A Facile Preparation of Thioglycolurils from Glycolurils, and Regioselectivity in Thioglycoluril Template-Directed Crossed-Claisen Condensations
                                
                                    
                                        作者:Christopher N. Cow、Paul H. M. Harrison                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1021/jo9713823
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:1997.12.1
                                    
                                    Mono- (5) and dithio (4) analogues of 3,4,7,8-tetramethylglycoluril (2) are readily prepared using Lawesson's reagent (1 equiv or excess, respectively). This novel application of Lawesson's reagent to glycolurils can be extended to N-acylglycolurils. Thus the N-acetyl and N-butanoyl derivatives of 2 are converted into the monoacyl-monothio analogues 8 and 9 in which thionation occurs at the least hindered urea carbonyl, Compared to the parent glycoluril 2, the thio analogues are more readily acylated; initial acylation of 5 occurs exclusively on the NH site adjacent to sulfur to give 13, while 4 is converted to either the monoacetyl (11) or diacetyl (12) derivative by acetic anhydride, depending on temperature. Unlike 2, acylation of 4 can be accomplished with tert-butoxide as base and then acyl halide. Further acetylation of 11 gives 12, while 8 gives the unsymmetrical diacetyl-monothioglycoluril 15 or acetyl butanoyl thioglycoluril 17, and 9 gives the isomeric acetyl butanoyl thioglycoluril 16. Derivative 12 undergoes a crossed Claisen-like condensation between the two acetyl groups to give acetoacetyldithioglycoluril (18), in a manner similar to the diacetyl derivative of the parent glycoluril, while 15 undergoes selective crossed-Claisen condensation, predominantly by deprotonation of the acetyl group adjacent to oxygen (2.2:1 ratio of 19:20), In crossed-Claisen condensations, both isomers of acetylbutanoylmonothioglycoluril rearranged to 3-ketohexanoyl and 2-ethyl-3-ketobutanoyl thioglycolurils (16 to 24 and 25; 17 to 26 and 27, respectively), When the selectivities for deprotonation of the acetyl moiety over the butanoyl moiety, and for deprotonation of the acyl group adjacent to oxygen over that adjacent to sulfur, reinforced each other, highly selective crossed-Claisen condensation was achieved (26:27 6:1), In contrast, when these two selectivities worked in opposition, reversal of the regiochemical outcome occurred (24:25 0.75:1), The results show that thionation provides a more sophisticated and selective template for development of intramolecular crossed-Claisen methodology using the glycoluril template-directed approach.