Dithioacetals synthetic applications

Nitroketene dithioacetal reacts with anthranilic esters to afford quinolone derivatives, which are converted into diazepinones by reductive cyclization. The review by Kolb covers synthetic application of nitroketene dithioacetal for heterocyclic compounds (see Scheme 10.26).145... 

From the synthetic point of view, the most important a-sulfinyl carbanions appear to be those derived from dithioacetal S-oxides which are a synthon for acyl anions65. However, the yields of the alkylation reaction were found to be low. In spite of the fact that dithiane S-oxides have been intensively studied66 63, their synthetic applications are limited,... 

As mentioned in Section 4.2.2.6, dithioacetals can be used in coupling reactions with Grignard reagents in sequences leading to the formation of carbon-carbon single and double bonds. The metal-catalysed reactions depicted here exemplify their uses for olefination reactions, which opened the way to many useful synthetic applications [319],... 

Minami, T., Okauchi, T., Matsuki, H., Nakamura, M., Ichikawa, J., and Ishida, M., Synthesis and synthetic application of phosphonoketene dithioacetals. New synthesis of dithioallenes and (a-dithio-carboxyvinyl)phosphonates, 7. Org. Chem., 61, 8132, 1996. 

Additional examples of synthetic application of periodic acid as an oxidant include the oxidative iodination of aromatic compounds [1336-1341], iodohydrin formation by treatment of alkenes with periodic acid and sodium bisulfate [1342], oxidative cleavage of protecting groups (e.g., cyclic acetals, oxathioacetals and dithioacetals) [1315, 1343], conversion of ketone and aldehyde oximes into the corresponding carbonyl compounds [1344], oxidative cleavage of tetrahydrofuran-substituted alcohols to -y-lactones in the presence of catalytic PCC [1345] and direct synthesis of nitriles from alcohols or aldehydes using HsIOe/KI in aqueous ammonia [1346],... 

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