Xg. Duan et al., REACTION OF TRITHIAZYL TRICHLORIDE WITH ACTIVE METHYLENE-COMPOUNDS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (19), 1997, pp. 2831-2836
Activated allylic compounds react with trithiazyl trichloride, (NSCl),
, to give 1,2,5-thiadiazoles 1 and isothiazoles 2. An allylic 2-substi
tuent normally prevents formation of an aromatic 1,2,5-thiadiazole, an
d isothiazole formation becomes the major pathway. Simple allylic comp
ounds are not very reactive towards (NSCl)(3) but a terminal electron
withdrawing group (CO2Et) enhances the reactivity. With unsymmetrical
allylic compounds, isothiazole formation is regiospecific placing the
more electron withdrawing group adjacent to the ring sulfur. 1,3-Diket
ones give 3-acyl-1,2,5-thiadiazoles; unsymmetrical 1,3-diketones give
these thiadiazoles regiospecifically, explicable by cyclisation of an
intermediate onto the more reactive carbonyl group. 1,4-Diketones give
3,4-diacyl-1,2,5-thiadiazoles; thus 1,2-dibenzoyl-ethane, -ethene and
-ethyne all give 3,4-dibenzoylthiadiazole (40-44%). Many of these tri
thiazyl trichloride reactions provide attractive one-step routes to 1,
2,5-thiadiazoles and isothiazoles.