Thiophenes acetylene derivatives

Various unsaturated thiophene compounds were investigated viz., polyenes, polyenic acids and aldehydes and various acetylenic derivatives (59), (60), (76-81). 

Pericyclic reactions involving thiophenes have been utilized to prepare a variety of complex heterocycles. The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of 2-vinylbenzo[i]thiophene 92 produced a pair of tetracyclic adducts 93 and 94 <02TL3963>. Coupling of Fischer carbene 96 with 3-alkynylthiophene 95 led to the formation of thieno[2,3-c]pyran-3-one 97 in one step <02JOC4177>. An intramolecular cycloaddition of 97 then afforded tetracyclic adduct 98. A ruthenium-catalyzed cyclodimerization reaction involving bis-thienyl acetylene derivatives was... 

The arylacetylene phenylheptatriyne (Phe—C=C—C=C—C=C—CH 3) from Bidens, Dahlia and Coreopsis species (Asteraceae) has phototoxic antimicrobial activity as have 5-(3-buten-l-ynyl)-2,2 -bithienyl (thiophene—thiophene—C=C—C=CH2) and the cyclic disulfide acetylenes thiarubrine A (C3—(C4,S—S)—C6) and thiarubrine B (Cj-(C4,S-S)-C3). The photoactivation of acetylenes derives from light absorption by these conjugated systems and ready reaction with oxygen to form reactive intermediates. 

Double metalation of the acetylene derivative 101, followed by treatment of the resulting intermediate with selenium gave the extended fused system 102 in respectable yield. Likewise, the use of elemental sulfur as the electrophile yielded the corresponding thiophene containing analogue <07OL93>. 

Naturally Occurring Thiophens.—Bohlmann and co-workers are continuing their extensive investigation of naturally occurring thiophens. From the Indian Compositae Blumea lacera, the acetylenic derivative (261) was... 

Hudson, J.B., E.A. Graham, N. Miki, G.H.N. Towers, L.L. Hudson, R. Rossi, A. Carpita, and D. Neri (1989) Photoactive Antiviral and Cytotoxic Activities of Synthetic Thiophenes and Their Acetylenic Derivatives. Chemosphere 18,2317 (1989). 

The Fiesselmann thiophene synthesis involves the condensation reaction of thioglycolic acid derivatives with a,P-acetylenic esters, which upon treatment with base results in the formation of 3-hydroxy-2-thiophenecarboxyIic acid derivatives. 

The irradiation of the thiophene in gas phase yields ethylene, allene, methyl-acetylene, carbon disulfide, and vinylacetylene. No Dewar thiophene or cyclo-propene derivatives were isolated (69CJC2965). The irradiation in liquid phase gave the Dewar thiophene which can be trapped as a Diels-Alder adduct with furan (85JA723). The Dewar thiophene and cyclopropene-3-thiocarbaldehyde can be obtained by irradiation in argon matrices at 10 K (86JA1691). 

The versatility of poly(phenylcne) chemistry can also be seen in that it constitutes a platform for the design of other conjugated polymers with aromatic building blocks. Thus, one can proceed from 1,4- to 1,3-, and 1,2-phenylene compounds, and the benzene block can also be replaced by other aromatic cores such as naphthalene or anthracene, helerocyclcs such as thiophene or pyridine as well as by their substituted or bridged derivatives. Conceptually, poly(pheny ene)s can also be regarded as the parent structure of a series of related polymers which arc obtained not by linking the phenylene units directly, but by incorporation of other conjugated, e.g. olefinic or acetylenic, moieties. 

The thiophene analogue (51) of the natural antifeedant product tonghaosu has been prepared <96TL893>. Several acetylenic thiophene derivatives including 52 have been isolated from Blumea obliqua and characterized <96MI733>. 

Goncales CEP, Araldi D, Panatieri R B, Rocha J B T, Zeni G and Nogueira C W (2005), Antinociceptive properties of acetylenic thiophene and furan derivatives Evidence for the mechanism of action , Life Sciences, 76, 2221-2234. 

Sonogashira reactions of both a-halothiophenes [117] and P-halothiophenes [118] proceed smoothly even for fairly complicated molecules as illustrated by the transformation of brotizolam (134) to alkyne 135 [119]. Interestingly, 3,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)thiophene (137), derived from the intermolecular cyclization of 4-phenylthiazole (136) and bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene, underwent consecutive iodination and Sonogashira reaction to make 3,4-bisalkynylthiophenes [120], Therefore, a regiospecific mono-i/wo-iodination of 137 gave iodothiophene 138, which was coupled with phenylacetylene to afford alkynylthiophene 139. A second iodination and a Sonogashira reaction then provided the unsymmetrically substituted 3,4-bisalkynylthiophene 140. 

As demonstrated in previous sections, the carbazole unit was introduced as a pendant group or as a chain member in major classes of EL polymers such as PPVs (95-105,141,177, 190) and PFs (62, 63, 242-245). A variety of 2,7-carbazole-derived polymers with different conjugated units, such as 2-alkoxy- and 2,5-dialkoxy-l,4-phenylene (549) and l,l -binaphtha-lene-6,6 -diyl (550 [658]), 2,5-pyridine (551), 2,7-fluorene (245 [345,346]), 2,5 -bithiophene (554 [345]), 5,8-quinoxaline (552), quinquethiophene-SjS -dioxide (450 [550]), 2,5-thiophene (553), 2,5-furan (555), and acetylene (556 [659]) were reported by Leclerc and coworkers... 

The investigations on acetylenic compounds in the thiophene series added to the evidence that in most cases thiophene resembles benzene (78). It has been shown in our laboratories that reactions with sodium amide and sodium acetylide in liquid ammonia could be readily utilized in this series. The introduction of a triple bond in the side chain of a thiophene ring was possible only by employing halogenatcd thiophene derivatives such as ... 

Challenger and Harrison found both thienothiophene 1 and its isomer 2 in the products of the reaction between acetylene and sulfur. To identify these compounds, Challenger et developed syntheses of unsubstituted and 2-alkyl-substituted thieno[3,2-f>]thiophene (2) from thiophene derivatives. Cyclization of (3-thienylthio)acetic acid in the presence of sulfuric acid gave 2,3-dihydrothieno[3,2-6]thiophen-3-one (22) (R = H) in 14% yield reducing the latter with lithium aluminum hydride resulted in thienothiophene (2) formation in 80% yield [Eq. (9)]. Similarly 2-methyl- and 2-ethyl-2,3-dihydrothieno[3,2-/>]thiophen-3-one were obtained from a-(3-thienylthio)propionic and a-(3-tWenylthio)-butyric acids in 30% and 27% yields, respectively their reduction yielded 2-methyl (32%) and 2-ethylthieno[3,2-6]thiophenes (52%). The parent acids were prepared from 3-mercaptothiophene. ... 

Biedermann and Jacobson, who first prepared thieno[2,3-6]-thiophene (1) in 1886, characterized it as a 2,3,4,5-tetrabromo derivative with m.p. 172°. Later Capelle reported the isolation of a dibromo derivative of thienothiophene 1 with m.p. 122.5°, which was shown by Challenger and Harrison to be 2,3,5-tribromothieno[2,3-6]thiophene (m.p. 123°-124°). Capelle also obtained a tetrabromide, m.p. 223°, by bromination of the product of reaction of acetylene with sulfur. The tetrabromide seems to be identical with that prepared from the product of reaction of methane, acetylene, and hydrogen sulfide, m.p. 229°-230°, and is evidently 2,3,5,6-tetrabromothieno[3,2-6j-thiophene. ... 

Krespan and McKusick have studied the addition reaction of dithietenes to various oleflnes and acetylenes. Thus, the reaction of 3,4-bis(trifluoromethyl)-l,2-dithiete (378) with DMAD gives a dithiin derivative (379), which loses sulfur on heating to give 2,5-dicarbomethoxy-4,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)thiophene (380) [Eq. (57)]. 

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