Novel rearrangements in the reactions directed toward preparation of spiro-N,N-ketals: reactions of naphthalene-1,8-diamine with ninhydrin and isatin

Molecules. 2012 Nov 22;17(12):13879-90. doi: 10.3390/molecules171213879.

Abstract

Spiro-N,N-ketal 5, consisting of a phthaloperine heterocyclic ring and a naphtha[1,8-ef][1,4]diazepine ring, was obtained along with spiro-N,N-ketal 2 via 2,2-condensation in the reaction of ninhydrin with naphthalene-1,8-diamine. Their molecular structures were elucidated by X-ray crystal structural analysis. Aside from these spiro compounds, the diazapleiadiene compound 3 formed by 1,2-condensation and the 1,4-isoquinolinedione compound 4 arising from ring expansion were isolated. When isatin was reacted with naphthalene-1,8-diamine, spiro-N,N-ketal 6 and the two 1H-perimidine-based compounds 7 and 8 were isolated. Compound 8 was revealed to undergo a fast dynamic prototropic tautomerization in solution. Plausible mechanisms of the formation of the products are proposed.

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Diamines / chemistry
  • Ethers / chemistry
  • Isatin* / chemical synthesis
  • Isatin* / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Naphthalenes* / chemical synthesis
  • Naphthalenes* / chemistry
  • Ninhydrin* / chemical synthesis
  • Ninhydrin* / chemistry
  • Spiro Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Spiro Compounds / chemistry

Substances

  • Diamines
  • Ethers
  • Naphthalenes
  • Spiro Compounds
  • Isatin
  • Ninhydrin