1.2.5- Oxadiazoles rearrangements

Phenyliinino-3-benzoylamino-4-thiazoline (412) rearranges in basic medium to 2-anilino-5-pheny -l,3,4-oxadiazole (413) (Scheme 236) 730). 

A different type of rearrangement occurs when suitable side chains are a to a pyridine-like nitrogen atom. In the monocyclic series this can be generalized by Scheme 43. For a given side chain the rate of rearrangement is l,2,4-oxadiazoles>isoxazoles> 1,2,5-oxadiazoles. Typical side chains include hydrazone, oxime and amidine. Some examples are shown in Table 9 (79AHC(25)147). Similar rearrangements for benzazoles are discussed in Section 4.02.3.2.4. 

The reaction is illustrated by the conversion of the 1,2,4-oxadiazole oxime (504) into the 3-acylamino-l,2,5-oxadiazole (505). This irreversible rearrangement occurred on heating (504) in hydrochloric acid (81AHC(29)l4l). Isoxazoles also undergo this rearrangement and these are discussed in Chapter 4.16. 

Several 3-acylamino-l,2-benzisoxazoles such as (278) underwent rearrangement to 3-(o-hydroxyphenyl)-l,2,4-oxadiazoles (279) on heating with base. It has been questioned whether the same mechanism is operative in these last rearrangements (8lAHC(29)l4l, p. 150). 

Rearrangement of oxadiazole bearing quinoline 772 gave the triazolo-quinolinyl ketoxime 773 (93H1577) (Seheme 135). 

Other non-traditional preparations of 1,2,3-triazoles have been reported. The rearrangement in dioxane/water of (Z)-arylhydrazones of 5-amino-3-benzoyl-l,2,4-oxadiazole into (2-aryl-5-phenyl-27/-l,2,3-triazol-4-yl)ureas was investigated mechanistically in terms of substituents on different pathways <06JOC5616>. A general and efficient method for the preparation of 2,4-diary 1-1,2,3-triazoles 140 from a-hydroxyacetophenones 139 and arylhydrazines is reported <06SC2461>. 5-Alkylamino-] //-], 2,3-triazoles were obtained by base-mediated cleavage of cycloadducts of azides to cyclic ketene acetals <06S1943>. Oxidation of N-... 

The rearrangement mechanisms of 5-perfluoroalkyl-l,2,4-oxadiazoles such as the five-to-six membered ring-rearrangements by hydrazinolysis and the photoinduced competitive rearrangements have been investigated <06JOC8106 06JOC2740>. 

Table 43 Photochemical rearrangement of 1,2,4-oxadiazoles to give substituted 1,2,4-triazole derivatives (Equation 63)...

Irradiation of 1,2,4-oxadiazoles 205 bearing fluorinated substituents in the 3- or 5-positions in the presence of an amine delivered the corresponding 1,2,4-triazoles 206a-e and 207a-e via a photochemical rearrangement. Several other competing reactions served to divert some of the reactive intermediates and, hence, yields of the fluorinated triazoles were modest (Equation 64 and Table 44) <2005H(65)387>. 

The rearrangement of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles 208a and 208b in the presence of a base was employed in the synthesis of the phenoxyphenyl 1,2,4-triazoles 209a and 209b (Equation 65) <2003BMC769>. 

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