2,4-Oxazolidinediones 3-alkyl

X-Ray diffraction analyses of vincristine methiodide (39) and vinzoli-dine 1-naphthalene sulfonate (40) provide atomic coordinates of compounds that are either modified in the velbanamine portion (alkylation at N-6, Fig. 3) or in the vindoline portion (a spiro-fused oxazolidinedione at C-3 and C-23, Fig. 4). These structures show a chair-boat conformation for ring C with C-8 exhibiting an endo pucker. Ring D is clearly in a chair conformation, but, in contrast to the conclusions drawn from C-NMR studies, the N-6 -C-7 bond is axial relative to the piperidine ring. 

Activated A-alkyl-O-acylhydroxamic acid derivatives 75 undergo base catalysed rearrangement to give 2-acyloxyamides 76 in good to excellent yields (50-100%) (equation 26). These precursors of 2-hydroxy amides (77) are good intermediates to prepare ethanol-amines, oxindoles and oxazolidinediones. 

Alkyl- or 3-aryl-2,4-oxazolidinediones via photochemical cyclization, ° organonickel-mediated carbonylation, ° cyclization of A-alkenyl-a-acet-amides, ° carboxylation and cyclization of 2-propynamides, °" cyclization of (9-carbamates of a-hydroxy acetic acids and esters,cyclization of a-hydroxy acetamides,and catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation (ADH) of A-alkenoyl-2-oxazolidinones. ... 

There are no reports that alkylation of a 2,4-oxazolidinedione generates a 2-alkoxy-4(5f/)-oxazolone. Alkylation of the sodium or potassium salt of a... 

A variety of 2,4-oxazolidinedione moieties have been prepared as precursors to A-acyliminium ions. These, in turn, have been used in synthetic approaches to 13-aza-16-oxasteroids, interesting and novel heterocycles, " and natural products such as ( )-p-conhydrine, 294b, ( )-6>-methylpaUidinine, 297, 4-oxa-2-aza-podophyllotoxin, 299, and morphine, 302. Introduction of the 2,4-oxazolidinedione can be achieved by conventional alkylation. However, it is normally introduced through Mitsunobu chemistry using diisopropyl azodicar-boxylate or diethyl azodicarboxylate. " The former reagent is favored by... 

TABLE 6.11. 3-ALKYL-2,4-OXAZOLIDINEDIONES FROM AEKYLATION OE 2,4-OXAZOLIDINEDIONES ... 

Functionalizing C-5 of 2,4-oxazolidinediones is generally accomplished by alkylation or Knovenagel reaction (Schemes 6.66-6.69). For example, treating 251 (R = H, Ri = Me) with 3 equiv of LDA followed by two equivalents of a protected bromo alcohol and deprotection with dilute hydrochloric acid gave the... 

The Knoevengal reaction has been an extremely versatile method to functionalize C-5. Literally hundreds of 5-alkenyl- and 5-alkyl-2,4-oxazolidinedione analogues have been prepared in this manner. Generally, 2-thio-2,4-oxazolidine-dione, 104, is used in these reactions although 179 has been used successfully as well. Some representative examples follow. 

The oxazolidinediones contain an oxazolidine heterocyclic ring (Figure 24-1) and are similar in structure to other antiseizure drugs introduced before 1960. The structure includes only short-chain alkyl substituents on the heterocyclic ring, with no attached phenyl group. 

In this chapter, oxazole and its derivatives are named and numbered as in Chemical Abstracts. Thus compound (6) is called 4,5-dihydrooxazole rather than 2-oxazoline or A2-oxazoline, (7) is 2,5-dihydrooxazole, the betaines (3) are named anhydro-5-hydroxy-oxazolium hydroxides and not oxazolium 5-oxides or oxazolium 5-olates, and the oxo derivatives (4) and (5) are 5(4//)-oxazolone and 5(2//)-oxazolone, respectively, the position of the extra hydrogen atom being indicated in parentheses. The fully saturated compound (8) is oxazolidine its oxo derivatives are named oxazolidinones and oxazolidinediones, e.g. compound (9) is 2-oxazolidinone and (10) is 4,5-oxazolidinedione. A formula such as (11) is not meant to imply that all the substituents are methyl groups it represents a general oxazolidine derivative and is used in place of the cumbersome expression (12 R-R = H, alkyl or aryl). 

The a-hydroxy acid-derived 2,4-oxazolidinediones have been successfully utilized as substrates for asymmetric alkylations with a chiral phase-transfer catalyst (Scheme 40). Using 1 mol% of the N-spiro chiral quaternary ammonium bromide catalyst 153, oxazolidinedinone 152 was alkylated in high yield and enantioselectivity and hydrolyzed in situ to give a-hydroxy amides 154 <2006AGE3839>. 

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