Facile one-pot preparation of 5-aryltetrazoles and 3-arylisoxazoles from aryl bromides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2018.06.044

The successive treatment of aryl bromides with n-BuLi, DMF, hydroxylamine hydrochloride, and finally diphenylphosphoryl azide provided efficiently the corresponding 5-aryltetrazoles in good to moderate yields. Similarly, the successive treatment of aryl bromides with n-BuLi, DMF, hydroxylamine hydrochloride, and finally diethyl acetylenedicarboxylate and Oxone provided efficiently the corresponding diethyl 3-arylisoxazole-4,5-dicarboxylates in good to moderate yields. Aromatic aldoximes are the key intermediates in both reactions, and 5-aryltetrazoles and 3-arylisoxazoles could be obtained from aryl bromides in one pot under transition-metal-free conditions.