Thiophenol, nucleophilic

The role of the quaternization of the azasubstituent in the nucleophilic substitution at 2-halogenothiazoles is in fact emphasized by the reactivity of 2-halogenothiazoles with undissociated thiophenol (35), which proceeds faster than the corresponding reaction of 2-halogenothiazoles with thiophenolate anion, through the pathways shown in Scheme 6. Moreover, the 4-halogenothiazoles do not react with undissociated thiophenols, while the 5-halogenothiazoles react well (48). 

Regarding the substituent effect on reactivity of groups in positions 4 and 5 there is little information in the literature. The reactivity of halogen in position 5 seems to be increased when an amino group is present in position 2. Substitution products are easily obtained using neutral nucleophiles such as thiourea, thiophenols, and mercaptans (52-59). 

The process implications of equation 3 go beyond the weU-known properties (27—29) of NMP to faciUtate S Ar processes. The function of the aminocarboxylate is also to help solubilize the sulfur source anhydrous sodium sulfide and anhydrous sodium hydrogen sulfide are virtually insoluble in NMP (26). It also provides a necessary proton acceptor to convert thiophenol intermediates into more nucleophilic thiophenoxides. A block diagram for the Phillips low molecular weight linear PPS process is shown in Eigure 1. 

The action of sulfur nucleophiles like sodium bisulfite and thiophenols causes even pteridines that are unreactive towards water or alcohols to undergo covalent addition reactions. Thus, pteridin-7-one smoothly adds the named S-nucleophiles in a 1 1 ratio to C-6 (65JCS6930). Similarly, pteridin-4-one (73) yields adducts (74) in a 2 1 ratio at C-6 and C-7 exclusively (equation 14), as do 4-aminopteridine and lumazine with sodium bisulfite. Xanthopterin forms a 7,8-adduct and 7,8-dihydropterin can easily be converted to sodium 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin-6-sulfonate (66JCS(C)285), which leads to pterin-6-sulfonic acid on oxidation (59HCA1854). 

The catalytic effect of protons has been noted on many occasions (cf. Section II,D,2,c) and autocatalysis frequently occurs when the nucleophile is not a strong base. Acid catalysis of reactions with water, alcohols, mercaptans, amines, or halide ions has been observed for halogeno derivatives of pyridine, pyrimidine (92), s-triazine (93), quinoline, and phthalazine as well as for many other ring systems and leaving groups. An interesting displacement is that of a 4-oxo group in the reaction of quinolines with thiophenols, which is made possible by the acid catalysis. 

The reaction of 1,2,4-triazine 4-oxides 55 with thiophenols proceeds in the same manner, resulting in the corresponding 5-arylmercapto-1,2,4-triazines 80 in high yields. Thiophenols in this case react as S-nucleophiles, in spite of the relative phenols—the C-nucleophiles (01RCB1068). 

However, heterocycles containing thiophenols have not been reported. It has been observed that the thiophe-nolate ion undergoes nucleophilic attack by the halo/ nitro compounds more easily than the phenolate ion in displacement reactions [37-39]. The experimental result shows that the reactivity of 3-nitro-N-phenyl-phthali-mide with 4-methyl-thiophenolate (reaction 1) is 100 times faster than that of 4-methyl phenolate [40] (reaction 2) ... 

No addition products with S-nucleophiles have yet been reported except for the reaction of 2-methylthio-4,6-diphenylthiopyrylium iodide with sodium thiophenolate involving a 2//-thiopyran intermediate (86S916). 

With OH and SH, the nucleophilic substitution of Cl has been reported. Thus, with NaOH, there is a report of successful nucleophilic substitution in 50% aq. acetone at room temperature to give the phenol complex in 36% yield. The latter is then spontaneously deprotonated to give the cyclohexadienyl complex (Eq. (24)). An identical reaction was carried out using NaSH in MeCN (50% yield) to give the thiophenol complex which was deprotonated [72] Eq. (25). These reactions would be especially valuable because direct synthesis of the phenol or thiophenol complexes from ferrocene is not possible due to the strong interaction between the heteroatom and A1C13 [11, 19]. Recent improvement and use of this reaction were achieved [88],... 

A-Protected amines were assembled on solid-phase via sulfonamide-based handle 58 (Scheme 27) [67]. Tertiary sulfonamides were generated upon reaction with allylic, benzylic and primary alcohols under Mitsu-nobu conditions. Secondary amines were released from the support using mild nucleophilic conditions such as treatment with thiophenol and potassium carbonate. 

A versatile approach for the solid-phase synthesis of aminopyr-idazines used the anchoring of 3,6-dichloropyridazine to resin-bound thiophenol 59 (Scheme 28) [68]. Treatment with nucleophilic amines released the aminopyridazine products from the solid support without further oxidation. 

The base-catalyzed joint reaction of nitroalkenes with thiophenol in the presence of aldehydes gives y-phenylthio-P-nitro alcohols in one pot (Eq. 4.5).8 The joint reaction of nitroalkenes with thiols and a,p-unsaturated nitriles (or esters) has also been achieved. (Eq. 4.6).9 P-Nitro sulfides thus prepared show unique reactivity toward nucleophiles or tin radicals. The nitro... 

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