Synthesis of 4-oxo-1,3-benz- and naphthoxazinium salts from o-hydroxyarylamides

The acid-catalyzed acylation of primary and secondary o-hydroxyarylamides, the probable reaction scheme, and the possibility of the formation of 4-oxo-1,3-arenooxazinium salts and analogs in the reaction of amides of salicylic, coumaric, and 1-hydroxy- and 3-hydroxynaphthoic acids and their N-alkyl(aryl)derivatives with excess amounts of aliphatic acid anhydrides and 70% perchloric acid, as well as by the acid cyclization of O- and N-mono- and diacyl derivatives of these amides, are examined. Twelve previously unknown 2-alkyl- and 2-styryl-4-oxo-1,3-naphth[3,2-e]-and -[1,2-e]oxazinium perchlorates were synthesized. N-Methyl- and N-benzylamides of 8-acetoxy-1-naphthoic acid are formed instead of the expected peri-cyclic analogs of oxazinium salts in the reaction of 8-hydroxy-1-naphthoic acid anilides with acetic anhydride and perchloric acid.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1611–1616, December, 1979.Original article submitted May 31, 1978; revision submitted April 2, 1979.