Chlorinated thioether

Naphthalene-catalyzed (5%) lithiation of the chlorinated thioether 203 in the presence of pivalaldehyde gave, after hydrolysis, the product 204 in which, together with the... 

Using thiophenol instead of phenol, Michel et al. [49] found a new selective reaction that takes place exclusively with allylic chlorines and not with tertiary chlorines. A single product of thioether structure is formed [Eq. (11)]. 

Functionalized propargyUc organolithium compounds are probably involved in the transformation of chlorinated ethers or amines 211 into polyfunctionalized products 212, which were achieved through a DTBB-catalyzed lithiation under Barbier-type reaction conditions (Scheme 73). The reaction failed for the corresponding thioethers (Y =... 

Also in this case, the use of the chloro thioether 479 allowed the introduction of two different electrophiles in a sequential process. Using lithium naphthalene (the stoichiometric version of the arene-promoted lithiation) in THF at — 78°C, only a chlorine-lithium exchange occurred, so the first electrophile R R CO was introduced (—78 to —50°C). Then the second lithiation (sulfur-lithium exchange) takes place under catalytic conditions (naphthalene) and the second electrophile R R CO was introduced. After final hydrolysis, differently substituted 1,5-diols 476 were isolated (Scheme 134) °. 

An alternate and more controlled approach to the synthesis of phenothiazines involves sequential aromatic nucleophilic displacement reactions. This alternate scheme avoids the formation of the isomeric products that are sometimes observed to form from the sulfuration reaction when using substituted aryl rings. The first step in this sequence consists of the displacement of the activated chlorine in nitrobenzene (30-1) by the salt from orf/io-bromothiophenol (30-2) to give the thioether (30-3). The nitro group is then reduced to form aniline (30-4). Heating that compound in a solvent such as DMF leads to the internal displacement of bromine by amino nitrogen and the formation of the chlorophenothiazine (30-4). Alkylation of the anion from that intermediate with 3-chloro-l-dimethylaminopropane affords chlorpromazine (30-5) [31]. 

Yet another approach to these compounds consists of substituting the piperazine ring onto the preformed heterocyclic moiety. Ullman condensation of the substituted thiosalyciclic acid (40-1) with ort/zo-chloronitrobenzene results in the displacement of chlorine by thiophenoxide and the formation of the thioether (40-2). The nitro group in this last intermediate is then reduced to an aniline (40-3) the resulting amino acid is then cyclized thermally to the lactam (40-4). Treatment of that with phosphorus oxychloride gives the imino chloride (40-5). Reaction with N-methylpiperazine leads to the replacement of chlorine by nitrogen and the formation of clothiapine (40-6) [39]. 

The latter, on reaction with methylamine yielded via the P-epoxide 373, the trans-a aminoalcohol 374, which was N-acylated to the amide 375. Acid-catalysed dehydration of the tertiary alcohol 375, led to the olefin 375, from which the key radical precursor, the chlorothioether377 was secured in quantitative yield by reaction with N-chlorosuccinimide. In keeping with the earlier results recorded for structurally related compounds, 377 on heating in the presence of ruthenium dichloride and triphenylphosphine also underwent a 5-exo radical addition to generate the cyclohexyl radical 378 which recaptured the chlorine atom to furnish the a-chloro-c/5-hydroindolone 379. Oxidation of thioether 379 gave the corresponding sulfoxide 380, which on successive treatment with trifluoroacetic anhydride and aqueous bicarbonate led to the chloro-a-ketoamide 381. The olefin 382 resulting from base induced dehydrochlorination of 381, was reduced to the hydroxy-amine 383, which was obtained as the sole diastereoisomer... 

SAR studies have shown that a weakly basic imidazole or 1,2,4-triazole rings substituted only at the N-l position are essential for activity. The substituent must be lipophilic in character and usually contains one or more five or six membered ring systems, some of which may be attached by an ether, secondary amine or thioether group to the carbon chain. The more potent compounds have two or three aromatic substituents, which are singly or multiply chlorinated or fluorinated at positions 2, 4 and 6. These nonpolar structures give the compounds a high degree of lipophilicity, and hence membrane solubility. 

Alcohols, amines, phenols, aliphatic saturated aldehydes, thioethers, ethers, fatty acid esters, hydrocarbons, aromatics, vinyl-type fluorori-nated, and those with one chlorine atom all give a low response. 

The radical relay process also works with other template types. Thus, the thioether unit in 92 directed chlorination of C-14 by S02C12 [165]. Also, the sulfur in the thiox-anthone template of 93 directed the radical relay process to C-9 [166]. The thiophene sulfur in 94 was able to direct chlorination to C-9 in all three attached steroids [167]. In all these cases, an intermediate is formed with a chlorine atom bonded to sulfur. 

Hypochlorous acid, whose pKa value is close to 7, reacts with various compounds as a one- or two-electron oxidant, or as the chlorinating agent. Due to the presence of multiple potential reductants, HOC1/OC1- lifetime in biological systems is very short. Thiol and thioether moieties of cysteine and methionine (FI 1),... 

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