Oxidation of thiazolines

Oxidation of thiazolines represents another approach to thiazoles. This method has been applied to the synthesis of A -Boc-/.-thiazole methyl ester 22 <06JA10513>. Conversion of resin-bound thiazolines 23 to thiazoles 24 is also reported <06OL2417>. 

Oxidation of thiazoline rings that have been formed by condensations in V-acylcysteinyl peptides may represent the biosynthetic pathway to thia-zole rings that are present in a number of antibiotics. Bacitracin A undergoes oxidation, in a neutral solution exposed to air, to form bacitracin F, which contains the N-terminal fragment XVI. Micrococcin, an antibiotic... 

Compound 36 when treated by sulfur under nitrogen, leads to the thiazoline-2-thione (37) (Scheme 16) (43). Oxidation by O- or air of 36 (43) or 38 (45, 46) leads to the corresponding thiazoiine (39 or 40). Consequently, condensation reactions using catalysts like 36 must be run in strictly oxygen-free atmosphere (47-50). The isolation of traces of 3-benzyl-4-methyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-one (42) as a product of the oxidation of... 

Because of their use in the rubber industry various sulfenamido thiazoles (131) have been prepared. They are obtained in good yields through the oxidation of A-4-thiazoline-2-thiones (130) in aqueous alkaline solution in the presence of an amine or ammonia (Scheme 66) <123, 166, 255, 286, 308, 309). Other oxidizing agents have been proposed (54, 148. 310-313) such as iodine (152), chlorine, or hydrogen peroxide. Disulfides can also be used as starting materials (3141. 

Disulfides (136) are formed in good yields by oxidation of A-4-thiazoline-2-thiones (135) and derivatives in basic media Scheme 69 (7, 130, 146-151, 317-319). 

More commonly. 2-sulfonic acids (139) are prepared by oxidation of the corresponding A-4-thiazoline-2-thione (Scheme 72). Oxidation can be... 

The oxidation state of thiazolines and oxazolines can be adjusted by additional tailoring enzymes. For instance, oxidation domains (Ox) composed of approximately 250 amino acids utilize the cofactor FMN (flavin mononucleotide) to form aromatic oxazoles and thiazoles from oxazolines and thiazolines, respectively. Such domains are likely utilized in the biosynthesis of the disorazoles, " diazonimides, bleomycin, and epothiolone. The typical domain organization for a synthetase containing an oxidation domain is Cy-A-PCP-Ox however, in myxothiazol biosynthesis one oxidation domain is incorporated into an A domain. Alternatively, NRPSs can utilize NAD(P)H reductase domains to convert thiazolines and oxazolines into thiazolidines and oxazolidines, respectively. For instance, PchC is a reductase domain from the pyochelin biosynthetic pathway that acts in trans to reduce a thiazolyinyl-Y-PCP-bound intermediate to the corresponding thiazolidynyl-Y-PCP. ... 

In NRPS, the cyclization domain catalyzes cyclization of the side-chain nucleophile from a dipeptide moiety such as AA-Ser or AA-Cys (AA = amino acids) to form a tetrahedral intermediate, followed by dehydration to form oxazolines and thiazolines (Scheme 7.1) [20]. The synthesis of a 2-methyl oxazoline from threonine follows a similar mechanism. Once a heterocycle is formed, it can be further modified by reductase to form tetrahydro thiazolidine in the case of pyochelin biosynthesis. Conversely, oxidation of the dehydroheterocycles lead to heteroaro-mahc thiazoles or oxazoles as in the case of epothilone D (Figure 7.2) [21]. 

An alternative mechanism to form thiazoles and oxazoles is through oxidation of a dipeptide followed by cyclization from an enolate or thienolate precursor and subsequent dehydration (Scheme 7.2). This represents a higher-energy pathway and there is no accumulation of thiazoline or oxazoline intermediates [22-24]. 

Reaction of thiazoline-5-thiones with epoxycycloalkenes to give spiio thiazoline/oxathiolane products 75 has been described <99HCA1458> and intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reactions based on 1,3-oxathiolane 5-oxides such as 76 going to 77 have been reported <98MI2733>. 

The synthesis of thiazoles from dihydrothiazoles (thiazolines) has experienced broad application as a method for incorporating thiazoles into the backbone of peptides (see also Vol. E 22 b, Section 6.8.5.2.2). The ability to incorporate thiazoles into the backbone of peptides by oxidation of dihydrothiazole precursors is consequently limited to the methods available for the synthesis of the required dihydrothiazole precursors. The most straightforward approach would allow for a peptide containing natural amino acids to serve as a precursor to... 

The generation of four-membered ring systems can be accomplished by a cycloaddition process under photochemical conditions or with special substrates under thermal conditions. Iron-vinylidene complexes belong to such a class of special substrates where a thermal [2 + 2]-cycloaddition is possible. If imines are used, a hetero-[2 + 2]-cycloaddition with an iron-vinylidene complex leads to an iron-carbene complex attached to an azetidine ring system, as reported by Barrett and coworkers (Scheme 9.20) [46, 47]. The oxidation of these iron-carbene complexes leads to [3-lactams 27. Interestingly, the application of 2-thiazolines generates penam... 

Thiazoline-azetidinone 36 is a versatile intermediate for the synthesis of varieties of beta-lactam antibiotics 24>. The most straightforward route to 36 must be the removal of the feta-lactam A-substituents of thiazoline-azetidinone 35, which is readily obtained from penicillins by Copper s method 4>. This has usually been done by the two-step operation, involving ozonolysis and subsequent methanolysis 25). Direct transformation of 35 to 36 also has been achieved by oxidation with potassium permanganate or osminum tetraoxide, but yields are unsatisfactory (—37%)25). An efficient method for the removal of A-substituents of 35 is the electrochemical acetoxylation procedure which may lead to the compound 36 along with 37 (Scheme 2-12)3). For example, the... 

Nitroresorcinol, coupling with, 112 Nitrosation, 72-75 and diazotization. 65, 67 of 2-imino-4-thiazolines, 125 mechanism of, 68 of secondary amines, 68 Nitrosoimino-4-thiazoline, 126 Nitrosulfonamides, oxidation of, 115 Nitrous acid, with 2-hydrazinothiazoles, 100 1SC-NMR spectroscopy, representative data, in A-4-thiazoline-2-one. 390... 

Thiazolyl sulfamic acids, rearrangement of sulfonic acid, 70 rearrangement to sulfonic acid, 75 by sulfonation, 75 2-Thiazolyl sulfenyl chloride, transformation to, thiazolyl disulfides. 412 2-Thiazolyl sulfide, in hydrocarbon synthesis, 406 oxidation of, with m-chloroperbenzoic acid, 415 with CrOj, 415 with Hj02,405,415 with KMn04,415 physical properties, infrared, 405 NMR, 404 pKa, 404 ultraviolet, 404 preparation of, from 2-halothiazoles and 5-Thiazolyl sulfides, bis-5-thiazolyl sulfide, oxidation of, 415 general, 418 5-(2-hydroxythiazolyl)phenyl sulfide case, 418 physical properties, 418 preparation of, 417-418 table of compounds, 493-496 uses of. 442 2-Thiazolyl sulfinic acid, decomposition of, 413 preparation of, from 2-acetamidothiazole sulfonyl chloride, 413 from A-4-thiazoline-2-thione and H, 0, 393,413 table of compounds, 472-473 5-Thiazolyl sulfinic add, preparation of,... 

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