N-dimethylcarboxamido)indane (10a) in 60% yield. Selective hydrolysis of 10a with aqueous Na(2)O(2) gave trans-1-(N,N-dimethylcarboxamido)indane-2-carboxylic acid (17), which was then converted to bridged succinimide 4 by transformation to trans-1-(N,N-dimethylcarboxamido)indane-2-carboxamide (10c) followed by cyclization of this mixed primary/tertiary amide by means of NaH in refluxing THF.