

ELECTROPHILICALLY ACTIVATED NITROALKANES IN THE SYNTHESIS OF SUBSTITUTED 1,3,4-OXADIAZOLES FROM AMINO ACID DERIVATIVES

Abstract
Novel preparative approach for the synthesis of alkylamines with 1,3,4-oxadiazole heterocyclic substituent is described. This method is based on unusual cascade transformation involving formal (4+1) cyclocondensation of hydrazides of amino acids with nitroalkanes electrophilically activated in the presence of polyphosphoric acid.
Keywords
amino acids; nitroalkanes; 1,3,4-oxadiazoles; semicarbazides; 1,3,4-thiadiazoles; Brønsted acid catalysis; cascade reaction; nucleophilic cycloaddition.
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