Alternate pathway for the click reaction of 2-(2-azidophenyl)-4,5-diaryloxazoles.

ABSTRACT: The CuSO₄/ascorbate-mediated 'click' reaction of 2-(2-azidophenyl)-4,5-diaryloxazoles and arylacetylenes proceeded through an alternate pathway whereby reduction of the azide predominated over formation of the 1,2,3-triazole-forming cycloaddition. The unimolecular product, 2-(2-aminophenyl)-4,5-diphenyloxazole, was isolated which appears to be a formal reduction of the arylazide to the corresponding arylamine. A series of oxazoles which possessed various substituents (F, Cl, Br, OCH₃) on the 4,5-diaryl rings and having the 2-azido group on the 2-oxazolylphenyl position were submitted to the same 'click' conditions and gave the corresponding arylamine products (73-99%). The reaction appears to be specific toward the ortho-azido substitution of the polycyclic sys

SUBMITTER: Patil PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6752742 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature