Thioamides, reaction with

Chloroacetaldehyde and Derivatives (Thiazole and its 2-Monosubstituted Derivatives) (Table II-l) 

Neopentyi BrCH2CH(Br)OEl, P2S, dioxane, MgCO, heat 40-50°C and then 80-100°C 20 578 

This reaction is explosive and proceeds in low yield (—21%) because of the instability of the thioformamide that is destroyed as soon as it is cyclized with 1 (113,491). The thioformamide is better prepared directly in the reaction mixture by condensing phosphorus pentasulfide and for-mamide at room temperature, in dioxane solution, according to reaction 1 (491,492), 

Another difficulty in this reaction lies in the preparation of pure chloroacetaldehyde. The low yield observed is due to simultaneous formation of by-products (polyhalogenation). So vinylchloride was used as a starting material for this synthesis (449). A simpler method is to react chlorine with vinylchloride in aqueous solution and then to dehydrate the semihydrated chloroacetaldehyde by distillation through a column of calcium chloride heated to 70 to 90 C (451). 

When chloroacetaldehyde is condensed with higher thioamides prepared from amides and phosphorus pentasulfide according to Schwarz s method (222), 2-substituted thiazoles are obtained (4, 10, 22, 175). 

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The chemistry of thiazoles is interesting in view of their propensity for biological activity. Eor that reason thiazoloquinolines have also been a widely studied group of compounds. A preferred route to thiazoles exploits a-halogeno ketones in a reaction with thioamides to give the fused 2-substituted thiazole derivatives. 

Phosgene, as well as the easier to handle diphosgene (chloroformic acid trichloromethyl ester) or triphosgene (carbonic acid bis(trichloromethyl) ester) transform primary, secondary and tertiary amides and thioamides to chloromethyleneiminium chlorides (25 equation 15), whereby the reaction with thioamides is of broader scope and proceeds with fewer side reactions. The amide chlorides derived from primary and secondary amides can lose HCl, giving nitriles or imidoyl halides, respectively. /V-Sub-stituted formamides can be converted to isonitriles via amide halides. ... 

Polymer-bound 5-(2-bromoacetyl)pyrroles could be converted into thiazolylpyrroles, aminothiazolylpyrroles and selenazolylpyrroles through Flantzsch-type reaction with thioamides, thioureas or selenourea respectively. The reaction conditions that were optimized for the three different types of building blocks are shown in Figure 6.16. 

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