Sulfur halides reactions with

The cyclic sulfur imides readily undergo condensation reactions in the presence of a base, e.g., pyridine. For example, the reaction of S7NH with sulfur halides, S Cla or SOCI2, produces the series (S7N)2Sx (x = 1, 2, 3, 5), or (S7N)2S0, respectively. The bicyclic compound S11N2 (6.6) is obtained by treatment of 1,3-S6(NH)2 with The reaction... 

The chemistry of 1,2,5-thiadiazole systems (RC)2N2S has been extensively investigated. " In addition to the condensation reactions of sulfur halides with 1,2-diaminobenzenes, this ring system is obtained in high yields by the reaction of S4N4 with acetylenes (Section 5.2.6). For example, the reaction of S4N4 with diphenylacetylene produces 3,4-diphenyl-1,2,5-thiadiazole in 87% yield. 

The (V-methyldihydrodithiazine 125 has also been used as an effective formyl anion equivalent for reaction with alkyl halides, aldehydes, and ketones (77JOC393). In this case there is exclusive alkylation between the two sulfur atoms, and hydrolysis to give the aldehyde products is considerably easier than for dithianes. However, attempts to achieve a second alkylation at C2 were unsuccessful, thus ruling out the use of this system as an acyl anion equivalent for synthesis of ketones. Despite this limitation, the compound has found some use in synthesis (82TL4995). 

Other examples of this synthetic strategy are known for example, a recent zirconium polymer by Illingsworth and Burke (8), who joined amine side groups of a zirconium bis(quadridentate Schiff-base) with an acid dianhydride to give amide linkages. Once again, caution is necesary, as Jones and Power (2) learned when they attempted to link metal bisO-diketonates) with sulfur halides that is, they obtained insoluble metal sulfides because the p-diketone complexes which they used were fairly labile and the insolubility drove the reactions to completion in the wrong direction. 

The lithio derivatives of dibenzofuran undergo the expected reactions. Carbonation yields carboxylic acids,reaction with sulfur dioxide yields sulfinic acids, and reaction with methyl sulfate yields methyl compounds. Alkylation can also be achieved by treatment of 4-lithio-dibenzofuran with alkyl halides. Silylation can be achieved with chlorotrimethyl- or chlorotriphenylsilane. " " Reaction of lithiodibenzo-furans with acetaldehyde and with benzonitrile take the expected course. 

Recently, however, Tokitoh and co-workers " °° reported a versatile reactivity of Tbt-substituted plumbylenes 182a-d, that is, insertion reactions with alkyl halides, diphenyl dichalcogenides, bromine abstraction from carbon tetrabro-mide, and sulfurization with elemental sulfur as shown in Scheme 14.83. 

Alcohols can be converted to alkyl halides by reaction with thionyl chloride, SOCI phosphorous trichloride, PCI phosphorous pen-tachloride, PCI or phosphorous tribromide, PBr3. For example, ethyl chloride or ethyl bromide can be prepared from ethyl alcohol via reactions with sulfur and phosphorous halides. 

Vanadium(V) Oxytrichloride. Vanadium(V) oxytrichloride (VOCl3) is readily hydrolyzed and forms coordination compounds with simple donor molecules, eg, ethers, but is reduced by reaction with sulfur-containing ligands and molecules. It is completely miscible with many hydrocarbons and nonpolar metal halides, eg, TiCl4, and it dissolves sulfur. 

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