T3P-Promoted Synthesis of a Series of 2-Aryl-3-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-4H-pyrido[3,2-e][1,3]thiazin-4-ones and Their Activity against the Kinetoplastid Parasite Trypanosoma brucei.

A series of fourteen 2-aryl-3-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-4H-pyrido[3,2-e][1,3]thiazin-4-ones was prepared at room temperature by T3P-mediated cyclization of N-phenyl-C-aryl imines with thionicotinic acid, two difficult substrates. The reactions were operationally simple, did not require specialized equipment or anhydrous solvents, could be performed as either two or three component reactions, and gave moderate-good yields as high as 63%. This provides ready access to N-phenyl compounds in this family, which have been generally difficult to prepare. As part of the study, the first crystal structure of neutral thionicotinic acid is also reported, and showed the molecule to be in the form of the thione tautomer. Additionally, the synthesized compounds were tested against T. brucei, the causative agent of Human African Sleeping Sickness. Screening at 50 µM concentration showed that five of the compounds strongly inhibited growth and killed parasites.

Crystal structures of two solvated 2-aryl-3-phenyl-2,3-di-hydro-4H-pyrido[3,2-e][1,3]thia-zin-4-ones.

The synthesis and crystal structures of 2-(4-fluoro-phen-yl)-3-phenyl-2,3-di-hydro-4H-pyrido[3,2-e][1,3]thia-zin-4-one toluene hemisolvate (1), C19H13FN2OS·0.5C7H8, and 2-(4-nitro-phen-yl)-3-phenyl-2,3-di-hydro-4H-pyrido[3,2-e][1,3]thia-zin-4-one iso-propanol 0.25-solvate 0.0625-hydrate (2), C19H13N3O3S·0.25C3H7O·0.0625H2O, are reported. Both are racemic mixtures (centrosymmetric crystal structures) of the individual com-pounds and incorporate solvent mol-ecules in their structures. Compound 2 has four thia-zine mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit. All the thia-zine rings in this study show an envelope pucker, with the C atom bearing the substituted phenyl ring displaced from the other atoms. The phenyl and aryl rings in each of the mol-ecules are roughly orthogonal to each other, with dihedral angles of about 75°. The extended structures of 1 and 2 are consolidated by C-H⋯O and C-H⋯N(π), as well as T-type (C-H⋯π) inter-actions. Parallel aromatic ring inter-actions (π-π stacking) are observed only in 2.