4-Thiouracil thioamide synthesis

Our motivation for investigating thioamide derivatives, which potentially can form N-H... S interactions, arises from the presence of the -N(H)-C(=S)- residue, and derivatives thereof, in several dmgs [20], see Scheme 6.2 for chemical structures of these species. Thus, the antithyroid drugs 6-n-propyl-thiouracil (I) and l-methyl-3//-imidazole-2-thione (II, Methimazole , also marketed as Tapazole ) feature the -N(H)-C(=S)- functional group [21]. Hyperthyroidism may be treated with 3-methyl-2-thioxo-4-imidazoline-l-carboxylate (III, Carbimazole ) which is metabolised in vivo to the active form, known as Methimazole [22]. Anti-tubercular agents containing the thioamide residue and which inhibit mycolic acid synthesis include 2-ethyl-thioisonicotinamide (IV, Ethionamide ) and its -propyl derivative (Prothionamide ) [23-25]. 

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