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Preparation of Stable Bicyclic Aziridinium Ions and Their Ring-Opening for the Synthesis of Azaheterocycles
Published on: August 22, 2018
NMR-Based Structural Analysis of Highly Substituted Pyridines From Kondrat'eva Aza-Diels-Alder Cycloadditions
Galdina V Suárez-Moreno1, Francisco Méndez2, Atilano Gutierrez-Carrillo2
1Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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Pyridines are a crucial class of heterocycles with widespread applications in natural products, pharmaceuticals, and fluorescent organic materials. In this manuscript, we report the results from a kinetic and mechanistic investigation of an inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) cycloaddition involving an oxazole-type diene synthesized via an Ugi-Zhu multicomponent reaction (UZ-3CR). This heterodiene reacts efficiently with various dienophiles such as E-4-oxopentenoic acid, fumaric acid, and monoethyl maleate, yielding highly substituted pyridines in good to excellent yields. Reaction conditions were optimized, and the influence of solvent polarity on regioselectivity was evaluated. The necessity of protonation for successful cycloadditions was probed using structurally diverse dienophiles, revealing the essential role of the carboxylic acid group in triggering the reactions. Mechanistic insights were supported by a comprehensive NMR study (1H, 13C, and 15N), which provided indirect evidence of in situ protonation of the oxazole ring. Notably, 15N NMR revealed significant downfield shifts of the oxazole nitrogen, consistent with its protonation, and the emergence of new nitrogen signals corresponding to pyridine products. This study demonstrates the synthetic utility of Ugi-Zhu-derived 5-aminooxazoles in IEDDA cycloadditions and highlights the critical role of acid-promoted activation in enabling efficient pyridine synthesis. We report the results from a kinetic and mechanistic investigation of an IEDDA cycloaddition involving an oxazole-type diene synthesized via an UZ-3CR.
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