Synthesis of pharmacophores containing a prolinate core using a multicomponent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides

Abstract A multicomponent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between heterocyclic aldehydes, amino esters and dipolarophiles is efficiently promoted by silver acetate as catalyst, and depending on the nature of the heterocycle and its reactivity the reaction requires 70 °C or rt to complete. Selected pharmacophores anchored to a formyl group are chromone, 5-methoxyindole, pyridoxal surrogates and a very attractive uracyl derivative. The preference of each tested amino esters towards different dipolarophiles is discussed. At the end, a selective reduction of the ester group allows to obtain a very interesting dideoxiazanucleoside derivative.