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Synthesis 1990; 1990(11): 1076-1079
DOI: 10.1055/s-1990-27099
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Metalation and Electrophilic Quenching of C-4 Functionalized Isoxazoles; VIII. Preparation of Derivatives of 5-Thioalkylisoxazoles

T. N. Balasubramaniam* , Yousef R. Mirzaei, N. R. Natale
  • *Department of Chemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USA
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17 September 2002 (online)

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The lateral metalation and electrophilic quenching of isoxazoles bearing electron withdrawing groups in the 4-position 1 with disulfides, represents a selective, direct and synthetically useful entry to the thioalkyl derivatives 2 (nine examples). One exception to the formation of monothioalkyl major products was observed for the dianion of 4-[(2-hydroxymethyl-1-pyrrolidinyl)carbonyl]-3,5-dimethylisoxazole (1i) which was found to produce the 5-[bis(phenylthio)methyl]isoxazole derivative 3i as the major isolated product (66%). Oxidation of 2a with 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (MCPBA) proceeds selectively at sulfur in the presence of both isoxazole and oxazoline nitrogens to give the corresponding sulfoxide 4a (56%) or sulfone 5a (72%), respectively.

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