Benzenethiols, reactions

Operating with sodium benzenethiolate the only reaction observed is the thiophenoxydehalogenation, which is strongly favored by the activation performed by 5-nitro substituent, as previously reported (Scheme 15) (9). 

Addition Reactions. The addition of nucleophiles to quinones is often an acid-catalyzed, Michael-type reductive process (7,43,44). The addition of benzenethiol to 1,4-benzoquinone (2) was studied by A. Michael for a better understanding of valence in organic chemistry (45). The presence of the reduced product thiophenyUiydroquinone (52), the cross-oxidation product 2-thiophenyl-1,4-benzoquinone [18232-03-6] (53), and multiple-addition products such as 2,5-(bis(thiophenyl)-l,4-benzoquinone [17058-53-6] (54) and 2,6-bis(thiophenyl)-l,4-benzoquinone [121194-11-4] (55), is typical ofmany such transformations. 

The experiments with 2-(3-butenyloxy)benzenediazonium ions (10.55, Z = 0, n = 2, R=H) and benzenethiolate showed a significant shift of the product ratio in favor of the uncyclized product 10.57. They also indicated that the covalent adduct Ar — N2 — SC6H5 is formed as an intermediate, which then undergoes homolytic dissociation to produce the aryl radical (Scheme 10-83). Following the bimolecular addition of the aryl radical to a thiolate ion (Scheme 10-84), the chain propagation reaction (Scheme 10-85) yielding the arylphenylsulfide is in competition with an alternative route leading to the uncyclized product 10.57. 

When benzenethiol is used as a quenching acid, and the resulting reaction mixture (containing 123 or 125) is added into another cuprate solution, a bis-addition product (124 or 126) can be obtained, as illustrated in equation 9781. 

Novi and coworkers124 have shown that the reaction of 2,3-bis(phenylsulfonyl)-l,4-dimethylbenzene with sodium benzenethiolate in dimethyl sulfoxide yields a mixture of substitution, cyclization and reduction products when subjected at room temperature to photostimulation by a sunlamp. These authors proposed a double chain mechanism (Scheme 17) to explain the observed products. This mechanism is supported by a set of carefully designed experiments125. The addition of PhSH, a good hydrogen atom donor, increases the percent of reduction products. When the substitution process can effectively compete with the two other processes, the increase in the relative yield of substitution (e.g., with five molar equivalents of benzenethiolate) parallels the decrease in those of both cyclization and reduction products. This suggests a common intermediate leading to the three different products. This intermediate could either be the radical anion formed by electron transfer to 2,3-bis(phenylsulfonyl)-l,4-dimethylbenzene or the a radical formed... 

Carboxylic acids, a-bromination of 55, 31 CARBOXYLIC ACID CHLORIDES, ketones from, 55, 122 CARBYLAMINE REACTION, 55, 96 Ceric ammonium nitrate [Ammonium hexa mtrocerate(IV)[, 55, 43 Chlorine, 55, 33, 35, 63 CHROMIUM TRIOXIDE-PYRIDINE COMPLEX, preparation in situ, 55, 84 Cinnamomtnle, a-phenyl- [2-Propeneni-tnle 2,3-diphenyl-], 55, 92 Copper(l) iodide, 55, 105, 123, 124 Copper thiophenoxide [Benzenethiol, copper(I) salt], 55, 123 CYCLIZATION, free radical, 55, 57 CYCLOBUTADIENE, 55, 43 Cyclobutadieneiron tricarbonyl [Iron, tn-carbonyl(r)4-l,3-cyclo-butadiene)-], 55,43... 

Ring-opening reactions with 3-alkylaziridine esters 36 take a similar course. The reactions are in practically all cases regio- and stereospecific with attack at C-3. An important difference is that the aziridine ring needs to be activated by an electron-withdrawing substituent, such as a tosyl or a benzyloxycarbonyl group. In addition, for benzenethiol, indole, and DMF, catalysis with BF3 was necessary (Scheme 22) [31]. 

The low specificity of electron-donating substrates is remarkable for laccases. These enzymes have high redox potential, making them able to oxidize a broad range of aromatic compounds (e.g. phenols, polyphenols, methoxy-substituted phenols, aromatic amines, benzenethiols) through the use of oxygen as electron acceptor. Other enzymatic reactions they catalyze include decarboxylations and demethylations [66]. 

Bratt, J., and Suschitzky, H., Reactions of polyhalogenopyridines and their N-oxides with benzenethiols, with nitrite, and with trialkyl phosphites, and of pentachloropyridine N-oxide with magnesium, /. Chem. Soc., Perkin l, 1689, 1973. 

Because anti/syn ratios in the product can be correlated to the E(0)/Z(0) ratio of the involved boron enolate mixture,10b initial experiments were aimed at the preparation of highly E(0)-enriched boron enolate. The E(0)/Z(0) ratio increases with the bulk of the alkanethiol moiety, whereas the formation of Z(O) enolates prevails with (S )-aryl thioates. (E/Z = 7 93 for benzenethiol and 5 95 for 2-naphthalene thiol esters). E(O) reagent can be formed almost exclusively by reaction of (5)-3,3-diethyl-3-pentyl propanethioate 64 with the chiral boron triflate. High reactivity toward aldehydes can be retained in spite of the apparent steric demand (Scheme 3-22).43... 

The pristine environment of the gas phase can give some surprising reactions, viewed from the perspective of condensed-phase chemistry (2). Silver nitrate dissolved in acetonitrile added to a solution of benzenethiol in acetonitrile gives an immediate white precipitate and a brown gas is given off. The insoluble polymeric layered silver thiolate (3) is formed as the solvent abstracts a proton forming nitric acid the acid attacks the solvent. 

Substituted thioindigoid dyes are usually obtained via the appropriate benzenethiol in a Heumann-type synthesis. The final cyclisation of the phenylthioglycolic acid derivative can often be achieved in concentrated sulphuric acid or by using chlorosulphonic acid. Several routes make use of the Herz reaction (Scheme 6.22), in which a substituted aniline is converted into the corresponding o-aminothiophenol by reaction with sulphur monochloride followed by hydrolysis of the intermediate dithiazolium salt [47]. After reaction between the thiol and chloroacetic acid, the amino group is converted into a nitrile group by a Sandmeyer reaction. Hydrolysis of the nitrile leads to the formation of the required thioindoxyl derivative. 

The reaction of 2-chloroquinoline with benzenethiolate ions in liquid ammonia (Amatore et al., 1979a) is a good example for testing the possible occurrence of an Shn2, instead of S l, mechanism, in which the formation of RNu from RX-" and Nu would involve concerted, rather than stepwise, bond breaking and bond formation (Scheme 11). This mechanism... 

Bromonaphthalene does not react with benzenethiol (thiophenol) salts. However, if electric current is passed through a solution containing 1-bromonaphthalene, the tetrabutylammonium salt of thiophenol, and DMSO, then l-(phenylthio)naphthalene is produced in 60% yield. When the reaction is conducted in acetonitrile, it leads to naphthalene above all (Pinson and Saveant 1978, Saveant 1980, Amatore et al. 1982). In the electrochemically provoked reaction, it is sufficient to set up the potential difference corresponding to the initial current of the reduction wave to transform 1-bromonaphtahalene into 1-naphthyl radical. The difference in the consumption of electricity is rather remarkable In the absence of thiophenolate, bromonaphthalene is reduced, accepting two electrons per molecule in the presence of thiophenolate, 1-bromonaphthalene is reduced accepting two electrons for every ten molecules. The reaction with the thiophenolate ion is catalyzed by electric current and takes a reaction path shown in Scheme 5.2. 

The reaction of (308) with thiophenols gives [TcO(SPh)4] (89) in better yields than by direct reaction with [TcOCy . With the sterically more crowded 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-benzenethiol (Htmbt, (314)), the Tc-organoimido core is retained and the complex [Tc(NPh)(tmbt)4] is formed and can be identified by mass spectrometry. Reaction with P(CgH4-2-SH)3 (H3PS3, (315)) gives the five-coordinate Tc complex [Tc(PS3)(PPh3)] (316)." ... 

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