Iron-Mediated Synthesis of Isoxazoles from Alkynes: Using Iron(III) Nitrate as a Nitration and Cyclization Reagent

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.7b02483

A simple and direct method for the iron(III) nitrate-mediated synthesis of isoxazoles from alkynes has been developed; both self-coupling and cross-coupling products could be successfully prepared from alkynes. Meanwhile, for the cross-coupling and cyclizing of two different alkynes examined, the iron-mediated system shows a good chemoselectivity for the synthesis of corresponding isoxazoles. In our method, cheap and eco-friendly iron(III) nitrate is used as the nitration and cyclization reagent, and KI is used as the additive; they both play a positive role in this transformation. Furthermore, a different mechanism for the formation of isoxazoles from alkynes has been proposed.

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Iron-Mediated Synthesis of Isoxazoles from Alkynes:
Using Iron(#) Nitrate as Nitration and Cyclization Reagent
Zhenzhen Lai, Zhenxing Li, Yawei Liu, Pengkun Yang, Xiaomin Fang,
Wenkai Zhang, Baoying Liu, Haibo Chang, Hao Xu, and Yuanqing Xu
J. Org. Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02483 • Publication Date (Web): 09 Dec 2017
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Iron-Mediated Synthesis of Isoxazoles from Alkynes: Using Iron(Ⅲ) Nitrate as Ni-
tration and Cyclization Reagent
Zhenzhen Lai,a,‡ Zhenxing Li,b,‡ Yawei Liu,a,‡ Pengkun Yang,a Xiaomin Fang,a Wenkai Zhang,a Baoy-
ing Liu,a Haibo Chang,a Hao Xu*,a,b and Yuanqing Xu*,a
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a College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, P. R. China.
b State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing
102249, P. R. China.
E-mail : xuhao@henu.edu.cn; 18937822307@163.com
ABSTRACT: A simple and direct method for iron(Ⅲ) nitrate mediated synthesis of isoxazoles from alkynes
has been developed; both self-coupling and cross-coupling products could be successfully prepared from al-
kynes. Meanwhile for cross-coupling and cyclizing of two different alkynes examined, the iron-mediated system
shows good chemoselectivity for the synthesis of corresponding isoxazoles. In our method, cheap and eco-
friendly iron(Ⅲ) nitrate is used as the nitration and cyclization reagent, KI is used as the additive; they both play
a positive role in this transformation. Furthermore, a different mechanism for the formation of isoxazoles from
alkynes has been proposed.
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INTRODUCTION
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Isoxazoles are core components of numerous pharmaceutically active molecules such as mofezolac,
acivicin, zonisamide, broxaterol and leflunomide.1 Furthermore, they can serve as efficient building
blocks in diverse functional materials.2 Therefore, various methods for the synthesis of isoxazoles have
been developed.3 Normally, 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides with alkynes is the most direct
route to access these heterocycles; and the nitrile oxides are always obtained in situ from precursors
such as nitro compounds4 or substituted oximes.5 However, most of these methods suffer from the use of
relatively unavailable starting materials, tedious workup, harsh conditions, or require employing the
substrates as the solvent.3-5 Therefore, the development of a practical procedure to access isoxazoles
from more readily available substrates is still highly desirable.
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Alkynes are a class of readily available substrates, and widely used in the preparation of various hete-
rocycles.6 It will be a simple and direct approach to prepare isoxazoles from alkynes by employing suit-
able nitration and cyclization reagent. In 1993, gasparrini’s group developed a gold-catalyzed synthesis
of 3,5-disubstituted isoxazoles via self-coupling and cyclizing of terminal alkynes, using excess nitric
acid as nitration and dehydration reagent (Scheme 1A).7 Afterward the similar reaction was performed
by combined treatment of terminal alkynes with SO3 and sodium nitrate in glacial acetic acid (Scheme
1B).8 In 2017, a simple method via self-coupling and cyclizing of aromatic terminal alkynes to prepare
isoxazoles was developed, employing t-BuONO as nitration reagent and Sc(OTf)3 as cyclization reagent
(Scheme 1C).9 Although the methods above are simple, few are selective and high yielding, and only a
self-coupling product could be obtained from terminal alkynes. Recently, Xu’s group prepared isox-
azoles via cross-coupling and cyclizing of aromatic terminal alkynes with electron-deficient alkynes or
aliphatic terminal alkynes in benzonitrile under copper nitrate mediated conditions (Scheme 1D);10
however in order to avoid the self-coupling and cyclizing of aromatic terminal alkynes, excess amount
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of aromatic terminal alkynes should be added dropwise by using a syringe pump for 2.5-5h; so the che-
moselectivity was relatively poor. Meanwhile in contrast to the reaction with electron-deficient olefins,11
the cross-coupling and cyclizing of terminal alkynes with electron-deficient alkynes is more difficult
and poorly selective under copper nitrate mediated conditions. Given this, it is critical to develop alter-
nate nitration and cyclization reagents for the chemoselective synthesis of isoxazoles from a variety of
alkynes under mild conditions; a highly chemoselective mediated system for this transformation is cer-
tainly desirable.
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Previous work
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This work
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Scheme 1. Direct synthesis of isoxazoles from alkynes
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Iron(Ⅲ) nitrate as nitration reagent has tremendous advantages owing to its inexpensive and envi-
ronmentally friendly characteristics. And it could be used as a nitration reagent for electron-rich arene12
and liquid ketones13 (Scheme 2). However, the application of iron(Ⅲ) nitrate in the nitration of alkynes,
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was very rare due to relatively weak nitration-ability of iron(Ⅲ) nitrate and relatively strong bound-
electron ability of alkynes. All of the above prompts us to explore the feasibility of synthesizing isox-
azoles from alkynes under iron(Ⅲ) nitrate-mediated and mild conditions. In continuation of our endea-
vors to develop simple methods for the synthesis of N-heterocycles,14 we herein report a iron nitrate-
mediated cascade synthesis of isoxazoles from alkynes (Scheme 1E-1F); both self-coupling and cross-
coupling products could be successfully prepared from alkynes by this method.
Scheme 2. Employing iron(Ⅲ) nitrate as nitration reagent
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
As shown in Table 1, iron (Ⅲ) nitrate-mediated synthesis of isoxazole 3a via self-coupling and cyc-
lizing of alkyne 1a was choose to optimize the conditions including solvents and additives. Firstly, dif-
ferent solvents were screened, and THF was the best choice (entries 1-6). The effect of additive was also
investigated, and KI showed best activity (entries 4,7,8). Without addition of KI, the coupling efficiency
decreased significantly (entry 9). Furthermore, only trace amount of product 3a was monitored by TLC
in the absence of Fe(NO3)3·9H2O (entry 12). Moreover, when the reaction was performed in air, product
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3a was provided in moderate yield (59 %); the result suggested an inert atmosphere would benefit this
transformation (compare entry 4 with entry 13), because the Glaser coupling of terminal alkynes was
easy to occur in the presence of transition metal catalyst and molecular oxygen.15 In addition, the yield
of 3a was also influenced by the loading of Fe(NO3)3·9H2O or KI. When the amount of Fe(NO3)3·9H2O
or KI was decreased, the yield of 3a decreased obviously (entries 14,15,17). While the amount of
Fe(NO3)3·9H2O was increased, the yield of 3a did not increase as expected (entry 16).
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Table 1. Optimization of conditions on Fe(NO3)3-mediated synthesis of 3-benzoyl-5-phenylisoxazole (3a) from pheny-
lacetylene (1a)a
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a Reaction condition: 1a (0.3 mmol), Fe(NO3)3·9H2O (0.45 mmol), additive (0.15 mmol), solvent (1 mL), reaction time
(16 h) under nitrogen atmosphere. without addition of Fe(NO3)3·9H2O. In air. Fe(NO3)3·9H2O (0.075 mmol).
Fe(NO3)3·9H2O (0.30 mmol). f Fe(NO3)3·9H2O (0.60 mmol ). g KI (0.075 mmol).
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The scope of iron(Ⅲ) nitrate-mediated synthesis of isoxazole 3 via self-coupling of alkyne 1 was in-
vestigated under the optimized conditions (KI as additive, THF as solvent, under nitrogen atmosphere).
As shown in Table 2, the reaction worked well for the aromatic alkynes, and diverse electron-donating
groups (Me, n-Bu; entries 2, 3) and electron-withdrawing groups (F, Cl; entries 4-6) on the phenyl group
of aromatic alkynes was completely tolerated. Furthermore, the steric hindrance had an influence on the
yield as well, and the ortho-substituted alkyne provide the relevant product (3d) in lower yield (compare
entry 4 with entry 5). A heterocycle-containing alkyne (1g) could also be transformed to the correspond-
ing isoxazole (entry 7).
Table 2. Fe(NO3)3-mediated synthesis of isoxazole (3) from alkynes (1) via self-couplinga
Entry
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Subsequently, the cross-coupling of two different alkynes to afford the isoxazole 4 was also investi-
gated under iron(Ⅲ) nitrate-mediated conditions. Phenylacetylene (1a) and methyl propiolate (2a) were
chosen as the model substrates to optimize reaction conditions including catalysts, solvents, additives
and atmospheres (Table S1 in Supporting Information); and Fe(NO3)3·9H2O showed higher activity than
other metal nitrates (entries 1-7,29 in Table S1). The additive KI improved the efficiency of the catalyst
system as well (entries 16-20,26,27 in Table S1). Furthermore, a moderate yield of cross-coupling prod-
uct 4a could also be obtained under air (entry 28 in Table S1).15 With the optimized conditions in hand
(KI/t-BuCN as additive, EtOAc/PhCN as solvent, under iron(Ⅲ) nitrate-mediated conditions), the sub-
strate scope was studied (Scheme 3). All the reactions of aromatic terminal alkynes (1) with electron-
deficient alkynes (2a-e) provided moderate to good yields (4a-4a’ in Scheme 3); even the heterocyclic
terminal alkynes also worked well for this transformation (4i). Moreover, the position of the substituent
(ortho vs meta vs para) on the aryl group of aromatic terminal alkynes did not affect the yield of corres-
ponding product evidently (4e-4g). Substituted aliphatic alkynes (2f,2g) also worked well for the reac-
tion with aromatic terminal alkynes (4b’-4d’).
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Scheme 3. Fe(NO3)3-mediated synthesis of isoxazoles (4) via cross-coupling of terminal alkynes (1) and electron-
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A series of control experiments were performed to understand the mechanism. Firstly, the reaction of
1a with 2a was chose to conduct the scale-up experiment under Fe(NO3)3-mediated conditions (Scheme
4A); and the cross-coupling product 4a was isolated in 50% yield, the iodide M-1 and α-
nitroacetophenone M-2 was also obtained in 22% and 7% yields respectively (reaction time 30 min).
The species 4a, M-1 and M-2 were also identified by corresponding peaks in the ESI-HRMS chromato-
grams (See Figure S1,S2 in Supporting Information). Meanwhile when the reaction time was prolonged
to 12 h, the yield of 4a was increased to 70% under condition A. So the M-1 and M-2 might be the in-
termediates for the formation of target product 4a. Furthermore, 1a could be transformed to M-1 in the
presence of KI and NaNO3;16 and then M-1 could be transformed into product 4a successfully without
addition of KI under Fe(NO3)3-mediated conditions (Scheme 4B); the result also implied the M-1
should be the intermediate, and the KI was not necessary in the subsequent formation of isoxazole 4a
after the intermediate M-1 was generated. Moreover, several reactions for the preparation of 4a from M-
2 was also performed (Scheme 4C); the results proved the positive role played by Fe(NO3)3·9H2O and
KI for this transformation, and isoxazole 4a could also be generated without addition of KI after the in-
termediate M-2 was formed. The cross-coupling reaction of 1a with 2a was carried out again (Scheme
4D), the product 4a could be prepared smoothly and the only 8% yield of self-coupling byproduct 3a
was isolated; therefore, our method showed good chemoselectivity for the cross-coupling of two differ-
ent alkynes examined (compared with entry 28 in Table S1). Based on the control experiments above
and contrast experiments (entries 4,9 in Table 1, entry 16,20,24,26 in Table S1 of Supporting Informa-
tion), the addition of KI would make easier the formation of intermediate M-2, which could be trans-
formed into the relevant product 3 smoothly under iron-catalyzed conditions. At last, addition of 1 equiv
of TEMPO (radical scavenger) had no obvious effect for the formation of product 4a from substrates 1a
and 2a (Scheme 4E). Several control experiments about self-coupling and cyclizing of aromatic terminal
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Scheme 4. Control experiments for mechanism study. [Condition A: Fe(NO3)3·9H2O (6 mmol), KI (1.5 mmol), t-
BuCN (3 mmol), EA/PhCN (2.5 mL/2.5 mL), reaction temperature (70 oC) under nitrogen atmosphere; Condition B:
NaNO3 (3 equiv), KI (1.5 equiv), acetic acid as solvent, reaction time (3h) at 85 oC in air; Condition C: Fe(NO3)3·9H2O
(1.2 mmol), KI (0.3 mmol), t-BuCN (0.6 mmol), EA/PhCN (0.5 mL/0.5 mL), reaction time (12 h) at 70 oC under nitro-
gen atmosphere.]
A plausible reaction mechanism is proposed on the basis of the above control experiments and pre-
vious reports (Scheme 5).10,11,16 Initially, aromatic terminal alkynes 1 is transformed into adduct M-1 in
the presence of Fe(NO3)3 and KI. Then M-1 reacts with H2O under iron-mediated conditions, and the
intermediate M-2 was formed. Subsequently, a dehydration process is proceeded under Fe(NO3)3 me-
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diated conditions, to afford nitrile oxides M-5. Finally, the product 3 is generated via 1,3-dipolar cyc-
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Scheme 5. Possible mechanism for the synthesis of products 3 or 4
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, we have developed a simple and direct method for Iron(Ⅲ) nitrate mediated synthesis
of isoxazoles from alkynes; both self-coupling and cross-coupling products could be successfully pre-
pared from alkynes. Meanwhile for cross-coupling and cyclizing of aromatic terminal alkynes with elec-
tron-deficient alkynes or aliphatic terminal alkynes, the iron-mediated system shows good chemoselec-
tivity for the synthesis of corresponding isoxazoles 4; and the selective synthesis of isoxazoles from two
different alkynes were hard to be performed in the previous methods. Furthermore for the self-coupling
and cyclizing of aromatic terminal alkynes, which is more difficult than the cross-coupling and cycliz-
ing of aromatic terminal alkynes with electron-deficient alkynes, the iron-mediated system shows good
activity as well (Scheme 1E). In our method, cheap and eco-friendly iron(Ⅲ) nitrate is used as the nitra-
tion and cyclization reagent, and the nitration of alkynes by iron(Ⅲ) nitrate has not been reported before
due to relatively weak nitration-ability of iron(Ⅲ) nitrate and relatively strong bound-electron ability of
alkynes. Moreover for getting satisfied yields, KI is employed as the additive; and a different mechan-
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General experimental procedures: All reactions were carried out under N2 atmosphere. Proton and
carbon magnetic resonance spectra (1H NMR and 13C NMR) were recorded using tetramethylsilane
(TMS) in the solvent of CDCl3 as the internal standard (1H NMR: TMS at 0.00 ppm,CHCl3 at 7.26 ppm;
13C NMR: CDCl3 at 77.16 ppm) or were recorded using tetramethylsilane (TMS) in the solvent of d6-
DMSO as the internal standard (1H NMR: TMS at 0.00 ppm, DMSO at 2.50 ppm; 13C NMR: DMSO at
39.51 ppm). HRMS were recorded on Thermo QExactive Orbitrap mass spectrometer (for 4i, 4o, 4p, 4x,
4y, 4z, 4d') or Waters Xevo G2 QTOF mass spectrometer (for others). Melting points were recorded on
a Beijing Tech X-5 melting point apparatus.
General procedure for synthesis of compounds 3a-g: 1 (0.3 mmol), Fe(NO3)3·9H2O (0.45 mmol,
182 mg), KI (0.15 mmol, 25 mg) and THF (1 mL) were added to a sealed Schlenk tube and stirred at 60℃
for 16 hours under N2 atmosphere, and the reaction was monitored by TLC. The resulting solution was
quenched with saturated aqueous solution of Na2S2O3. The organic and aqueous layers were separated,
and the aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (3×10 mL). The combined organic layers were dried
over anhydrous Na2SO4, concentrated and purified by column chromatography on silica gel employing
petroleum ether/ethyl acetate as eluent to afford target product 3a-g.
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130.8, 129.8, 129.3, 125.9, 124.1, 99.7, 21.8, 21.5. APCI-MS [M+H]+ m/z 278.13.
(4-Butylphenyl)[5-(4-butylphenyl)isoxazol-3-yl]methanone (3c). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl ace-
tate (30:1), Rf = 0.40. Yield 32 mg (59%) White solid, mp 53.7-54.8 oC. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 25
oC) δ 8.22-8.16 (m, 2H), 7.71-7.65 (m, 2H), 7.29-7.20 (m, 4H), 6.90 (s, 1H), 2.67-2.55 (m, 4H), 1.60-
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22.3, 13.9. ESI-HRMS [M+H]+ m/z calcd for C24H28NO2 362.2115, found 362.2129.
(2-Fluorophenyl)[5-(2-fluorophenyl)isoxazol-3-yl]methanone (3d). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl
acetate (20:1), Rf = 0.30. Yield 22 mg (51%) White solid, mp 88.8-89.6 oC. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3,
25 oC) δ 8.11-8.05 (m, 1H), 8.00-7.93 (m, 1H), 7.70-7.64 (m, 1H), 7.59-7.52 (m, 1H), 7.41-7.35 (m, 2H),
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124.0, 99.5. ESI-HRMS [M+H]+ m/z calcd for C16H10Cl2NO2 318.0083, found 318.0066.
Thiophen-2-yl[5-(thiophen-2-yl)isoxazol-3-yl]methanone (3g). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl ace-
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129.7, 129.6, 129.2, 127.7, 100.1. ESI-HRMS [M+H]+ m/z calcd for C12H8NO2S2 261.9991, found
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General procedure for synthesis of compounds 4a-d'. 1 (0.3 mmol), 2 (0.6 mmol), Fe(NO3)3·9H2O
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mL) were added to a sealed Schlenk tube and stirred at 70 ℃ for 12 hours under N2 atmosphere, and the
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Methyl 3-benzoylisoxazole-5-carboxylate (4a).10 Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (30:1), Rf =
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Methyl 3-(4-methylbenzoyl)isoxazoe-5-carboxylate (4b). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
(20:1), Rf = 0.25. Yield 55 mg (75%) White solid, mp 94.5-95.5 oC. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 25 oC)
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Methyl 3-(4-butylbenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate (4c). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
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Methyl 3-(4-methoxybenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate (4d). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
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Methyl 3-(3-fluorobenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate (4f). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
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δ 8.19-8.12 (m, 1H), 8.06-7.98 (m, 1H), 7.56-7.50 (m, 1H), 7.45 (s, 1H), 7.42-7.35 (m, 1H), 4.02 (s, 3H).
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Methyl 3-(4-fluorobenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate (4g). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
(20:1), Rf = 0.20. Yield 50 mg (67%) White solid, mp 97.1-98.5 oC. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 25 oC)
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Methyl 3-(4-chlorobenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate (4h). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
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Ethyl 3-benzoylisoxazole-5-carboxylate (4j).10 Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (20:1), Rf =
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Ethyl 3-(4-methoxybenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate (4l).10 Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
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Benzyl 3-benzoylisoxazole-5-carboxylate (4o). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (20:1), Rf =
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Benzyl 3-(4-butylbenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate (4p). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (20:1),
Rf = 0.40. Yield 82 mg (75%) Yellow solid, mp 53.7-54.2oC. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 25 oC) δ 8.26-
8.18 (m, 2H), 7.50-7.37 (m, 6H), 7.36-7.31 (m, 2H), 5.43 (s, 2H), 2.80-2.60 (m, 2H), 1.76-1.53 (m, 2H),
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128.1, 114.1, 110.6, 68.1, 55.6. ESI-HRMS [M+H]+ m/z calcd for C19H16NO5 338.1023, found 338.1030.
Benzyl 3-(3-fluorobenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate (4r). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
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121.7, 121.5, 117.4, 117.2, 110.4, 68.2. ESI-HRMS [M+H]+ m/z calcd for C18H13FNO4 326.0823, found
326.0845.
Benzyl 3-(4-fluorobenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate (4s). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
(20:1), Rf = 0.30. Yield 65 mg (67%) Yellow liquid.1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 25 oC) δ 8.45-8.33 (m,
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115.9, 110.5, 68.2. ESI-HRMS [M+H]+ m/z calcd for C18H13FNO4 326.0823, found 326.0845.
Benzyl 3-(4-chlorobenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxylate (4t). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
(20:1), Rf = 0.30. Yield 72 mg (70%) White solid, mp 82.4-83.0 oC. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 25
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128.9, 117.7, 53.7, 53.3. APCI-MS [M+H]+ m/z 290.15.
Dimethyl 3-(4-methylbenzoyl)isoxazole-4,5-dicarboxylate (4v). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl ace-
tate (20:1), Rf = 0.20. Yield 52 mg (57%) White solid, mp 109.4-110.6 oC. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3,
25 C) δ 8.10-8.04 (m, 2H), 7.36-7.31 (m, 2H), 4.04 (s, 3H), 3.91 (s, 3H), 2.46 (s, 3H). 13C{1H} NMR
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Dimethyl 3-(4-methoxybenzoyl)isoxazole-4,5-dicarboxylate (4w). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl
acetate (8:1), Rf = 0.25. Yield 66 mg (69%) White solid, mp 104.8-105.6 oC. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3,
25 C) δ 8.23-8.14 (m, 2H), 7.03-6.98 (m, 2H), 4.04 (s, 3H), 3.91 (d, J = 1.7 Hz, 6H). 13C{1H} NMR
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Dimethyl 3-(3-fluorobenzoyl)isoxazole-4,5-dicarboxylate (4x). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl ace-
tate (20:1), Rf = 0.25. Yield 50 mg (54%) Yellow liquid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, 25 oC) δ 8.02-7.97
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3-Benzoylisoxazole-5-carboxamide (4z). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (8:1), Rf = 0.20. Yield
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[M+H]+ m/z calcd for C11H9N2O3 217.0608, found 217.0610.
3-(4-Fluorobenzoyl)isoxazole-5-carboxamide (4a'). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (8:1), Rf =
0.20. Yield 37 mg (52%) White solid, mp 234.2-235.5 oC. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6, 25 oC) δ 8.51
(s, 1H), 8.34-8.22 (m, 2H), 8.14 (s, 1H), 7.53 (s, 1H), 7.47 (t, J = 8.8 Hz, 2H). 13C{1H} NMR (100 MHz,
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107.1. ESI-HRMS [M+H]+ m/z calcd for C11H8FN2O3 235.0513, found 235.0515.
[5-(Chloromethyl)isoxazol-3-yl](phenyl)methanone (4b').10 Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl acetate
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2-(3-Benzoylisoxazol-5-yl)ethyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate (4d'). Eluent: petroleum ether/ethyl
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HRMS [M+H]+ m/z calcd for C19H18NO5S 372.0900, found 372.0899.
Procedures for scale-up experiment of 3a. 1a (1.5 mmol, 165 μl), Fe(NO3)3·9H2O (2.25 mmol, 909
mg), KI (0.75 mmol, 125mg), THF (5 mL) were added to a sealed Schlenk tube and stirred at 60 ℃ un-
der N2 atmosphere, and the reaction was monitored by TLC. The resulting solution was quenched with
saturated aqueous solution of Na2S2O3. The organic and aqueous layers were separated, and the aqueous
layer was extracted with EtOAc (3×10 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous
Na2SO4, concentrated and purified by column chromatography on silica gel employing petroleum eth-
er/ethyl acetate (30:1) as eluent. When reaction time was 30 min, the cross-coupling product 3a was iso-
lated (88 mg, 47%), and the iodide M-1 and α-nitroacetophenone M-2 was also obtained (37 mg, 18%
for M-1; 11 mg, 9% for M-2). When the reaction time was prolonged to 16 h, the yield of 3a was iso-
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Procedures for scale-up experiment of 4a. 1a (1.5 mmol, 165 μl), 2a (3 mmol, 268 μl),
Fe(NO3)3·9H2O (6 mmol, 2424 mg), t-BuCN (3 mmol, 249 mg), KI (1.5 mmol, 250 mg), PhCN (2.5 mL)
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reaction was monitored by TLC. The resulting solution was quenched with saturated aqueous solution
of Na2S2O3. The organic and aqueous layers were separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted with
EtOAc (3×10 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, concentrated and
purified by column chromatography on silica gel employing petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (30:1) as elu-
ent. When reaction time was 30 min, the cross-coupling product 4a was isolated (173 mg, 50%), and the
iodide M-1 and α-nitroacetophenone M-2 was also obtained (91 mg, 22% for M-1; 17 mg, 7% for M-2).
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128.6, 127.3, 113.8. ESI-HRMS [M-I]+ m/z calcd for C8H6NO2 148.0393, found 148.0395. Anal. Calcd
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Author
* E-mail : xuhao@henu.edu.cn; 18937822307@163.com.
ORCID
Hao Xu: 0000-0002-6069-3246
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Author Contributions
‡ Zhenzhen Lai, Zhenxing Li and Yawei Liu contributed equally to this work.
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21502042,
51403051, 21204018), Scientific Research Key Project Fund of Henan Provincial Education Depart-
ment (Grant No. 15A150041, 16A150003), Scientific Research Fund of Henan University (No.
2013YBZR008).
ASSOCIATED CONTENT
Supporting Information. Optimization table of reaction conditions for the product 4, the 1H and 13C
NMR spectra of these synthesized compounds. This material is available free of charge via the Internet
at http://pubs.acs.org.
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