2-Oxazolidinones 3-alkyl-2 -oxazolones

Alkoxy-2(3/f)-oxazolones 47 react with aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes in the presence of Lewis acid catalysts to produce alkyl 2-oxazolidinone-4-carbox-ylates 291 ° by successive ring opening and reclosure. 

TABEE 5.11 SYNTHESIS OF ALKYL 2-OXAZOLIDINONE-4-CARBOXYLATES FROM 5-ALKOXY-2(3H)-OXAZOLONES, 43... 

The alkylation of enolates from some recently developed 2-oxazolidinone auxiliaries will be briefly discussed. The Diels-Alder reaction of the enantiomerically pure 3-(apocamphane-carbonyl)-2(3//)-oxazolone 13 with anthracene gives, diastereoselectively, a 97 3 ratio of diastereomeric adducts63. Recrystallization followed by removal of the apocamphanecarbonyl auxiliary and acylation gives the diastereomerically pure enantiomer 14 in good yield. Subsequent enolate formation and alkylation gives highly diastereoselective reactions and easily purified products due to the fact that the major product is readily crystallized. Thus alkylation... 

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). 

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