Brønsted acid-catalyzed formal [5+2+1] cycloaddition of ynamides and isoxazoles with water: access to oxygen-bridged tetrahydro-1,4-oxazepines

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Apr 17;54(32):3963-3966. doi: 10.1039/c8cc00881g.

Abstract

A Brønsted acid-catalyzed formal [5+2+1] cycloaddition of ynamides and isoxazoles with water is described. This process provides atom-economical access to oxygen-bridged tetrahydro-1,4-oxazepines, where the bridged oxygen atom originates from water. The unique property of the Brønsted acid shows distinct chemoselectivity from the corresponding gold-catalyzed cycloadditions.