Abstract
Ethyl [3-cyano-6-(2-thienyl)-4-trifluoromethylpyridin-2-ylthio]acetate (2) and ethyl 3-amino-6-(2-thienyl)-4-trifluoromethylthieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxylate (3) were prepared by reaction of 3-cyano-6-(2-thienyl)-4-trifluoromethylpyridine-2(1H)-thione (1) with ethyl chloroacetate. The reaction of both 2 and 3 with hydrazine hydrate under different conditions was studied. The main products were [3-cyano-6-(2-thienyl)-4-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridinylthio]acetohydrazide (4) and 3-amino-6-(2-thienyl)-4-trifluoromethylthieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carbohydrazide (5). The condensation of acethydrazide 4 with some aromatic or heterocyclic aldehydes yielded the corresponding hydrazones 6a–d which underwent intramolecular Thorpe–Ziegler cyclisation to give the N1-aryl or heteroaryl-methylene-3-amino-6-(2-thienyl)-4-trifluoromethylthieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carbohydrazides (7a–d). Treatment of 7a–d with triethyl orthoformate led to the formation of pyridothienopyrimidine derivatives 8a–d. Heating carbohydrazide 5 with acetic acid gave an unexpected product which was assigned as 3-amino-2-methyl-7-(2-thienyl)-9-trifluoromethylpyrido[3′,2′:4,5] thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine-4(3H)-one (12). Moreover, the reaction of 5 with other reagents such as acetic anhydride, formic acid, acetylacetone and/or triethyl orthoformate were carried out and their products were identified. Diazotisation of 5 produced the corresponding acyl azide 18 which underwent Curtius rearrangement to furnish the imidazolone derivative 20. Hydrolysis of the ester 3 gave the aminoacid 21 which in turn was converted into the oxazinone derivatives 22 and 23. Recyclisation of 22 and 23 into some pyrimidinone derivatives (12 and 24–26) was carried out.