Lewis Acid Catalyzed Reactions of Thioketones with 1,2-Epoxycyclohexane and 1,2-Epoxycyclopentane
作者:Milen Blagoev、Anthony Linden、Heinz Heimgartner
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1522-2675(19991215)82:12<2316::aid-hlca2316>3.0.co;2-3
日期:1999.12.15
Non-enolizable thioketones and 1,2-epoxycycloalkanes undergo a Lewis acid catalyzed addition reaction to give 1.3-oxathiolanes. Appropriate reaction conditions are CH2Cl2 as the solvent, BF3. Et2O as the Lewis acid, and a temperature between -78 degrees and r.t. Under the reaction conditions, the 1,3-oxathiolanes are only moderately stable. They decompose to yield the corresponding epithiocycloalkane and ketone. In general, 1,3-dithiolanes are isolated as minor products or, after prolonged reaction, as the main product. These secondary products are formed via the Lewis acid catalyzed reaction of the intermediate epithiocycloalkane and a second molecule of the thioketone. In the reaction of thiobenzophenone and 1.2-epoxycyclohexane, trans-8,8-diphenyl-7,9-dioxabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane is formed in small amounts as an additional side product (Scheme 12). in all cases, the newly formed heterocycle and the carbocycle are trans-fused. This result is consistent with a nucleophilic ring-opening of the complexed oxirane by the thioketone via inversion of the configuration and subsequent formation of the O(1)-C(2) bond of the 13-oxathiolane (Scheme 13). The surprising formation of the fused 1,4-oxathiepan derivative 23 (Scheme 9) is in accordance with un ionic reaction mechanism (cf. Scheme 15).