Journal of Organic Chemistry 2006-03-03

Parallel synthesis of a library of benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles using ligand-accelerated copper-catalyzed cyclizations of ortho-halobenzanilides.

Ghotas Evindar, Robert A Batey

Index: J. Org. Chem. 71(5) , 1802-8, (2006)

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Abstract

A general method for the formation of benzoxazoles via a copper-catalyzed cyclization of ortho-haloanilides is reported. This approach complements the more commonly used strategies for benzoxazole formation which require 2-aminophenols as substrates. The reaction involves an intramolecular C-O cross-coupling of the ortho-haloanilides and is believed to proceed via an oxidative insertion/reductive elimination pathway through a Cu(I)/Cu(III) manifold. The reaction is also applicable to the formation of benzothiazoles. A variety of ligands including 1,10-phenanthroline and N,N'-dimethylethylenediamine were shown to provide ligand acceleration/stabilization in the reaction. Optimal conditions for cyclization used a catalyst combination of CuI and 1,10-phenanthroline (10 mol %). The method was amenable to a parallel-synthesis approach, as demonstrated by the synthesis of a library of benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles substituted at various positions in the ring. Most examples utilized the cyclization of ortho-bromoanilides, but ortho-iodoanilides and ortho-chloroanilides also undergo a reaction under these conditions. The rate of reaction of the ortho-haloanilides follows the order I > Br > Cl, consistent with oxidative addition being the rate-determining step.


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