Oxaziridine ring synthesis

There are only few reactions known introducing substituents to the H-bearing nitrogen of oxaziridines. (V-Alkylation of l-oxa-2-azaspiro[2.5]octane (3,3-pentamethylene-oxaziridine 52) with r-butyl chloride to give (53) was carried out for structure proof of (52). This reaction is of no preparative importance, since N-alkylated oxaziridines are easily obtained by ring synthesis. 

The oxaziridine ring system has been formed by the oxidation of C=N double bond . The two-step synthesis of iV-phosphinoyloxaziridines 16 from oximes 15 was described (equation 7) . Irradiation of hydroperoxynitrones 18, prepared by dye-sensitized photooxygenation of 2-methoxyfuran in the presence of oximes 17, led to fraw -oxaziridines 19 in yields up to 89% (equation 8) ". ... 

This reaction is of no preparative importance, since N-alkylated oxaziridines are easily obtained by ring synthesis. 

Preparation of spirooxaziridines from cyclic ketones poses no problems nor does oxaziridine synthesis from cyclic Schiff bases, which was preferably carried out with pyrro-lines to give, for example (245) (59JCS2102) and, in connection with tranquilizer synthesis, with heterocyclic seven-membered rings to give, for example, (246) (63JOC2459). 

Compound (247) is one of the rare examples of an oxaziridine having an orthoacid carbon in the ring (71TL4519). The formation of (248) demonstrates how far oxaziridine synthesis can be extended into the field of unconventional chemicals (80IC1330). 

The next phase of the synthesis was construction of the C-ring. An aldol addition was used to introduce a 3-butenyl group at C(8) and the product was trapped as a carbonate ester. The Davis oxaziridine was then used to introduce an oxygen at C(2). After reduction of the C(3) oxygen, a cyclic carbonate was formed, and C(2) was converted... 

Peracetic acid was later replaced by m-chloroperbenzoic acid (MCPBA), which is easier to handle and relatively more stable than peracetic acid. Other solid per-acids including chiral peracids have been used in the synthesis of chiral oxaziridines (see Section IIl.l). Recently, MCPBA has been found to be effective in the preparation of oxaziridines with no substituent on the ring nitrogen, a class of oxaziridines that are rather unstable (Ref. 13 and references cited therein). Phase-transfer catalysis has been employed in an improved synthesis of Msulfonyloxa-ziridines. p-Nitroperbenzoic acid was used to oxidize an epoxy imine to an epoxyoxaziridine. ... 

Camphor 93, a bridged monoterpene with one six- and two five-membered rings is available in both enantiomeric forms and was used by Woodward in the synthesis of vitamin B12. Sulfonation on camphor occurs on the bridgehead methyl group by a series of rearrangements described in the workbook. You will see in chapter 27 how Oppolzer s sultam 95 is used as a chiral auxiliary and in chapter 33 how oxaziridines such as 96 are used in asymmetric oxidation. Both are made from camphor-10-sulfonic acid 94. 

The utility of oxaziridines in asymmetric a-hydroxylation also extends to reactions with achiral enolates. This has been made possible by the discovery that certain chiral A -sulfonyl oxaziridines can react with enolates to afford a-hydroxy carbon compounds in excellent yield and enantioselectivity. An application of a highly selective sulfonyloxaziridine derived from camphor to the synthesis of daunomycin is shown in Scheme 8.23. Attack of the oxaziridine presumably occurs such that the enolate ester avoids nonbonded interactions with the exo methoxy group on the bicyclic ring system (cf. Schemes 8.23c and d). This is a very useful reaction of wide scope, and can be carried out on both stabilized enolates derived from keto esters (shown) and simple ketone enolates [99]. 

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