Thiocarbamate synthesis

The synthesis of diallate and triallate differs from the general thiocarbamate synthesis routes described. Diallate is prepared from di-isopropylaminc, carbonyl sulfide and 1,2,3-trichloropropene, and triallate from di-isopropylamine, carbonyl sulfide and 1,1,2,3-tetrachloroprop-l-ene in the presence of a base. 

Hydroxythiazoles give 2-chIorothiazole derivatives almost quantitatively upon treatment with phosphorus oxychloride (221, 229, 428). This constitutes a convenient synthesis method for these compounds when the conversion of 2-aminothiazoles to 2-chlorothiazole derivatives fails. Esters of thiocarbamic acid or thiourethanes also react with a-halocarbonyl compounds to give the corresponding 2-alkoxythiazoles (50, 68, 209, 272). 

The growth inhibitory mechanism of the thiocarbamate herbicides, eg, EPTC, butylate, cycloate, diaHate, and triaHate, is not well defined. Cell elongation, rather than cell division, appears to be inhibited (183), although mitotic entry may be inhibited by diaHate (184). Thiocarbamates have a greater effect on shoot than toot tissue (163,184). The weU-documented inhibition of Hpid synthesis by thiocarbamates certainly contributes to the observed inhibitions of cell division and elongation. These compounds may also inhibit gibbereUic acid synthesis (185). 

Because of the higher reaction rate, 7V(3)-alkylimidazolium-A ( 1 )-carboxylates or thiocarboxylates have often been used for the synthesis of carbamates and thiocarbamates by the azolide method instead of imidazole-iV-carboxylates. 

The synthesis was carried out as a one-pot reaction in ethyl acetate. The result is actually surprising, since there are three hydroxy groups in the educt, any of which might in principle react with the imidazolide. Probably the 6/J-OH- and the 9a-OH groups are more sterically hindered than the 7/J-OH group. With ImCSIm in the presence of methylamine the corresponding thiocarbamate was obtained in 15% yield. 

Thiocarbamate (tc, RHNCSO-) is a monodentate ambidentate ligand, and both oxygen- and sulfur-bonded forms are known for the simple pentaamminecobalt(III) complexes. These undergo redox reactions with chromium(II) ion in water via attack at the remote O or S atom of the S- and O-bound isomers respectively, with a structural trans effect suggested to direct the facile electron transfer in the former.1045 A cobalt-promoted synthesis utilizing the residual nucleophilicity of the coordinated hydroxide in [Co(NH3)5(OH)]2+ in reaction with MeNCS in (MeO)3PO solvent leads to the O-bonded monothiocarbamate, which isomerizes by an intramolecular mechanism to the S-bound isomer in water.1046... 

Thioxotetrahydro-l,3-0,iV-lieterocycles are commonly named cyclic thiocarbamates or thionocarbamates. The structural association of five- and six-membered thionocarbamates with diverse carbohydrate scaffolds has shown a promising potential in modern organic synthesis and in the preparation of biomolecules mimics. The principal pathways for their synthesis, the recent and most important developments of their chemical transformations as well as some examples of their biological activities will be considered in the following discussion. 

Synthesis of ds-fused OZT starting from 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose and D-mannose hydrochlorides in conditions similar to those applied for glycosylamines was recently published (Scheme 6).36 In contrast with data previously reported for tram-fused thiocarbamate,32 the isomeric isothiocyanates were not detected. 

Selected examples of the synthesis of S-alkyl thiocarbamates Amine Haloalkane % yield... 

Synthesis. Oxidation of -alkyl or -benzyl IJ,IJ-dialkylthio-carbamates with one equivalent of m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (MCPBA) in chloroform or methylene chloride at -25° to 25°C yields the corresponding carbamoyl sulfoxide (3) in essentially quantitative yield (3-5). The -chloroallyl thiocarbamate sulfoxides (e.g., 4-7) are obtained in the same manner except that the temperature is maintained between -20°C and 0°C for the oxidation and extraction of the reaction mixture with 5% sodium carbonate aqueous solution (7, 8). 

Finally, the application of S-allylic thiocarbamates to the synthesis of allylic sulfides and thiols was investigated (Scheme 2.1.4.20). 

Scheme 2.1.4.20 Synthesis of allylic sulfides from allylic thiocarbamates.

The Pd-catalyzed allylic alkylation of sulfinate ions, thiols, and thiocarboxylate ions with racemic cyclic and acyclic allylic esters in the presence of bisphosphane BPA generally provides for an efficient asymmetric synthesis of allylic sulfones, sulfides, and thioesters. The Pd-catalyzed rearrangements of allylic sulfinates and allylic O-thiocarbamates, both of which proceed very efficiently in the presence of BPA, are attractive alternative ways to the asymmetric synthesis of allylic sulfones and allyUc thioesters also starting from the corresponding racemic alcohols. 

Similar absolute asymmetric synthesis was demonstrated in the solid-state photoreaction of A-(P,y-unsaturated carbonyl)thiocarbamate 41. [27] Achiral 0-methyl AT-(2.2-dmeth ibut-3-enoyl)-iV-phenylthiocarbarnate 41 crystallized in chiral space group P2i, and irradiation of these crystals gave optically active thiolactone in 10-31% ee. A plausible mechanism for the formation of 42 is rationalized on the basis that photolysis of 41 undergoes [2 + 2] cyclization to thietane and is subsequently followed by rearrangement to thiolactone 42. 

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