Isothiazoles formation

Azine approach. Addition of ammonia to compounds with vicinal acyl-cyanothio groups as in (145) results in an intermediate adduct where the amino group is in a position to attack the cyanothio group on the sulfur atom, resulting in isothiazole formation (73CJC1741). 

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). 

Isothiazole behaves as a typical stable aromatic molecule. Thermolysis of substituted isothiazoles at 590 °C leads to the formation of thioketenes (80MI41700) and phenyl-isothiazoles undergo photoisomerism (Section 4.17.6.2) (73BSF1743, 81T3627). 1,2-Benzisothiazole boils at 220 °C without appreciable decomposition, and the 2,1-isomer... 

A few isothiazoles, 2,1-benzisothiazoles and monocyclic sultams have been prepared by methods involving formation of the 4,5-bond. Thus, condensation of a-cyanooximes (179) with ethyl mercaptoacetate or related compounds gives a compound (180) which cyclizes... 

The irradiation of isothiazole with a low-pressure mercury arc leads to the formation of thiazole [69JCA(CC)1018], The photochemical behavior of alkyliso-thiazoles has been studied. 3-Methylisothiazole gave 2-methylthiazole in a low yield. 4-Methylisothiazole was converted into 4-methylthiazole, and 5-methyliso-thiazole gave a mixture of 5-methylthiazole (55%) and 4-methylisothiazole (Scheme 38) (72T3141 93JOC3407). Either a ZI (72T3141) or an ICI mechanism was invoked to justify these reactions (93JOC3407). 

Semiempirical calculations on 4-methylisothiazole showed that the reaction can occur through an ICI mechanism with the formation of the Dewar isothiazole derivative (Fig. 18) (OOOUPl). In fact, the triplet state of the isothiazole cannot evolve to the biradical. The ZI mechanism can be excluded Only the intermediate 96 showed an acceptable energy however, it is a resonance stmeture of Dewar isothiazole. 

Bicyclic isothiazole dioxides 81 (99JHC(36)161), on treatment with Ai-nucleo-philes such as benzylamine, afforded isothiazole dioxides 82a,b together with a minor amount of compounds 83. Alternatively, 82b could be obtained from 84 by reduction with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and DBU. By using r-butylamine as the A-nucleophile, due to steric reasons, the formation of the isothiazole dioxide 85 could also be observed followed by transformation in the bicyclic system 86. 

Treatment of the sulpholene (19) with hydroxylamine in refluxing ethanol has led to the formation of isothiazol-3-sulpholenes (21) which presumably progressed via the oxime intermediate (20). Subsequent heating of (21) in toluene at 185°C in a sealed tube led to the generation of the diene (22) which could be trapped with 1 -phenylmaleimide and with DMAD, thus providing a new route to 1,2-benzisothiazole derivatives <96TL4189>. 

The addition of trithiazyl trichloride (NSC1)3 to 2,5-disubstituted furans and to N-2,5-trisubstituted pyrroles has led to the formation of isothiazole derivatives <96JHC1419>. 

Double cyclizations can occur one interesting example is the formation of the thieno[2,3-c]isothiazole (97) from the cyano-substituted ketoester... 

A novel synthesis of alkylsulfanylisothiazoles 230 starts with sodium a-cyanoketene dithiolates 227, obtained by the reaction of cyanoacetamides 226 with carbon disulfide in the presence of sodium ethoxide <06SC825>. Treatment of 227 with sulphur and piperidine acetate generates sodium isothiazole-3,5-dithiolates 229. The formation of 229 is assumed to arise from the addition of anionic sulphur to the nitrile group in 227 to give the intermediate 228, which cyclizes upon elimination of anionic sulphur to yield 229. Salts 229 are readily alkylated to furnish 3,5-bis(alkylthio)isothiazole derivatives 230. 

Sulfur. Thiophene and benzo[ >] thiophene are both aromatic heterocycles, as discussed earlier in this review. Isothiazole is a planar molecule with an aromaticity comparable with those of thiazole and pyrazole, and higher than those of isoxazole and oxazole,122 140 as evaluated on the basis of Bird s aromaticity index A, based upon the statistical degree of uniformity of the bond orders of the ring periphery. Theoretical calculations and experimental data in connection with the aromaticity of isothiazole have been reviewed.141 Thiazole is also viewed as an aromatic molecule, similar to thiophene. It lacks an experimental aromaticity value, but the heat of formation together with bond lengths and angles have been calculated by various computational meth-... 

In the presence of various metal ions, 2-(fluoroenone)benzothiazoline has been found to rearrange to A-2-mercaptophenylenimine, while a free radical mechanism involving the homolysis of C-S and C-N bonds has been invoked to explain the formation of 3-phenyl-1,2,4-triazole derivatives from the thermal fragmentation and rearrangement of 2-(arylidenehydrazino)-4-(5//)-thiazolone derivatives. The cycloadducts (36) formed from the reaction of 3-diethylamino-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-vinyl-isothiazole 1,1-dioxide (34) with nitric oxides or miinchnones (35) have been found to undergo pyrolytic transformation into a, jS-unsaturated nitriles (38) by way of pyrrole-isothiazoline 1,1-dioxide intermediates (37). 

As reported before (see Section 4.14.6.1, Scheme 19), thermolysis of oxathiazolines (169) proceeds via a retro 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to produce the carbonyl compound and the nitrile sulfide intermediate. Trapping reactions have been carried out with DMAD, ECF (ethyl cyano formate), and benzonitrile to give respectively isothiazoles (170) and thiadiazoles (171) and (172). However in two particular cases (R = 4-MeOC6H4, 4-ClCgH4, thermolysis in the presence of benzonitrile gives (172) and the thiadiazole (173) in very low yields. It has been suggested that the latter arises... 

Franz and Black539 have studied the thermolysis and photolysis of l,3,4-oxathiazol-2-one (l).530 This compound is thermally labile and yields benzonitrile and sulfur instead of the expected phenyl isocyanate and carbonyl sulfide. It is probable that benzonitrile sulfide (3) is an intermediate and this appears to be confirmed by formation of the adduct 4 in 90% yield when 1 is heated with 2 moles of DMAD at 130° in chlorobenzene. Heating a mixture of benzonitrile and sulfur with DMAD gave tetramethyl thiophenetetracarboxylate (6), also obtained without the nitrile. The formation of the isomeric isothiazoles 7 and 8 from 1 and EP531 is similar to the production of the corresponding... 

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