Thionyl chloride, sulfonylation with

Dimethy/su/famy/thioxanthene To a slurry of dry sodium thioxanthene-2-sulfonate (33.3 grams, 0.111 mol) in 50 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide was added thionyl chloride (14.3 grams, 0.122 mol) in divided portions. An exothermic reaction ensued with complete dissolution being effected in minutes. Treatment of the reaction mixture with crushed ice precipitated a gum which crystallized after a short period of stirring. The sulfonyl chloride was filtered, washed with water, and stirred with 100 ml of liquid dimethylamine. 

A parallel synthesis of 1,2,3-thiadiazoles employing a catch-and-release strategy has been reported using the Hurd-Mori reaction. A polymer-bound tosyl hydrazide resin reacted with a-methylene ketones to afford a range of sulfonyl hydrazones. Treatment of these sulfonyl hydrazones with thionyl chloride causes 1,2,3-thiadiazole formation and cleavage of the resin in one step <1999JOC1049>. 

A commonly used and important reaction of sulfonic acids, or sulfonates, is their conversion to sulfonyl chlorides by treatment with phosphorus halides, or sometimes with thionyl chloride. Although it is easy to postulate mechanisms for this conversion, the exact path followed has never been determined. Similarly, although mechanisms can be suggested for other known reactions involving sulfonic acids, such as the cleavage of dialkyl ethers by anhydrous sulfonic acids (Klamann and Weyerstahl, 1965), or the formation of sulfones by treatment of an aromatic hydrocarbon with a mixture of sulfonic acid plus polyphosphoric acid (Graybill, 1967), nothing truly definitive is known about the details of the actual mechanisms of these reactions. 

Amino-5-aryl-l,3,4-thiadiazole was treated with thionyl chloride in dry benzene to yield the N-sulfinylamine (93) an unstable compound, characterized by NMR and further derivatization. The sulfinylamine moiety caused an upheld shift on C(2) (4 6 ppm) comparable to a carbonyl or sulfonyl group, indicating the double-bond character of the N—S bond. Reaction of (93) with 2,3-dimethylbuta-1,3-diene yielded (94) via thermal cycloaddition <89JCS(P2)i855>. 

Introduction of the C2 sulfonamide is accomplished via sulfonylation with chlorosulfonic acid, conversion to the sulfonyl chloride using thionyl chloride, and amidation using concentrated ammonium hydroxide in tetrahydrofuran. Reduction of the 4-acetamido compound using borane-tetrahydrofuran complex provides the 4-ethylamino derivative. The 45,65-frans diastereomer is selectively crystallized as its maleate salt from acetone in the presence of the unwanted 4R,6S-cis diastereomer. Neutralization of the maleate salt and extraction of the free base in ethyl acetate, followed by formation of the hydrochloride salt, yields crude dorzolamide hydrochloride. 

One Sanofi synthesis of enantiomerically pure (-i-)-clopidogrel (2) utilized optically pure (R)-(2-chloro-phenyl)-hydroxy-acetic acid (20), a mandelic acid derivative, available from a chiral pool. After formation of methyl ester 21, tosylation of (/ )-21 using toluene sulfonyl chloride led to a-tolenesulfonate ester 22. Subsequently, the Sn2 displacement of 22 with thieno[3,2-c]pyridine (8) then constructed (-i-)-clopidogrel (2). Another Sanofi synthesis of enantiomerically pure (-i-)-clopidogrel (2) took advantage of resolution of racemic a-amino acid 23 to access (S)-23. The methyl ester 24 was prepared by treatment of (S)-23 with thionyl chloride and methanol. Subsequent Sn2 displacement of (2-thienyl)-ethyl para-toluene-sulfonate (25) assembled amine 26. 

Methylquinoxaline-2,3-dione (173) is oxidized with Co(OAc)2 Mn(OAc)2 in HBr/H20 to the 6-carboxylic acid (174),183 which on treatment with thionyl chloride is converted into 2,3-dichloro-quinoxaline-6-carbonyl chloride (175).184 The 6-sulfonyl chloride is obtained from quinoxaline-2,3-dione and chlorosulfonic acid and treatment of the resulting 6-chlorosulfonyl derivative with phosphoryl chloride and pyridine.185 Such derivatives are useful synthetic dye intermediates. 

Other methods used for effecting elimination of water from monohydroxy compounds include treatment with thionyl chloride in pyridine167and sulfonylation followed by treatment with tetrabutylammonium fluoride-potassium fluoride168 or DBU.169... 

There are two general routes to arylsulfonyl chlorides. The first involves the conversion of an already sulfur-substituted aromatic compound to the sulfonyl chloride. Thus arylsulfonic acids or their alkali metal salts yield sulfonyl chlorides by treatment with a variety of chlorinating agents such as phosphorus pentachloride, thionyl chloride, phosgene, and chlorosulfonic acid. Alternatively, substituted thiophenols or aryl disulfides can be oxidized by chlorine-water to the sulfonyl chloride.6... 

Sulfonic acids and carboxylic acids can be converted into their acid chlorides by treatment with phosphorus pentachloride or phosphorus oxychloride. Thionyl chloride, SOCl is effective for the synthesis of acyl chlorides, and sulfonyl chlorides can be prepared directly from the aromatic compound by reaction with an excess of chlorosulfonic acid. The acid chlorides are efficient Friedel-Crafts acylating agents, yielding sul-... 

Sulfonic acids are converted to the corresponding acid halides in much the same way as carboxylic acids. Thionyl chloride is the best reagent for the preparation of methanesulfonyl chloride (83%). By heating with a large excess of thionyl chloride, however, p-toluenesulfonic acid is converted into its anhydride (87%). Benzenesulfonyl chloride is made in 80% yield by the action of either phosphorus pentachloride or phosphorus oxychloride at 180° on sodium benzenesulfonate. Chlorosulfonic and fluorosulfonic acids are used in the conversion of sodium p-chloro-benzenesulfonate to the corresponding sulfonyl halides (85 8S>%). ... 

The electron-deficient atom with which the alcohol reacts may not be a carbon atom. It may be sulfur as in thionyl chloride (SOCI2) or toluene-4-sulfonyl chloride (MeC H4S02Cl), nitrogen as in nitrosyl chloride (NOCl), phosphorus as in phosphorus oxychloride (POCI3) or phosphorus pentachloride (PCI5) or chromium(Vr) as in chromium trioxide (CrOj). In each case, esters of the corresponding inorganic acids are formed. Many of these esters are very reactive and form intermediates in reaction sequences. 

Aromatic sulfonyl chlorides can be prepared directly, by treatment of aromatic rings with chlorosulfuric acid. Since sulfonic acids can also be prepared by the same reagent (11-7), it is likely that they are intermediates, being converted to the halides by excess chlorosulfuric acid. The reaction has also been effected with bromo- and fluorosulfuric acids. Sulfinyl chlorides (ArSOCl) have been prepared by the reaction of thionyl chloride and an aromatic compound on Montmorillonite KIO clay. ii... 

An alternate procedure for preparing sulfonyl chlorides is to stir the corresponding free sulfonic acid or hydrated sodium salt with thionyl chloride for 2-4 hr at 50°C. Conversion to the corresponding sulfonyl fluoride can be accomplished as indicated above in the synthesis of phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride. 

Thionyl chloride (39) in the presence of a few drops of DMF (catalyst) is a valuable reagent for the conversion of sulfonic acids (31) into the sulfonyl chlorides (32) (Scheme 32). This resembles the well-known reaction of thionyl chloride with carboxylic acids for the preparation of acyl chlorides, and has the advantage that both the by-products are gaseous. 

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