“…We hypothesized that the underutilized nature of oxazinones related to 1 was attributable not to reactivity but to the limited methods available to prepare them. Excluding two examples, 1,4-oxazinones have been prepared from cyanohydrin derivatives in the presence of excess oxalyl chloride at elevated temperatures (>90 °C). , This method, though direct, suffers from use of toxic cyanohydrin starting materials, harsh reaction conditions, and modest yields for some derivatives (in particular 4a ) and necessarily produces the 3,5-dichloro substitution (eq 1, Figure ). Although further derivation of 3,5-dichlorooxazinones is possible at the more reactive 3-position through palladium or S N Ar chemistries, room for improvement and additional methods for the construction of 1,4-oxazinones is evident.…”