IV-Hydroxy-2-thiopyridone

It was discovered that the acetyl derivalive of iV-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone is especially suitable as a source of methyl radicals, being photolysed by irradiation with a simple tungsten lamp. On this basis, and because of the high radicophilicity of tellurides (especially anisyl tellurides), a radical exchange occurs when the reagent is irradiated in the presence of an... 

Many important natural products are (formerly) derived by chain elongation at position 5 of pentoses, or at position 6 of hexoses. Uronic acids, which are easily prepared, can be converted into the 4 radical 90 by chemistry based on the thiohydroxamate 6.77 We postulated that, if the hindrance on the a-side of the molecule was great enough, the carbon-carbon bond formed by reaction of 90 with a suitable radicophilic olefin would be the natural / -bond. In fact, even a dimethyl-ketal as in 90 (B = natural base or protected derivative thereof) was sufficient to direct the bond formation very largely to the desired face.77 The diacetone ketal of glucuronic acid 91 upon conversion to its iV-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone derivative 92 and then photolysis in the usual way in the presence of methyl acrylate gave the expected derivative 93 as a mixture of... 

The reactions based on A-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone derivatives are clearly radical chain reactions. In a recent paper,91 we have reported quantum yield measurements for a number of reactions based on iV-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone. Most of the reactions had quantum yields of 10-30. Synthesis of the N-hydroxyquinazolin-4-thione 139 (Ar = Ph, An, 1-Naph) by an improved route gave thiohydroxamic acids which were more sensitive to light than iV-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone. The quantum yield for bromination was in the range 30-60. More important, while the JV-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone system at — 30 °C, makes21 radicals only in a non-chain fashion, the derivatives of 139 continue radical chain reactions even at — 60 °C. 

Diisopropyl tellurium intercepted primary carbon radicals, generated by the photolysis of acyl derivatives of iV-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone, and released isopropyl radicals that were trapped by olefins2. 

Ph2SiH2, AIBN, toluene, 110° Ph2SiH2, Et3B/02, C6H6, 80° O-acyl IV-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone, hv, CgHg, rt... 

Esters derived from iV-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone and, for example. -amino acids, react with vinylpho.sphonic diesters on irradiation to give complex pho.sphonic derivatives from which the thiopyridine group can be removed with tributylstannane. In... 

Scheme 5-5. Reagents and conditions a NaOCE Ph, THF/DMF 5 1, — 10°C to room temperature, b LiAlELt, Et20, reflux, c AC2O, Py. d (1) Cat. RuCh/NaKTt, CCI4/ MeCN/H20 1 1 1.5, room temperature. (2) LiOH, THF/H20 5 4, 0°C. (3) 2N HC1, Et20, 0°C to room temperature, e (1) IV-methylmorpholine, isobutylchloroformate, N-hydroxy-2-thiopyridone, THF, NEt3, TFIF, — 15°C, (2) t-butyl mercaptan, irradiation, THF, room temperature, f H2, 10% Pd/C, EtOFI. g Cat. ( -Pr)4NRu04, NMO, 4 A MS, CH2CI2, room temperature.

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