Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of Naphthoxazine-Fused Phenanthrene Derivatives.

The synthesis of new phenanthr[9,10-][1,3]oxazines was achieved by the direct coupling of 9-phenanthrol with cyclic imines in the modified -Friedel-Crafts reaction followed by the ring closure of the resulting bifunctional aminophenanthrols with formaldehyde. Aminophenanthrol-type Mannich bases were synthesised and transformed to phenanthr[9,10-][1,3]oxazines via [4 + 2] cycloaddition. Detailed NMR structural analyses of the new polyheterocycles as well as conformational studies including Density Functional Theory (DFT) modelling were performed. The relative stability of -quinone methides (-QMs) was calculated, the geometries obtained were compared with the experimentally determined NMR structures, and thereby, the regioselectivity of the reactions has been assigned.