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Chapter 3 – Oxazoline synthesis & removal<br />

Ph<br />

Ph<br />

BnO<br />

O<br />

N<br />

(CO 2 H) 2 ,<br />

THF/water 4:1<br />

BnO<br />

H<br />

O<br />

BnO<br />

T / Days of rxn<br />

°C (<strong>to</strong>tal)<br />

OBn<br />

OBn<br />

226<br />

Remaining<br />

226 * /%<br />

40 7 (7) 82<br />

50 10 (17) 39<br />

60 4.5 (21) 10<br />

60 7 (28.5) 0<br />

* ratio SM:aldehyde in 1 H NMR<br />

T °C<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

%<br />

BnO<br />

OBn<br />

OBn<br />

40 °C 50 °C 60 °C<br />

0 5 10 15 20 25<br />

Total days of reaction<br />

Table 3.13 – effect of temperature on hydrolysis of oxazolidine<br />

Two significant discrepancies have arisen; firstly, that oxazolidine 222 hydrolysed<br />

significantly faster (3 d) than oxazolidines 224 and 226 (>10 d), and secondly that all<br />

three hydrolyse considerably slower than the reports of either Meyers (c. 20 hr) or<br />

Bundgaard (c. 12 hr 146 ). <strong>The</strong> solution <strong>to</strong> the first quandary was found during the<br />

synthesis of carbasugars (section 4.2.9). Neighbouring group participation by the cishydroxyl<br />

group catalyses the reaction through intramolecular attack of Schiff base<br />

228 147 <strong>to</strong> form cyclic ether 229, which quickly hydrolyses <strong>to</strong> diol 225.<br />

Ph Ph<br />

Ph<br />

HO<br />

OH<br />

HO<br />

O N<br />

Ph<br />

N Ph Ph<br />

N i-Pr<br />

O<br />

OH<br />

222<br />

pK a ≈ 6.0 144<br />

OH<br />

228<br />

229<br />

OH<br />

225<br />

Scheme 3.36 – neighbouring group participation in the hydrolysis of oxazolidines<br />

<strong>The</strong> second situation is not as clear. Bundgaard studied both the role of the carbonyl 144<br />

(Scheme 3.37) and amino alcohol 145 portion of the oxazolidine and identified some<br />

clear trends in the rate of hydrolysis.<br />

125

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