1.2.5- Thiadiazoles stability

Thiirenes have been isolated in argon matrices at 8 K by photolysis of 1,2,3-thiadiazoles or vinylene trithiocarbonates (Scheme 151) (80PAC1623, 8UA486). They are highly reactive and decompose to thioketenes and alkynes (Scheme 22). Electron withdrawing substituents stabilize thiirenes somewhat, but no known thiirene is stable at room temperature unlike the relatively stable thiirene 1-oxides and thiirene 1,1-dioxides. 

It is the combination of exceptional reactivity and reasonable stability, either as a solid or in solution, that makes PTAD such an ideal dienophile. However, PTAD is decomposed to N2, CO and phenyl isocyanate by the action of UV light.61 The cyclic ADC compounds (6-23) all undergo the Diels-Alder reaction, although with the exception of phthalazine-l,4-dione (13, R = H), they have been used only occasionally. l,3,4-Thiadiazole-2,5-dione (11) is of comparable reactivity to PTAD,38 but like the other cyclic compounds (6-23) has the slight disadvantage in that it has to be generated in situ. 

The number of X-ray structures published since the publication of CHEC-II(1996) has increased, underlining the importance of this technique in structure elucidation. The structure of a number of 1,2,4-thiadiazoles and 1,2,4-thiadiazolidines has been determined by X-ray techniques and they are listed in Table 1. The first preparation of an A7-oxide derivative of a 1,2,4-thiadiazole 2 has been reported. The X-ray structure of compound 2 shows that it has a nearly planar ring this conformation is stabilized by hydrogen bonding with the carboxamide group <1999J(P1)2243>. 

The parent compound is sensitive to acids and decomposed by cold aqueous alkali. However, substituents in the 3- and 5-positions of 1,2,4-thiadiazoles exert a marked stabilizing influence on the ring toward acids, alkalis, oxidizing agents, and reducing agents. 

The preparation of 5-chloro-l,2,4-thiadiazol-2-ium chlorides 95 by treatment of formimidoyl isothiocyanates 94 with a twofold excess of methanesulfenyl chloride has been reported in an unusual variation of a type C synthesis. These salts show interesting chemical behavior toward several nitrogen and carbon nucleophiles. The nature of the N-substituent determines the stability of the salt 95. When the substitutent on nitrogen is /-butyl, the salt 95 decomposes readily in solution to give the 5-chloro-l,2,4-thiadiazole 96 (Scheme 10) <2003HAC95>. 

The 1,2,4-thiadiazole moiety has been incorporated in (3-lactam antibacterials to modulate pharmacokinetic properties and more recently into a cephalosporin. The cephalosporin 129 displays a good balance of serum stability and in vitro activity. The cephalosporin derivative 48 (see Section 5.08.7.4) also shows good pharmacokinetic properties <2001JAN364>. 

Methyl-4-phenyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole 1,1-dioxide 21 suffers proton abstraction in basic nonaqueous media to give a resonance stabilized anion 43, neutralization of which using anhydrous TFA gives the orange tautomer 4-methylene-3-phenyl-l,2,5-thiadiazoline 1,1-dioxide 44 (Scheme 3) <2001JP0217>. The tautomeric equilibrium is practically displaced toward 21 in acetonitrile and toward 44 in DMF. 

The relatively high aromaticity of the parent 1,2,5-thiadiazole renders it good thermal stability (stable up to 220 °C) despite this, 3,4-diphenyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole 8 suffers slow photochemical degradation to give benzonitrile and sulfur. The low basicity of 1,2,5-thiadiazole indicates a relatively high electron density in the Jt-orbital and corresponding low electron density of the nitrogen lone pairs. Addition reactions such as Walkylation do not occur readily. A-Oxidation is... 

A difference in reactivity was observed between the phenanthro[9,10-r]- and acenaphtho[l,2-c]-l,2,5-thiadiazole 1,1-dioxides 51 and 53 when treated with thiourea. The acenaphtho derivative 53 gave the expected addition product however, the phenanthro thiadiazole 51 was reduced to the thiadiazoline 1,1-dioxide 52 (Equation 2) <2004JP01091>. The difference in reactivity was attributed to the enhanced resonance stability offered by the phenanthrene group. 

The reactivity of 5-amidinoisothiazoles (221) was explored to demonstrate the equilibrium 221 222 (Scheme 37). However, on reacting with nitriles or imidates, 5-amino compounds 220 (R = Me, Ph) give directly the rearranged thiadiazoles 222. The equilibrium between the two heterocycles (in different solvents at room temperature) is not observed, and this result is attributed to the greater stability of the 1,2,4-thiadiazole... 

Thiadiazoles are generally quite stable to heat due to the aromatic nature of the ring. Their thermal stability is influenced by the nature of the 3- and 5-substituents <65AHC(5)l 19>. Mass spectral decomposition patterns of substituted 1,2,4-thiadiazoles are discussed in Section 4.08.3.5. Photochemical behavior of 1,2,4-thiadiazoles has not been studied to date. 

The thermal stability of 1,2,5-thiadiazole is remarkable. The parent ring and its alkyl derivatives can withstand heating to at least 250-300 °C. Under UV photolytic conditions, the aromatic thia-diazoles slowly fragment to nitriles and sulfur. 

The effect of the 1,2,5-thiadiazole system on the reactions of carbon-bound substituents can be summarized as follows (i) stabilization of carbanions (ii) destabilization of carbenium ions (iii) enhanced Sn2 reactivity and repressed SnI reactivity <68AHC(9)107>. Aryl substituents are rendered more reactive to nucleophiles <72US(A)25> and deactivated in reactions with electrophiles, which are directed to the orthojpara positions by the thiadiazole ring <72IJS(A)25,78MI409-01>. 

Microwave spectroscopy indicates that aromaticity diminishes in the order 1,2,5-thia-diazole > thiophene > l,3,4-thiadiazole> l,2,5-oxadiazole> 1,2,4-oxadiazole <84CHEC-1(4)545, B-85MI 410-01>. The aromaticity of heterocycles has been discussed by Katritzky and Barczynski (90JPR885) and by Bird <94H(37)249>. The thermal stability of 2,5-substituted thiadiazoles (23) was studied by differential scanning calorimetry and shown to increase as the rt-contribution of the substituents becomes greater <89MI410-01>. 

The preparation of thiiranes is most conveniently performed in solution. However, there are also protocols reported for reaction in the gas and solid phase. By using diazo and thiocarbonyl compounds in ether as solvent, both alkyl and aryl substituted thiiranes are accessible. As indicated earlier, aryl substituents destabilize the initially formed 2,5-dihydro-1,3,4-thiadiazole ring and, in general, thiiranes are readily obtained at low temperature (13,15,35). On the other hand, alkyl substituents, especially bulky ones, enhance the stability of the initial cycloadduct, and the formation of thiiranes requires elevated temperatures (36 1,88). Some examples of sterically crowded thiiranes prepared from thioketones and a macro-cyclic diazo compound have been published by Atzmiiller and Vbgtle (106). Diphenyldiazomethane reacts with (arylsulfonyl)isothiocyanates and this is followed by spontaneous N2 elimination to give thiirane-2-imines (60) (107,108). Under similar conditions, acyl-substituted isothiocyanates afforded 2 1-adducts 61 (109) (Scheme 5.23). It seems likely that the formation of 61 involves a thiirane intermediate analogous to 60, which subsequently reacts with a second equivalent... 

Similarly, (S4N4.SbCl5) reacted with alkyl methyl ketoximes 84 in aromatic solvents (e.g benzene and toluene) to give 3-alkyl-4-methyl-l,2,5-thiadiazoles 85, albeit in low yields (3-37%). A mechanism for the formation of 85 was proposed and the regioselective formation of 85 ascribed to the stability of an enamine intermediate. Suprisingly, this appears to be only the second example of a synthesis of a 3,4-dialkyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole that has been reported in the literature <99H147>. 

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