Synthetic accesses to biguanide compounds
- Oleksandr Grytsai,
- Cyril Ronco and
- Rachid Benhida
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1001–1040, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.82
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Tautomeric forms of biguanide.
Figure 2: Illustrations of neutral, monoprotonated, and diprotonated structures biguanide.
Figure 3: The main approaches for the synthesis of biguanides. The core structure is obtained via the additio...
Scheme 1: The three main preparations of biguanides from cyanoguanidine.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of butylbiguanide using CuCl2 [16].
Scheme 3: Synthesis of biguanides by the direct fusion of cyanoguanidine and amine hydrochlorides [17,18].
Scheme 4: Synthesis of ethylbiguanide and phenylbiguanide as reported by Smolka and Friedreich [14].
Scheme 5: Synthesis of arylbiguanides through the reaction of cyanoguanidine with anilines in water [19].
Scheme 6: Synthesis of aryl- and alkylbiguanides by adaptations of Cohn’s procedure [20,21].
Scheme 7: Microwave-assisted synthesis of N1-aryl and -dialkylbiguanides [22,23].
Scheme 8: Synthesis of aryl- and alkylbiguanides by trimethylsilyl activation [24,26].
Scheme 9: Synthesis of phenformin analogs by TMSOTf activation [27].
Scheme 10: Synthesis of N1-(1,2,4-triazolyl)biguanides [28].
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 2-guanidinobenzazoles by addition of ortho-substituted anilines to cyanoguanidine [30,32] and...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 2,4-diaminoquinazolines by the addition of 2-cyanoaniline to cyanoguanidine and from 3...
Scheme 13: Reactions of anthranilic acid and 2-mercaptobenzoic acid with cyanoguanidine [24,36,37].
Scheme 14: Synthesis of disubstituted biguanides with Cu(II) salts [38].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of an N1,N2,N5-trisubstituted biguanide by fusion of an amine hydrochloride and 2-cyano-1...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of N1,N5-disubstituted biguanides by the addition of anilines to cyanoguanidine derivativ...
Scheme 17: Microwave-assisted additions of piperazine and aniline hydrochloride to substituted cyanoguanidines ...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of N1,N5-alkyl-substituted biguanides by TMSOTf activation [27].
Scheme 19: Additions of oxoamines hydrochlorides to dimethylcyanoguanidine [49].
Scheme 20: Unexpected cyclization of pyridylcyanoguanidines under acidic conditions [50].
Scheme 21: Example of industrial synthesis of chlorhexidine [51].
Scheme 22: Synthesis of symmetrical N1,N5-diarylbiguanides from sodium dicyanamide [52,53].
Scheme 23: Synthesis of symmetrical N1,N5-dialkylbiguanides from sodium dicyanamide [54-56].
Scheme 24: Stepwise synthesis of unsymmetrical N1,N5-trisubstituted biguanides from sodium dicyanamide [57].
Scheme 25: Examples for the synthesis of unsymmetrical biguanides [58].
Scheme 26: Examples for the synthesis of an 1,3-diaminobenzoquinazoline derivative by the SEAr cyclization of ...
Scheme 27: Major isomers formed by the SEAr cyclization of symmetric biguanides derived from 2- and 3-aminophe...
Scheme 28: Lewis acid-catalyzed synthesis of 8H-pyrrolo[3,2-g]quinazoline-2,4-diamine [63].
Scheme 29: Synthesis of [1,2,4]oxadiazoles by the addition of hydroxylamine to dicyanamide [49,64].
Scheme 30: Principle of “bisamidine transfer” and analogy between the reactions with N-amidinopyrazole and N-a...
Scheme 31: Representative syntheses of N-amidino-amidinopyrazole hydrochloride [68,69].
Scheme 32: First examples of biguanide syntheses using N-amidino-amidinopyrazole [66].
Scheme 33: Example of “biguanidylation” of a hydrazide substrate [70].
Scheme 34: Example for the synthesis of biguanides using S-methylguanylisothiouronium iodide as “bisamidine tr...
Scheme 35: Synthesis of N-substituted N1-cyano-S-methylisothiourea precursors.
Scheme 36: Addition routes on N1-cyano-S-methylisothioureas.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of an hydroxybiguanidine from N1-cyano-S-methylisothiourea [77].
Scheme 38: Synthesis of an N1,N2,N3,N4,N5-pentaarylbiguanide from the corresponding triarylguanidine and carbo...
Scheme 39: Reactions of N,N,N’,N’-tetramethylguanidine (TMG) with carbodiimides to synthesize hexasubstituted ...
Scheme 40: Microwave-assisted addition of N,N,N’,N’-tetramethylguanidine to carbodiimides [80].
Scheme 41: Synthesis of N1-aryl heptasubstituted biguanides via a one-pot biguanide formation–copper-catalyzed ...
Scheme 42: Formation of 1,2-dihydro-1,3,5-triazine derivatives by the reaction of guanidine with excess carbod...
Scheme 43: Plausible mechanism for the spontaneous cyclization of triguanides [82].
Scheme 44: a) Formation of mono- and disubstituted (iso)melamine derivatives by the reaction of biguanides and...
Scheme 45: Reactions of 2-aminopyrimidine with carbodiimides to synthesize 2-guanidinopyrimidines as “biguanid...
Scheme 46: Non-catalyzed alternatives for the addition of 2-aminopyrimidine derivatives to carbodiimides. A) h...
Scheme 47: Addition of guanidinomagnesium halides to substituted cyanamides [90].
Scheme 48: Microwave-assisted synthesis of [11C]metformin by the reaction of 11C-labelled dimethylcyanamide an...
Scheme 49: Formation of 4-amino-6-dimethylamino[1,3,5]triazin-2-ol through the reaction of Boc-guanidine and d...
Scheme 50: Formation of 1,3,5-triazine derivatives via the addition of guanidines to substituted cyanamides [92].
Scheme 51: Synthesis of biguanide by the reaction of O-alkylisourea and guanidine [93].
Scheme 52: Aromatic nucleophilic substitution of guanidine on 2-O-ethyl-1,3,5-triazine [95].
Scheme 53: Synthesis of N1,N2-disubstituted biguanides by the reaction of guanidine and thioureas in the prese...
Scheme 54: Cyclization reactions involving condensations of guanidine(-like) structures with thioureas [97,98].
Scheme 55: Condensations of guanidine-like structures with thioureas [99,100].
Scheme 56: Condensations of guanidines with S-methylisothioureas [101,102].
Scheme 57: Addition of 2-amino-1,3-diazaaromatics to S-alkylisothioureas [103,104].
Scheme 58: Addition of guanidines to 2-(methylsulfonyl)pyrimidines [105].
Scheme 59: An example of a cyclodesulfurization reaction to a fused 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole [106].
Scheme 60: Ring-opening reactions of 1,3-diaryl-2,4-bis(arylimino)-1,3-diazetidines [107].
Scheme 61: Formation of 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole derivatives via addition of hydrazines to 1,3-diazetidine-2...
Scheme 62: Formation of a biguanide via the addition of aniline to 1,2,4-thiadiazol-3,5-diamines, ring opening...
Figure 4: Substitution pattern of biguanides accessible by synthetic pathways a–h.
