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2
Recyclable
Theme 1.
R=C
6
H
5
, R'= C
6
H
5
We observed that electron withdrawing substituent like –Cl
Table 2, entries 2, 6) attached to the ketoxime favors the Beck-
R
DTPA (0.05mmol)
Refluxing, CH CN
R'
H
R=4-Cl-C H , R'= C H
6
4
6 5
(
C
O
R=C H , R'= CH
C
N
R
6
5
3
R'
3
R=4-Cl-C
R=2-OH-C
R=4-OCH
R=4-CH -C
R=4-NO -C
6
H
4
, R'= CH
3
mann rearrangement while electron donating substituents like –
OH, –CH –OCH (Table 2, entries 7–9) retard the rearrangement.
O
6
H
4
, R'= CH
, R'= CH
, R'= CH
, R'= CH
3
-C
6
H
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
6
H
4
3
3
The thiophene containing ketoxime (Table 2, entry 11) afforded
the desired product in lesser time with high yield, whereas pyri-
dine containing ketoximes gave no product even after refluxing
for 12 h (Table 2, entry 12). This happens as protonation of pyridine
nitrogen retards the migration process. The turn over frequency
has been calculated for all the products (Table 2, entries 1–12).
All the products were obtained with good chemoselectivity and
6
H
4
Scheme 1. Synthesis of N-substituted amides and lactams from corresponding
ketoximes via Beckmann rearrangement.
DTPA (0.05mmol)
O
n = 0,1
n
1
13
C
NOH
characterized by FT-IR, H NMR, and C NMR spectroscopic tech-
niques. From our studies it is proposed that catalyst plays the role
of Bronsted acid during the conversion of oxime to amide.
To check the efficiency of our synthetic protocol, it was com-
pared with the reported methods/reagents. Cyanuric chloride12
n
3
Refluxing, CH CN
NH
Scheme 2. Synthesis of N-substituted amides and lactams from corresponding
ketoximes via Beckmann rearrangement.
(
0.034 mmol) afforded caprolactam in 30% yield after 2 h at
2
2
21
X
O
60 °C. Ti mont (0.068mmol), PhOP(O)Cl
(3mmol) afforded cap-
X
NOH DTPA (0.05mmol)
n=0, X=S, R''=CH
n=1, X=N, R''=CH
3
2
2
H
N
CH
3
C
n
rolactam in 74% yield after 20 h at 90 °C and in 33% yield after 12 h
at room temperature respectively. It appears that our protocol and
catalyst DTPA are superior for Beckmann rearrangement reaction
(Table 3). The other catalysts employed for this rearrangement
are corrosive, moisture sensitive, expensive, require harsh reaction
conditions, lower yield, and are not recyclable.
n
3
Refluxing, CH CN
R''
R''
Scheme 3. Synthesis of N-substituted amides and lactams from corresponding
ketoximes via Beckmann rearrangement.
catalyst (Table 1, entry 1). The yield of (2a) increased to 89% using
We tried to recover our catalyst (DTPA) used in the present pro-
tocol by using organic solvents and the compatibility of product
and catalyst ended with dichloroethane (DCE). The product was
first dissolved in DCE (2–3 ml) by leaving the catalyst as such in
reaction RBF and the clear solution of product was transferred by
syringe to another flask. The whole process was repeated twice.
Then the catalyst containing flask was dried at 50 °C and catalyst
was reused. To make the separation environmentally benign, water
was also used to recover the catalyst. The final product was insol-
uble in water and the catalyst was soluble. The procedure em-
ployed for recovery of catalyst was carried out in two steps.
Firstly water (2–3 ml) was added to reaction RBF and stirred for
2 min. In the second step the reaction product was filtered which
provided the clear solution containing the catalyst. The addition
of water and washing of product was repeated three times. Then
the catalyst containing water in RBF was evaporated under vacuum
at 70 °C which leaves behind the catalyst in RBF. Further the cata-
lyst was dried in an oven for 30 min and reused. Then the weight of
the catalyst was determined. It was observed that catalyst recovery
was almost constant. The reusability of catalyst was checked by
carrying out the repeated reaction using recovered catalyst and
ketoxime (Fig. 1). Catalyst was used up to five times without much
loss of its activity (small decrease due to catalyst loss during
extraction).
CH
ether, DMF, ethyl acetate, and toluene did not effectively improve
the yield (Table 1, entries 2–6). CH CN was found to be the best
solvent for the present protocol. This may be because the solvent
3
CN (Table 1, entry 8). But other solvents like acetic acid, diethyl
3
3
1
3
CH CN stabilizes the nitrilium ion formed during the reaction.
It was observed that on increasing or decreasing the catalyst
loading other than 0.05 mmol, the yield decreased (Table 1, entries
7
–13).
The reaction was also investigated at different temperatures
Table 1, entries 14, 15), but no significant changes were observed.
(
Even under microwave irradiation the yield was less (Table 1, en-
tries 16, 17). In the absence of the catalyst, no product was isolated
(Table 1, entry 18) on refluxing even after 24 h.
Subsequently, the reaction was also investigated using other
HPAs such as H SiW12O40 and H PMo12O40, but they gave poor
4 3
results compared to DTPA catalyst (Table 1 entries 19, 20).
Under the optimized reaction conditions (ketoxime (5 mmol),
3
DTPA (0.05 mmol), CH CN, refluxing) a series of N-substituted
amides and lactams was studied to establish the scope and limita-
tions of this method (Table 2). To our delight a wide range of
substituted ketoximes derived from various aromatic, aliphatic,
cyclic, and heterocyclic ketones gave desired products in good to
3
4
excellent yield (Schemes 1–3 Table 2, entries 1–12).