The aim of this review is providing an overview of the various representative literature procedures for the preparation of tetrazoles via isocyanide-based reactions. These reactions have been divided into four classes including two-component reactions (2CRs), Passerini-azide three-component reactions (PA-3CRs), Ugi-azide four-component reactions (UA-4CRs) and Ugi-azide three-component reactions (UA-3CRs).Scheme 1 Tetrazoles are bioisosteres of carboxylic acids and cisamides.Scheme 2 Cycloaddition reaction between isocyanides and HN 3 . Scheme 3 Synthesis of tetrazoles 3 under acid catalysis. Scheme 4 Synthesis of optically pure 1-STs. This journal is Scheme 8 Four-component synthesis of alkoxylated tetrazole 15 and a-alkoxyamides 16. Scheme 9 Synthesis of tetrazoles via intramolecular MCR of cyclic acetals. Scheme 10 The UA-4CR as a variation of the classical Ugi-reaction. 60942 | RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 60938-60955 This journal is Scheme 11 Synthesis of quinolin-4-amine-based tetrazoles 19. Scheme 12 Synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted aminomethyltetrazole derivatives 23. Scheme 13 A UA-4CR repetitive product. Scheme 14 Desosamine containing tetrazoles. This journal is Scheme 15 UA-4CR synthesis of tetrazolic analogues 28 of chalcones 27. Scheme 16 Synthesis of 4-aminoquinoline-tetrazole derivatives 30. 60944 | RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 60938-60955 This journal is Scheme 17 Synthesis of tetrazoles 32 in the presence of MgBr 2 $2Et 2 O. Scheme 18 The preparation of the tetrazole 33 by an UA-4CR. Scheme 19 Diastereoselective synthesis of a-hydrazine tetrazoles 32 via a UA-MCR.
This journal isScheme 20 UA-4CRs for the synthesis of a-amino acid analogue tetrazoles 37.Scheme 21 Synthesis of tetrazolyl-isoindolinones 40 via UA-4CR/intramolecular amidation.Scheme 22 Synthesis of bis-3,4-dihydroquinoxalinone and bis-benzodiazepine tetrazoles. Scheme 23 Synthesis of 1,5-DT-hydantoins. 60946 | RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 60938-60955 This journal is Scheme 34 Synthesis of tetrazole-fused diazepinones through UA-MCRs. Scheme 35 Synthesis of tetrazolo-fused benzodiazepinones.Fig. 6 Examples of tetrazolo-fused benzodiazepinones 83 and benzodiazepines 86 and 87.
This journal isScheme 41 Proposed mechanism for the formation of 1,5-DTs.Scheme 42 UA-3CR for the synthesis of tetrazolyl-pyridines, -quinoline and -isoquinoline.Scheme 43 Three-component process for the synthesis of 1,5-DT.Scheme 44 U-4C/3-CR for the synthesis of fused 1,5-DSTs.Scheme 45 Synthesis of the 5-halo-1-phenyltetrazoles.This journal is