Thiocarbonyl compounds synthesis

Application of radical reactions to organic synthesis has recently received much atrendon, and various important reacdons have been discovered in this field. Alkyl halides, sulfides, seleniJes, and thiocarbonyl compounds have been used as precursors to alkyl radicals. Some examples are illustrated in Scheme 7.18. ... 

Metzner P (1999) Thiocarbonyl Compounds as Specific Tools for Organic Synthesis. 204 127-181... 

Beside thioamides, dithioesters are the most stable and accessible thiocarbonyl compounds. Their specific reactivity, in particular towards nucleophiUc reagents and their apphcations to the formation of carbon-carbon bonds, have already been reviewed [8]. However, as shown below, the presence of a phosphonate function alpha or beta to the thiocarbonyl group in phosphonodithioformates and phosphonodithioacetates makes these difunctional compounds very versatile building blocks. Moreover, for the phosphonodithioacetates, the substitution of the methylenic hydrogen atoms by fluorine increases again their potential as intermediates for the synthesis of modified natural and bioactive phosphorylated structures. 

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. 

The use of thiocarbonyl compounds and also trimethylsilyldiazomethane in the Pechmann-Nold synthesis has greatly increased the scope of this reaction in recent years. Wolff s synthesis has also benefited from advances in the synthesis of both diazoketones and thionating reagents. 

Common synthesis of disulfonium dications involves formation of a S-S bond by oxidative coupling of two sulfide moieties. Involving for oxidative generation of S-S bond, thiocarbonyl compounds can lead to new-type dications containing disulfide moieties between two positively charged fragments. There are several disulfide dications of this type derived from thioureas, thiocarbon-ates and thioketones as well as selenium derivatives.137 148... 

Bis-(4-methoxyphenyl)-[l,3,2,4]dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulfide, transforms the carbonyl groups of ketones, amides and esters into the corresponding thiocarbonyl compounds. Cf. Knorr thiophene synthesis. 

Scheme 12 shows synthesis of 1,2,3-thiadiazoles by the Wolff, Hurd-Mori and Pechmann-Nold methods. Pechmann s and Wolffs are the oldest of the methods. The Pechmann-Nold synthesis involves the [3 + 2] cycloaddition of diazo-compounds to isothiocyanates or thiocarbonyl compounds (modified Pechmann synthesis). The use of thiocarbonyl compounds in the [3 + 2] cycloaddition step has broadened the scope of this reaction and made the starting materials more readily accessible. Wolffs method requires the synthesis of diazoketones that are treated with a thionating reagent to produce 1,2,3-thiadiazoles. With the development of new methods of diazotransfer reactions, the diazoketone precursors have become easily attainable and with further attention to the thionating reagents, this reaction is also useful for the synthesis of 1,2,3-thiadiazoles. 

More stable than many other thiocarbonyl compounds, thioamides have been known and used for a long time. Reliable methods of synthesis [119] were introduced as early as 1815 by Gay-Lussac for the reaction of nitriles with hydrogen sulfide and 1878 by Hoffman for the thionation of amides by means of tetraphosphorus decasulfide. 

Thiocarbonyl compounds for which the C=S group is linked to two heteroatoms, as in thionocarbonates, thionocarbamates, thioureas and trithiocarbonates, have been in general less directly involved as intermediates in synthesis, and we have considered here only xanthates which intervene in the Chugaev reaction (see Section 3.1) and Barton radical reactions (see Section 3.2). They are traditionally prepared by reaction of an alkoxide anion, generated from the alcohol and a strong... 

In this review, quantitative aspects of the structure and reactivity of these compounds are treated first. New developments in the fields of synthesis and reactivity are examined next. As a consequence of their relevance for the development of new materials23-27 and the possibilities they offer for analytical purposes, the number of studies in which thiocarbonyl compounds act as ligands of a variety of metal ions has increased in an almost explosive way. Recent reviews28-30 are also available on specific families of coordination compounds involving thiocarbonyl ligands. A concise survey of the present status of these studies is presented in the last section. 

A silver ion-mediated desulfurization of thiocarbonyl compounds 163 or 164 followed by condensation with benzohydroxamic acid in the presence of excess triethylamine affords, respectively, dioxazole derivatives 165 or 166 (Scheme 25) <2002H(57)143>. Other reports concern the synthesis of l,4-(oxa/thia)-2-azoles 170-173 from unusual four-atom components such as the sulfur diimides 167, the thietan sulfimide 168, and the carbimidoyl chloride 169 <1996CHEC-II(4)530>. 

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