Isoxazolin-4-ones

Relatively few -unsubstituted isoxazolin-3-ones are known and a brief review was published by Quilico in 1962 the ring system was obtained by the hydrolysis of 3-methoxy-5-phenylisoxazole in 1961 62HC(17)l,p. 3). 

A 4-hydrazone (514) was synthesized by the condensation of hydroxylamine with (513) (72JPR815). 

This series of compounds was also discussed briefly by Quilico in 1962 and only a limited number of new representatives have been reported 62HC(17)l,p. 3). The pressure reaction of ethylene and nitric acid in the presence of Ni, Zn or Cu produced 3,3 -bis(isoxazoline) 70FRP94493), and the isoxazoline IV-oxide (515) was prepared by the reaction of /3-dimethylaminoacrylaldehyde and methyl nitroacetate (74IZV845). 

Ethyl acetoacetate and hydroxylamine with a large excess of alkali produced (516) which on heating generated 4-methylene-2-isoxazoline (517), while limited base generated the dimer (518) (80JHC763). 

5 -Bis(isoxazoline) decomposes to a number of products depending on the substitution (77H(6)1599) On photolysis using NiS04, two major products were formed. ESR spin trapping demonstrated the intermediacy of imino and 2-isoxazolinyl radicals (77TL4619). 

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The photolysis of 4-substituted 2,3-dimethyl-3-isoxazolin-5-ones has been studied. Irradiation in methanol or ethanol with a 100 W high-pressure mercury lamp through a Pyrex filter of a 4-phenylthio compound produced a semithioacetal (Scheme 5). In contrast, an H, Cl or OPh moiety gave no reaction. The use of alkylthio substitution gave similar products. Cyclic compounds yielded cyclic products (Scheme 5), and the photolysis of (29) in benzene... 

A number of manipulations on isoxazolinone can be performed with the nucleus remaining intact, and a variety of reagents cleave the ring. Isoxazolin-5-ones have also been used as synthons for the production of other heterocycles (76ZC270). 

Acyl (or 4-hydroxymethylene) isoxazolin-5-ones react with Grignard reagents to give 4-methyleneisoxazolin-5-ones (Scheme 57) 72M141613, 73UC1). In contrast, 4-acylisoxazol-ium salts under the same conditions produced tertiary alcohols (Scheme 57) (75MI41617). 

Hydroxymethylene-isoxazolin-5-ones undergo reaction with SOCI2 to form 4-chloromethylenes, with alcohols they form ethers (62HC(17)1, p. 7) and with amines aminomethylenes are obtained (Scheme 58) (73T4291, 60ZOB600). 

Base treatment of isoxazolin-5-ones produced the cyano aeids (70JOC3130), while ethoxide treatment of iV-alkyl-A -5-ones gave, after H2O treatment, a malonyl monoamide monoester (69JOC2981) and not an oximoacrylate as was reported earlier (Scheme 61) (23HCA102). The base treatment of a 4-bromoisoxazolin-5-one generated a ring-opened oxime (Scheme 62) (79JOC873). 

Reaction of quaternized isoxazolin-5-ones with phenylmagnesium bromide produced a chalcone and dibenzoylethane. Those 5-ones with a 4,4-disubstituent undergo addition of the Grignard reagent to give a 5-ol (Scheme 63) (73BSF3079). 

The hydrogenation of fV-substituted isoxazolin-5-one ethyl esters produced amino-methylenemalonates (74G715), while hydrogenation of 4-benzoyl-3-phenylisoxazolin-5-one generated an a-aminomethylene-/3-keto acid (Scheme 64). 

Thermolysis of 4-methyl(4-phenyl)isoxazolin-5-one produced a-cyanophenylacetic acid <67JHC533). The pyrolysis of 3-methylisoxazoline-4,5-dione 4-oxime generated fulminic acid, which was trapped in a liquid N2 cooled condenser for further study. Pyrolysis of metal salts such as Ag or Na produced the corresponding highly explosive salts of fulminic acid 79AG503). Treatment of the oxime with amines generated bis-a,/3-oximinopropionamides (Scheme 65) <68AC(R)189). 

Alkynic esters react with nitrile oxides in a pH dependent reaction to product isoxazolin-5-ones (Scheme 145) (71JCS(C)86). Alkynic ethers also react with benzonitrile oxide to produce an isoxazole-ether which on treatment with HCl or HBr gave an isoxazolinone (Scheme 145) (63CB1088,58MI41600). The reaction of benzonitrile oxide with dimethoxyketene yielded a dimethyl acetal which was split with acid into the isoxazolinone (Scheme 145) (59G15H). 

Cyclopropenones react with nitrosobenzene by an O-initiated attack at C-1 to produce isoxazolin-5-ones (75TL3283, 78USP4053481), and an isoxazolin-5-one was produced as a by-product in the photolysis of nitroethylene (78AJCU3). Substituted oxazolin-5-ones have... 

Earlier reported syntheses have been shown to give isoxazolin-5-ones. Other isoxazolin-3-ones have been prepared by the reaction of methylacetoacetic esters and hydroxylamine. An additional synthesis was reported by the action at 0°C of hydroxylamine on ethyl -benzoylpropionate to produce an insoluble hydroxamic acid which cyclized on acid treatment. The hydroxamic acid acetal was similarly transformed into the isoxazolin-3-one (Scheme 149) (71BSF3664, 70BSF1978). 

The oxidative coupling of 3,4-dimethyl-or 3,4-diphenyl-isoxazolin-5-one by activated Mn02 produced a 4,4 -bis(isoxazolinone) (519) and 2,4 -bis(isoxazolinone) (520). Hydrogenation of (519) over Pt02/H0Ac produced a pyrrole derivative while similar reaction of (520) produced an isomeric pyrrole (80JHC763). These reactions are shown in Scheme 152. 

This system was generated by the reaction of hydroxylamine with malonyl dihalides (65HCA1973, 80AP39) Or by the saponification of 3-isoxazolin-5-ones as shown in Scheme 163. These compounds are strong acids and can exist in a variety of forms, with the dione form being the most favored (equation 58) (80JHC299). 

Isoxazolin-5-imine, 2,3,4-triphenyl-photolysis, 6, 43 Isoxazolin-5-imines synthesis, 6, 105 2-Isoxazolin-5-ol synthesis, 6, 100 Isoxazolinols synthesis, 6, 100-102 Isoxazolin-3-one, 5-methyl-2-phenyl-rearrangement, 6, 43 Isoxazolin-5-one, 4-acyl-reactions... 

Isoxazolin-5-one, 3-methyl-4-phenyl-alkylation, 6, 59 Isoxazolin-5-one, 3-phenyl-reactions... 

Isoxazolin-5-one, 2,3-dimethyl-4-substituted photolysis, 6, 14 Isoxazolinones synthesis, 5, 132 Isoxazolin-3-ones alkylation, 6, 43 synthesis, 6, 106, 129 Isoxazolin-4-ones synthesis, 6, 106-107 Isoxazolin-5-ones alkylation, 6, 39 4,4-dialkyl substituted... 

The condensation of P-keto esters with hydroxylamine can occur in two directions to give either isoxazolin-3-ones [which exist predominately as 3-hydroxyisoxazoles (2)] or isoxazolin-5-ones (3). Early work by Claisen, Hantzch, and others showed that the products from 2-unsubstituted P-keto esters were isoxazolin-5-ones. In the early 1960 s, Katritzky found that 2-substituted analogues give 3-hydroxyisozaoles. Jacquier later showed that both types of products could be produced from both types of keto esters depending on the precise pH variation during the reaction workup. ... 

The base-catalysed reaction of a-bromo-a,P-unsaturated ketones with aliphatic nitro compounds leads to 2-isoxazoline A-oxides by tandem conjugate addition-ring closure (Scheme 5) <95JOC6624>. A -Acyl-3-isoxazolin-5-ones are transformed into oxazoles by photolysis or by flash vacuum pyrolysis (Scheme 6) <96TL675>. 

Various kinds of chiral acyclic nitrones have been devised, and they have been used extensively in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions, which are documented in recent reviews.63 Typical chiral acyclic nitrones that have been used in asymmetric cycloadditions are illustrated in Scheme 8.15. Several recent applications of these chiral nitrones to organic synthesis are presented here. For example, the addition of the sodium enolate of methyl acetate to IV-benzyl nitrone derived from D-glyceraldehyde affords the 3-substituted isoxazolin-5-one with a high syn selectivity. Further elaboration leads to the preparation of the isoxazolidine nucleoside analog in enantiomerically pure form (Eq. 8.52).78... 

The reactions of isoxazolin-5-ones (1379) with 1 mol of phosphoryl chloride and DMF in boiling chloroform for 1.5 hr afforded 1,3-oxazin-6-ones (1381) in 69-74% yields via aminomethylenemalonate derivatives (1380) (87JOC3426). If 2 mols of Vilsmeier-Haack reagent were used in boiling carbon tetrachloride for 2 hr, then 1381 (R = H) and the amino-methylenemalonamate derivative (1382) were obtained in 8% and 76% yields, respectively, from 1379 (R = H). 

Dimethyl-4-(3,4-dimethyl-5-isoxazolylazo)isoxazolin-5-one, 3309 1 -(2,4-Dinitrobenzeneazo)-2-hydroxynaphthalene, 3702... 

On reacting with aqueous bases or acids, isoxazolin-5-one phenylhydra-... 

The generation of a nitrile oxide bearing a carbamoyl group (i.e., 16) was effected by treating 4-nitro-3-isoxazoline-5-one (15) with a mixture of acetonitrile and water (Scheme 6.5). Although the mechanism of this reaction is not clear, the method allows for the formation of a functionalized nitrile oxide (16) and subsequent cycloaddition under mild conditions (91). 

A similar effect occurs in the reaction of some pyrimidine nucleoside derivatives with hydroxylamine. Studies of the mechanism of this reaction with uridine derivatives340 shows that the initial point for nucleophilic attack is at C-6, and the resultant 5,6-dihydro-6-(hydroxy-amino)uridine derivative (86) is an intermediate in the conversion of the uridine derivative into the ribosylurea derivative 87 and 2-isoxazolin-5-one (88), as shown in Scheme 8. 

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