J. Szabo et al., UNEXPECTED CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS DURING QUATERNIZATION OF 6,7-DIMETHOXY-2H-1,3-BENZOTHIAZINE, ACH, models in chemistry, 131(3-4), 1994, pp. 345-350
In the quaternization reaction of 6,7-dimethoxy-2H-1,3-benzothiazine (
1) with 4-nitrobenzyl chloride, formation of 6,7-aimethoxy-2H-1,3-benz
othiazinium chloride (3) was observed besides the expected quaternary
salt (2). As by-products, the new heterocyclic ring systems H,13aH-[1,
3]benzothiazino[4,3-b][1,3]benzothiazine (4) and tetramethoxy-15-(4-ni
trophenyl)-6H,7aH,13H-imidazo [1,2-c:3,4-c]bis(1,3-benzothiazine) (5)
were formed via cycloaddition. A mechanism is proposed for the reactio
n. The configuration of 5 was elucidated by means of NMR spectroscopy.