Cycloaddition-elimination reactions of Freund's "methyl isothiocyanate sulfide" with electrophilic nitriles
摘要:
The 1,2,4-dithiazolidine 1 and the 1,2,4-thiadiazolidine 2 are interconvertible in the presence of electrophilic nitriles and furnish 1,2,4-thiadiazoline-5-thiones 7 as final products. A mechanistic rationalization involving consecutive cycloaddition-elimination reactions via hypervalent sulfur intermediates is proposed.
The 1,2,4-dithiazolidine 1 and the 1,2,4-thiadiazolidine 2 are interconvertible in the presence of electrophilic nitriles and furnish 1,2,4-thiadiazoline-5-thiones 7 as final products. A mechanistic rationalization involving consecutive cycloaddition-elimination reactions via hypervalent sulfur intermediates is proposed.