作者:Mark P. Wentland、Rudolph K. Kullnig、Fook S. Tham                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1021/jo00015a025
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:1991.7
                                    
                                    A series of novel isoxazolo analogues 11 of the dibenzazonine alkaloid protostephanine (1) has been prepared.  A new regiospecific and potentially general aza macrocyclic ring forming process was developed where the first step was the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of benzonitrile oxide to the readily available enamine 6.  The product, isoxazoline 9a, under solvolytic conditions that normally convert monocyclic 5-aminoisoxazolines to isoxazoles failed to give the desired aza macrocycle 14.  Alternate sequences involving quaternization of 9a with methyl iodide followed by either solvolysis in polar solvents or base-induced elimination were successful and gave the target structure 11a in excellent overall yield.  X-ray crystallographic analysis of the quaternized intermediate 10a corroborated the assignment of structure and defined the crystal-state conformation.