Isoxazole is an electron-rich azole with an oxygen atom next to the nitrogen. It is also the class of compounds containing this ring. Isoxazolyl is the univalentfunctional group derived from isoxazole.
Occurrence
Isoxazole rings are found in some natural products, such as ibotenic acid and muscimol.
The photolysis of isoxazole was first reported in 1966.[6] Due to the weak N-O bond, the isoxazole ring tends to collapse under UV irradiation, rearranging to oxazole through azirine intermediate. Meanwhile, the azirine intermediate can react with nucleophiles, especially carboxylic acids. Given the photoreactions, isoxazole group is developed as a native photo-cross-linker for photoaffinity labeling and chemoproteomic studies.[7][8]
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External links
Synthesis of isoxazoles (overview of recent methods)