2,9-Dimethyl-4H-oxazolo[5’,4’:4,5]pyrano[3,2-f]quinolin-4-one

The new 2,9-dimethyl-4H-oxazolo[5’,4’:4,5]pyrano[3,2-f]quinolin-4-one was successfully prepared through the three-component iodine-catalyzed reaction of n-butyl vinyl ether with the new 8-amino-2-methyl-4H-chromeno[3,4-d]oxazol-4-one. The latter was prepared by the reduction of 2-methyl-8-nitro-4H-chromeno[3,4-d]oxazol-4-one with Pd/C in a hydrogen atmosphere. The above nitro compound was synthesized by the condensation of N-(4-hydroxy-6-nitro-2-oxo-2H-chromen-3-yl)acetamide with P2O5 under microwave irradiation. The above acetamide derivative was prepared during the nitration of 2-methyl-4H-chromeno[3,4-d]oxazol-4-one with H2SO4 and KNO3. The structure of the newly synthesized compounds was confirmed by FT-IR, LC-MS, 1H-NMR, and 13C-NMR analyses. Preliminary biological tests show significant anti-lipid peroxidation activity for the title compound and the other synthesized new intermediates, as well as interesting soybean lipoxygenase inhibition for acetamide 2 (IC50 55 μM) and nitro-compound 3 (IC50 27 μM).