1.2.5- Thiadiazole, 3-amino-, ring

Azolecarboxylic acids can be quite strongly acidic. Thus l,2,5-thiadiazole-3,4-dicar-boxylic acid has first and second values of 1.6 and 4.1, respectively <68AHC(9)107). The acidic strengths of the oxazolecarboxylic acids are in the order 2>5>4, in agreement with the electron distribution within the oxazole ring <74AHC( 17)99). Azolecarboxylic acids are amino acids and can exist partly in the zwitterionic, or betaine, form e.g. 394). 

Ethyl iodide and 5-amino-2-methyl-l,3,4-thiadiazole react at 110° to give the N-3 salt (78 R = Me, R = NH2, R" = Et), as shown by the presence of the very reactive methyl group this salt is also used to prepare cyanine dyes. The slow quatemization at the ring-nitrogen atom furthest from the amino group is consistent with the reactions observed in other ring systems. As would be e pected, 5-alkylthio-2-methyl-l,3,4-thiadiazoles form salts at the N-3 (78 R = Me, R - S-alkyl).i ... 

A rearrangement involving a fluctuating 1,2,3-thiadiazole ring has been found by Haddock et al. (1970) after diazotization of 7-amino-6-substituted 1,2,3-benzothia-diazoles (Scheme 6-46). 

A somewhat different scheme is used to gain entry to the alternate symmetrical 1,3,4-thiadiazole ring system. Reaction of thiosemicarbazide with isovaleric acid affords the ring system (217) in one step. The reaction may be rationalized by positing acylation to intermediate 216 as the first step. Sulfonylation of the amino group of 217 with p-methoxybenzenesulfonyl chloride affords the oral... 

When the nitrogen nucleophile is replaced by a sulfur nucleophile, thiadiazoles can be formed. Thus, as shown in Scheme 7, the 5-amino-l,2,4-oxadiazole 78 gives the photolytic intermediate 79, which is intercepted by a thiourea to give intermediate 80, followed by ring closure and elimination to give the thiadiazoles 81 <1997T12629>. 

Perhaps the earliest reported method for the synthesis of the 1,2,3-thiadiazole ring system was the one described by Pechmann and Nold in which diazomethane was reacted with phenyl isothiocyanate. Of the four possible isomers that could be obtained from the reaction, 5-anilino-l,2,3-thiadiazole 62 (R1 Ph, R2 = H) was the only product formed (Equation 16) <1896CB2588>. This method continues to be used as a route to 5-amino substituted 1,2,3-thiadiazoles. 4,5-Disubstituted 1,2,3-thiadiazoles have been produced in excellent yield by reaction of l,l -thiocar-bonyl diimidazole with ethyl diazoacetate <1988SUL155>. 

Thiadiazole has an absorption maximum at 229 nm (log e 3.7). The introduction of amino groups into the heteroaromatic nucleus results in a bathochromic shift. Thus, the maximum due to the 1,2,4-thiadiazole ring is moved to 247 nm in 5-amino and to 256nm in 3,5-diamino-l,2,4-thiadiazole <1996CHEG-II(4)307>. No new publications relating to the ultraviolet (UV) spectra of 1,2,4-thiadiazoles have appeared since the publication of CHEC-II(1996). 

Substituents on the ring nitrogen can often cyclize to afford fused 1,3,4-thiadiazoles (see also Volume 9). The N-substituent on the l-(2-amino-5-methyl-3-[l,3,4]thiadiazolyl)acetone 49 was annulated on the ring when treated with HBr (Equation 38) <2000AF550>. 

On treatment with phosphorus pentasulfide, 4-amino-5-thio-477-[l,2,4]triazoles 86 are converted into 6-aryl-3-(2-aminophenyl)[l,2,4]triazolo[3,4-4][l,3,4]thiadiazoles 3. This transformation is presumed to involve three steps first, the transformation of the amide into the thioamide second, transfer of the thioaroyl group from the phenylamino side chain to the iV-amino group of the triazole ring and, finally, cyclodehydrosulfurization leading to 3 (Equation 21) <1989LA1055>. 

Contrasting with the reported formation of fused [l,3,4]thiadiazole rings in the course of the reaction of 3-substituted-4-amino-5-thio-47/-[l,2,4]triazoles 83 with various isothiocyanates (cf. Section 11.07.8.3, Table 3), the reactions with methyl isothiocyanate and with phenylisocyanate afford 3,7-disubstituted-6,7-dihydro-57/-[l,2,4]triazolo[4,3-f] [l,2,4]triazole-6-thiones 110 and -triazole-6-ones 111, respectively (Equation 29) <1986MI607, 1992IJB167>.The same reaction of 4-amino-l-methyl-3,5-bis(methylthio)[l,2,4]triazolium iodide 112 with aryl isothiocyanates yields the mesoionic compounds 113 (Equation 30) <1984TL5427, 1986T2121>. 

The last example for the synthesis of this ring system discussed in this section is somewhat different from the previous ones as it presents formation of a positively charged thiadiazolo[3,2-tf][l,3,5]triazinium salt as published by Okide 1994JHC535 the 2 amino 5 alkyl[l,3,4]thiadiazole 167 was reacted with l chloro l,3 bis(dimethylamino) 3-phenyl-2-azaprop-2-enylium perchlorate (a reagent which was synthesized by the same author earlier <1992JHC1551>) to give the quaternary salt 168 in moderate yield (45%) (Scheme 32). 

Scheme 44 also shows two further synthetic routes to [l,3,4]thiadiazolo[2,3-c][l,2,4]triazinones. Reaction of the 3-mercapto- or 3-methylsulfanyltriazinone 221 (R1 = H or R1 = Me) with a set of isothiocyanates was reported to give the 2-amino-substituted fused ring system 222 in medium to good yield (36-84%) <1997JHC1351>. Derivative 223 was described to undergo cyclization to a fused thiadiazole 224 by treatment with carbon disulfide in the presence of potassium hydroxide in ethanol <2001PHA376>. 

The amino group of 3-amino-1,2,4-oxadiazoles shows little nucleophilic character. For example, addition to phenyl isothiocyanate to give 3-(phenylthioureido) compounds requires heating of the components without solvent at 120-130 °C or the use of polar aprotic solvents (DMSO, DMF) and long reaction times (30 days at 23°C) <77JCS(P1)1616>. 3-(Thioureido)-1,2,4-oxadiazoles undergo fast ring transformations to thiadiazoles (see Section 4.04.5.1.1). 

The triacyl compound (30) is obtained when an excess of benzoyl chloride is used in the acylation of 3-amino-5-methylamino-l,2,4-thiadiazole (29). However, when acetic anhydride is used no ring nitrogen acylated product is obtained <84CHEC-i(6)463>. Acetylation of 3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,2,4-thiadiazole (23) with acetic anhydride and dbu at room temperature gives a small amount of the N-2 compound (28) (Equation (6)) <85JHC1497>. 

The pronounced electron-withdrawing nature of the 1,2,5-thiadiazole system is also evidenced by strong carbonyl electrophilic activation and by enhancement of carboxy acidity. The acid dissociation constants of thiadiazole acids, discussed in Section 4.09.4.1, fall in the range 1.5-2.5. The 1,2,3-thiadiazole carboxylic acids are easily decarboxylated at 160-200 °C. This reaction has been used for the synthesis of monosubstituted derivatives as well as the parent ring and deuterated derivatives <68AHC(9)107>. An efficient bromo-decarboxylation of 3-amino-1,2,5-thiadiazole-carboxylic acid has also been reported <70BRP1190359>. 

Amino-l,2,5-thiadiazole is a weak base but is sufficiently nucleophilic to readily form acyl, aroyl, sulfanilyl, and sulfinyl derivatives on the exocyclic nitrogen atom. Similarly, all the observed reactions of diaminothiadiazole <76JHC13> involve the exocyclic nitrogen atoms. IR, UV, and NMR spectroscopic evidence clearly indicate, however, that aminothiadiazole protonates on the ring nitrogen atom <68AHC(9)107>. 

---