Oxazoles, 2-acylamino-, from

Freeman s group ° prepared a series of 5-amino-4-cyano-2-substituted oxazoles 517 from carboxylic acids and aminomalononitrile tosylate (AMNT) (Scheme 1.140). Presumably, AMNT is acylated by a carboxylic acid using DCC, which produces an intermediate A-acylamino nitrile 516 that is cyclized under the reaction conditions to yield 517. The yields of 517 are fair to excellent, and the reaction tolerates a wide variety of functional groups. This further extended the scope of their earlier work. ° Representative examples are shown in Table 1.35. 

A number of recent papers have appeared in the literature related to the synthesis of saturated 5(477)-oxazolones that were not yet covered in our contribution. 4-Acyl-2,4-dialkyl-5(477)-oxazolones 776 have been obtained from A-acylglycines. Thus, cyclization of an A-acylglycine in the presence of thionyl chloride affords a monosubstituted 5(477)-oxazolone 775. Acylation of 775 with an aroyl chloride in the presence of magnesium chloride occurred at C-4 to produce 776. Hydrolysis and decarboxylation of 776 gave the A-acylamino ketones 777 that are valuable intermediates to prepare oxazoles 778 (Scheme 7.236). 

Synthesis of imidazoles, oxazoles and thiazoles from acylamino ketones 569... 

Few solid-phase syntheses of oxazoles have been reported (Table 15.17). The most general strategy is the dehydration of a-(acylamino) ketones (Entry 2, Table 15.17) or 2-(acylamino)phenols (Entry 1, Table 15.17). Oxazolidin-2-ones have been prepared by intramolecular nucleophilic cleavage of carbamates from insoluble supports (Entries 5 and 6, Table 15.17). Resin-bound 2-aminoethanols, which are accessible by nucleophilic ring-opening of oxiranes with amines, undergo cyclocondensation with aldehydes to yield oxazolidines [220,221]. These compounds are unstable towards acids, and can be released from the support only under neutral or basic reaction conditions. 

Only a few oxazoloquinones are known. 2-Methylnaphtho[2,3-d]oxazole-4,9-dione (207) was obtained from 2-acylamino-3-alkylamino-l,4-naphtho-quinone in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid (69T2427). Similarly, derivatives of 208 were obtained from 2,5-bis(acetylamino)-3,6-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoquinones and acyl halide or anhydride (64ZOB3037). The five-membered ring is easily cleaved in warm dilute acid or base (64ZOB3037). 

Oxazoles from a-aminoearboxylic acids via a-acylamino ketones... 

Oxazoles and 4,5-dihydrooxazoles can be transformed into quinolines. For instance, 5-(o-acylamino-aryl)oxazole-4-carboxylic esters 104, made from benzoxazinones 103 and isocyanoacetic ester, are converted into 3-aminO 4-hydroxy-2-quinolones 105 in an acid medium [109]. 

Oxazoles.—Formation. ci)-Diazoacetophenone reacts with benzonitrile in the presence of trifluoromethanesulphonic acid to give 2,5-diphenyloxazole (514). Bi-, ter-, and quater-oxazoles have been synthesized from a-metallated isocyanides thus lithiobenzyl isocyanide (PhCHLiNC) and dimethyl oxazole-3,4-dicarboxylate afford compound (515). Stable methylene-oxazolines (516 R = Me or Ph) are obtained by heating the iminesHN=C(Ph)OCHRC=CH. The fluorinated oxazoline (518) results from the action of benzonitrile on the oxiran (517), and also from the reaction of bis(trifluoromethyl)carbene with the benzoylimine (CF3)2C=NCOPh/ Treatment of 2-acylamino-l-aryl-alkan-l-ols (519) under the conditions of the Pictet-Gams reaction, i.e. with phosphorus pentoxide in boiling toluene or xylene, results in cis- and trans-2-oxazolines (520), rather than isoquinolines, as claimed previously. The spiro-oxazolines (521 R = Me or Ph) are formed when the lithiated di-isocyanide CN—CH2CH2CHLi—NC is treated with acetone or benzophenone, respec-tively. ... 

They first prepared the indole-oxazole C-D-E fragment 1506. The O-TBDPS protected glycolamide 1504 was readily prepared from 4-bromoindole in three steps and 69% overall yield. Oxidation of 1504 to the intermediate A-acylamino ketone (not shown) was best accomplished in two steps using DDQ followed by IBX, prepared in situ from oxone and 2-iodobenzoic acid. Following cyclization... 

Kawake M (1993) A facile one-pot synthesis of 5-tri(luorumethyl oxazoles from N-alkyl-N-acylamino acids. Heterocycles 36 2441-2444... 

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