Synthesis 2014; 46(08): 1107-1113
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1340827
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Chemoselective Reduction of Functionalized 5-Nitroisoxazoles: Synthesis of 5-Amino- and 5-[Hydroxy(tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)amino]isoxazoles

Elena B. Averina*
a   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
b   IPhaC RAS, Severnyi Proezd, 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, 142432, Russian Federation   Fax: +7(495)9393969   Email: elaver@org.chem.msu.ru
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Dmitry A. Vasilenko
a   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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Yuri V. Samoilichenko
a   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
,
Yuri K. Grishin
a   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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Victor B. Rybakov
a   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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Tamara S. Kuznetsova
a   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
b   IPhaC RAS, Severnyi Proezd, 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, 142432, Russian Federation   Fax: +7(495)9393969   Email: elaver@org.chem.msu.ru
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Nikolay S. Zefirov
a   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Leninskie Gory, 1-3, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
b   IPhaC RAS, Severnyi Proezd, 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, 142432, Russian Federation   Fax: +7(495)9393969   Email: elaver@org.chem.msu.ru
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Publication History

Received: 06 December 2013

Accepted after revision: 24 January 2014

Publication Date:
19 February 2014 (online)


Abstract

Reduction by using SnCl2 of easily accessible 5-nitroisoxazoles substituted with an electron-withdrawing group (EWG) has been studied. Whereas the reaction in ethanol yielded 5-aminoisoxazoles, performing the reaction in tetrahydrofuran gave previously unknown 5-[hydroxy(tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)amino]isoxazoles. Both reduction procedures were optimized to afford the corresponding products in good to excellent yields. Some mechanistic details concerning the inclusion of the tetrahydrofuranyl moiety into the reaction product are discussed

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