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some of its drawbacks. Hence, ionic liquids (IL), both as
greensolvents and basement for manycatalysts, canbeused
for catalyst recycling in many organic transformations [15].
Therefore, in order to devise an ecocompatible synthet-
ic strategy for the synthesis of
b-hydroxy triazoles, this
Scheme 1. Synthesis of
b-hydroxy triazole scaffold.
study uses immobilized Cu(I) in IL to synthesize these
potent pharmacophores. Thus, the IL-supported catalyst,
along with the IL, was recycled for the synthesis of target
products without much decrease in the corresponding
yield percent. Subsequently, this resulted in a concise and
Table 1
Click reaction of styrene epoxide, NaN3 and phenylacetylene under
different conditionsa.
simple method for the synthesis of
b-hydroxy triazole
Entry
Catalyst
(mol %)
Solvent
Temp.
Time
(in hr)b
% of yield
(3a)c
scaffolds using catalyst loading at 5 mol% Cu(I)/g of the IL.
It is pertinent to mention that the present investigation is
an outcome of continuous efforts for the synthesis of
bioactive molecules using ecocompatible methods [16].
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(C)
1.
Cu(I) (0)
Cu(I) (2.5)
Cu(I) (5)
Cu(I) (5)
Cu(I) (7.5)
Cu(I) (5)
Cu(I) (5)
Cu(I) (5)
Cu(I) (5)
Cu(I) (5)
Cu(I) (5)
Cu(I) (5)
Cu(I)(5)
[bmim]Br
[bmim]Br
[bmim]Br
[bmim]Br
[bmim]Br
[bmim]BF4
[bmIm]PF6
[bmim]OH
DMF, ACN
Toluene
80
80
80
90
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
80
50
20
10
15
15
15
15
20
30
30
20
30
40
35
0
75
90
90
90
90
90
0
2.
3.
4.
2. Results and discussion
5
6.
7.
A preliminary experimentation was undertaken for the
8.
synthesis of
b-hydroxy triazoles in which styrene oxide
9.
25
27
85
15
20
0
(1a) was treated with sodium azide and phenylacetylene
(2a) in the presence of 5 mol% of Cu(I)/g of [bmim]Br. The
reaction reached its completion at 80 8C, and the product,
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
PEG-200
CH3CN
H2O
b-hydroxytriazole (3a), was obtained in 95% yield (Scheme
CuCl2 (10)
[bmim]Br
1). Further increment in the mole percentage of Cu(I) under
the same conditions did not show any improvement in the
yield of 3a. Hence, 5 mol% of Cu(I) loaded in 1 g of [bmim]Br
a
Molar ratios: 1:1:1 equivalents of 1a, sodium azide, phenylacetylene.
Time required to complete the reaction (TLC).
b
c
Yield of isolated and purified products.
was found to be sufficient for the synthesis of
b-hydroxy
triazole scaffolds, starting from ꢀ1 milimolar concentra-
tion of the reactant species in moderate temperature
conditions (Table 1). In addition, epoxides and terminal
alkynes were used to get better results from the reaction
conditions mentioned above. Other ILs, such as [bmim]BF4,
[bmim]PF6, [bmim]OH, and some common solvents such
as toluene, PEG-200, DMF, CH3CN (ACN), and water were
also tested as reaction media for carrying out the synthesis.
Out of these, [bmim]OH did not yield the reaction product;
instead, the initial reactant species were recovered after a
reasonableperiodof time. Itmight be duetothedeactivation
of the catalyst as a result of the acid–base reaction between
the Lewis acid and the basic IL. Thus, this combinationfor the
transformation of reactants to products was ruled out. PEG-
200 (Table 1, entry 11), like PEG-400 used in some protocols
[18], has been also observed to carry out the click reaction
smoothly, even in the absence of an argon atmosphere, but
the possibility of catalyst recycling was the major issue
associated with polyethylene glycols. Moreover, other
organic solvents (Table 1) were not promising enough for
the reaction under consideration. Water, the cheapest
universal solvent for click reactions [19], also resulted in
poor yield, which is due to oxidation of Cu(I) to Cu(II) during
the reaction, thereby decreasing the overall yield towards
minima (Table 1, entry 13). However, by using some suitable
additive or stabilizer, it might also be possible to get these
privileged structures under aqueous conditions.
reaction conditions to produce b-hydroxytriazoles in high
yield (Table 2, entries 14, 15,19). The formation of product
3a was mediated through the in situ preferential SN2 attack
at the benzylic position by the azide in a regioselective
manner. Cyclohexene oxide has also shown equal pace in
coupling with sodium azide and phenylacetylene, 1-
ethynyl-4-methylbenzene and 1-ethynyl-3-methylben-
zene, leading to the formation of N-cyclohexyltriazoles
in excellent yield (entries 20,23,24). Further, the stereo-
chemistry of the collected product 3t was exactly in trans
as seen in literature records observed from the coupling
constants of the ring hydrogens [20].
Synthetic strategy was further extended to varied
epoxides such as propylene oxide, epichlorohydrin, 2-
(but-3-en-1-yl) oxirane, 2-(p-tolyl) oxirane, 2-([benzy-
loxy] methyl) oxirane 2-butyloxirane, and various aryloxy-
1, 2-epoxy propane and different types of terminal alkynes
such as 1-ethynyl methylbenzenes, ethynylcyclohexane,
prop-2-yn-1-ylbenzene, tert-butyl 2-ethynylcyclopenta-
necarboxylate, tert-butyl (2-methylbut-3-yn-2-yl) carba-
mate and 2-ethynylpyridine under similar reaction
conditions to deliver corresponding
b-hydroxytriazoles
scaffolds in excellent yields (Table 2). Moreover, the
formation of the major regiomers depends on the type of
the terminal epoxide used (Scheme 2), and the structures
of all the major regiomers were confirmed by comparing
the spectral data with that reported in the literature
[17,18,21,22].
Finally, the study focuses on the recycling of the IL
containing catalyst for the consecutive reaction runs.
Hence, after the work-up, the IL phase that contained Cu(I)
was recovered and subjected to the same reaction after
A
variety of terminal alkynes were chosen and
subjected to Huisgen’s 1,3-cycloaddition process at 80 8C
in IL containing 5 mol% of Cu(I) in 1 g of [bmim]Br. It was
found that aliphatic terminal alkynes, such as 1-hexyne, 1-
octyne, trimethylsilylacetylene, etc., reacted reasonably
with styrene oxide and sodium azide under subjected
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