Thiocarbonyl compounds 1,3-dipolar

There is an enormous literature on thiocarbonyl compounds, due in part to the technical and industrial importance of many of them, including thioamides, thioureas, xanthates, dithiocarbamates and so forth. An excellent, and recent, general review is available.107 There are also specialized reviews germane to the present chapter Griffin, Woods, and Klayman2 discussed the use of thioureas in the synthesis of heterocycles the preparation of thiazoles from thioamides is included in a three-part volume on Thiazoles 108 the use of carbon disulfide in the synthesis of trithiones and related heterocycles has been reviewed by Mayer109 and Huisgen110 has reported numerous examples of 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions in which carbon disulfide was used. 

Reaction of lithium trimethylsilyldiazomethane (TMSC(Li)N2) with thiocarbonyl compounds has proved to be a convenient method for the preparation of 5-substituted 1,2,3-thiadiazoles. This reaction is very similar to the Pechmann-Nold reaction but probably does not proceed through a dipolar cycloaddition pathway. A number of examples of this type of reaction were described in CHEC-II(1996). More recently, it was reported that TMSCN2Li also reacts with diethylaminothiocarbonyl chloride to afford a mixture of 1,2,3-thiadiazoles 66 and 67 (Equation 19) <1997BSB533>. 

When planning reactions of thiocarbonyl compounds with electrophilic carbene complexes it should be taken into aceount that thiocarbonyl compounds can undergo uncatalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with acceptor-substituted diazomethanes to yield 1,3,4-thiadiazoles. These can either be stable or eliminate nitrogen to yield thiiranes or other products similar to those resulting from thiocarbonyl ylides [1338]. 

The cleavage of the S —N bond in a phthalimidesulfeny 1 derivative may be achieved with base yielding a thiocarbonyl compound, which is trapped either as [2 + 4] cycloaddition product331 or in a 1,3-dipolar reaction332 (equation 62). 

Thermal cycloreversion of the adducts can be accomplished at a convenient rate when heated in toluene under reflux. If a new diene is present in the reaction mixture, the thioaldehyde thus generated in the retro-Diels-Alder reaction may give a new adduct. Therefore, adducts 81 and 82 act as thioaldehyde or thioketone transfer reagents. These adducts dissociate reversibly on heating, thus ensuring that the concentration of the labile species remains very low. For this reason, polymerization is not a serious problem especially in the case of thioaldehydes224. The transient thiocarbonyl compounds can be trapped not only by dienes but also by 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions332 (equation 85). 

Thiocarbonyl compounds are excellent reaction partners in all types of cycloadditions, especially 1,3-dipolar (Section IV.E.3) and Diels-Alder reactions (Section IV.E.4). They have been frequently used in the trapping of unstable thiocarbonyl derivatives1. 

Partially and perfluorinated thioketones and thioaldehyde were stabilized as anthracene adducts (70). The adducts (70) were prepared in moderate yield from the corresponding carbonyl compounds with P4S10 or Lawesson s reagent in the presence of anthracene under toluene reflux. The generated thiocarbonyl compounds are not accessible in bulk due to their tendency towards polymerization. By thermolysis of the anthracene adducts (70) in the presence of C,N-bis(triisopropylsilyl)nitrilimine (NI), 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives (71) were obtained. Also, 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with bis(trimethylstannyl)diazomethane (BTSD) to give consecutive products (72) from a 1,2-metallotropic migration of primary adducts was discussed. [95LA95]... 

There is some debate as to whether this is the first report of sulfines as dipoles, and indeed this article mentions two precedents from Block and Schaumann-Walter. The article reports some factors which may help to explain why it took so long to find unequivocal examples of the dipolar activity of sulfines. At the end of this review it is noteworthy and ironic that the solution to this long-standing search was a reaction with a thiocarbonyl compound ... 

The first volume begins with a comprehensive review by Prof. Jose Luis Garcia Ruano and Dr. Belen Cid de la Plata of asymmetric cycloaddition mediated by sulfoxides, including dipolar and other processes in addition to Diels-Alder chemistry. It is followed by a discussion of the synthetic uses of thiocarbonyl compounds by Prof. Patrick Metzner. 

Reaction with thiocarbonyl compounds. The thiocarbonyl compounds obtained by photochemical oxidation of phenacyl sulfides can be trapped efficiently by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with 1 to give 2. This heterocycle can be cleaved to carbonyl compounds by Bu4N F or (CjH5)3N HF. This process is more efficient and more general than photolysis of phenacyl sulfides in the presence of oxygen. 

Some examples of the preparation of oxirancs, thiiranes and aziridines by the reaction of diazo compounds with trifluoromethyl-substituted carbonyl and thiocarbonyl compounds. imines,and oximes arc known. However, as noted in Section 2.1.1.6.2.5.1., carbenes are not always the reactive species. Thus, the reaction can consist of a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, followed by decomposition of the resulting pyrazolinc. 

No additional examples of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions between munchnones and thiocarbonyl compounds have been reported since the review by Gingrich and Baum. ... 

High-level quantum-chemical calculations on the 3 + 2-cycloadditions of thioformaldehyde 5 -imides, S -methylide, S-oxide, and 5-sulfide have been reviewed. Theoretical studies on the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between thioketene 5-oxide and methyleneimine show that this reaction is concerted but non-synchronous. Adamantanethione 5-methylide reacts with thiocarbonyl compounds to produce 1,3-dithiolanes. A density-functional-theory study of the cycloaddition of the sulfine H2CSO predicts the 2 + 3-mechanism having the lowest pathway, with an activation barrier of 12.3kcalmoP. R The thermal and photochemical reactions of fluorenethione 5-oxide (69) with cyclooctyne (70) involves an initial 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to produce the adduct (71), followed by an efficient sulfur transfer to cyclooctyne to produce the enone (72) and the dithiin (73) (Scheme 26). ° ... 

N-phenylmaleimide. The formation of 2-phenacylidene-3-methyl-5-phenyl-l,3-oxazoline by the treatment of the salt (158) with sodium hydride in DMSO was considered to proceed through the thiocarbonyl ylide (159). However, the thiocarbonyl ylide (160), which in a similar manner to that mentioned above was generated from its corresponding dithiolanium salt, instead underwent a spontaneous ring-closure, yielding the spiro-compound (161). The thiocarbonyl ylide dipolar characteristics of phenyl-substituted thieno[3,4-c]pyrroles, phenyl-substituted thieno[3,4-c]thiophens, and the thieno[3,4-/)benzo[c]thiophen (162) have been substantiated by their reactions with dipolarophiles. The first representative (164) of the hitherto... 

The dipolar structure 1 describes the chemical behavior of thiocarbonyl ylides best, although other mesomeric forms have been used for the representation of the electronic structure of these dipoles. The parent compound, thioformaldehyde (5)-methylide (1), was studied by means of spectroscopic and theoretical methods (2-5), which showed that the molecule possesses a bent allyl-type structure (6). According to theoretical calculations, structures lA and IB have the largest contribution (31.5% each) in the representation of the electronic structure, whereas 1C, which reflects the 1,3-dipolar character, has only a 4.2% contribution (5). 

As mentioned on pages 317 and 324, the 1,3-dipolar electrocycUzation of thiocarbonyl ylides leads to thiirane derivatives, which represents an excellent method for the preparation of those three-membered rings. Typically, thiiranes are isolated as the final products, but in some instances they are produced as intermediate compounds which spontaneously desulfurize to give alkenes [twofold extrusion (47,48)]. 

The reaction of a thiocarbonyl and a-oxodiazo compound that leads to 1,3-oxathioles has been rationalized by a 1,5-dipolar electrocyclization reaction (178). It was suggested that an intermediate thiocarbonyl yhde bearing a C=0 function at the a-position (extended dipole) was first formed. Due to the low reactivity of a-oxodiazo compounds, these reactions were carried out at elevated temperatures or in the presence of rhodium acetate as the catalyst. In some cases, catalysis by LiC104 was also reported (77-80). 

The metal-catalyzed formation of 2,3-dihydrothiophene derivatives via a 1,5-dipolar electrocyclization has been reported by Hamaguchi et al. (124). For example, the Rh2(OAc)4-catalyzed reaction of vinyldiazo compound 159 (R = Ph) with xanthione (160) produced the spirocychc drhydrothiophene 161. In contrast, when 159 containing a methyl group (R = Me) was used, thiirane 162 was the sole product (Scheme 5.48). This result was rationalized by the selective formation of an intermediate thiocarbonyl yhde 163 with (Z)- and ( )-configuration, respectively. 

Cyclization of a thiocarbonyl ylide with the C=C-bond of an aromatic ring was observed in the reaction of aryl biphenyl-2-yl ketones with di(tosyl)diazomethane in the presence of Rh2(OAc)4 (189). In the case where the aryl ring contains a 4-methoxy group, benzo[c]thiophene (164) was the only product formed. In contrast, when the aryl ring consists of a 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl group, compounds 165 and 166 were produced. It would seem that after 1,5-dipolar electrocyclization of the intermediate thiocarbonyl ylide occurs, aromatization then takes place by elimination of toluenesulfinic acid or methyl toluenesulfinate. 

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