Formation of N-Tributylstannyl Heterocycle from Bis(tributyltin) Oxide and ω-Haloalkyl Isocyanate. One-Pot Convenient Synthesis of 2-Oxazolidinones and Tetrahydro-2H-1,3-oxazin-2-one

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.62.853

Novel types of compounds, N-tributylstannyl-2-oxazolidinone (4a) and tetrahydro-2H-1,3-oxazin-2-one (4b), are formed from the adduct of (n-Bu3Sn)2O (1) with ω-haloalkyl isocyanate (2), and the subsequent coupling reaction with alkyl halides gives a variety of N-substituted 2-oxazolidinones and tetrahydro-2-oxazinones in a one-pot procedure.Both the cyclization and the coupling reaction proceed quantitatively in the presence of HMPA which enhances the reactivity of the Sn-heteroatom bond by coordination.