title: Selective nucleophilic chemistry in the synthesis of 5-carbamoyl-3-sulfanylmethylisoxazole-4-carboxylic acids.
abstract: The solution-phase syntheses of 5-carbamoyl-3-sulfanylmethylisoxazole-4-carboxylic acids were accomplished from dimethyl 3-chloromethylisoxazole-4,5-dicarboxylate by selective nucleophilic chemistry. For example, treatment of this trifunctionalized core with 3-bromobenzylamine and subsequent X-ray analysis identified the sole product as methyl 5-(3-bromobenzylcarbamoyl)-3-chloromethylisoxazole-4-carboxylate. Subjecting this amide/ester to thiophenol in the presence of 1 N NaOH completed the two-step transformation of this versatile starting material to the targeted 5-carbamoyl-3-sulfanylmethylisoxazole-4-carboxylic acid. Employing various amines and thiophenols, this chemistry was applied in the generation of a 90-compound library of druglike isoxazoles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616-5295, USA.
authors.forename: Lori I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fettinger
authors.forename: Dino S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Tinti
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kurth
mesh_terms: D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques / Q000379:methods; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007555:Isoxazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008958:Models, Molecular
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D007555:Isoxazoles