Issue 32, 2016

Diacetoxyiodobenzene assisted C–O bond formation via sequential acylation and deacylation process: synthesis of benzoxazole amides and their mechanistic study by DFT

Abstract

An efficient method for the transformation of N-substituted-N′-benzoylthioureas to substituted N-benzoxazol-2-yl-amides using diacetoxyiodobenzene (DIB) is described in this work. The transformation follows the C–O bond formation leading to the benzoxazole derivative, due to oxidative dehydrogenation by DIB, instead of the expected C–S bond formation of the benzothiazole moiety. The C–O bond formation leading to benzoxazole is due to consecutive acylation and deacylation in conjunction with the reduction of two moles of DIB. A plausible mechanism was proposed for the reaction and density functional calculations were also performed to study the reaction mechanism.

Graphical abstract: Diacetoxyiodobenzene assisted C–O bond formation via sequential acylation and deacylation process: synthesis of benzoxazole amides and their mechanistic study by DFT

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 May 2016
Accepted
08 Jul 2016
First published
11 Jul 2016

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016,14, 7735-7745

Diacetoxyiodobenzene assisted C–O bond formation via sequential acylation and deacylation process: synthesis of benzoxazole amides and their mechanistic study by DFT

L. Nahakpam, F. A. S. Chipem, B. S. Chingakham and W. S. Laitonjam, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2016, 14, 7735 DOI: 10.1039/C6OB00968A

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