2,5-Dimethyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole

A new and convenient synthesis of 1,3,4-thiadiazoles was reported and involved the direct conversion of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles using thiourea as the thionating agent <98SC4611>. Courtois et al. have described an efficient monohydroxyarylation (or alkylation) and symmetrical bis-hydroxyarylation (or alkylation) of 2,5-dimethyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole using LDA and the appropriate carbonyl compound <99SC145>. 

Interest in 1,3,4-thiadiazole salts has been stimulated by their use as intermediates for the preparation of cyanine dyes. 2,5-Dimethyl-... 

The highly complex reaction of tctrasulfur tetranitride with dimethyl acctylenedicarboxylale gives a mixture of dimethyl l,2,5-thiadiazole-3,4-dicarboxylate (67%), dimethyl 1,2,4-thiadiazolc-3,5-dicarboxylate (3 %), dimethyl l,3/.4,5.2,4-trithiadiazepine-6,7-dicarboxylate (le, 5%) and methyl l,37 4,5,2,4,6-trithiatriazepine-7-carboxylate (14%, see Section 4.5.).385... 

The only heterocyclic seven-membered ring system with maximum unsaturation containing six heteroatoms is 1,3A4,5,2,4,6-trithiatriazepine (1). The methoxycarbonyl derivative 2 is a minor product (14%) of the complex reaction of tetrasulfur tetranitride with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylatc in refluxing toluene, which gives mainly dimethyl l,2,5-thiadiazole-3,4-dicarboxylate (3, 67%) (see Houben-Wcyl, Vol. E8d, pl54ff which includes an experimental procedure). Two other products are the trithiadiazepine 4 (5%, see Section 4.4.1.1.1.) and the 1,2,4-thiadiazole derivative 5 (3%).385... 

Mercapto-l,2,4-thiadiazoles exist as an equilibrium of tautomers with the equilibrium favoring the thione tautomer. They are acidic with a pA a of around 5. A variety of methylating agents (e.g., diazomethane, dimethyl sulfate and methyl iodide) give S-methylated products and no N-methylation has been observed. They are readily oxidized to sulfoxides and sulfones with either z-chloroperbenzoic acid or hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid <1996CHEC-II(4)307>. There have been no new publications on S-linked substituents since the publication of CHEC-II(1996). 

The oxidation of thioamides 63 with a wide variety of oxidizing agents is a well-employed method for the synthesis of 3,5-disubstituted-l,2,4-thiadiazoles 64 <1982AHC285>. However, this method is limited mainly to arylthioamides. The most common oxidizing agents tend to be halogens, hydrogen peroxide, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and nitrous acid. Yields from these reactions are variable and depend on the thioamide, oxidant, and conditions used (Equation 19). By-products such as nitriles and isothiocyanates are usually formed. 

In another variation of a type E synthesis, thioamides or thioureas condense with /V,/V-dimcthylacylamide dimethyl acetal to give imino compounds which react with amino-transfer reagents like hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid and mesitylsulfonyloxyamine (MSH) to give 3,5-substituted-l,2,4-thiadiazoles in excellent yields <1996CHEC-II(4)307>. There have been no new reports of type E syntheses since the publication of CHEC-II(1996). 

IR and Raman spectra were obtained for 3,4-dimethyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole 1,1-dioxide 23 and showed S=0 asymmetric and symmetric stretching at 1428 and 1168 cm, respectively <1997JMT119>. A high-resolution ca. 0.003 cm-1) gas-phase IR study of 1,2,5-thiadiazole 1 in the range 750-1250cm 1 gave five fundamental bands (B1 1225.2 cm-1, b-type in-plane CH bend), //4 (A p 1041.4cm-1, a-type in-plane CH bend), i/14 (B2 ... 

While 1,2,5-thiadiazole 1,1-dioxide has not yet been prepared, extrapolation of data on the known 3,4-dimethyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole 1,1-dioxide 23 <1998JP091> indicated that the nonaromatic or antiaromatic 1,2,5-thiadiazole 1,1-dioxide has a more delocalized structure than its isomeric thiadiazole 1,1-dioxide anologues <1997JMT119, 2001JMT285>. 

Amino-5-methyl-l,3,4-thiadiazole 48 reacts with chloroacetone to give the N-alkylated thiadiazolimine 49 (Equation 4) <2000AF550> and iV-alkylation of the 2,5-diphenyl- and 2,5-dimethyl-l,3,4-thiadiazole 50a and 50b with trimethylsilylmethyl trifluoromethanesulfonate gave the corresponding 1,3,4-thiadiazolium salts 51 (Equation 5) <2002J(P 1)2851 >. A comprehensive study of the quarternization of the 2,5-disubstituted thiadiazoles has been covered in CHEC(1984) <1984CHEC(6)545>. 

The cycloaddition reactions of [(thioacyl)methylene]thiadiazoles 83 with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) under UV irradiation at room temperature gave the spiro[3/7-l,3,4-thiadiazoline-2,4 -477-thiopyrans] 84 in 50-60% yields (Equation 23) <2003EJ02480>. 

Condensation reactions of TV-substituted thioureas in dimethyl sulfoxide or methanol in the presence of DMSO-H+-X produce 1,2,4-thiadiazole derivatives (Scheme 64).150 151... 

SN/N Imidazo[2,l- ][l,3,4]thiadiazole 135 <2004S1067> (Figure 20), 136 and 137 (Table 44) <2004BMC5651> 6-aryl-2-aryloxymethylimidazo[2,l- ][l,3,4]thiadiazoles 120 (Table 45) <2005SC2881> NN/N 4-methyl-3-phenyl-2-phenylcarbamoyloxy-37/,47/-imidazo[l,2- ][l,2,4]triazole-3a-carboxylic acid ethyl ester 125 and 4,3a-dimethyl-3-phenyl-2-phenylcarbamoyloxy-37/,4/7-imidazo[l,2- ][l,2,4]triazole-6-carboxylic acid methyl ester 126 (Table 46) <2001JOC8528>. 

The Vilsmeier-Haack reaction of 2,6-dimethylimidazo[2,T. ][l,3,4]thiadiazole 169 gives aldehyde 170, which after reduction with sodium borohydride affords 2,6-dimethyl-5-hydroxymethylimidazo[2,TA [l,3,4]thiadiazole 171 (Scheme 2) <2000AF550, 2006BMC3069, 2006TL2811>. 

When compound 241 is refluxed with hydrazine hydrate, 2,6-dimethyl-imidazo[2,l- ][l,3,4]thiadiazole-5-carbohy-drazide 242 was isolated. This product, after reaction with the appropriate aldehydes, yields the corresponding... 

Thiophene-1-oxide and 1 -substituted thiophenium salts present reduced aromaticity.144 A variety of aromaticity criteria were used in order to assess which of the 1,1-dioxide isomers of thiophene, thiazole, isothiazole, and thiadiazole was the most delocalized (Scheme 46).145 The relative aromaticity of those molecules is determined by the proximity of the nitrogen atoms to the sulfur, which actually accounts for its ability to participate in a push-pull system with the oxygen atoms of the sulfone moiety. The relative aromaticity decreases in the series isothiazole-1,1-dioxide (97) > thiazole-1,1 -dioxide (98) > thiophene-1-dioxide (99) then, one has the series 1,2,5 -thiadiazole-1,1 -dioxide (100) > 1, 2,4-thiadiaz-ole-1,1-dioxide (101) > 1,2,3-thiadiazole-1,1 -dioxide (102) > 1,3,4-thiadiazole-l,1-dioxide (103) in the order of decreasing aromaticity. As 1,2,5-thiadiazole-1,1-dioxide (100) was not synthesized, the approximations used extrapolations of data obtained for its 3,4-dimethyl-substituted analogue 104 (Scheme 46). 

Thioamides 176 react photochemically with 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene in the absence of oxygen to give ketones (equation 116)172. In the absence of oxygen, the photoproducts of 176 include nitriles, 1,2,4-thiadiazole and isothiazoline (equation 117). 

Thiadiazole has been subjected to AMI calculations <90JPR885>. The results were used to predict the degree of aromatic character of the heterocycle. Some energetic and magnetic parameters were also calculated. Electrostatic potentials at N-2 and N-4 have been calculated for 3,5-dimethyl-... 

Methylation of 3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-l,2,4-thiadiazole (23) with dimethyl sulfate and sodium hydroxide at room temperature gives the N-2 compound (24). When methylation is carried out using methyl toluene-4-sulfonate at 100°C compound (24) and the meso-ionic derivative (25) are produced (Scheme 7) <84JCS(Pl)75>. 

Metallation of 3,4-dimethyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole (55) to the anion (56) was accomplished with the use of a nonnucleophilic base, lithium diisopropylamide <82JHC1247>. Nucleophilic attack at sulfur resulted in an alkyllithium reagent <70CJC2006>. The lithiomethyl derivative (56) was carboxylated to (57) with carbon dioxide and converted to the vinyl derivative (58) via an esterification, reduction, mesylation, and base elimination sequence (Scheme 12). 

Radical bromination of 3,4-dimethyl-1,2,5-thiadiazole (55) has been extensively studied. While, under forcing conditions a mixture of mono-, di-, tri-, and tetrabromo derivatives can form, by careful control the monobromide (59) can be selectively formed (Equation (9)) <84JHC1157, 87CB1593, 89CCC2176>. 

Thiadiazole, the 2-amino, 2-aminomethyl, 2-aminomethyl-5-methyl, and 2,5-dimethyl derivatives are all soluble in water. Generally, as the size of the substituents on carbon increases, the aqueous solubility decreases and the solubility in organic solvents increases. 

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