Tautomeric ring/chain

Meyers et al.221-222 showed that tetrahydro-l,3-oxazines exist in tautomeric ring-chain forms [Eq. (62)]. When a 5,6-dihydro-l,3-oxazine is reduced to a tetrahydro-l,3-oxazine, some 3-aminoalcohol can also be formed through the reduction of the open-chain imino form [cf. Eq. (62)]. To avoid this the reduction should be carried out with sodium borohydride at - 40°C. 

The last major section deals with tautomerism, including prototropic tautomerism, ring-chain tautomerism, and valence tautomerism. 

J. Elguero, C. Marzin, A. R. Katritzky, and P. Linda, Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Suppl. 1. Academic Press, New York, 1976. Tautomerism, ring-chain ... 

Thermal and photochemical reactions formally involving no other species (0 Tautomerism ring-chain tautomerism... 

Structural tautomerism breaks down into several categories, which include the most common prototropic tautomerism, ring-chain and valence tautomerism, and charge mesomerism. Only the first and the last have been successfully treated in software - everyone is familiar with the CAS Registry III tautomer normalisation conventions. It quickly became apparent, if not obvious, that in the case of a data handbook such as Beilstein, it was imperative that different tautomeric forms of a compound for which different data have been published must be registered differently the situation is analogous to that of registering stereoisomers as separate compounds. ... 

An interesting ring-chain tautomerism between 2-azidothiazole (328) and thiazolotetrazole (328a) has been reported (597, 618, 619), the 328 structure predominating (Scheme 190). The solvent polarity and basicity influences this equilibrium constant significantly (1592). 

Thiol-thione tautomers have not been extensively studied, but UV and IR evidence show that 5-phenylisothiazole-3-thiol exists in the SH form. Ring-chain tautomerism of 2,3-dihydro derivatives of 1,2-benzisothiazole can occur (26a 26b) and the position of equilibrium depends very much on the solvent, physical state and nature of the substituents (69JOC919, 81KGS1209). 

Benzoxadiazines ring-chain tautomerism, 3, 1056 ring contraction, 3, 1066... 

Ring transformations heterocyclic compounds reviews, 1, 70 Ring-chain tautomerism polyheteroatom six-membered rings, 3, 1056 Ripariochromene A synthesis, 3, 751, 755 Robinson-Gabriel synthesis oxazoles, 6, 216... 

These cover the following topics (a) theoretical methods, with emphasis on the utility of such methods b) molecular dimensions, as determined by X-ray, electron diffraction and microwave spectra (c) molecular spectra, covering NMR, IR, UV, mass and photoelectron spectra [d) thermodynamic aspects, such as stability, ring strain, aromaticity, shape and conformation of saturated and partially saturated rings (c) tautomerism, including prototopic and ring-chain (/) betaine and other unusual structures. 

However, a critical examination of the enormous amount of the experimental material that has piled up over more than 80 years leads to the conclusion that the three tautomeric forms postulated by Gada-mer have not been proven in one single case. The so-called evidence is based on chemical reactions, " which are noncompelling, or on physical constants that have been interpreted in a biased manner. For the simultaneous existence of both forms of the ring-chain proto-tropic system, i.e., the carbinolamine and the amino-aldehyde, evidence is available only for one single case. ... 

Thus the following problems are unsolved (1) Does the threefold tautomerism assumed by Gadamer really exist for heterocyclic pseudo bases and which factors determine the stability of the various forms (2) Does ring-chain tautomerism occur in the derivatives of these bases when this is formally possible, and if not, do these derivatives possess the cyclic or open-chain structure, and by what path have they been formed ... 

As an over-all conclusion, it can be stated that the assumption of ring-chain tautomerism in the pseudo bases derived from the heterocyclic quaternary ammonium salts is quite unnecessary as an explanation of the formation of two (cyclic and open-chain) types of deriva-... 

The hydrochloride of (3) holds water rather tenaciously, and the infrared spectrum indicates that the water is covalently bound. Mild oxidation of the cation (3) gives 4-hydroxyquinazoline in high yield and ring-chain tautomerism is excluded on the grounds that quinazo-line does not give a positive aldehyde test in acid solution, 2-Methyl-quinazoline also has an anomalous cationic spectrum and a high basic strength (see Table I), but 2,4-dimethylquinazoline is normal in both these respects, which supports the view that abnormal cation formation entails attack on an unsubstituted 4-position. ... 

The spectra of 1,3,5-, 1,3,7-, and 1,3,8-triazanaphthalerie cations revealed that they were predominantly hydrated, and mild oxidation to the corresponding 4-oxo compounds indicated that hydroxylation took place on C-4. Ring-chain tautomerism in the cation was excluded, at least during the first 45 min after mixing, because negative aldehyde tests were obtained with p-nitrophenylhydrazine. 1,3,6-Triazanaphthalene, under the same conditions, gave a yellow precipit-... 

The phenomenon of tautomerism comprises many different types of which the prototropic tautomerism that we consider here is only one. Prototropic tautomerism exists when the two tautomers differ only in the position of a proton (this is, of course, an approximation there are other differences between two tautomers, for example, in precise bond lengths). Other important types of tautomerism include the following (1) anioniotropy, where the two tautomers differ only in the position of an anion, which moves from one place to another in the molecule (2) cationiotropy, where the two tautomers differ in the position of a cation (other than a proton), which moves from one place to another in the molecule (3) ring-chain tautomerism and (4) bond-valence tautomerism. 

C. Ligands Susceptible to Ring-Chain and Azido-Tetrazole Tautomerism. 294... 

The ring-chain tautomerism of the imidazolidines 279 (80H1313) is of interest (Scheme 99). The isomer ratio is determined by the nature of the substituents and is hardly affected by the polarity of the solvent (CCI4, DMSO). 

The only example of ring-chain tautomerism of imidazoles is 1-hydroxy-4 -imidazoline-3-oxide (69MI86 78MI2, pp. 155,182). 

Ring-chain tautomerism of derivatives of 1,3,4-triazolidines 283 involves the equilibrium of three isomeric forms (Scheme 102) [90TL3927 96AHC(66)1, p. 33], In DMSO solution, the predominant form (about 70%)is 283c, the content of 283a and 283b varied between 13-25% and 5-17% respectively. 

For the isoxazolines 284 substituted at position 3, ring-chain tautomerism is depicted by the equilibrium 284 and 285-287 (Scheme 103). In general the cyclic tautomers 284 are strongly preferred. The ring-opened forms exist in equilibrium with 284 in rare cases [95ZOB705 96AHC(66)1, p. 21]. The equilibrium of the oxazolidinones 288 [78MI1, p. 107] is affected by the nature of the solvent. 

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