The Meisenheimer Rearrangement in Heterocyclic Synthesis. IV. Derivatives of the 2H,6H-1,5,4-Benzodioxazocine and 7H-1,6,5-Benzodioxazonine Ring Systems: X-Ray Crystal Structure of 10-Methoxy-5-methyl-7-phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-7H-1,6,5-benzodioxazonine

Abstract

Meisenheimer rearrangement of the N-oxides (4) derived from a series of 5-aryl-4-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,4-benzoxazepines (3) gave rise to eight derivatives (5) of the new 2H,6H-1,5,4-benzodioxazocine ring system. Reaction of 9-methoxy-5-methyl-6-phenyl-3,4,5,6- tetrahydro-2H-1,5-benzoxazocine (6) with 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid gave an unstable N-oxide (7). A Meisenheimer rearrangement product from (7), 10-methoxy-5-methyl-7-phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-7 H-1,6,5- benzodioxazonine (8), the first example of this ring system, was isolated directly in moderate yield on oxidation of (6) with cooling. The crystal and molecular structure of (8) has been determined by X-ray crystallographic methods.