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2 Biosynthesis  





3 Reactions  





4 See also  





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Oxazole
Full structural formula
Skeletal formula with numbers
Ball-and-stick model
Space-filling model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name

1,3-Oxazole[1]

Identifiers

CAS Number

3D model (JSmol)

Beilstein Reference

103851
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.005.474 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 206-020-8

Gmelin Reference

485850
MeSH D010080

PubChem CID

UNII

CompTox Dashboard (EPA)

  • InChI=1S/C3H3NO/c1-2-5-3-4-1/h1-3H ☒N

    Key: ZCQWOFVYLHDMMC-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N

  • InChI=1/C3H3NO/c1-2-5-3-4-1/h1-3H

    Key: ZCQWOFVYLHDMMC-UHFFFAOYAD

  • C1=COC=N1

Properties

Chemical formula

C3H3NO
Molar mass 69.06 g/mol
Density 1.050 g/cm3
Boiling point 69.5 °C (157.1 °F; 342.6 K)
Acidity (pKa) 0.8 (of conjugate acid)[2]
Hazards
GHS labelling:[3]

Pictograms

GHS02: FlammableGHS05: Corrosive

Signal word

Danger

Hazard statements

H225, H318

Precautionary statements

P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P264+P265, P280, P303+P361+P353, P305+P354+P338, P317, P370+P378, P403+P235, P501
Supplementary data page
Oxazole (data page)

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

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Infobox references

Oxazole is the parent compound for a vast class of heterocyclic aromatic organic compounds. These are azoles with an oxygen and a nitrogen separated by one carbon.[4] Oxazoles are aromatic compounds but less so than the thiazoles. Oxazole is a weak base; its conjugate acid has a pKa of 0.8, compared to 7 for imidazole.

Preparation[edit]

The classic synthetic route the Robinson–Gabriel synthesis by dehydration of 2-acylaminoketones:

The Robinson–Gabriel synthesis
The Robinson–Gabriel synthesis

The Fischer oxazole synthesis from cyanohydrins and aldehydes is also widely used:

Fischer Oxazole Synthesis
Fischer Oxazole Synthesis

Other methods are known including the reaction of α-haloketones and formamide and the Van Leusen reaction with aldehydes and TosMIC.

Biosynthesis[edit]

Inbiomolecules, oxazoles result from the cyclization and oxidation of serineorthreonine nonribosomal peptides:[5]

Where X = H, CH
3
for serine and threonine respectively, B = base.
(1) Enzymatic cyclization. (2) Elimination. (3) [O] = enzymatic oxidation.

Oxazoles are not as abundant in biomolecules as the related thiazoles with oxygen replaced by a sulfur atom.

Reactions[edit]

With a pKa of 0.8 for the conjugate acid (oxazolium salts), oxazoles are far less basic than imidazoles (pKa = 7). Deprotonation of oxazoles occurs at C2. Formylation with dimethylformamide gives 2-formyloxazole. The lithio compound exists in equilibrium with the ring-opened enolate-isonitrile, which can be trapped by silylation.[4]

Electrophilic aromatic substitution takes place at C5, but requiring electron donating groups.

Nucleophilic aromatic substitution takes place with leaving groups at C2.

Diels–Alder reactions involving oxazole (as dienes) and electrophilic alkenes has been well developed as a route to pyridines. In this way, alkoxy-substituted oxazoles serve a precursors to the pyridoxyl system, as found in vitamin B6. The initial cycloaddition affords a bicyclic intermediate, with an acid-sensitive oxo bridgehead.

Use of an oxazole in the synthesis of a precursor to pyridoxine, which is converted to vitamin B6.[6]


In the Cornforth rearrangement of 4-acyloxazoles is a thermal rearrangement reaction with the organic acyl residue and the C5 substituent changing positions.

Oxazoline CAN oxidation
In the balanced half-reaction three equivalents of water are consumed for each equivalent of oxazoline, generating 4 protons and 4 electrons (the latter derived from CeIV).


See also[edit]

Additional reading[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 140. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  • ^ Zoltewicz, J. A. & Deady, L. W. Quaternization of heteroaromatic compounds. Quantitative aspects. Adv. Heterocycl. Chem. 22, 71-121 (1978).
  • ^ "Oxazole". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  • ^ a b T. L. Gilchrist (1997). Heterocyclic Chemistry (3 ed.). Longman. ISBN 0-582-01421-2.
  • ^ Roy, Ranabir Sinha; Gehring, Amy M.; Milne, Jill C.; Belshaw, Peter J.; Walsh, Christopher T.; Roy, Ranabir Sinha; Gehring, Amy M.; Milne, Jill C.; Belshaw, Peter J.; Walsh, Christopher T. (1999). "Thiazole and Oxazole Peptides: Biosynthesis and Molecular Machinery". Natural Product Reports. 16 (2): 249–263. doi:10.1039/A806930A. PMID 10331285.
  • ^ Gérard Moine; Hans-Peter Hohmann; Roland Kurth; Joachim Paust; Wolfgang Hähnlein; Horst Pauling; Bernd–Jürgen Weimann; Bruno Kaesler (2011). "Vitamins, 6. B Vitamins". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.o27_o09. ISBN 978-3-527-30673-2.
  • ^ "Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Promoted Oxidation of Oxazoles", David A. Evans, Pavel Nagorny, and Risheng Xu. Org. Lett.; 2006; 8(24) pp 5669 - 5671; (Letter) doi:10.1021/ol0624530

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