Abstract
The reaction of cyanoacetanilide derivative 1 with some electrophiles was investigated. Treatment of compound 1 with 2-(2-oxoindol-3-ylidene) malononitrile (2a) under reflux in ethanol in the presence of piperidine afforded the spiro[indoline-3,4'-pyridine] derivative 3. Under similar conditions, condensation of compound 1 with the analog 2b yielded a spiroindole 4. Chromeno[3,4-c]pyridine derivative 6 was obtained by cyclization of chromene derivative 5 with ethyl cyanoacetate. In a similar manner, condensation of compound 5 with cylcohexanone under reflux in ethanol in the presence of sodium acetate furnished chromeno[3,4-c] quinoline derivative 7. Compound 1 was condensed with 2-hydroxy-1-naphthalde-hyde to yield the benzo[f]chromeno derivative 8. Refluxing of benzochromene derivative 8 with ethyl cyanoacetate in ethanol in the presence of catalytic amount of piperidine produced benzo[f]chromeno[3,4-c]pyridine derivative 9. The structures of the newly synthesized compounds were confirmed on the basis of analytical and spectral data.