Mechanistic Studies for Formation of Anilide, Oxazole and Imidazole Derivatives
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J. Chem. Sci. Vol. 128, No. 5, May 2016, pp. 745–752. c Indian Academy of Sciences. DOI 10.1007/s12039-016-1066-4 Thermolysis of some N-arylbenzamidoximes: Mechanistic studies for formation of anilide, oxazole and imidazole derivatives ABDEL-AAL GABERa,∗ and LAYLA TAIBb aChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt bChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] MS received 16 December 2015; revised 17 February 2016; accepted 25 February 2016 Abstract. The thermolysis of N-2-pyridylbenzamidoxime I under nitrogen atmosphere for 5 hours gives rise to 2-phenyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine and N-(pyridin-2-yl)benzamide as the major products (52.4 and 18.11%, respectively), in addition to 2-hydroxy pyridine, benzonitrile, benzoic acid, 2-aminopyridine, 2-phenyloxazolo[4,5-b]pyridine, 9H-pyrrolo[2,3-b:5,4-b’]dipyridine and 2,4,6-triphenyl-1,3,5-triazine. Also, heating N-α-naphthylbenzamidoxime II under the same conditions gave N-(α-Naphthyl)benzamide, 2-Phenyl- 3H-naphtho[2,1-d] imidazole as the major products besides benzonitrile, benzoic acid, α-naphthylamine and 2-phenylnaphtho[1,2-d]oxazole. In the presence of tetralin, I gave 1-hydroxytetralin, α-tetralone and 1,1’- bitetrayl besides the previous products. The reaction and isolated products have been interpreted in terms of a free radical mechanism involving the homolysis of N-O and/or C-N bonds. Keywords. Thermolysis; rearrangement; N-2-pyridyl- and N-α-Naphthylbenz- amidoxime; imidazo- and oxazolo derivatives. 1. Introduction of amidoxime derivatives has prompted us to reinves- tigate the thermolysis of these compounds in order to As an important organic family, amidoximes, in general gain further insight into the mechanistic pathways of are useful precursors for the synthesis of versatile hete- fragmentation. rocyclic compounds such as oxazoles, imidazoles, oxa- diazoles, tetrazoles, etc.1–4 Also, we have reported that flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) of the benzamide oximes 2. Experimental leads to the formation of the imino-oxadiazole as the 2.1 General Methods major product and suggested to be formed by intermol- ecular cycloaddition of benzonitrile oxide the diphenyl- 5 All melting points were measured with a Gallen kamp carbodiimide. Moreover, thermal fragmentation and apparatus and are uncorrected. The IR spectra were rearrangement of N-arylbenzamidoximes gave benzimi recorded on a Shimadzu IR-470 spectrophotometer. All dazoles, anilides, aryl amines, phenols and 2-phenylben- 6,7 thermolysis experiments were carried out in high purity zoxazole. Also, thermolysis of N-arylnicotin- amide HPLC grade acetonitrile purchased from Sigma Aldrich. oximes under nitrogen atmosphere gave rise to benzim- The thermolysis progressing and the purity of the isola- idazoles and anilides as major products in addition to ted products were monitored using thin layer chromato- arylamines, nicotinic acid, phenols and 2-(pyridine-3-yl) 8 9 graphy (TLC) and the progress was followed using thin benzoxazoles. Recently, Gaber et al., have reported layer chromatography on aluminum sheets covered with that the photolysis of some N-arylbenzamidoxime silica gel with layer thickness of 0.2 mm and acetone- derivatives in dry acetonitrile gives rise to anilides and petroleum-ether (60–80◦C) (1:4 v/v). Purification and benzimidazoles as the major products in addition to separation of the products were done using column benzonitrile, arylamines, benzoic acid, and 2-phenyl chromatography using a glass column (120 × 2.5 cm) benzoxazoles. Several papers have been published on 10 11 packed with Kieselgel 60 (0.040–0.063 mm) using light the use of amidoximes as antibacterial, trypanocide petroleum-ether and ether-pentane with different ratios and as functional group which can serve as prodrug 12 (1 and 2%). Gas-liquid chromatography was carried out for the amidoxime group. The biological importance on a Perkin-Elmer, model Sigma 3B apparatus, using a 4ft× 4 mm column packed with SE 30 over Chro- ∗For correspondence mosorb W (35–80 mesh) or 10% SE 30 on Celite 745 746 Abdel-Aal Gaber and Layla Taib (60–80 mesh) at 200◦C, using nitrogen as a carrier hydroxide. N-α-Naphthylbenzamidine (24.6 g, 0.1 mole) gas. 1Hand13C-NMR spectra for the starting materials was added to a solution of hydroxyl amine hydrochlo- and some reaction products were recorded using Var- ride (10.4 g, 1.5 mole) in water (90 mL). The suspension ian EM 600 and 150 MHz instrument, respectively. The was boiled for 10 min, made just alkaline with ammo- isolated products were separated and analyzed by IR, nia, and boiled for a further 10 min. The residue was GLC, TLC, elemental analysis, 1Hand13C-NMR, and treated with pet.ether (60–80◦C). The solid separated GC/MS and compared with authentic samples. furnished the pure amidoxime, as dark purple crystals upon recrystallization from benzene, M.p. 184–186◦C; = 2.2 Starting materials yield 30.29%; Rf 0.285 (acetone: petroleum ether (60–80◦C) 3:7 v/v); (lit;13 mp 181-3◦C); IR (KBr, − N-(Pyridin-2-yl)benzamidoxime I was prepared cm 1): 3382 (OH), 3361 (NH), 3058 (CH aromatic), through mixture of 2-Amino pyridine (9.98 mL, 1642 (C=C aromatic), 1363 (C-N), 1245 (C-O); 1H- 0.1 mole), benzonitrile (9.98 mL, 0.1 mole), and gran- NMR (600 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ: 10.66 (s, 1H, OH), ular sodium (2.3 g, 0.1 mole) in dry benzene (100 mL) 8.34 (d,1H, J = 8.4), 8.167 (s, 1H, NH), 7.87 was refluxed for 27 consecutive hours. After addition (d, 2H, J = 8.4), 7.55 (m, 2H), 7.34 (dd, 2H, J = 6, 6.6) of ethanol (10 mL), ionizable cyanide was extracted 7.22 (m, 4H), 6.56 (d, 1H, J = 7.2); 13C-NMR = with dilute sodium hydroxide and recovered as silver (150 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 152.2 (C NOH), 135.7 (C- cyanide (0.73 g, 5.5%). Basic material was then col- naph), 133.9 (C-Ph.), 131.6 (C-Ph), 128.9 (CH-Ph), lected in dilute hydrochloric acid and N-(pyridin-2-yl) 128.1 (CH-naph), 127.9 (2CH-Ph), 127.65 (C-naph), benzamidine was precipitated by sodium hydroxide. 127.60 (2CH-Ph), 125.9 (CH-naph), 125.8 (CH-naph), N-(Pyridin-2-yl)benzamidine (19.72 g, 0.1 mole) was 125.0 (CH-naph), 123.17 (CH-naph), 121.6 (CH-naph), ◦ + added to a solution of hydroxylamine hydrochloride 119.84 (CH-naph); MS (EI, 150 C), m/e (%): 262 (M , (10.4 g, 1.5 mole) in water (90 mL). The suspension was 28.35), 246 (26.86), 245 (100), 230 (15), 143 (59.7), boiled for 10 min, made just alkaline to brilliant-yellow 127 (23.88), 115 (70.14), 77 (35.82), 51 (10.44); ele- solution with ammonia, and boiled for a further 10 min. mental analysis calculated for C17H14N2O: C, 77.84; H, The solid separated furnished the pure amidoxime, as 5.3; N, 10.68%. Found: C, 78.04; H, 5.09; N, 10.27%. pale yellow crystals, M.p. 186–188◦C, upon recrys- It is worth mentioning that a number of preliminary tallization from ethanol; yield 46.65%, Rf = 0.221 experiments were carried out to determine the proper (acetone: petroleum ether (60–80◦C), 3:7 v/v); (lit;13 temperature for thermolysis. The decomposition of I ◦ ◦ mp 185-7◦C); IR (KBr, cm−1): 3476 (OH), 3364 (NH), and II starts above 220 C. Also, it was found that 250 C 3110 (CH aromatic), 1641 (C=C aromatic), 1335 is the lowest temperature at which the conversion of N- 1 (C-N), 1256 (C-O). H-NMR (600 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ: arylbenzamidoximes I and II was complete at the end 10.88 (s, 1H, OH), 8.71 (s, 1H, NH), 7.91 (d, 1H, J = of thermolysis. 4.8), 7.52 (t, 1H), 7.39 (dd, 1H, J = 4.2, 1.2), 7.33 (m, 5H, Ph-H), 6.74 (m, 1H); 13C-NMR (150 MHz, 2.3 Thermal fragmentation of = DMSO-d6) δ: 206.7 (C NOH), 154.06 (C-Py), 147.26 N-2-pyridylbenzamidoxime I (CH-Py), 137.27 (CH-Py),133.72(C-Ph), 128.6 (CH- Ph), 128 (2CH-Py), 126.9 (2CH-Ph), 115.7 (CH-Py), General procedure: The appropriate N-2-pyridylben- 111.9 (CH-Py); MS (EI, 150◦C), m/e (%): 213 (M+, zamidoxime I (1 g) was heated under nitrogen stream 35.29), 196 (13.23), 181 (31.61), 94 (36.76), 79 (27.9), at 220–250◦C for 5 h using a temperature-controlled 77 (100), 51 (12.92); elemental analysis calculated for heating mantle adjusted to the required temperature. C12H11N3O: C, 67.59; H, 5.20; N, 19.71%. Found: C, The temperature was measured using a thermome- 67.26; H, 5.53; N, 20.20%. ter immersed in the reaction flask. The gases evolved N-α-Naphthylbenzamidoxime II was prepared by the were detected by standard chemical methods (NH3 same procedure through a mixture of α-naphthylamine by Nessler’s reagent). After decomposition was com- (14.31 g, 0.1 mole), benzonitrile (9.98 mL, 0.1 mole), plete, as judged by TLC monitoring, the products were and granular sodium (2.3 g, 0.1 mole) in dry benzene separated into neutral, acidic, phenolic and basic com- (100 mL) was refluxed for 27 consecutive hours. After ponents as in the previous work.14 The pyrolysate was addition of ethanol (10 mL), ionizable cyanide was dissolved in ether and shaken several times with ethano- extracted with dilute sodium hydroxide and recovered lic potassium hydroxide solution (Claisen’s solution) to as silver cyanide (0.73 g, 5.5%).