Isoxazoles 5- aryl-, preparation

A series of 3-substituted-2-isoxazoles are prepared by the following simple procedure in situ conversion of nitroalkane to the silyl nitronate is followed by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to produce the adduct, which undergoes thermal elimination during distillation to furnish the isoxazole (Eq. 8.74). 5 Isoxazoles are useful synthetic intermediates (discussed in the chapter on nitrile oxides Section 8.2.2). Furthermore, the nucleophilic addition to the C=N bond leads to new heterocyclic systems. For example, the addition of diallyl zinc to 5-aryl-4,5-dihydroi-soxazole occurs with high diastereoselectivity (Eq. 8.75).126 Numerous synthetic applications of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitronates are summarized in work by Torssell and coworker.63a... 

A green synthesis of 3-aryl-4-phenylsulfonyl-5-aminoisoxazoles utilised from a-chlorooximes and 2-phenylsulfonyl acetonitrile in the presence of Et3N. The corresponding amides were tested for cytotoxic activity against some cancer cell lines (14T3590). l-Arylnaphtho[l,2-d]isoxazoles were prepared via oxidation of l-amidoalkyl-2-naphthols with (diacetoxyiodo) benzene (14S752). 

Alkyl(or 3-aryl)-5-methylisoxazoles (306) were prepared by the regiospecific reaction of phosphonium salts (304) with hydroxylamine, followed by the treatment of the resulting isoxazole-containing phosphonium salts (305) with aqueous sodium hydroxide (80CB2852). 

The first synthesis of a 3,5-diarylisoxazole from aryl hydroxamic acid chlorides and sodium phenyl acetylides was that effected by Weygand and Bauer in 1927. Beginning in 1946, when Quilico and Speroni showed that acid chlorides of hydroxamic acids on treatment with alkalies readily yielded nitrile oxides,numerous isoxazole and especially A -isoxazoline derivatives have been prepared. 

The cycloaddition of alkynes and alkenes to nitrile oxides has been used in the synthesis of functionalised azepine systems <96JHC259>, <96T5739>. The concomitantly formed isoxazole (dihydroisoxazole) ring is cleaved by reduction in the usual way. Other routes to 1-benzazepines include intramolecular amidoalkylation <96SC2241> and intramolecular palladium-catalysed aryl amination and aryl amidation <96T7525>. Spiro-substituted 2-benzazepines have been prepared by phenolic oxidation (Scheme 5) <96JOC5857> and the same method has been applied to the synthesis of dibenzazepines <96CC1481>. 

Pyrazoles and isoxazoles from 1,3-diketones. The standard syntheses for pyrazoles 41 and isoxazoles 43 involve the reactions of -dicarbonyl compounds 42 with hydrazines and hydroxylamine, respectively (Scheme 31). These reactions take place under mild conditions and are of very wide applicability the substituents R can be H, alkyl, aryl, GN, G02Et, etc. For example, 4-alkoxypyrazoles 45 can be prepared from diketones 44 and hydrazine (Scheme 32) <2002SL1170>, while diketooximes 46 react with excess hydrazine in ethanol to give 4-amino-3,5-disubstituted pyrazoles 47 in generally good yields (Scheme 33) <2004TL2137>. 

Arylacetylenes Aryl- and heteroarylacetylenes can be prepared in useful yields by condensation of aryl aldehydes with 1 to form 4-arylmethylene-5(4H)-isoxazoles (2). On flash pyrolysis (700-800°) these compounds lose CO2 and CHjCN with formation of acetylenes 3. 

Methylisoxazole-5-carboxylic acid was converted into the corresponding 5-carboxamides and 5-(l/7-pyrazol-l-ylcarbonyl) derivatives in satisfactory yields by treatment with thionyl chloride and amines or pyrazoles <2002SC425>. A three-component assembly of isoxazole-5-carboxylic acid chloride, 1,1-dimethylallene, and bis-pinacolatodiboron, catalyzed by a phosphine-free palladium complex, gave 2-acylallylboronate derivatives regiose-lectively (Equation 47) <2003JA12576>. On the other hand, a mild procedure allowed the preparation of /3,7-unsaturated ketones by simple reaction of 3-aryl-5-methylisoxazole-4-carboxylic acid chlorides with allyl bromide and indium in DMF (Equation 48) <1997TL8745>. 

In a search for new isoxazole-based liquid crystalline compounds, a 22-member library of 3,5-diaryl isoxazoles 628 was prepared by parallel synthesis on solid phase (Rink resin) through 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of supported phenylacetylene units with suitable aryl nitrile oxides generated in situ from hydroxyiminoyl chlorides. Cleavage from the resin under acidic conditions allowed the generation of the cyano moiety <2004TL2277>. 

In practice, the azide decompositions are usually carried out in boiling toluene or xylene and give good yields of 3-alkyl-170,184,187 and 3-aryl-anthranils.185,188 Yields of 3-unsubstituted anthranils from o-azidoben-zaldehydes are generally much lower.170 The method has also been used to prepare 3-(j3-styryl)anthranils (106) from o-azidochalcones,189 3-methyl-naphtho[2,3-c]isoxazoles from 3-acetyl-2-azidonaphthalene,190 and 3-(2-pyridyl)anthranils from o-azidophenyl pyridyl ketones.191 This last reaction is of interest in that 2-(2-azido-3,5-dibromobenzoyl)pyridine in boiling toluene yields almost equal amounts of 5,7-dibromo-3-(2-pyridyl)anthranil (43%) and the zwitterionic pyrido[l,2-f>] cinnolin-6-ium 139 (41%). 

Thus, in the presence of an Ru-catalyst (e.g., RuCl(cod)(C5Me5)), 3,4-disubstituted isox-azoles (15, R =H) are obtained as pure regioisomers [308]. In contrast, in the presence of Cu(I) salts (i.e., via Cu(I)-acetyHdes) the regiocomplementary 3,5-disubstituted isoxazoles (15, R =H) are formed exclusively [309]. Alternatively, 3,5-disubstituted isoxazoles can be regioselectively and efficiently prepared by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of aryl nitrile oxides with 1,1-disubstituted bromoalkenes followed by spontaneous aromatization of the 5,5-disubstituted bromoisoxazoline intermediates by loss of HBr [310]. 

Thermolysis of the iminoisoxazoles (41), prepared from nitroso-compounds and isoxazoles, yields aryl and heteroaryl isocyanides (Scheme 26)/ This reaction thus represents a synthesis of aryl isocyanides from nitroso-compounds. 

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