Isoxazoles 42-isoxazolines, 5-amino

The isoxazoline ring is also readily cleaved by such reducing agents as do not affect the isoxazole ring. Thus, for example, the treatment of isoxazolines (186) with LiAlHj proceeds with a smooth cleavage of the heterocyclic ring to form substituted 3-amino-propan->l-ols... 

Primary nitro compounds are good precursors for preparing nitriles and nitrile oxides (Eq. 6.31). The conversion of nitro compounds into nitrile oxides affords an important tool for the synthesis of complex natural products. Nitrile oxides are reactive 1,3-dipoles that form isoxazolines or isoxazoles by the reaction with alkenes or alky nes, respectively. The products are also important precursors for various substrates such as P-amino alcohols, P-hydroxy ketones, P-hydroxy nitriles, and P-hydroxy acids (Scheme 6.3). Many good reviews concerning nitrile oxides in organic synthesis exist some of them are listed here.50-56 Applications of organic synthesis using nitrile oxides are discussed in Section 8.2.2. 

The tetrahydro-derivatives of the oxazole and isoxazole system are unstable. As a consequence, only acyclic products have been reported from the reductions with complex metal hydrides. 2,5-Diphenyl-oxazole (119) gave 2-benzylamino-l-phenylethanol (120),141 and 3,5-diphenyl-2-isoxazoline (121) was converted to 3-amino-l,3-diphenylpropanol (122)142 on reduction with lithium aluminum hydride. 3-Phenylbenzisoxazole was resistant to reduction with lithium aluminum hydride and sodium borohydride,143 but benz-oxazole (123), benzoxazol-2-one (124), and benzoxazol-2-thione (125) have been reported 141 to yield 2-methylaminophenol (126) on reduction with lithium aluminum hydride. 

The tautomeric composition in solution of 4-(arylmethyl)isoxazol-5-one derivatives has been determined on the basis of H NMR and infrared (IR) data. The CH form was predominant in chloroform solution, while the NH and OH forms are more common in polar solvents and in the solid state <1996T1443>. 5-Hydroxy- and 5-amino-2-isoxazo-lines show different tautomeric forms in solution. The presence of cyclic hemiacetal or hemiaminal moieties in such molecules allows the easy cleavage of the C-5-0 bond to form linear structures. Subsequent intramolecular addition of nucleophiles to the C=N bond gives rise to cyclic structures. Compounds 20 exist, in the crystalline state, as the isoxazoline form A. In solution, a ring-ring tautomeric equilibrium was observed between the isoxazoline form A and the pyrazoline form C. The tautomeric ratio depended on steric factors and on the solvent used. The tautomeric equilibrium was established after several days (Scheme 2) <2000CHE722>. 

The work of Garranti and Zecchi provides additional examples in which cyclization was shown to occur with alkynes and alkenes. They have, however, identified further limitations regarding chain length and hence ring size of final products. Pocar and co-workers have illustrated the intermolecular version of this reaction by use of nitrile oxides and tran5-1,3-diaminopropenes. A base is necessary for reaction to occur, and of several tried, triethylamine proved superior. The exo-methylene isoxazolines (363) were obtained after elimination of one of the amino-functions. When sodium methoxide in methanol was used, however, the reverse elimination occurred to give the isoxazole (362) (Scheme 52). 

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