Electronic Supplementary Information for Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly Phthalimide-N-oxyl salts: Efficient organocatalysts for facile synthesis of (Z)-3methyl-4-arylmethylene isoxazole-5(4H)-one derivatives in water Mohammad G. Dekamin ● S. Zahra Peyman Pharmaceutical and Biologically-Active Compounds Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran 16846-13114, Iran. E-Mail:mdekamin@iust.ac.ir Contents Page 1. Experimental section S2 1.1. Materials and methods S2 1.2. General procedure for synthesis of POPINO and TBAPINO salts (1a-b) S2 1.3. Chemical characterization of N-hydroxyphthalimide and TBAPINO (1a-b) S3 1.4. General procedure for synthesis of isoxazol-5(4H)-ones (5a-l) catalyzed by POPINO S9 or TBAPINO (1a-b) Table 1. Synthesis of (Z)-3-methyl-4-arylmethylene-isoxazole-5(4H)-ones (5a-l) catalyzed by POPINO (1a) and TBAPINO (1b) in water at ambient temperature Chemical characterization of (Z)-4-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol- S9 5(4H)-one (5a) S11 Chemical characterization of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(thiophen-2-ylmethylene)isoxazol-5(4H)-one S15 (5j) Chemical characterization of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(3-phenylallylidene)isoxazol-5(4H)-one (5l) S1 S18 1. Experimental section 1.1. Materials and methods All commercially available chemicals were obtained from Merck and Aldrich, and used without further purifications, except for benzaldehyde, which was used as a fresh distilled sample. Analytical thin layer chromatography (TLC) for monitoring reactions was performed using Merck 0.2 mm silica gel 60 F-254 Al-plates. Melting points were determined using an Electrothermal 9100 apparatus and are uncorrected. Infrared (IR) spectra were acquired on a Shimadzu FT IR -8400S spectrometer. 1H NMR (500 MHz) Spectra were obtained using a Bruker DRX-500 AVANCE spectrometer. NMR spectra were determined in CDCl3 or DMSO at ambient temperature. All yields refer to the isolated products. 1.2. General procedure for synthesis of PINO and TBAPINO salts (1a-b) 1.2.1. General procedure for preparation of Potassium phthalimide-N-oxyl (POPINO, 1a) A mixture of N-hydroxyphthalimide (1.63 g, 10 mmol) and an equivalent amount of the KOH in EtOH (20 mL) was refluxed. After completion the reaction, the obtained deep red solid was filtered, washed with cold EtOH and dried prior to use [45]. 1.2.2. General procedure for preparation of tetrabutylammonium phthalimide-N-oxyl (TBAPINO, 1b) A mixture of 3.78 mmol (0.617 g) of N-hydroxyphthalimide and 3.78 mmol of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (F.W. = 259.48 g/mol, 20% w/w in water, d = 0.98 g/mL, 5.0 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 5 min. After that, 10 mL of absolute EtOH was added and the mixture was refluxed 20 min and then allow to cool. The red solid was collected using vacuum filtration through a Büchner funnel, washed with cold EtOH, and air-dried [37]. S2 1.3. Chemical characterization of N-hydroxyphthalimide and TBAPINO (1b) Fig. 1. FT IR spectrum of the commercial N-hydroxyphthalimide. S3 Fig. 2. 1H NMR spectrum of N-hydroxyphthalimide in DMSO-d6. Fig. 3. 1H NMR spectrum of N-hydroxyphthalimide in DMSO-d6 (Expanded aromatic region). S4 Fig. 4. FT IR spectrum of tetrabutylammonium phthalimide-N-oxyl (1b). S5 Fig. 5. 1H NMR spectrum of tetrabutylammonium phthalimide-N-oxyl (1b) in DMSO-d6. Fig. 6. 1H NMR spectrum of tetrabutylammonium phthalimide-N-oxyl (1b) in DMSO-d6 (Expanded aliphatic region). S6 Fig. 7. 1H NMR spectrum of tetrabutylammonium phthalimide-N-oxyl (1b) in DMSO-d6 (Expanded aromatic region). S7 Fig. 8. 13C NMR spectrum of tetrabutylammonium phthalimide-N-oxyl (1b) in DMSO-d6. Fig. 9. 13C NMR spectrum of tetrabutylammonium phthalimide-N-oxyl (1b) in DMSO-d6 (Expanded). S8 1.4. General procedure for synthesis of isoxazol-5(4H)-ones (5a-l) catalyzed by POPINO or TBAPINO (1a-b) A mixture of, hydroxylamine hydrochloride (2, 1 mmol), ethylacetoacetate (3, 1 mmol), aromatic aldehyde (4, 1 mmol), and POPINO or TBAPINO (1a-b, 10 mol %) in 4 mL of distilled water was stirred at room temperature for the time mentioned in Table 2. The reaction progress was monitored by TLC along with precipitating out of the products from the reaction mixture. After completion of the reaction (monitored by TLC), pure products were simply isolated by filtration of the reaction mixture and washing the solid with cold distilled water. The solid products were recrystallized from EtOH if necessary. All products are known compounds and were characterized on the basis of IR and 1H NMR spectroscopic data and melting points. Table 1. Synthesis of (Z)-3-methyl-4-arylmethylene-isoxazole-5(4H)-ones (5a-l) catalyzed by TBAPINO (1a) and POPINO (1b) in water at room temperaturea Time (h) Entry RCOH (4) Yieldc (%) M.P(obsd) (°C) Productb (5) M.P (°C) 1a 1b 1a 1b 1a 1b 1 Vanillin (4a) 5a 1 0.75 94 97 215-217 213-215 213-215 2 2,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde (4b) 5b 1.5 1.1 89 90 204-205 203-205 191 3 4-methylbenzaldehyde (4c) 5c 1.5 1.5 94 97 130-131 129-130 130-132 4 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (4d) 5d 1.1 1 90 93 173-175 172-173 173-175 5 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (4e) 5e 1.25 1.25 93 95 216-218 215-216 214-216 6 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde (4f) 5f 1.1 1 90 93 203-204 206-208 202-203 7 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde (4g) 5g 2 2 88 91 198-200 195-196 198-201 8 4-dimethylaminobanzaldehyde (4h) 5h 1 0.75 93 96 206-208 205-207 207-208 9 Benzaldehyde (4i) 5i 1.1 1 92 95 139-140 141-142 140-142 10 2-Thiophenecarboxaldehyde (4j) 5j 1.25 1 89 94 143-145 142-143 143-145 11 Furfural (4k) 5k 1.25 1 90 93 242-244 241-243 239-241 12 Cinnamaldehyde (4l) 5l 1.3 1.1 85 90 173-175 172-174 171-173 13 4-Chlorobenzaldehyde (4m) 5m 3 3 Trace trace - - - 14 4-Nitrobenzaldehyde (4n) 5n 3 3 NRd NR - - - 15 3-Nitrobenzaldehyde (4o) 5o 3 3 NR NR - - - 16 4-Cyanobenzaldehyde (4p) 5p 3 3 NR NR - - - a Reaction conditions: hydroxylamine hydrochloride (1 mmol), ethyl acetoacetate (1 mmol), and aldehyes (1 mmol), water (2 mL, rt.), POPINO or TBAPINO (10 mol %). b All compounds are known and their structures were established from their spectral data and melting points as compared with literature values. c The yields refer to isolated products. 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Fig. 10. FT IR spectrum of (Z)-4-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5a). . S11 Fig. 11. 1H NMR spectrum of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5a) in DMSO-d6. S12 Fig. 12. 1H NMR spectrum of (Z)-4-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5a) in DMSO-d6 (Expanded aliphatic region). S13 Fig. 13. 1H NMR spectrum of (Z)-4-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5a) in DMSO-d6 (Expanded aromatic region). S14 Chemical characterization of (Z)-4-(2,4-dimethoxybenzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5b) Yellow solid, mp: 203-205 °C, Yield: 90%; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm): 2.2 (s, 3H), 3.83 (s, 6H), 6.33 (d, 4J = 2.3 Hz, 1H), 6.53 (dd, 3J = 9.0 Hz, 4J = 2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.87 (s, 1H), 9.12 (d, J = 9.0 Hz, 1H) [33]. Chemical characterization of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(4-methylbenzylidene) isoxazol-5 (4H)-one (5c) Yellow solid, mp: 129-130 °C, Yield: 97%; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDC13): δ (ppm): 2.13 (s, 3H), 2.38 (s, 3H), 7.16 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.32 (s, 1H), 8.22 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H) [15]. Chemical characterization of (Z)-4-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5d) Yellow solid, mp: 172-173 °C, Yield: 93%; 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ (ppm): 2.21 (s, 3H), 3.86 (s, 3H), 7.01 (d, J = 8.9 Hz, 2H), 7.31 (s, 1H), 8.35 (d, J = 8.9 Hz, 2H) [35]. Chemical characterization of (Z)-4-(4-hydroxybenzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5e) Yellow solid, mp: 215-216 °C, Yield: 95%; 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ (ppm): 2.23 (s, 3H), 6.85 (d, J = 9.2 Hz, 2H), 7.64 (s, 1H), 8.55 (d, J = 9.2 Hz, 2H), 11.03 (s, 1H) [35]. Chemical characterization of (Z)-4-(3-hydroxybenzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5f) Yellow solid, mp: 206-208 °C, Yield: 93%; 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ (ppm): 2.18 (s, 3H), 7.08 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.29 (t, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.69 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.75 (s, 1H), 7.85 (s, 1H), 9.80 (s,1H) [15]. S15 Chemical characterization of (Z)-4-(2-hydroxybenzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5g) Yellow solid, mp: 195-196 °C, Yield: 91%; 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ (ppm): 2.23 (s, 3H), 6.79 (d, J =6.8 Hz, 1H), 7.01 (t, J =6.8 Hz, 1H), 7.36 (t, J =7.4 Hz, 1H), 8.01 (s, 1H), 8.62 (d, J =7.4 Hz, 1H), 11.02 (s, 1H) [35]. Chemical characterization of (Z)-4-(4-(dimethylamino) benzylidene)-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5h) Red solid, mp: 205-207 °C, Yield: 96%; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDC13): δ (ppm): 2.32 (s, 3H), 3.20 (s, 6H), 6.85 (dd, 3J = 8.4, 4J = 1.2 Hz, 2H), 7.34 (s, 1H), 8.53 (d, 3J = 8.4, 4J = 1.2 Hz, 2H) [27]. Chemical characterization of (Z)-4-benzylidene-3-methylisoxazol-5(4H)-one (5i) Yellow solid, mp: 141-142 °C, Yield: 95%; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDC13): δ (ppm): 2.24 (s, 3H), 7.35 (s, 1H), 7.43 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 2H), 7.51 – 7.54 (m, 1H), 8.29 (dd, 3J = 7.4, 4J = 1.3 Hz, 2H) [15]. S16 Chemical characterization of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(thiophen-2-ylmethylene) isoxazol-5(4H)-one (5j) Yellow solid, mp: 143-145 °C, Yield: 97%; IR (KBr) cm-1: 3078, 2972, 1735, 1608, 1409, 1305, 1217, 1128, 997, 869, 742, 572, 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ (ppm): 2.23 (s, 3H), 7.36 (t, J = 4.4 Hz, 1H), 8.19 – 8.20 (d, J = 3.8 Hz, 1H), 8.24 (s, 1H), 8.29 – 8.30 (d, J = 5.4 Hz, 1H). Fig. 14. FT IR spectrum of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(thiophen-2-ylmethylene) isoxazol-5(4H)-one (5j). S17 Fig. 15. 1H NMR spectrum of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(thiophen-2-ylmethylene) isoxazol-5(4H)-one (5j) in DMSO-d6. Fig. 16. 1H NMR spectrum of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(thiophen-2-ylmethylene) isoxazol-5(4H)-one (5j) in DMSO-d6 (Expanded aliphatic region). S18 Fig. 17. 1H NMR spectrum of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(thiophen-2-ylmethylene) isoxazol-5(4H)-one (5j) in DMSO-d6 (Expanded aromatic region). S19 Chemical characterization of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(3-phenylallylidene) isoxazol-5(4H)-one (4l) Yellow solid, mp: 173-175 °C, Yield: 90%; IR (KBr) cm-1: 3020, 2970, 1747, 1614, 1587, 1450, 1303, 1147, 1108, 995, 850, 756, 541, 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO- d6): δ (ppm): 2.18 (s, 3H), 7.20 (d, J = 4.0 Hz, 1H), 7.29 – 7.33 (m, 3H), 7.61– 7.65 (m, 2H), 7.79 (d, J =11.7 Hz, 1H), 8.07 – 8.12 (dd, J = 11.7 Hz, J = 4.0 Hz, 1H). Fig. 18. FT IR spectrum of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(3-phenylallylidene) isoxazol-5(4H)-one (4l). S20 Fig. 19. 1H NMR spectrum of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(3-phenylallylidene) isoxazol-5(4H)-one (4l) in DMSO-d6. Fig. 20. 1H NMR spectrum of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(3-phenylallylidene) isoxazol-5(4H)-one (4l) in DMSO-d6 (Expanded aliphatic region). S21 Fig. 21. 1H NMR spectrum of (Z)-3-methyl-4-(3-phenylallylidene) isoxazol-5(4H)-one (4l) in DMSO-d6 (Expanded aromatic region). S22