Reactions of acid chlorides/ketenes with 2-substituted 4,5-dihydro-4,4- dimethyl-1,3-thiazoles: Formation of penam derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/hlca.201300165

Addition reactions of acid chlorides with various 2-substituted 4,5-dihydro-4,4-dimethyl-5-(methylsulfanyl)-1,3-thiazoles under basic conditions were studied. Two kinds of products were obtained from these additions, β-lactams and non-β-lactam adducts. When the reaction was carried out with 4,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazoles with a Ph substituent at C(2), the reaction proceeded via formal [2+2] cycloaddition and led to the correspoding β-lactam. On the other hand, acid chlorides and 4,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazoles bearing an α-H-atom at the C(2)-substituent underwent C(α)- and/or N-addition reactions and furnished non-β-lactam adducts, i.e., C(α)- and/or N-acylated 1,3-thiazolidines. The attempted transformations of sulfonyl esters of exo-6-hydroxy penams to endo-6-azido penams failed, although they were successful with mono-β-lactams under the same conditions. Copyright