2-Thiazolin-4-one

A-4-thiazoline-2-one, 402 Phosphorus pentasulfide, in transformation of A-4-thiazoline-one to thiazoline-thione, 373... 

Phytopathogenic microorganisms, 136 Picrates, of amidines, 99 Pigments, 156-168 Piperidine, 46 Piscaine, 146 pKa. pKb, 18 of acylaminothiazoles, 91 and amino-imino equilibrium, 19 of azothiazoles, 107 correlation with sigma values, 19 of 2-methoxy-4-methylthiazole, 389 of 2-methylthiothiazole, in relation with nucleophilicity, 405 representative values, 20 and substituents effects. 19, 91 of A-2-thiazoline-4-one, from UV experiments, from potentiometry. 423 of A-4-thiazoline-one, 389 of 2-thiazolyl-oxides, 409 Plant growth regulator, 133, 134, 137 Plastics, 170... 

The polarizability of solvents, combined with their polarity, are measured by the Kamlet-Taft n values, obtained most profitably with the solvatochromic probe 4-nitroanisole and shown, as compiled by Jessop et al. [410] and supplemented with values from Kochly et al. [414] and Spange et al. [416] in Table 6.16. The jt values are in a narrow range, 0.95 0.15, i.e., the RTILs are all very polar as expected for ionic liquids. The disadvantage of having both these properties in raie parameter is removed by the separate Catalan parameters SP for polarizability and SdP for dipolarity. These use results from two solvatochromic probes a thiazoline one and 2-(4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzylidene)malononitrile according to Schade et al. [413], and the values of SP and SdP are also shown in Table 6.16. The polarizability of RTILs is not affected much by the acidity or basicity of its constituent ions, but their polarity does depend on these properties. 

N-Methyl-2-acetamidothiazole is representative of the 2-aminothiazole structure, absorbing at 1542 and 1648 cm its isomeric imino counterpart, 2-acetylimino-3-methyl-4-thiazoline (16), has only one band at 1588 cm . As all acetylated 2-aminothiazoles absorb at 1535 and 1650 cm their amino structure is clearly established (105. 121). 

Acetylation of 2-phenyl-4-amino-5-benzoylthiazole takes place on the exocyclic nitrogen (49). This exocyclic nitrogen remains the reactive center even with 2-imino-3-aryl-4-amino-5-carboxamido-4-thiazoline (111). Its acetylation with acetic anhydride gives the 4-acetamido derivative (112), which reacts further on heating to yield 2-(acetylimino)-(3H)-3-aryl-5-methylthiazolo[4,5-d]pvrimidin-7-(6H)-one (113) (Scheme 76) (276). 

Treatment of 2-imino-3-phenyl-4-amino-(5-amido)-4-thiazoline with isocyanates or isothiocyanates yields the expected product (139) resulting from attack of the exocyclic nitrogen on the electrophilic center (276). Since 139 may be acetylated to thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine-7-ones or 7-thiones (140). this reaction provides a route to condensed he erocycles (Scheme 92). 

Refluxing, 5.6-dihydro-7H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine-7-one (370j with isopropylamine led to 2-imino-3-[2-(isopropylaminocarbonyl)ethyl]-thiazoline (371) (108). Similarly. tetrahydrobenzothiazolo[3,2-fl][2.3-f>]-quinazoline is opened by potassium hydroxide, yielding 373 (Scheme 214)... 

This kind of nucleophilic reaction, when performed with 7H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine-7-one (374), however, is reported to give 2-[(/3-aminoacryloyl)imino]-4-thiazoline (375) (Scheme 215) (273, 703),... 

Attack on the electrophilic C-2 may occur as in the 2-aminothiazoles series, which probably explains the rearrangements observed in acidic medium (121, 711, 712, 723, 724), in aqueous medium with NaOAc (725), or with aqueous NaHCOj (725) (Scheme 232). That the initial attack probably involves the C-2 atom is substantiated by the fact that this rearrangement occurs under extremely mild conditions for 2-iinino-3-substituted-5-nitro-4-thiazolines (725). As the whole mechanism proposed (see p. 92) is reversible, when imino derivatives are submitted to such rearrangement conditions the rearrangement is expected to occur faster if steric interaction between 3- and 4-substituents exists in the 2-imino isomer. Another reaction may occur in acidic medium phenylimino-2-bipheny]-3,4-4-thiazoline hydrolyzed with hydrochloric acid gives the corresponding 4-thiazoline-2-one and aniline (717). 

Recently, Koitai et al. (17) have shown that 5,5-diphenyl-2,4-thiazolidinedithione (15) with aluminum chloride in refluxing toluene gives 4,5-diphenyl-A-4-thia2oline-2-thione (16) (Scheme 7). 3-Methyl-4,5-diphenyl (17) and 4,5-diphenyl-A-4-thia2oline-2-thiones (16) are obtained in very low yields (1 to 5%) as by-products of the reaction between deoxybenzoin. benzoin. l,2-diphenyl-1.2-ethanediol. 1.2-diphenylethanol, or benzil, and Sg in hexamethylphosphoamide (18), The transformation of A-4-thiazoline-2-ones to the corresponding thiones by P2S5 (19) is of little synthetic value since the latter are more easily prepared. 

A-4-Thiazoline-2-ones and ring substituted derivatives are usually prepared by the general ring-closure methods described in Chapter II. Some special methods where the thiazole ring is already formed have been used, however. An original synthesis of 4- 2-carboxyphenyl)-A-4-thiazoline-2-one (18) starting from 2-thiocyanato-2-halophenyl-l-3-indandione (19) has been proposed (Scheme 8) (20, 21). Reaction of bicyclic quaternary salts (20) may provide 3-substituted A-4-thiazoline-2-one derivatives (21) (Scheme 9) (22). Sykes et al. (23) report the formation of A-4-thiazoline-2-ones (24) by treatment ef 2-bromo (22) or 2-dimethylaminothiazole (23) quaternary salts with base (Scheme 10). 

Imino-A-4-thiazolines (27) when treated with hydrochloric acid give the A-4-thiazoline-2-ones (28) (Scheme 12). This reaction has been used as a structural proof of the parent compounds (19, 27, 28). 

Ring opening and further ring closure of 2-imino-oxythiolan-l,3 derivatives (32) by water and/or methanol lead to the corresponding A-4-thiazoline-2-one (26) (Scheme 14) (30-32). 

Decomposition of diazonium salts obtained from 2-aminothiazole (4) (29, 34. 35) could be an interesting reaction to introduce O in A-4-thiazoline-2-one. Acidic hydrolvsis of ethers (36. 37). oxidative hydrolysis... 

Thiazolium derivatives unsubstituted at the 2-position (35) are potentially interesting precursors of A-4-thiazoline-2-thiones and A-4-thiazoline-2-ones. Compound 35 in basic medium undergoes proton abstraction leading to the very active nucleophilic species 36a and 36b (Scheme 16) (43-46). Special interest has been focused upon the reactivity of 36a and 36b because they are considered as the reactive species of the thiamine action in some biochemical reaction, and as catalysts for several condensation reactions (47-50). 

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... 

A recent report (62). using UNDO approximations, describes and interprets the phoioelectronic spectra of A-4-thiazoline-2-thione and other thiocarbonyl heterocycles. The results are given in Table VIl-3. The major feature is the clean separation between the two highest MOs and the others. The highest MO of tt symmetry 17.74 eV) is essentially localized on the dithiocarbamic part of the structure. The second one (8.12 eV) is highly localized on the exocyclic sulfur atom. This peculiaritv... 

Auto-association of A-4-thiazoline-2-thione and 4-alkyl derivatives has been deduced from infrared spectra of diluted solutions in carbon tetrachloride (58. 77). Results are interpretated (77) in terms of an equilibrium between monomer and cyclic dimer. The association constants are strongly dependent on the electronic and steric effects of the alkyl substituents in the 4- and 5-positions, respectively. This behavior is well shown if one compares the results for the unsubstituted compound (K - 1200 M" ,). 4-methyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-thione K = 2200 M ). and 5-methyl-4-r-butyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-thione K=120 M ) (58). 

Physical properties of A-4-thiazoline-2-one and derivatives have received less attention than those of A-4-thiazoline-2-thiones. For the protomeric equilibrium, data obtained by infrared spectroscopy favors fbrm 51a in chloroform (55, 96, 887) and in the solid state (36. 97. 98) (Scheme 23). The same structural preference is suggested by the ultraviolet spectroscopy studies of Sheinker (98), despite the fact that previous studie.s in methanol (36) suggested the presence of both 51a and... 

A-4-Thiazoline-2-one and its derivatives absorb in the region of 247 nm [244 nm in cyclohexane (106)]. Thks band involves a transition (30. 102). From PPP calculations, the first excited state of... 

A-4-thiazoline-2-one is expected to be far more basic than the ground state. 

The infrared spectra of A-4-thiazoline-2-ones are characterized by a strong absorption around 1650 cm (55, 86, 103, 107. 870). For the N-H derivatives, the whole range 2700 to 3200 cm is covered by a strong absorption related to the dimeric and oligomeric states of the hydrogen-bonded structures (85, 86). 

The charge diagram of A-4-thiazoline-2-one is summarized in Table VII-9. This diagram and the one obtained by a HMO treatment (105) are consistent with the easy acetylation occurring in position 5 of the ring. However, PPP calculations indicate that this electrophilic substitution could also have occurred in position 4, which is not observed. 

The formation of trisubstituted A-4 thiazoline-2-ones from the corresponding thiones analogs can be performed by oxidation with hydrogen peroxide under basic conditions. This reaction is strongly dependent on the pH of the medium. Higher yields are obtained in strongly alkaline solution (883). 

Alkylation of A-4-thiazoline-2-one may yield O-R or N-R derivatives according to experimental conditions. With diazomethane in ethanol O-raethylation takes place (29. 36. 214). N-Methylation is reported when a basic solution of A-4-thiazoline-2-one reacts with methyl iodide or dimethylsulfate (21, 29, 215, 216), Reaction of l-chloro-2-dimethyl-aminoethane with the sodium salt of 4 R-A-4-thiazoline-2-one (91) in alcohol, first claimed to yield the aminoalkylether (217, 218), was shown after infrared investigation to give the N-substituted derivative (92) (107), even when R Ph (Scheme 45). More probably the site of reaction in... 

Reaction of (EtOfsPOCl with the sodium salt of A-4-thiazoline-2-one (93) in dry acetone provides the corresponding diethyl thiazolyl-2-phosphate (94) (Scheme 46) (220-223). (EtO) PSCl reacts in the same way with various A-4-thiazoline-2-ones (224-227). When phosphoryl chloride is used the reaction goes further, and 2-chlorothiazole is obtained (7, 193, 194, 217, 228-2.30). 

The electrophilic character of the C-2 atom is more clearly evident in A-4-thiazoline-2-ones than in A-4-thiazoline-2-thiones. 3-Mcthyl-A-4-thiazoline-2-one is cleaved in alcaline medium to give methylaraine (36). This reaction probably starts with the nucleophilic attack of OH on C-2. 

Reduction of A-4-thiazoline-2-one by zinc dust gives low yields of the corresponding thiazoles (36, 231). The formation of thiochrome (95) results from an intramolecular nucleophilic attack (Scheme 47) (232). 

When unsubstituted, C-5 reacts with electrophilic reagents. Thus phosphorus pentachloride chlorinates the ring (36, 235). A hydroxy group in the 2-position activates the ring towards this reaction. 4-Methylthiazole does not react with bromine in chloroform (201, 236), whereas under the same conditions the 2-hydroxy analog reacts (55. 237-239. 557). Activation of C-5 works also for sulfonation (201. 236), nitration (201. 236. 237), Friede 1-Crafts reactions (201, 236, 237, 240-242), and acylation (243). However, iodination fails (201. 236). and the Gatterman or Reimer-Tieman reactions yield only small amounts of 4-methyl-5-carboxy-A-4-thiazoline-2-one. Recent kinetic investigations show that 2-thiazolones are nitrated via a free base mechanism. A 2-oxo substituent increases the rate of nitration at the 5-position by a factor of 9 log... 

Diazomethane alkylation of A-4-thiazoline-2-ones (36, 214) or the Williamson reaction of 2-halogenothiazoles (6. 287-300) provide good yields of 2-alkoxythiazole otherwise obtained by reaction between O-esters of monothiocarbamic acid with a-halocarbonyl compounds (see Chapter II). 

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