Oxazolidine

Oxazolidine

Names
Preferred IUPAC name Oxazolidine
Other names 1,3-Oxazolidine
Identifiers
CAS Number	504-76-7 Y
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
ChEBI	CHEBI:50310 N
ChemSpider	467457 N
ECHA InfoCard	100.127.875
MeSH	C064210
PubChem	536683
InChI InChI=1S/C3H7NO/c1-2-5-3-4-1/h4H,1-3H2 N Key: WYNCHZVNFNFDNH-UHFFFAOYSA-N N InChI=1/C3H7NO/c1-2-5-3-4-1/h4H,1-3H2 Key: WYNCHZVNFNFDNH-UHFFFAOYAQ
SMILES C1COCN1
Properties
Chemical formula	C3H7NO
Molar mass	73.0938 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

An oxazolidine is a five-membered ring compound consisting of three carbons, a nitrogen, and an oxygen. The oxygen and NH are the 1 and 3 positions, respectively. In oxazolidine derivatives, there is always a carbon between the oxygen and the nitrogen (or it would be an isoxazolidine).^[1][2] All of the carbons in oxazolidines are reduced (compare to oxazole and oxazoline). Some of their derivatives, the oxazolidinediones, are used as anticonvulsants.

Oxazolidines have been around for over 100 years.^[3]

Dioxooxazolidines

Oxazolidines where the carbon centers at the 1 and 3 positions are carbonyls are called dioxooxazolidines. Some of these are commercial fungicides including chlozolinate, vinclozolin, and famoxadone.^[4]

Bisoxazolidines

Bisoxazolidines are chemical compounds that contain two oxazolidine rings, they are used as performance modifiers in polyurethane coatings and paints. The rings hydrolyze in the presence of moisture to give amine and hydroxyl groups, these can then react with diisocyanates to form a coating.^[5] The use of a bisoxazolidine in a polyurethane systems can prevent the unwanted reaction between isocyanate and moisture resulting in coating defects, as a result of carbon dioxide release. This moisture triggered curing route is preferential to moisture cure.

The choice of linker between the two oxazolidine rings has a large impact on the performance when used to cure isocyanates. A rigid linker group increases a polyurethanes toughness. A flexible linker group imparts flexibility and increases elongation of a coating. These differences are the reason why bisoxazolidines are used to enhance the performance of polyurethane systems. Usually the rings are linked by esters, urethanes, carbonate or have the two rings fused together.

Isoxazolidines

In an isoxazolidine nitrogen and oxygen occupy positions 1 and 2 in the ring:

It is the saturated relative of Isoxazole.

See also

• Imidazole, an analog with the oxygen replaced by a nitrogen.
• Thiazole, an analog with the oxygen replaced by a sulfur.
• Benzoxazole, where the oxazole is fused to another aromatic ring.
• Pyrrole, an analog without the oxygen atom.
• Furan, an analog without the nitrogen atom.
• Oxazoline, which has only one double bond reduced.
• Oxazolidinedione, which has two in-cycle keto groups (a carbamate and a lactam).
• Oxazolidinone, which has an in-cycle carbamate.

References