ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis in Water and Antimicrobial Activity of 5‐Trichloromethyl‐4,5‐dihydroisoxazoles.

Abstract Two series of 5-trichloromethylisoxazoles were synthesized from the cyclocondensation of 1,1,1-trichloro-4-methoxy-3-alken-2-ones [Cl3CC(O)C(R2) = C(R1)OMe, where R1 = H, Me, Et, Pr, iso-Pr, cyclo-Pr, Bu, terc-Bu, CH2Br, CHBr2, CH(Me)SMe, (CH2)2Ph, and Ph, and R2 = H; R1 = H and R2 = Me and Et; R1 and R2 = -(CH2)4- and -(CH2)5-; and R1 = Et and Ph and R2 = Me] with hydroxylamine hydrochloride through a rapid one-pot reaction in water. The 5-trichloromethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles were aromatized by reaction with concentrated sulfuric acid to obtain the respective 5-trichloromethylisoxazoles. Their structures were confirmed by elemental analysis, 1H/13C nuclear magnetic resonance, and electron impact mass spectroscopy. Crystal structure analysis for 5-triclhoromethyl-5-hydroxy-3-propyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazole (2d) and 5-trichloromethyl-5-hydroxy-3,4-hexamethylene-4,5-dihydroisoxazole (2o) is presented. The antimicrobial activities of the 5-trichloromethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazole derivatives were examined using the standard twofold dilution method against Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus), Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), and yeasts (Candida spp. and Cryptococcus neoformans). All of the tested 5-trichloromethyldihydroisoxazoles exhibited antibacterial and antifungal activities at the tested concentrations. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications® to view the free supplemental file.