| Literature DB >> 23559684 |
Arthur Y Shaw1, Zhigang Xu, Christopher Hulme.
Abstract
This Letter discloses a novel concise synthesis of a series of 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles via a tandem Ugi/Robinson-Gabriel sequence. Herein, 2,4-dimethoxybenzylamine 1 was used as an ammonia equivalent in combination with arylglyoxal 3 and supporting Ugi reagents, an isonitrile and carboxylic acid. As such the product of the acid treated Ugi intermediate is ideally configured to undergo a Robinson-Gabriel cyclodehydration reaction to yield the desired oxazole scaffold 5.Entities:
Keywords: 2,4,5-Trisubstituted oxazoles; Multicomponent reactions; Robinson–Gabriel reaction; Ugi reaction; Vilsmeier–Haack reaction
Year: 2012 PMID: 23559684 PMCID: PMC3613284 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.02.030
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Tetrahedron Lett ISSN: 0040-4039 Impact factor: 2.415