Facile Syntheses of Substituted, Conformationally-Constrained Benzoxazocines and Benzazocines via Sequential Multicomponent Assembly and Cyclization

Tetrahedron Lett. 2011 Dec 21;52(51):6855-6858. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.10.022.

Abstract

A multicomponent assembly process (MCAP) was utilized to prepare versatile intermediates that are suitably functionalized for subsequent cyclizations via Ullmann and Heck reactions to efficiently construct substituted 2,6-methanobenzo[b][1,5]oxazocines and 1,6-methanobenzo[c]azocines, respectively. The intramolecular Ullmann cyclization was conducted in tandem with an intermolecular arylation that enabled the rapid syntheses of a number of O-functionalized methanobenzoxazocines.