Cyclodehydration amide

Benzisothiazoles are best prepared by oxidative cyclization of o-aminothiobenz-amides (see Section 4.17.9.1.1), reaction of o-toluidines with thionyl chloride (see Section 4.17.9.2.1) or by sulfuration of 2,1-benzisoxazoles (see Section 4.17.10.2). 1,2-Benzisothiazoles can also be prepared from o-disubstituted benzene compounds, cyclodehydration of o-mercaptobenzaldoximes or oxidative cyclization of p-mercaptobenzylamines (see Section 4.17.9.1.1) being the most convenient. Both series of benzo compounds are readily substituted at the 5- and 7-positions by electrophilic reagents. 

Wipf and Miller have reported side-chain oxidation of 3-hydroxy amides with the Dess-Martin periodinane, followed by immediate cyclodehydration with triphenylphosphine-iodine, which provides a versatile extension of the Robinson-Gabriel method to substituted oxazoles. Application of this method was used to prepare the oxazole fragment 10 in 55% overall yield from 3-hydroxy amide 8. 

Application of the Bischler-Napieralski reaction to amides of tryptophan has been investigated. The cyclodehydration of acetyltrypto-phan under conventional conditions proved unsuccessful. Attempted ring closure of acetyltryptophan or its ethyl ester was accompanied by decarboxylation and aromatization, yielding... 

Among the many applications of cyclodehydration to the formation of heterocyclic systems is the Bischler-Napieralski reaction. In this reaction, amides of the type 35 are cyclized with phosphorous oxychloride ... 

To date most of the nitriles studied have been simple alkyl or aromatic derivatives with little other functionality. We recently attempted to extend the reaction to iV-protected a-aminonitriles, derived by dehydration of a-aminoacid amides (Path A, Scheme 25), but this proved unsatisfactory, and therefore we investigated an alternative diazocarbonyl based route in which the order of steps was reversed, i.e. a rhodium catalysed N-H insertion reaction on the amide followed by cyclodehydration to the oxazole (Path B, Scheme 25). 

The scheme used to prepare the direct 8-aza-analogue 21 of estrone bears at least formal similarity to the Torgov-Smith steroid total synthesis sequence. Acylation of the phenethylamine 9 with acryloyl chloride gives amide 16. Michael addition of dimethylamine followed by Bischler-Napieralski cyclodehydration gives the dihydroisoquinoline, 17. 

Pyrazolo[4,3- ]pyrrolo[l,2- ]pyrazines were obtained by cyclodehydration of amide derivatives of pyrrolopyrazoles <2005M217>. 

Pyranopyrrolizines can be prepared from prolinylcoumarin derivatives. Treatment of the Weinreb-type amide 174 with methyllithium in THF gives a ketone intermediate, which when treated with silica gel in chloroform undergoes a cyclodehydration to give the triheterocyclic system 175 <1999T13211> (Scheme 52). 

Mamyama et al.25 have obtained high-molecular-weight poly(benzoxazole)s by the low-temperature solution polycondensation of A,A 0,0 -tetrais(trimethyl-silyl)-substituted 2,2-bis(3-amino-4-hydroxyphenyl)-l,l,l,3,3,3-hexafluoro-propane (25) with aromatic diacids and subsequent thermal cyclodehydration of the resulting poly(o-hydroxy amide)s in vacuo. In this method, aromatic diamines with low nucleophilicity are activated more positively through the conversion to the /V-silylated diamines, and the nucleophilicity of the fluorine-containing bis(o-aminophenol) can be improved by silylation. 

In the second stage, the polyfo-hydroxy amides) (27) are subjected to thermal cyclodehydration to convert to poly(benzoxazole) (28). The conversion requires 15 to 20 h at 250°C in vacuo for its completion. The resulting poly(benzoxazole) (28) has an inherent viscosity of 0.49 dl/g. 

The most versatile syntheses of 3-unsubstituted-2,4-oxazolidinediones involve either cyclization of a-hydroxy esters with urea or cyclization of a-hydroxy amides with a carbonate or phosgene. A third very useful approach is cyclodehydration of 0-carbamoyloxy acetic acids. Normally, this method affords 3-substituted analogues in which the 3-substitutent is derived from an isocyanate. However, examples in which an a-O-carbamoyloxy ester has been prepared via chlorosulfo-nyl isocyanate or an equivalent will also be described in this section. Extensions of these methodologies together with new approaches to 2,4-oxazolidinediones follow. Many of the analogues prepared, particularly as potential antidiabetic agents, employ a-hydroxy esters or a-hydroxy amides as precursors, which provides clear evidence of the versatility and generality of these classical approaches. A selection of recent examples will illustrate this point. 

Wuts and co-workers recently reported that the Vilsmeier reagent is superior to thionyl chloride for the cyclodehydration of primary and secondary p-hydroxy amides to prepare oxazolines, in particular, for oxazoline 18b, which is used in Taxol synthesis (Scheme 8.10). Some other examples are shown in Table 8.5 (Fig. 8.3). As expected, inversion of configuration at the alcohol bearing carbon atom is observed. Of the examples examined, serine afforded low yields due to the formation of dehydroalanine. The reaction is conveniently carried out in pyridine at room temperature. p-Chloro amides are also formed, which can be converted to the oxazoline with DBU, generally using the same mixture without isolation. The... 

Burgess reagent has also been used to effect cyclodehydration of p-hydroxy amides to oxazolines. Representative examples are shown in Table The advantage of this reagent is that the cyclodehydration is performed under essentially neutral and mild conditions, typically in THF at room temperamre or reflux. 

Hydroxy amides undergo cyclodehydration to oxazolines under very mUd conditions with triphenylphosphine and carbon tetrachloride. Carbon tetrabromide can also be used. The formation of the corresponding p-chloro amide is generally not a significant problem. The major disadvantage is that removal of the byproduct triphenylphosphine oxide may be difficult at times. Representative examples are shown in Table 8.14 (Fig. 8.5).n4,i4o,i73-i8i... 

It is well documented that the isoimide is the kinetically favoured product and that isomerization yields the thermodynamically stable imide when sodium acetate is used as the catalyst. High catalyst concentrations provide maleimides with low isoimide impurity. The mechanism by which the chemical imidization is thought to occur is shown in Fig. 3. The first step in the dehydration reaction may be formation of the acetic acid-maleamic acid mixed anhydride. This species could lose acetic acid in one of the two ways. Path A involves participation by the neighboring amide carbonyl oxygen to eject acetate ion with simultaneous or subsequent loss of proton on nitrogen to form the isoimide. Path B involves loss of acetate ion assisted by the attack of nitrogen with simultaneous or subsequent loss of the proton on nitrogen to form the imide. If the cyclodehydration is run in acetic anhydride in the absence of the base catalyst, isoimide is the main reaction product. 

The idea of synthesizing imide oligomers which carry acetylenic terminations appeared attractive because homopolymerization through acetylenic endgroups occurs without any volatile evolution and provides materials with good properties. Landis et. al (8,9) published the synthesis of such acetylene terminated imide oligomers from benzophenone tetracarboxylic anhydride, aromatic diamine and 3-ethynylaniline via the classical route. As usual, the amide acid is formed as an intermediate which, after chemical cyclodehydration, provides the polymide. Since ethynyl-terminated polyimide is used as a matrix resin for fiber composites, processing is possible via the amide acid, which is soluble in acetone, or via the fully imidized prepolymer, which is soluble in NMP. The chemical structure of the fully imidized ethynyl-terminated polyimide is provided in Fig. 44. 

The key to acetylene terminated polyimides is the availability of the end-capper which carries the acetylene group. Hergenrother (130) published a series of ATI resins based on 4-ethynylphthalic anhydride as endcapping agent. This approach first requires the synthesis of an amine-terminated amide acid prepolymer, by reacting 1 mole of tetracarboxylic dianhydride with 2 moles of diamine, which subsequently is endcapped with 4-ethynylphthalic anhydride. The imide oligomer is finally obtained via chemical cyclodehydration. The properties of the ATI resin prepared via this route are not too different from those prepared from 3-ethynylaniline as an endcapper. When l,3-bis(3-aminophenox)benzene was used as diamine, the prepolymer is completely soluble in DMAc or NMP at room temperature, whereas 4,4 -methylene dianiline and 4,4 -oxydianiline based ATIs were only partially soluble. The chemical structure of ATIs based on 4-ethynylphthalic anhydride endcapper is shown in Fig. 45. 

The ethynyl terminated imide oligomers are very attractive because their cured polymers are thermally stable (131). However, improvements are required in processability. An interesting approach to this problem was the synthesis and use of ethynyl-terminated isoimide (132). If the cyclodehydration of the amide acid intermediate is performed chemically with dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, isoimide is formed in almost quantitative yield. (Fig. 46). It is claimed that the isoimide provides better flow and solubility compared with the corresponding imide. At elevated temperatures, during cure, the isoimide rearranges into the... 

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