A facile synthesis and highly atom economic 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of hexahydropyrido[3,4-c][1,5]benzothiazepines with nitrile oxide: stereoselective formation of hexahydro[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[5,4-d]pyrido[3,4-c][1,5]benzothiazepines

A series of new 2-methyl-11-aryl-4-[(E)-arylmethylidene]-1,2,3,4,11,11a-hexahydropyrido[3,4-c][1,5]benzothiazepines were obtained by the reaction of o-aminothiophenol and (E)-1-methyl-3,5-bis(arylidene)-4-piperidones in the presence of a catalytic amount of acetic acid under solvent-free microwave irradiation. These dipolarophiles undergo a highly atom economic 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with nitrile oxide to afford a series of novel 6-methyl-1-phenyl-8-aryl-4-[(E)-arylmethylidene]-4,5,6,7,7a,8-hexahydro[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[5,4-d]pyrido[3,4-c][1,5]benzothiazepines stereoselectively.