Heterocycles from substituted amides. VII Oxazoles from 2‐isocyanoacetamides

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Abstract
Certain heretofore unknown tertiary α‐isocyanacetanilides 1 are reported for the first time, prepared by methods necessarily different from those employed to prepare the previously cited aliphatic α‐isocyano‐acetamides 2. Like 2, 1 has been shown to readily undergo dialkylation with alkyl halides. Moreover, 1 also gives rise to oxazole and oxazoline derivatives upon reaction with acyl halides and aldehydes, respectively, resembling the similarly activated α‐isocyano esters and sulfones. Further, in a demonstrable ring‐chain tautomeric equilibration, apparently restricted to tertiary amides, 1 readily cyclizes, providing the only known synthesis of 5‐amino‐2,4‐unsubstituted oxazoles 3. In other examples 4‐chloro and 4‐alkyl‐5‐amino‐oxazoles are produced. The materials and reactions are characterized, and compared with previous related studies.