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Synthesis of Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase Inhibitors Robert D . Clark

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A n overview of general synthetic approaches to inhibit­ ors of protoporphyrinogen oxidase i s presented. Cate­ gories covered i n c l u d e d i p h e n y l a n d pyrazole nitrophenyl ethers; pyridone carboxanilides; phenyl uracils and carbamates; C - a n d N-phenyl pyrazoles; N-phenyl cyclic imides; oxadiazon; triazinediones; tetrazolones; and triazolidinone herbicides.

A n exhaustive review of the enormous range of literature covered b y the title i s far beyond the scope of this paper. Instead, a n effort i s made to touch on general synthetic routes for herbicide classes discussed by other contributors to this symposium, while including those specific examples most often cited w i t h i n each class as end-products. Acifluorfen a n d oxyfluorfen, for instance, were taken as archetypal diphenyl ethers. S u c h common names are used where possible to facilitate cross-reference w i t h the biochemical a n d physiological literatures. T o the same end, more arbitrary serial designations {e.g., DLH-1777) are alluded to where they have been published. E a r l y preparative steps have been generalized as m u c h as possible, i n the hope of providing information useful for synthesis of analogs for studying quantitative structure/activity relationships (QSAR). Because of space limitations, references are not necessarily to earliest publications. A conscious effort was made to preferentially cite literature w h i c h includes experimental details specific to archetypal examples of each class while at the same time m a i n t a i n i n g generality. F o r ease of general access, reports from refereed journals a n d U n i t e d States patents have been cited where available. I n addition, more efficient synthetic methods are cited i n most cases to the exclusion of less efficient methods published earlier.

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Organization M o s t i f not a l l protoporphyrinogen oxidase (Protox) inhibitors w h i c h have been identified to date are comprised of a n a r y l r i n g l i n k e d to some other cyclic functionality, w h i c h may or may not itself be aromatic. The different bridging groups involved provide a convenient way to organize a discussion of the synthetic methods used i n preparation of the various classes. O-Bridged inhibitors include a r y l nitrophenyl ethers such as acifluorfen, oxyfluorfen and pyrazole phenyl ethers, as well as phenyl carbamates such as phenopylate. F o r purposes of discussion, C-linked inhibitors are taken here to include a l l ketoaryl derivatives, encom­ passing pyridones such as D L H - 1 7 7 7 as well as C - p h e n y l pyrazoles. There are so many distinct classes of iV-linked Protox inhibitors that i t is useful to distinguish anilide derivatives from those prepared from phenyl hydrazines. The former group includes the iV-phenyl uracils (e.g., U C C - C 4 2 4 3 ) a n d iV-phenyl cyclic i m i d e s such as c h l o r o p h t h a l i m , S 23142 and K S 307829. Hydrazine derivatives include oxadiazon and iV-aryl pyrazoles such as T N P P - E t h y l a n d M & K 39279, as w e l l as t r i azinediones, tetrazolones and triazolidinones (e.g., F6285).

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3

I H \ ) O-Bridged

*

(

L y

C-Linked

Anilide derivative

Hydrazine derivative

O-Bridged Inhibitors Diphenyl ethers. The central reaction of nitrodiphenyl ether synthesis is generally coupling of a phenolate anion w i t h a halophenyl r i n g acti­ vated toward aromatic nucleophilic substitution. Fluorodifen (1) a n d other 2,4-dinitrophenylethers are readily prepared i n this way (1).

S u c h direct syntheses require rather h a r s h conditions and do not work well for less activated substrates such as 3,4-dichlorobenzotrifluorides, nor for more w e a k l y nucleophilic phenols such as 5-hydroxy-2-nitrobenzoate. A more general approach is to condense a phenolate salt 2 w i t h a n a r y l halide and nitrate afterwards i n m i x e d acids, w i t h acetic

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anhydride often being a useful co-solvent. Somewhat surprisingly, the latter reaction is usually quite regiospecific, giving the para nitrophenyl ether 3 as the major or exclusive product. Often a n intermediate trans­ formation of phenyl substituent Z (e.g., a l k y l a t i o n of a phenol or carboxylate) is involved. Chlorination and other electrophilic substitutions can also be carried out at the 4' position (2).

2

3a:Z = H 3b : Z = OCHMeCO>R 3c:Z = C0 R 2

2

2

Adducts such as 3 may themselves be products of interest, as i s the case for nitrofluorfen (3a) (3), acifluorfens (3c) (4,5), or lactate ethers (3b) (6). More often, they serve as substrates activated toward subse­ quent aromatic nucleophilic substitution. T h i s tactic is general, a n d par­ t i c u l a r l y useful for synthesis of 3'-polyethers such as 5 from sodium alkoxyethanolates (7) (an unusual example i n which the 4-substituent is a trifluoromethoxy group). The simplest method entails exhaustive a r y l a t i o n of resorcinol, followed by n i t r a t i o n to a n adduct such as 4. Note that symmetry of substitution effectively increases the regiospecificity of n i t r a t i o n , and that subsequent phenolate displacement takes place almost exclusively ortho to the nitro group. T h i s route i s h i g h l y advantageous for large-scale syntheses where chromatographic separa­ tions m a y be impractical. Note, too, that 5 and analogous compounds cannot be obtained by direct alkylation of (nitro)phenolic intermediates.

F CO 3

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T r i a r y l diether 3d has also been used i n the preparation of oxyfluorfen (6a) (3,8,9), as has the 3'-fluoro 3e. U n l i k e the diether, the fluoride can be converted to 3'-thioethers 6b as well (10). The 3\4'-dinitrophenyl ether 3f , prepared from m-nitrophenol, is even more versatile i n that i t can readily react w i t h amines to form 6c (11). FX, O' 3 d : Z = OAr v.7"Mn jr.Z-NU

6 a : Y R = OEt 6 b : Y R = SR 6c: Y R = NHR

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2

Introducing either a n amino or a thioether functionality before nitration would l i k e l y lead to oxidation by-products. The broader applicability of 3-fluoro 3e m a y be offset, however, by reduced regiospecificity of nitra­ tion. The reported yield of 3'-nitro 3f , on the other hand, is 91% (11). C h i r a l lactate diphenyl ethers 6e (RH-4638) and 6f (RH-4639) can be prepared from the tosylates of ethyl (S)- and (U)-lactate, respectively, and potassium phenolate 6d w i t h clean inversion at the a-carbon (12). F ^ 6d + yt (YR = OK) Ts0"X0 Et 2

^

JC\

^

^N0

2

* McCN 1

2

6f:R =Me,R =H 5-Trifluoromethyl-2-pyridyl nitrophenyl ethers can also be prepared by displacement of chloride from precursors w i t h phenolates (13). Pyrazole nitrophenyl ethers, i n contrast to the u s u a l case for d i ­ phenyl ethers, are synthesized from 4-halonitrobenzenes a n d 3-hydroxypyrazole 8. The latter is prepared by reaction of the enamine 7a or the enol ether 7b of ethyl trifluoroacetoacetate w i t h methyl hydrazine (14), followed by chlorination w i t h l,3-dichloro-5,5-dimethylhydantoin.

9

Me2S0

3

4

Y

R

l)MeNHNH

7a: Y R = OMe 7b: Y R = N H

F 3 C 2

\L=/

C I

MeCN 8

2

Direct condensation of trifluoroacetoacetate w i t h methylhydrazine yields p r i m a r i l y (15) the 5-hydroxy pyrazole isomer, nitrophenyl ethers of w h i c h are much less potent herbicides (16). The 5-hydroxy isomer is a

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minor component i n preparations from enol ether 7a or enamine 7b, but is easily removed since its m u c h higher acidity renders i t soluble i n bicarbonate. Hydroxypyrazole 8 can also be prepared from 4,4,4-trifluorobutynoate esters (17); methods for synthesizing other hydroxypyrazoles, including 5-methanesulfonyl analogs, are given i n detail elsewhere (18). 2-Heterosubstituted nitrobenzenes 9b-c may be prepared from 2,4-difluoronitrobenzene and subsequently coupled w i t h hydroxypyrazole 8 to yield the respective 3-amino, -alkoxy or -thioether products 10(18,19); the 3'-unsubstituted 10a is A H 2.430 (16).

X

8

9a:X %:X 9c: X 9d:X

=F,Z= H = F , Z = OR = F, Z = N R * R = Cl,Z = C0 R 2

2

10a:Z 10b:Z 10c: Z lOd: Z

=H = OR = NR*R = C0 R

2

2

The nitrobenzoate 9 d is activated enough to undergo reaction as a n a r y l chloride to afford the acifluorfen analog A H 2.431 (lOd, R = H ) , which is only very weakly herbicidal (16). I n cases such as 10a and lOd, where the nitrophenyl r i n g i n the product is not too activated towards electrophilic attack, i t may be better to chlorinate the pyrazole r i n g after formation of the pyrazole phenyl ether rather t h a n before coupling has been carried out. C h i r a l iV-pyrazoloxyphenyl amino acids l O f are readily synthesized from the 3'-fluoro l O e w i t h excellent retention of configuration by u s i n g catalytic copper fluoride i n JV-methylpyrrolidinone ( N M P ) (12). Conver­ sion to the corresponding amides lOg-h ( A H 4.441 a n d A H 4.442, re­ spectively) is by way of the mixed anhydrides. HN

C0 Et catCuF

2

2

1

R* R

2

2

KoCCh A

COOH lJClCO^iBu TEA THF 2) M e N H

2

l O g : R ^ H , R =iPr

2

lOh.-R'affir.R^H CONHMe

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P h e n y l carbamates, like 3'-alkoxy diphenyl ethers, are prepared from halophenols or haloresorcinols. Phenopylate (11a), for instance, i s made by reaction of 2,4-dichlorophenol w i t h a carbamoyl chloride (20); the latter i s made using phosgene. A l t h o u g h 5'-substituted analogs such as R H 0978 ( l i b ) can also be prepared this w a y 81), a n alternative route (22) u s i n g trichloromethyl chloroformate ( D i p h o s g e n e ® ) i s to be pre­ ferred on a laboratory scale.

J^N-COCI

ONa

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M^CO or ^ 2

1) ClCOzCCk H 0 2

2

n

>YC "

h

lla:Y=CH ,Z=H l i b : Y=CF , Z = O C H f e C H 2

2

Et 0

2

2

C-Bridged Inhibitors C - A r y l pyrazoles fall into two synthetic categories distinguished by the first steps i n their respective syntheses. The 5-alkoxy compounds 13 are derived from benzoylacetates 11 formed by condensation of dihaloacetophenones w i t h diethyl carbonate (23). Methylhydrazine reacts w i t h 11 to afford hydroxyarylpyrazoles, which can then be alkylated and halo genated to give, for example, 12a. Intervening reaction w i t h Lawesson's reagent yields thioethers such as 12b.

C0 Et 2

1) M e N H N H

2

2) (Lawesson's reagent) 3) F CHC1 base 2

2

4^ IX - Rr r i l

4) [X - B r , C l ]

+

1

2

a

1 2 b

:

=

0 C F

2H

: Y R = SCFoH

F u r t h e r elaboration can be accomplished by electrophilic substitution

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of the phenyl ring, followed by reduction and alkylation, typically w i t h propargyl bromide or w i t h a bromopropionate ester. T h u s , chlorosulfonylation leads to thioethers 13a, whereas alkoxy analogs 13b re­ quire a moderately efficient (46% yield) diazotization step following nitration and reduction.

3-Phenyl-5-fluoroalkyl analogs 16 are synthesized by a rather differ­ ent route beginning w i t h 2,5-difluoroacetophenone 14 (24). The product is condensed w i t h trifluoroacetate, then w i t h hydrazine. A l k y l a t i o n and chlorination give the desired 3-phenylpyrazole isomer 15.

N i t r a t i o n allows heterosubstituents to be introduced at the 5'-position by nucleophilic aromatic substitution u t i l i z i n g catalytic copper fluoride i n AT-methylpyrrolidinone. Reduction w i t h elemental i r o n followed b y Sandmeyer diazonium chemistry yields the target compounds 16a-c.

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1) H N 0 H S0 15

4

1

2) Y R NMP Y

K2CO3

cat C u F

3

1) Fe AcOH

3

2

41

16a:Y = 0 16b:Y = S 16c: Y = N R

2) CuCl tBuONO RI MeCN

YR

2

1

2

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f

5 -Alkoxy analogs such as propargyl ethers are not directly accessible b y this route. A s a n alternative, methoxy precursors (16a, Y R = O M e ) can be cleaved w i t h boron tribromide i n methylene chloride, a n d the phenols obtained reacted w i t h alkylbromide i n dimethylformamide (24). 1

P y r i d o n e carboxanilides are synthesized by condensation of a p r i ­ m a r y amine w i t h a n acylacetanilide and enol lactone 17 to give the parent pyridone carboxanilide 18, w h i c h can be brominated regioseleotively at C on the pyridone ring, even when the pendant N substitu­ ent is a n electron-rich aryl (19a) (25). A m o n g the most active examples described to date is D L H - 1 7 7 7 (19b) (26). 6

1

18

1

19a: R = Me, R = CH CH Ph 19b:R =Pr,R =Me 2

2

1

2

2

Anilide derivatives Carbonylphenyl uracils. The published synthesis of these herbicides begins from isocyanate 21 (27), which can be prepared from aniline pre­ cursor 20. T h i s is condensed w i t h trifluoromethyl enamine 7b and alky­ lated to yield carboxyphenyl uracils 22.

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NH x

NCO

2

l )

" Y i cico ca ^ v g ^ s , 2

7

b

N a H

3

CI

CI



21

MejCO

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22a:X = F 22b:X = H If a n ester other t h a n ethyl i s desired i n the final product, as i s the case for U C C - C 4 2 4 3 (22b where R = i P r ) , the ester m a y be introduced early i n the synthesis by acid-catalyzed transesterification of 20, or, later, by hydrolysis and re-esterification of 22. J V - P h e n y l i m i d e s are synthesized by reaction of substituted haloanilines 23 w i t h tetrahydrophthalic anhydride ( T H P A ) . M K 616 (24a), for example, i s prepared from the commercially available 4-chloroaniline (28).

x z A J

Acp

y « /

z 2

z

3

o 1

2

24a:X =Z=H,X =Cl Ub:X =¥ X =a Z=OR 24c:X =F,X =Cl,Z=OH l

2

9

9

1

2

M o r e potent herbicidal analogs require more h i g h l y functionalized anilines, however. To obtain fluoroalkoxy derivatives such as K S 307829 (24b, R=iPr), fluorohalophenol i s protected by acylation to carbonate 25, nitrated at C a n d then deprotected i n base. Nitrophenol 26 so obtained can then be alkylated and reduced to give 23b, a common intermediate key to synthesis of m a n y JV-phenyl azole herbicides. A l k o x y anilines 23b condense w i t h T H P A to yield imides 24b. 5

1)HN0 H S0

ClCO^Me aqNaOH

2

Y

3 4

2)aqNaOH A X OC0 Me

A y

N

° 2

> V ^

2

25

OH 26

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OH

23b

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23c

Nitrophenol 2 6 can also be reduced directly. The product aminophenol 2 3 c itself reacts cleanly w i t h T H P A to form the 5-hydroxyphenyl 2 4 c , w h i c h can then be alkylated. Published results suggest, however, that this alternative route gives a low overall yield (17% yield (29)). F o r those alkoxy substituents which m a y be sensitive to catalytic hydrogenation (e.g., S 23142 (24b, R=propargyl)), the latter route may s t i l l be the preferred one. The strategy outlined above i s restricted to those instances i n w h i c h substituent X i s strongly para-directing : syntheses of analogs bearing meta-directing substituents require major departures from that route, as does preparation of 4-unsubstituted imides (24, X = H ) . The imido acetophenone 27 can be prepared by reduction of the cor­ responding nitroactophenone and reaction w i t h T H P A . Conversion to the alkoxy analog 2 4 d is accomplished by a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, followed by hydolysis and a l k y l a t i o n (30). Electrophilic substitutions and reduction then afford 24e-g. 4 -Nitro 2 4 f is the most active of these analogs (29). 2

2

f

2

0=C 1) C F 3 C O 3 H

24e: X = S R

>=0

1

N

2) H O MeOH Me 3) RBr

2

24f: X = N 0

2

2

24g: X = N H R 27

O

P h e n y l Hydrazine Derivatives There are several iV-aryl heterocycle classes of Protox i n h i b i t o r w h i c h are derived from phenyl hydrazines. These are, i n turn, prepared from various haloanilines b y diazotization a n d reduction w i t h stannous chloride. 1) N a N 0 aqHCl

2

2

3

29a: X = H , X =C1, Z=OR 29b: X =X =C1, X = C F , Z=H 29c: X*=H, X =X =Z=C1 29d: X =Z=H, X =C1 1

2

3

3

2) S n C l

2

2

2

3

3

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JV-Aryl pyrazoles and oxadiazon. Acylation of 29a ( X ^ C l , R=iPr) w i t h trimethylacetyl chloride a n d reaction of the r e s u l t i n g hydrazide w i t h phosgene gives oxadiazon (30) (32). Condensation of phenylhydrazines w i t h ethoxyacrylonitriles yields 5-aminopyrazoles, i n c l u d i n g the Protox inhibitor M&B 39279 (31) from hydrazine 29b (32), whereas re­ action w i t h ethoxyacrylate esters affords 5-pyrazolones. N i t r a t i o n a n d a l k y l a t i o n of the pyrazolone derived from 29c produces T N P P - e t h y l (32) and analogous compounds (33). Note that although the p a r t i c u l a r herbicides cited are derived from specific hydrazines, the cyclization reactions are general. Subsequent transformations, however (such as regiospecific n i t r a t i o n of a n y iV-(alkoxyphenyl)pyrazole pre­ pared from 29a), might well be difficult to achieve i n particular cases.

l)EtO^^ ° C

J N

V *..A^

l)tBuCOa Ft-M

2

E

^N0

t

2

/r*/ Me N X - ^ ^ Q ^ ^C0 Et 2

2)

NO03 HN Acp/AcOH 3

N

2

3) BrCHMeCO^Et K C03 MeCOEt 2

1) EtOCH=C(CN) 2) E t O C H C H O H A

2

2

2

Triazinediones, tetrazolones a n d triazolidinones. Conversion of 29a to a hydrazone a n d subsequent reaction w i t h isocyanate a n d pyruvic acid gives triazinedione 33 (34), whereas reaction of 29 w i t h pyruvic acid and phosphoryl azide gives triazolidinones 34 (35,36).

Me,CO H2SO4 THF

1) M e C O C Q H aqHCl

29 2)KOCN 2) (PhO) P(0)N AcOH Et N 3) M e C O C Q H PhMe H S0 A dioxane 2

3

3

2

4

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In a closely related reaction, tetrazolones 35 are formed from substi­ tuted anilines and trimethylsilyl azide (37).

1) C I C O ^ PhMe A

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Z

2) Me3SiN A

3

A l l three classes of c h e m i s t r y m u s t be iV-alkylated to elicit full herbicidal activity. The most potent triazinediones (36a, Q=CMeC(0)) bear a n iV^-methyl group, whereas the most active tetrazolones (36a, Q=N) a n d triazolidinones (36a, Q = C M e ) bear N - fluoropropyl a n d difluoromethyl groups, respectively. 4

36a: Z=OR 36b: Z=H

[Q = CMe, N , orCMeC(O)]

2

The first two alkylation reactions proceed i n good yield, but the reaction of triazolidinone 34 w i t h Freon-22 (CF2HCI) i s problematic. Potassium hydroxide as base i n tetrahydrofuran, u s i n g phase transfer catalysis, gives a rather poor yield, and delaying that alkylation u n t i l later i n the synthetic sequence does not improve the situation (35). A subsequent publication (38) describes r u n n i n g this reaction w i t h potassium carbo­ nate as base i n dimethylformamide, but yields were not given. O - A l k y l a t i o n completes the synthesis for 5'-alkoxy herbicides (36a) (35). The more widely cited analogs, however, are 5'-sulfonamido ana­ logs such as triazolidinone F6285 (37a, X = C 1 , R = C H F , R = M e ) pre­ pared from 5'-unsubstituted 36b (36,38) by n i t r a t i o n , reduction a n d sulfonylation. 1

1

2

2

36b

1) H N 0 H SQ 2

3 2

4 >

2) Fe aqAcOH

R S0 C1 2

C H N " CH C1 5

5

2

37a: Q=CMe 37b: Q=N

2

NHS0 R

2

2

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A n alternative preparation of tetrazolone 37b (X =F) by regioselective reduction of 2-fluoro-1,5-dinitrobenzene has also been reported (39); the chloro group is introduced subsequently by electrophilic substitution from sulfuryl chloride. 1

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