Synthesis of 9-bromocotarnine and its recyclization into 4-acyl-9-bromo-7,8-methylenedioxy-1,2-dihydro-3-benzazepines with anti-infective activity

Abstract

9-Bromocotarnine in the stable perchlorate form has been obtained by the interaction of cotarnine with bromine. The reaction of 9-bromocotarnine with α-haloketones is accompanied by the extension of the six-membered hetero-ring to seven-membered ring and led to previously unknown 4-acyl-9-bromo-3-methyl-6-methoxy-7,8-methylendioxy-1,2-dihydro-3-benzazepines. Some of these compounds have been shown to have only moderate antibacterial (against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli) and fungistatic (Penicillium italicum) activities, but none of them has been shown to have a pronounced protistocidal activity against Colpoda steinii.