Oxygen heterocycles ring opening

Oxygen-containing rings can be opened by amines frequently this is followed by reclosure of the intermediate to form a new heterocycle. Thus isoxazoles containing electron-with-drawing substituents give pyrazoles with hydrazine, e.g. (183 Z = O) (183 Z = NH), and... 

In contrast, substitution of oxygen for —NH— in open-chain compounds causes a great decrease in activity. He states that the heterocyclic ring of D-24 locks the carbomethoxy group at the active site and thus accomplishes the same amount of restriction as does binding of both the aromatic and acylamido groups of the open-chain analogs (82). 

Phosphorus pentasulfide is used to replace oxygen atoms with sulfur atoms the reaction is commonly carried out in a solvent heated under reflux. Solvents employed include carbon disulfide, aromatic hydrocarbons, and pyridine. If an oxygen atom is part of a heterocycle, then the reagent may replace it with sulfur, as in the formation of 2,1-benzisothiazoles from 2,1-benzisoxazoles.119 Such replacements are, however, not general some prior ring opening appears to be necessary before the reagent can act. For example, under normal conditions furan is not attacked. 

NITRATE ESTERS FROM THE RING-OPENING OF STRAINED OXYGEN HETEROCYCLES... 

A [4-f2] cycloaddition was the key step in the synthesis of substituted dihydrothiopyrans from 2-alkenyl-l,3-oxathianes and an alkene. The reaction was mediated by a Lewis acid. It is assumed that the Lewis acid attacks the oxygen of the heterocycle which upon ring opening gives the highly reactive cationic heterodiene which reacts with alkenes to the thiopyrans in 31-88% yield (Scheme 75) <2000TL371>. 

Condensation of the carbonyl group with the yUde from trimethylsulfonium iodide leads initially to an addition product. The anion formed on the carbonyl oxygen then internally displaces dimethyl sulfide to give an oxirane yielding epoxide (114-3). Reaction of that intermediate with a 1,2,4-triazine leads to an epoxide ring opening with the consequent incorporation of the second heterocyclic moiety. There is thus obtained fluconazole (114-4) [125]. 

Oxazinium and -thiazinium cations are 67r-aromatic systems which readily react with nucleophiles at C-6. Ring opening is normally followed by recyclization so that a variety of heterocyclic systems are then formed. The behaviour of the oxygen and sulfur compounds are almost identical and so, as the latter are usually prepared from the former, it is not surprising that most attention has focussed on the reactions of 1,3-oxazinium species (72S333). These versatile synthons react with ammonia, for example, to give pyrimidines, while hydrazines afford pyrazoles and hydroxylamine produces isoxazoles (Scheme 20). 

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