1.2- Dithioles reaction with acetylenic esters

Several workers have studied the reactions of l,2-dithiole-3-thiones and related systems with acetylenic esters. The thiones (395), for example, react with DMAD to give 2-thioacylmethylene-l,3-dithioles (396), which may arise through a concerted 1,3-dipolar addition to the S—C=S moiety. These adducts undergo further reaction with DMAD, yielding thiopyran-4-spiro-2 -(l,3-dithioles) (397) (Scheme 62). Similarly, the reaction of 5-phenyl-l,2,4-dithiazole-3-thione (398) with... 

Isothiazoles are reported to yield the lactam (101) on reaction with diphenyl ketene <85BSB149>. Ethyne dicarboxylate esters add to 2,1-benzisothiazole to generate quinoline esters (102), and benzyne reacts to yield aeridine <83H(20)489, 88JCS(Pl)2l4l>. 2-Methyl-2,l-benzisothiazolin-3-thione with acetylene esters forms 2-iminobenzoquinone methides (103), which dimerize to give diazocines (104) or further react with the ethyne ester to yield diadducts (105). The initial adduct formed with phenylethyne and 2-methyl-2,l-benzisothiazolin-3-thione rearranges to produce l,2-dithiole[3,26]... 

The condensation of aldehydes with thiocyanoacetic esters, catalysed by potassium fluoride or potassium carbonate, gave as minor products yV-carbamoyl-2-imino-5-alkyl(or aryl)-l, 3-oxathiolan-4-carboxylic esters, in which the 4,5-c/j-isomers predominated according to n.m.r. spectroscopy. l,3-Oxathiolan-2-thione was converted into dimethyl 1,3-dithiol-2-one-4,5-dicarboxylate and ethylene on treatment with dimethyl acetylene-dicarboxylate, and the transformation of methyl 2-methoxycarbonyl-methyl-1,3-oxathiolan-2-carboxylate into dimethyl-5,6-dihydro-l, 4-oxa-thiin-2,3-dicarboxylate by chlorination at low temperatures found analogy in the reactions of 2,2-dialkyl-l,3-oxathiolans. Thiomethoxymethyl hexachloroantimonate reacted with potassium t-butoxide to give mainly 3,5,5-trimethyl-l,3-oxathiolanium hexachloroantimonate the mechanism of this remarkable reaction was not settled. ... 

New examples of thioacylation of active-methylene compounds with thiono- or dithio-esters have been reported. " Some new l,3-dithiol-2-ylidene-thioketones have been prepared by the cycloaddition reaction between acetylenes and l,2-dithiole-3-thiones. > The latter compounds and their imino-analogues yielded related cycloadducts (31) on treatment with ketens. The reaction of l,2-dithiole-3-thiones with a-chloro-benzylidenephenylhydrazine in basic medium gave the thioketones (32) by... 

With electron-deficient acetylenes, the dithioate anions can be involved in the reactions of both 1,3-anionic cyclo- and nucleophilic additions [550], The reactions of 1,3-anionic cycloaddition are typical provided that the central atom of [S-C-S] has aromatic substituents ensuring the anion stabilization [551,552], For instance, potassium pyrrole-l-carbodithioate selectively reacts (acetonitrile, -30°C, CH3COOH) with dimethyl ester of acetylenedicarboxylic acid to form rapidly polymerizing 2-(pyrrol-l-yl)-4,5-dimethoxycarbonyl-l,3-dithiol (Scheme 2.80) [552,553]. 

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