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Nitrogen insertion reaction of trimethylsilyl azide with aryl substituted maleic anhydrides, yielding aryl substituted 1,3(3H) oxazine-2,6-diones; 4-(4-bromophenyl)-1,3(3H) oxazine-2,6-dione

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DOI: 10.1039/SP526
Submitted Dec 23, 2011, published Jan 16, 2012
John MacMillan (john.macmillan@temple.edu)
Reaction Scheme: Nitrogen insertion reaction of trimethylsilyl azide with aryl substituted maleic anhydrides, yielding aryl substituted 1,3(3H) oxazine-2,6-diones

Chemicals Used

4-bromophenyl maleic anhydride SyntheticPage 525
Trimethysilylazide (Sigma Aldrich)
Dioxane (Sigma Aldrich)
Toluene (Sigma Aldrich)
Ethanol (Sigma Aldrich)

Procedure

A 50 ml 3 neck round bottom flask, equipped with water condenser, heating mantle,  dropping funnel, nitrogen inlet, magnetic stirrer, and calcium chloride drying tube, was charged under nitrogen with 4.75g (0.019 mole) 4-bromophenyl maleic anhydride, 12ml (~ 0.09 mole) trimethylsilyl azide, and 3 ml dry dioxane. A rubber tube exiting the water condenser  lead to a one liter water filled inverted graduate cylinder in a water trough, allowing for easy monitoring of nitrogen evolution.The mixture was refluxed 3 hrs after which nitrogen gas evolution ceased. TLC (silica gel, ethyl acetate eluent) showed primarily the 4- isomer with traces of the 5-isomer. The solution was cooled in ice to 0 oC and 40 ml toluene was added with stirring. Addition of 1 ml ethanol gave a copious white precipitate which TLC showed to be pure 4-isomer. The precipitate was suction filtered and mother liquor concentrated further, giving 2.9g (58%),  4-(4-bromophenyl)-1,3(3H) oxazine-2,6-dione in three crops. Recrystallization of a small sample from ethyl acetate gave white crystals,

Author's Comments

Trimethlsilylazide is  toxic  and must always be handled in a fune hood. Never allow azide wastes to contact heavy metal, as explosive azide salts may result
Additional unreported aryl substituted 1,3(3H) oxazine-2,6-diones were synthesized by essentially the procedure above in similar yields, and converted to their N-alkylated derivatives by refluxing the corresponding aryl substituted oxauracil with a di-alkyl sulfate/sodium bicarbonate slurry in acetone, as described in the lead reference.

See http://furlip.solidwebhost.com/aryloxauracils.htm

 

Data

m.p. 207-209 oC (dec).

Anal.  Calc. For C10H6BrNO3: C, 44.80, H, 2.26, N, 5.23, Br, 29.81.

Found: C, 44.74, H, 2.17, N, 5.18, Br, 29.79. Satisfactory

Ir, (mull), 3220(w), 3160(w), 3100 (w), 1790(s), 1800(s),1710(s), 1630(s), 1595(m), 1500(m), 1400(w), 1305(w), 1270(w), 1220(w) 1110(m), 1085(m), 1070(m), 1005(w),980(m), 840(m), 805(m), 750 (m) cm-1.

1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 60mz), δ 7.7( broad singlet, 4H, aromatics), 6.0 (s, 1H, N-H), 5.66 (s, 1H, C5-H).

Lead Reference

J.H. MacMillan and S.S. Washburne, J. Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 12, p 1215, (1975

Other References

James D. Warren, John H. MacMillan and Stephen S. Washburne, J. Org. Chem., Vol 40, p 375 (1975).

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Keywords: amination, aromatics/arenes, electrophilic, elimination, heterocyclic compounds, insertion, nucleosides, thermal