Front Cover: Rapidly Diverse Synthesis of N-Aryl-5-Substituted-2-Oxazolidinones via Nucleophilic Epoxide Ring Opening and Intramolecular Acyl Substitution of Epoxy Carbamates (Asian J. Org. Chem. 9/2024)

Abstract

In article number e202400188, Cheng-Kun Lin and co-workers present a method to convert epoxy carbamates to oxazolidinones by combining intermolecular nucleophilic epoxide ring opening with intramolecular acyl substitution in a single step, enabling rapid conversion. It demonstrates favourable reactivity across various aryl groups, benzyl, or tert-butyl carbamates, consistently yielding satisfactory results, with oxazolidinone formation ranging from 55% to 99% across over 24 examples.