Substituted Quinolinones, Part 11: Efficient Synthesis of Different 3‐(4‐Arylidene and Hetarylidene‐5‐oxopyrazolin‐3‐yl) quinolin‐2‐ones

Abstract

Several 3‐(4‐arylidene and hetarylidene‐5‐oxopyrazolin‐3‐yl)quinolin‐2‐ones 6–26 were synthesized in an efficient methodology utilizing both pyrazolinylquinolinone 2 and its chromenylmethylene derivative 10. Compound 2 was derivatized by Knoevenagel condensation with different carbonyl compounds. Nucleophilic ring opening–ring closure (RORC) of the compound 10 furnished the desired 4‐methylenepyarzolinone bearing novel five‐, six‐, and seven‐membered heterocycles, in good yields.

Keywords:

• heterocyclic synthesis
• Knoevenagel condensation
• pyrazolinone
• quinolinone
• RORC

Notes

Dedicated to the memory of the late Professor Ahmed M. Zahra.