Oxadiazoles cycloaddition

Pasinszki and Westwood investigated the dimerization of chloronitrile oxide CICNO to 3,4-dichloro-l,2,5-oxadiazole-2-oxide 78 (Scheme 48) [98JPC(A) 4939]. From B3-LYP/6-31G calculations, they conclude that the reaction path can be characterized as a typical Firestone-type cycloaddition, a two-step mechanism with a C—C bond forming characterizing the first reaction step. The activation... 

Having an efficient total synthesis of the indole alkaloid vindoline in mind, the Boger group [47] developed a facile entry to its core structure using a domino [4+2]/[3+2] cycloaddition. Reaction of the 1,3,4-oxadiazoles 4-139 led to 4-140 in high yield and excellent stereoselectivity via the intermediates 4-141 and 4-142 (Scheme 4.29). 

Diels-Alder reaction of the 1,3,4-oxadiazole with the pendant olefin and loss of N2, the C2-C3 7t bond participates in a subsequent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with the carbonyl ylide to generate complex polycycles such as 45 as single diastereomers with up to six new stereocenters. That the cascade reaction is initiated by a Diels-Alder reaction with the alkene rather than with the indole is supported by the lack of reaction even under forcing conditions with substrate 46, in which a Diels-Alder reaction with the indole C2-C3 n bond would be required [26a]. 

A systematic exploration of a tandem intramolecular [4+2]/[3+2] cycloaddition cascade of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles was conducted in which the tethered initiating dienophile, the tethered... 

Microwave irradiation induces 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrones, such as 152, with aliphatic and aromatic nitriles in the absence of solvent. The products of these reactions are the corresponding 2,3-dihydro-l,2,4-oxadiazoles 156 (Scheme 9.48). The use of microwaves led to yields that were always higher than those obtained with classical heating, with the differences being more significant with the less reactive nitriles [99]. 

The treatment of imidazo-l,2,4-oxadiazol-5-thiones 142 (Equation 20) with ethanolic HC1 results in a retro-1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the imidazo ring to give an azomethine ylide together with the 4,5-dihydro-l,2,4-oxadiazol-5-thiones 143 <2003PS881>. 

In another elegant approach (Scheme 18), a synthesis of 5-alkenyl-substituted 1,2,4-oxadiazoles relies upon a selenoxide. -elimination at the 5-a-carbon of the selenium resin-supported 1,2,4-oxadiazole 152. Access to compound 152 was achieved in two steps from the supported oxadiazole 150, which underwent deprotonation and alkylation at the 5-a-carbon to give the a-alkylated selenium resin 151. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition then gave the selenium resin-supported 1,2,4-oxadiazole 152 <2005JC0726>. 

The cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to nitriles in the presence of a Pd(ll) center allowed the isolation of the previously unknown l,2,4-oxadiazole-Pd(n) species 227 (Equation 44) <2005EJI845>. 

The Mukaiyama-Hoshino reaction between a nitroalkane and phenyl isocyanate generates a nitrile oxide, and this method has been used in the synthesis of 1,2,4-oxadiazoles as discussed in CHEC-II(1996) <1996CHEC-II(4)179>. In a more recent advance, nitroethane undergoes ultrasound-mediated cycloaddition with trichloroacetonitrile to give the extremely useful (see Equation 11) 5-trichloromethyl-l,2,4-oxadiazole 228 (Equation 45) <1995TL4471>. 

The oxidation of aromatic aldoximes with ceric ammonium nitrate produces nitrile oxides which undergo subsequent cycloaddition to nitriles to produce 1,2,4-oxadiazoles (Equation 47) <1997PJC1093>. The anodic oxidation of aromatic aldoximes in the presence of acetonitrile has been reported to give low yields of either 3-aryl-5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles (2-25%) or 3,5-bis-aryl-l,2,4-oxadiazoles (6-28%), although the synthetic utility of this route is limited by competitive deoximation to the carbonyl being the major reaction pathway <1997MI3509>. 

The cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to amidoximes 234 leads to 1,2,4-oxadiazole 4-oxides which can then be deoxygenated with trimethyl phosphite (Equation 48) <1997T1787>. 

The cycloaddition of nitrile oxide 235 to the 4-iminobenzopyran-2-one 236 gave the fully conjugated 1,2,4-oxadiazole 238 directly, a reaction that most likely proceeds via loss of methanol from the intermediate 237 (Scheme 36) <1996JHC967>. Similarly, nitrile oxide 239 reacted with imine 240 to give the 1,2,4-oxadiazole 242 via the nonisolable intermediate 241 <2002PJC1137>. 

The use of a PEG-supported imine 326 allows the imine to be the supported component (Scheme 55). 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition then proceeds smoothly to give the supported 4,5-dihydro-l,2,4-oxadiazoles 327, which were cleaved easily from the polymer with methoxide to give the 4,5-dihydro-l,2,4-oxadiazoles 328 <2003SL1064>. 

The homoadamantane derived nitrone 361 (Equation 72) reacts with acrylonitrile to give the bicyclic 5-vinyl-2,3-dihydro-l,2,4-oxadiazole 362 in 19% yield, with the major product being that from cycloaddition to the alkene moiety... 

The reaction of hydroximoyl chlorides 403 with amidoximes 402 in the presence of TEA leads to 1,2,4-oxadiazole 4-oxides 404 via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and elimination of an amine (Equation 77) <1997T1787, 2005JC0887>. 

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azido-l,2,5-oxadiazoles (azidofurazans) to dicarbonyl compounds has been studied and a new procedure for the synthesis of (l,2,3-triazol-l-yl)-l,2,5-oxadiazoles was proposed <2002MC159>. The cycloaddition of 4-amino-3-azido-l,2,5-oxadiazole 168 to nitriles with activated methylene groups has been studied, and 3-amino-4-(5-amino-l/7-l,2,3-triazol-l-yl)-l,2,5-oxadiazoles 169 and the products of their Dimroth rearrangement 170 have been synthesized <2004MC76>. 

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azidofurazans to acetylenes afforded 1,2,3-triazoles linked with furazan cycle <2000CHE91>. Treatment of 3-azido-2-amino-l,2,5-oxadiazole 194 with ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate gives access to the functionalized [l,2,3]-triazoles 195, which are good precursors for GSK-3 inhibitors with favorable water solubility (Equation 38) <2003JME3333>. 

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of l,2-0-isopropylidene-a-D-xylopentodialdo-l,4-furanose oxime 262 with 3-(2-propynylthio)-l/f-l,2,4-triazole affords 3,4-bis-(l,2-0-isopropylidene-a-D-threofuranos 4-yl)-l,2,5-oxadiazole-2-oxide 263 as a main product (Scheme 68) <2000CHC393>. Synthesis of 3,4-bis(alkylamino)-l,2,5-oxadiazoles 265... 

Nitrile oxides are widely used as participants in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions leading to five-membered heterocycles. Nitrile oxides (especially for lower aliphatic and acyl nitrile oxides) can dimerize easily to form l,2,5-oxadiazole-2-oxides (Equation 67) <2003JA15420>. 

Glycosyl nitrile oxides 315, generated in situ by reaction of hydroxamoyl chlorides with DBU, participate in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with substituted alkenes leading to glycosyl isoxazolines the l,2,5-oxadiazole-2-oxides 316 are isolated as by-products in low yields (Scheme 79) <2004CHC353>. 

A systematic exploration of the intramolecular [4+2]/[3+2] cycloaddition cascade of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles was described. The studies permit the use of unsymmetrical dienophiles, dipolarophiles, and oxadiazoles as well as to control the cycloaddition regioselectivity and diastereoselectivity. The scope and utility of the reaction were defined <2006JA10589>. The tandem intramolecular [4+2]/[3+2] cycloaddition cascade reaction of 1,3,4-oxadiazole was applied to the syntheses of a series of natural products including a total synthesis of (-)- and ent-(+)-vindoline <2006JA10596>. 

More recently, some examples of intramolecular Diels-Alder and tandem intramolecular Diels-Alder/l,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of especially designed 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives have been described (Scheme 3). The... 

Intramolecular thermal [4+2] cycloaddition occurs smoothly, though at a high temperature, upon heating of the appropriately substituted electron-poor oxadiazole containing electron-rich alkene fragment (Equation 1) <2002JOC7361>. 

As in CHEC-II(1996), the material gathered in this section concerns all reactions that are formally cycloadditions to the oxadiazole ring (or to the ring and a side chain), including those, which may be stepwise but where no evidence for the mechanism has been provided. 

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