Design, synthesis and characterization of new azoflavone derivatives through diazotisation - coupling reactions of aromatic amines (sulfanilic acid, 2-amino pyridine)

Abstract

In this research, new azochalcone derivatives (6, 7) were synthesized by using three methods: the first one is diazotization - coupling method of different aromatic amines (sulfanilic acid, 2-aminopyridine) with chalcone (5), the second, aldol condensation method of azoaryl hydroxyacetophenone compounds with 4-dimethylamino benzaldehyde in presence of sodium hydroxide as a catalyst, the last one is method of aldol condensation of azoaryl hydroxyacetophenone compounds with 4-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde in presence of piperidine as an organic catalyst. The yield was the best by using the aldol condensation method with sodium hydroxide as a catalyst. New azoflavone derivatives (8, 9) with good yields (78-84 %) were also synthesized by performing cyclization reactions of azochalcone derivatives using iodine in dimethyl sulfoxide. The identity of the new compounds was determined using spectroscopic methods (FT-IR, 13C-NMR, 1H-NMR).