Catalyst-Free Construction of Imidazole-Pyrrolo[1,2- a]pyrazine Hybrid, 2,6-Disubstituted Imidazo[1,2- a]pyrrolo[2,1- c]pyrazine via Regioselective Annulative Functionalizations

J Org Chem. 2024 Dec 20;89(24):17966-17990. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01576. Epub 2024 Nov 26.

Abstract

Highly efficient catalyst-free annulative functionalization approaches to a novel imidazole-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine hybrid structure were devised from the reaction of β-enaminone with propargylamine where regioselective conjugate substitution of β-enaminone with propargylamine followed by cycloisomerization proceeded smoothly in a domino fashion to construct two heterocyclic moieties (pyrazine and imidazole) via successive formation of three C-N bonds, leading to the target tricyclic skeleton.