Thioamides stability

A limited series of amide replacements have been examined including thioamides (219) [163], reverse amides (220) [164], heterocycles (221) [164], ethers (222) [165], carbamates (223), (224) [165], ureas (225) [165] and ketones (226) [166] (see Table 6.19). In general, replacement of the amide results in a loss of binding affinity compared to AEA. In some cases, replacement of the amide results in increased stability with regard to hydrolysis by FAAH [164, 165]. 

The results of ab initio calculations provide evidence that Me2NC(S)-[14+] is stabilized by resonance electron donation from the a-thioamide group (A, Scheme 12) and by covalent bridging of sulfur to the benzylic carbon (B, Scheme 12).96 Direct resonance stabilization of the carbocation will increase the barrier to the nucleophile addition reaction, because of the requirement for the relatively large fractional loss of the stabilizing resonance interaction (A, Scheme 12) at the transition state for nucleophile addition to a-substituted benzyl carbocations.8,13,28 91-93 If the solvent adds exclusively to an open carbocation that is the minor species in a mixture of open and closed ions, then... 

Conformation and stability of thiopeptides (formed by replacing the amide oxygen atom with a sp2 sulfur atom) have been investigated by calculations. It has been confirmed that insertion of a thioamide linkage into a peptide structure is not conformationally neutral. It is predicted to be more rigid than peptide and produces substantial changes in peptide structure, primarily in the residues on the C-terminal side of the thioamide.78 80... 

The steric bulk of the thioamide sulfur results in conformational changes that have been documented in cyclopentapeptide and cyclohexapeptide model systems (for more details see Vol. E22b, Section 6.8.5.2.1). For example, in c[-Proi(>[C(=S)-NH]Gly-Pro-Gly-D-Phe-], the first synthetic cyclic thiopeptide, an intramolecular y-turn seen in the all-amide parent compound by NMR methods was perturbed by the putative interaction of sulfur with the adjacent Pro s (3-protons.[9 On the other hand, in a cyclic hexapeptide, the enhanced H-bond donor capacity of the thioamide NH led to the formation of a relatively strong intramolecular H-bond stabilized (3-turn, which was frame shifted compared to that found in its all-amide parent peptide. 10 ... 

When hexafluoroacetone reacts with amides, urethanes [25], tliioarnides [26], ami dines [27], sulfonamides [28, 29], sulfinamides [30], and 0,0-dialkyl-amido-phosphates [37], the coirespondmg semiamidals are formed m nearly quantitative yield The thermal stability of these adducts toward the retro reaction increases with the nucleophikcity of the ammo compound [5] Many polyfluonnated carbonyl compounds react likewise [32 33] On treatment of ureas [34], thioureas [34], thioamides [26], and C,N diarylamidines L27, 35] first with hexa- fluoroacetone and then with dehydrating agents, heterodienes are obtained (equation 4)... 

A,TV-Dimethyl-A -phenylthiourea has been shown to coordinate to Rh111 as an N—S bidentate involving four-membered chelate ring formation.154 N-Substituted thioamides also may bond in this manner.155 156 l-Amidino-2-thioureas (44) may behave either as N—S or as N—N bidentates, with this donor choice being dependent mainly on pH and the nature of the metal ion.157 As N—S donors they are known to stabilize lower oxidation states.158 As part of a study on Mo—S-containing complexes as models for redox-active molybdoenzymes, Dilworth et al. have shown that some p-(substituted)phenylhydrazines may coordinate as N—S bidentates in three different ways to one metal atom.159 The three diazenido, diazene and hydrazonido forms vary in their degree of deprotonation and therefore their anionic nature. 

Various 2-substituted iV-phenyl-6-phenylimino-3,6-dihydro-2//-thiopyran-4-amines, which are available from 6-substitutcd-5,6-dihydro-2//-thiopyran-2-thioncs, thermally rearrange to 5,6-dihydropyridine-2(l//)-thiones. A resonance stabilized thioamide anion is proposed as the intermediate (Scheme 107) <2001T8305>. 

Thiocarbonyl compounds have recently emerged as synthetic tools with specific properties. Although some thioamides and thioketones were prepared as early as the 19th century, general methods are rather recent. Nowadays most, if not all, thiocarbonyl compounds that one can imagine can be prepared, with techniques adapted to the stabilities of the target molecules. 

Simple thioaldehydes and thioketones are too unstable to exist and attempts at their preparation lead to appalling smells (Chapter 1). The problem is the poor overlap between the 2sp2 orbital on carbon and the 3sp2 orbital on sulfur as well as the more or less equal electronegativities of the two elements. Stable thiocarbonyl compounds include dithioesters and thioamides where the extra conjugation of the oxygen or nitrogen atom helps to stabilize the weak C-S bond. 

Thioamides are usually made by reaction of ordinary amides with P2S5 or Lawesson s reagent. Since C=S is so much less stable than C=0, there is a clear case to call in phosphorus to remove the oxygen. The situation is rather like that in the Wittig reaction C=C is less stable than C=0, so phosphorus is called in to remove the oxygen because of the even greater stability of the P-0 bond. 

The size difference between carbon and sulfur atoms leads to relatively inefficient overlap of -tr-orbi-tals in the C=S bond. Consequently, thiocarbonyl compounds are in general highly reactive and have a tendency to di-, oligo- or poly-merize. This is particularly true for thioaldehydes, thioketones, and thio-ketenes. In contrast, thioamides (1) are usually perfectly stable and can be handled without problems. This stability can be understood in terms of a pronounced resonance interaction between the C =S TT-bond and the nonbonding electron pair on nitrogen. The analogous electron delocalization prevails in thiolactams. ... 

Contrary to carboxylic acids which, under normal conditions, only give salts with amines, dithiocarboxylic acids, RCS2H, are quite reactive in nucleophilic displacement reactions. However, the compounds are unpleasant to handle and, due to their limited stability, often give only low yields of thioamides in the reaction with amines.The approach was successfully employed in the synthesis of thiobenzoyl azolides, e. g. in the formation of (7) according to equation (4). °... 

The thio-Claisen rearrangement has its special value when the specific reactivity of a sulfur function, e.g. its carbanion-stabilizing effect or the high nucleophilicity of S, can be utilized, as in syntheses of 7-keto aldehydes (Scheme 72) or thioamides (Scheme 73). ... 

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