
%0 Journal Article
%A Black, DSC 
%A Brown, RFC 
%A Wade, AM 
%T Synthetic studies related to mycobactins. III. Approaches to the synthesis of the cobactin ring system
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1972/11/01
%V 25
%N 11
%P 2429-2444
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9722429
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9722429 
%X The synthesis of several seven-membered cyclic hydroxamic acids has been carried out in low yield. Reduction of diethyl 2-hydroxyiminoheptane-l,7-dioate afforded ethyl 1-hydroxy-7-oxohexahydroazepine-2-carboxylate, together with related acyclic products. The cobactin precursor 3-bromo-1-hydroxyhexahydro-azepin-2-one was obtained by the ring expansion of 2-bromocyclohexanone with benzenesulphonohydroxamic acid and also by the peracid oxidation of 6-bromo-7-ethoxy-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-azepine. The methyl and cinnamyl imidates of hexanolactam were oxidized by peracid to 1-hydroxyhexahydroazepin-2-one, in addition to the related imino- and nitroso-hexanoic esters. In a similar reaction, 1-hydroxypiperidin-2-one was obtained from 2-methoxy-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine. During the course of these oxidation reactions, the intermediate oxaziridines 7-methoxy-8-oxa-1-azabicyclo[5,1,0]octane and 6-bromo-7-ethoxy-8-oxa-1-azabicyclo[5,1,0]octane were isolated and identified. The peraoid oxidation of ethyl N-cyclohexylbenzimidate yielded cyclohexylhydroxylamine and ethyl benzoate in reasonable yields. This reaction suggests a useful method for the conversion of a primary amine into the related hydroxylamine. 
