Isoxazoles 4- substituted, 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... 

The isomeric isoxazole-substituted phosphine oxides (61) and (63) have been synthesised and used in Horner-Wittig reactions to prepare isoxazoles of types (62) and (64) regiospecifically.32 An alternative approach to (62) and (64) involves reaction of the isoxazole aldehydes (e.g. 65) with alkyldiphenylphosphine oxide anions (Scheme 11). The routes described have been applied to the synthesis of isoxazoles containing leukotriene-like carbon chains. 

In contrast to the 3-substituted products above, 4-chloro-, 4-bromo- and 4-iodo-isoxazoles are readily prepared by direct halogenation of the corresponding isoxazoles, from 4-isoxazolediazonium salts by the Sandmeyer reaction, or by reaction of hydroxylamine with a-halo- 8-dicarbonyl compounds (62HC(l7)l, p. 66, 63AHC(2)365). 3,5-Bis(dimethyl-amino)-4-fluoroisoxazole has been synthesized by reaction of (Me2NCO)2CHF with hydroxylamine (78BSB391). 

The well-known reaction of a-alkyl-/3-ketoaldehydes and hydroxyl-amine has been applied to the elucidation of the structure of formyl-ation products of ketones the conclusions are, however, open to question. Some workers attempted to overcome the ambiguity of the reaction of j8-ketoaldehydes and hydroxylamine, which results in a mixture of 3- and 5-monosubstituted isoxazoles and thus considerably lowers the preparative value of the method, by using various derivatives of yS-ketoaldehydes, especially those of their enolic forms (jS-substituted vinylketones) investigated by Kochetkov et al. The use of readily available /3-chlorovinylketones (12) in the reaction with hydroxylamine represents a rather useful preparative method to synthesize monoalkylisoxazoles but again gives rise to a mixture of 3- (13) and 5-alkylisoxazoles (14). This is due to the attack... 

One of the most important routes to isoxazole and isoxazoline rings involving the formation of the 1—5 and 2—3 bonds involves the condensation of hydroxylamine with a,/8-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. This method was previously widely used, but it is now of no preparative value, though it has been recently applied to determine the configuration of oximes. " The only new modification of this synthesis is the use of the acetals (27) of a,/8-acetylenic aldehydes for preparation of 5-substituted isoxazoles (28)... 

Hydrogenolysis of methylenediisoxazoles have been useful in preparing substituted resorcinols and aminophenols (7). The isoxazole annelation reaction (71,89,90,91,103) is well suited to the synthesis of steroids and other complex molecules. 

A similar strategy has been used to prepare pyrimidines, as well as pyra-zoles and isoxazoles by reacting the enamine intermediate with a variety of bidentate nucleophiles [78]. Microwave irradiation of a cyclic 1,3-diketone 49 and acetal 45 in water generated the corresponding enaminoketone 50 in situ which reacted with amidines, substituted hydrazines or hydroxylamine in only 2 min in a one-pot process to give 4-acylpyrimidines, pyrazoles or isoxazoles, respectively (Scheme 20). 

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>. 

It is fairly stable as an ethereal solution, but the isolated acid is explosively unstable, and sensitive to heat, shock or friction [1], In a new method of preparation of the acid or its salts, pyrolysis of 4-oximato-3-substituted-isoxazol-5(4//)-ones or their metal salts must be conducted with extreme care under high vacuum to prevent explosive decomposition [2],... 

I.4.I.4. Synthetic Biologically Active Compounds Silyl- and carbonyl-substituted isoxazoles have been prepared and screened for their cytotoxic activity (497). Some exhibited moderate cytotoxicity toward the HT-1080 and MG-22A cell lines. The highest activity level has been displayed by 3-methyl-5-diphenyl-methylsilylisoxazole. 

Sprio et al. reported the preparation of 6-acetylimidazo[2,l-Z)]thiazoles derivatives 57 (74JHC91). TTie synthesis involves substituted 4-(2-thiazo-lyl)aminoisoxazoles 56, which were obtained in good yield by the reaction of N-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl) thiourea 55 with a-chloro ketones. Subsequent isoxazole ring opening led to intermediates which readily underwent cyclization by refluxing in acetic acid or ethanol/hydrochloric acid. 

The synthesis of silyl-substituted tetrahydrofuro[2,3-d]isoxazoles 181 by [2 + 3] cycloaddition of benzonitrile oxide, prepared in situ from benzhydroxamic chloride 180 and EsN, to 5-(2,3-dihydrofuryl)silanes was described (equation 78). Compounds with two... 

Hydrogenated isoxazole derivatives were obtained by single electron transfer (SET) cyclization of /9,y-unsaturated oximes , by thermal [4- -2] cycloaddition of aldox-imes or ketoximes to conventional dienophiles or isomerization/cyclization of an ortho halogeno or nitro-substituted amidoximes. Preparation of 1,4-disubstituted 3-hydroximino-2-nitro-l-butenes and their oxidative cyclization to 4-nitroisoxazoles are reported " . Synthesis of fluorine-containing substituted isoxazolidines as well as isoxazoles by ultrasonic methods has been also described. 

Imidazo[4,5-r-]isoxazole 39 <1999J(P1)817>, first prepared by Tennant et al., undergoes reduction of the N-O bond under classical hydrogenation conditions, to yield the substituted imidazole 43 in excellent yield (Equation 7). 

Two closely related reports of pyrazole generation by condensation of substituted hydrazines with enamino carbonyl compounds have appeared. In situ formation of an enaminoketone, by treatment of a diketone with dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal, was followed by tandem Michael addition-elimination/cyclodehydration under aqueous conditions in sealed microwave vessels (Scheme 3.12)17. Isoxazoles and pyrimidines were also prepared by replacing the substituted hydrazine with hydroxylamine or amidines, respectively (see Chapter 5, Section 5.3.2). The overall process may be regarded as another example of a multi-component coupling. In a similar fashion, enamino propenoates were condensed with substituted hydrazines to afford substituted pyrazoles (see Chapter 5, Section 5.3.2) (Scheme 3.12)18. 

Since a wide range of 3-substituted-4-chloromethylisoxa-zoles can be easily prepared, the isoxazole annelation sequence allows one to construct a variety of substituted cyclohexenone systems. 

---