Isothiazole reactions

Thieno[3,4-d ]isothiazole-4-carboxylic acid synthesis, 6, 1023 Thienoisothiazoles benzisothiazoles from, 6, 172 Thieno[3,4-c]isothiazoles reactions, 6, 1034 synthesis, 6, 1043... 

Thieno[2,3-e]isothiazoles. - Reaction of ethyl 3-cyano-5,5-di-ethoxy-2-oxopentanoate with P2S5 in refluxing toluene gives a monoacid, C NO, in 24 yield. The N.M.R. spectrum and unambiguous synthesis showed thi3 to be thieno[2,3-cJisothia-zole-3-carboxylic acid (44) and not the isomeric thieno[3,4-d]-isothiazole (45) as previously suggested. Cyclisation to... 

Isothiazole is aromatic. The NM R spectra confirm a largely undisturbed delocalization of the 7t-electrons. In consequence, the aromaticity of isothiazole is greater than that of isoxazole, just as the aromaticity of thiophene is greater than that of furan. From the calculated tt-electron densities at the ring carbons, it follows (by analogy to isoxazole, cf. p. 186), that electrophiles should attack at the 4-position, nucleophiles at the 3-position. This is confirmed by the following isothiazole reactions. 

In azole chemistry the total effect of the several heteroatoms in one ring approximates the superposition of their separate effects. It is found that pyrazole, imidazole and isoxazole undergo nitration and sulfonation about as readily as nitrobenzene thiazole and isothiazole react less readily ica. equal to m-dinitrobenzene), and oxadiazoles, thiadiazoles, triazoles, etc. with great difficulty. In each case, halogenation is easier than the corresponding nitration or sulfonation. Strong electron-donor substituents help the reaction. 

A multiply bonded nitrogen atom deactivates carbon atoms a or y to it toward electrophilic attack thus initial substitution in 1,2- and 1,3-dihetero compounds should be as shown in structures (110) and (111). Pyrazoles (110 Z = NH), isoxazoles (110 Z = 0), isothiazoles (110 Z = S), imidazoles (111 Z = NH, tautomerism can make the 4- and 5-positions equivalent) and thiazoles (111 Z = S) do indeed undergo electrophilic substitution as expected. Little is known of the electrophilic substitution reactions of oxazoles (111 Z = O) and compounds containing three or more heteroatoms in one ring. Deactivation of the 4-position in 1,3-dihetero compounds (111) is less effective because of considerable double bond fixation (cf. Sections 4.01.3.2.1 and 4.02.3.1.7), and if the 5-position of imidazoles or thiazoles is blocked, substitution can occur in the 4-position (112). 

Acid-catalyzed hydrogen exchange is used as a measure of the comparative reactivity of different aromatic rings (see Table 5). These reactions take place on the neutral molecules or, at high acidities, on the cations. At the preferred positions the neutral isoxazole, isothiazole and pyrazole rings are all considerably more reactive than benzene. Although the 4-position of isothiazole is somewhat less reactive than the 4-position in thiophene, a similar situation does not exist with isoxazole-furan ring systems. 

In most other reactions the azolecarboxylic acids and their derivatives behave as expected (cf. Scheme 52) (37CB2309), although some acid chlorides can be obtained only as hydrochlorides. Thus imidazolecarboxylic acids show the normal reactions they can be converted into hydrazides, acid halides, amides and esters, and reduced by lithium aluminum hydride to alcohols (70AHC(12)103). Again, thiazole- and isothiazole-carboxylic acid derivatives show the normal range of reactions. 

Numerous examples of N—S bond formation using oxidative conditions have been described in the literature. A convenient synthesis of isothiazoles involves the direct oxidation of -y-iminothiols and numerous variations have been studied (see Chapter 4.17), The oxidation of the amidine (248) to give the 3-aminoisothiazole (249) illustrates the reaction scheme (65AHC(4)107, 72AHC(14)1), which has been extended to the synthetically useful 5-amino-4-cyano-3-methylisothiazole (251) obtained by oxidation of (250) with hydrogen peroxide (75JHC883). 

The reaction of 2,5-dimethylisoxazoline-3-thione with 48% HBr produced, among other products, an isothiazole-3-thione, diisoxazole disulfide and 2,5-dimethylisoxazolin-3-one. In contrast, the reaction of 2-methyl-5-phenylisoxazoline-3-thione produced primarily disulfide 80CPB487). The reaction with H2S in 48% HBr produced an isothiazole-3-thione and a cyclic thiazole (Scheme 75) (80CPB487). 

Annular tautomerism does not occur in isothiazoles or benzisothiazoles. Substituent tautomers can sometimes be distinguished by chemical methods, but it is important that reaction mechanisms and the relative rates of interconversion of tautomeric starting materials or isomeric reaction products are carefully investigated. Physical methods only will be considered in this section, and references to original publications can be found in a comprehensive review (76AHC(S1)1). 

Lithioisothiazoles are readily prepared by the action of butyllithium, and the isothiazole ring is desulfurized by Raney nickel (see Section 4.02.1.8). Few cycloaddition reactions are known. 

Few isothiazoles undergo simple cycloaddition reactions. 4-Nitroisothiazoles add to alkynes (see Section 4.17.7.4). With 5-thiones (84) and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, addition to both sulfur atoms leads to 1,3-dithioles (85) (77SST(4)339, 80H(14)785, 81H(16)156, 81H(16)595). Isothiazol-3-one 1-oxide and the corresponding 1,1-dioxide give normal adducts with cyclopentadiene and anthracene (80MI41700), and saccharin forms simple 1 1 or 1 2 adducts with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (72IJC(B)881). 

In an attempt to prepare an isothiazolobenzodiazepine, ethyl 5-o-aminoanilino-3-methyl-isothiazole-4-carboxylate was treated with sodium methoxide, but the only reaction was transesterification to the methyl ester 76UC(B)394). Only the 5-ester group of dimethyl 3-methylisothiazole-4,5-dicarboxylate reacts with iV,iV -diphenylguanidine, as with the corresponding isoxazole compound, but the product could not be cyclized, even under drastic conditions. This is in marked constrast to the isoxazole compound which cyclized at room temperature (80JCS(P1)1667). 

One of the best methods of synthesis of isothiazoles is by direct oxidation of y- iminothiols (169) or their tautomers. The reaction is capable of many ramifications and is represented by the general equation shown in Scheme 27. The substituents represent a wide range of groups. Thus, iminothioamides (169 R = NH2) are oxidized to give 3-alkyl-5-aminoisothiazoles (170 = NH2), amidines (169 R = NH2) produce 3-amino compounds,... 

Cephalosporin 5-oxides and penicillin 5-oxides (221) can be converted into isothiazol-3-ones (222) by the action of bases. These reactions proceed via an intermediate azetidinonesulfenic acid (223 Scheme 37) (77SST(4)339). Attempts to prepare /3-lactam compounds from isothiazoles have, as yet, been unsuccessful (81X2181). 

Isothiazole itself is best prepared by the reaction between propynal, ammonia and sodium thiosulfate (see Section 4.17.9.3). A wide range of substituted mononuclear isothiazoles can be obtained by oxidative cyclization of y-iminothiols and related compounds (see Section 4.17.9.1.1). Substituents at the 3-position need to be in place before cyclization, but 4-substituents are readily introduced by electrophilic reagents (see Section 4.17.6.3), and 5-substituents via lithiation (see Section 4.17.6.4). 

Beckmann rearrangement, 6, 156 Isothiazole, 3-alkoxy-tautomerism, 6, 145 Isothiazole, alkyl-bromination, 5, 58 Isothiazole, 3-alkyl-5-amino-synthesis, 6, 166 Isothiazole, alkylthio-mass spectra, 6, 142 Isothiazole, amino-azo dyes from, 1, 330 tautomerism, 6, 157 Isothiazole, 3-amino-synthesis, 5, 135 tautomerism, 6, 146 Isothiazole, 4-amino-azo dyes from, 6, 175 diazotization, 6, 158 methylation, 5, 95 quaternization, 6, 158 reactions... 

Isothiazole, 5-amino-4-cyano-3-methyI-synthesis, 5, 135 Isothiazole, 5-amino-3-methyI-reactions... 

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