A-4-Thiazoline-2-thione

Although the synthesis of thiazolidine-2,4-dithione has been reported (357), no examples of a A-2-thiazoline-4-thione bearing a nonprotomeric group at C-2 are known. Some fused compounds are reported in Table 41. 

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A-2-Thiazoline-5-thiones are generally not obtained by direct heterocyclization reactions (352). Instead, most of the reported preparations involve reactions in which the thiazole ring is already formed with the suitable mercapto precursors in the 5-position. 

Tautomerism of the A-2-thiazoline-5-thiones has not been investigated intensively. A recent report shows that 2-phenylthiazo e-5-thiols exist in the thiol form in both polar and nonpolar solvents (563). This behavior is in contrast with that of corresponding thiazolones. Addition reactions involve only the exocyclic sulfur atom, and thiazole-5-thiols behave as typical heteroaromatic thiols towards unsaturated systems, giving sulfides (1533) (Scheme 80) (563),... 

Alkyl halides, reaction with, A-4-thiazoline-2-thiones anion, 392, 396 4-Alkylidene-A-2-thiazoline-5-one, 427 Friedel-Crafts reaction on, 428 Grignard reaction on, 429... 

Retro-Hantzsch, mechanism of, 84, 85, 102 Rhodanine, alkylation of, 419 ambident reactivity of. 419 reaction with aryldiazonium salts, 419 reaction with halogenothiazoles, 79 Rice cultures, 135, 136, 137 Ring-chain tautomerism, 113 Ring opening, of A-2-thiazoline-5-one, 433 Ring transformation, 5 amino-A-4-thiazo-line-2-thione to 4-mercapto-imidazoline-2-thione, 399 5,5-diphenyl-2,4-thiazolidinedithione, to 4,5-diphenyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-thione, 37 3... 

Irradiation of 4,4-dimethyl-2-phenyl-2-thiazolin-5-thione (136) in the presence of 2,2-dimethyl-3-phenyl-2H-azirine yields a mixture of 3 (1 s 1) adducts (137-139). Formation of (137) and (139) can be explained in terms of a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of PhC=N-C(CH3)2 to the C=S of (136), while 038) arises from photolysis of (136). Irradiation of the azirine and CS2 gives a mixture of (2s 1) adducts for one of which the structure has... 

Evidence in favor of the amino-thionic tautomeric form of 2-amino-l,3,4-thiazoline-5-thione 239 (A = X = S R = H) was obtained from X-ray structural determinations [72AX(B)1584]. A NMR-spectroscopic study (77JOC3725) of compounds 239 (A = Se X = S R = Me) demonstrated their amino-thionic structure. A similar tautomeric form 240 is also dominant for the hydrazine derivative (R = NHNHCOPh) [73JCS(P2)4]. 

Recently, Koitai et al. (17) have shown that 5,5-diphenyl-2,4-thiazolidinedithione (15) with aluminum chloride in refluxing toluene gives 4,5-diphenyl-A-4-thia2oline-2-thione (16) (Scheme 7). 3-Methyl-4,5-diphenyl (17) and 4,5-diphenyl-A-4-thia2oline-2-thiones (16) are obtained in very low yields (1 to 5%) as by-products of the reaction between deoxybenzoin. benzoin. l,2-diphenyl-1.2-ethanediol. 1.2-diphenylethanol, or benzil, and Sg in hexamethylphosphoamide (18), The transformation of A-4-thiazoline-2-ones to the corresponding thiones by P2S5 (19) is of little synthetic value since the latter are more easily prepared. 

Sandstrom et al. (65) evaluated the Kj value for 4,5-dimethyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-thione (46) in water (Scheme 19) K-j= 10. A-4-Thiazoline-2-thiones are less basic in the first excited state (61) than in the ground state, so application of Forster s cycle suggests that the thione form is even more favored in the first excited state. Huckel molecular orbital (HMO) calculations suggest that electronic effects due to substitution in... 

A bathochromic shift of about 5 nm results for the 320-nm band when a methyl substituent is introduced either in the 4- or 5-posiiion, The reverse is observed when the methyl is attached to nitrogen (56). Solvent effects on this 320-nm band suggest that in the first excited state A-4-thiazoline-2-thione is less basic than in the ground state (61). Ultraviolet spectra of a large series of A-4-thiazoline-2-thiones have been reported (60. 73). 

The auto-association of A-4-thiazoline-2-thione is clearly indicated b the hypsOchromic shift (5 nm) of the 315-nm band when the spectrum is first recorded at 50°C and then at —25°C (10 M in cyclohexane). In the same temperature range the spectrum of 3-methyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-thione remains unchanged (61). 

Auto-association of A-4-thiazoline-2-thione and 4-alkyl derivatives has been deduced from infrared spectra of diluted solutions in carbon tetrachloride (58. 77). Results are interpretated (77) in terms of an equilibrium between monomer and cyclic dimer. The association constants are strongly dependent on the electronic and steric effects of the alkyl substituents in the 4- and 5-positions, respectively. This behavior is well shown if one compares the results for the unsubstituted compound (K - 1200 M" ,). 4-methyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-thione K = 2200 M ). and 5-methyl-4-r-butyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-thione K=120 M ) (58). 

Reactivity of A-4-thiazoline-2-thiones and derivatives involves four main possibilities nucleophilic reactivity of exocyclic sulfur atom or ring nitrogen, electrophilic reactivity of carbon 2 and electrophilic substitution on carbon 5. 

Nucleophilic reactivity of the sulfur atom has received most attention. When neutral or very acidic medium is used, the nucleophilic reactivity occurs through the exocyclic sulfur atom. Kinetic studies (110) measure this nucleophilicity- towards methyl iodide for various 3-methyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-thiones. Rate constants are 200 times greater for these compounds than for the isomeric 2-(methylthio)thiazole. Thus 3-(2-pyridyl)-A-4-thiazoline-2-thione reacts at sulfur with methyl iodide (111). Methyl substitution on the ring doubles the rate constant. This high reactivity at sulfur means that, even when an amino (112, 113) or imino group (114) occupies the 5-position of the ring, alkylation takes place on sulfiu. For the same reason, 2-acetonyi derivatives are sometimes observed as by-products in the heterocyclization reaction of dithiocarba-mates with a-haloketones (115, 116). 

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