NITROXIDE CHEMISTRY XXI. REACTIONS OF BIS(BISTRIFLUOROMETHYLAMINO-OXY)-MERCURY(II) AND NN-BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)NITROXIDE WITH THIOCARBONYL COMPOUNDS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)83169-3

Thiobenzophenone, 9-thiocarbonylfluorene and carbonyl sulphide react with the mercurial, Hg2, to form HgS and the compounds Ph2C2, (C6H4)2C2 and <(CF3)2NO>2CO respectively.The last compound is also formed as the major product on mixing the mercurial with carbon disulphide.With thiophosgene, reaction occurs to form HgCl2 and a mixture of the compounds (CF3)2NSCOCl and (CF3)2NSCOON(CF3)2, which are thought to arise by rearrangement of the intermediates (CF3)2NOC(S)Cl and <(CF3)2NO>2CS.A similar rearrangement may also occur during the reactions of thiobenzoyl chloride and aryl chlorothionoformates with the mercurial but the product mixtures from these reactions are more complex and pure compounds have not been isolated.Reaction between thiophosgene dimer and the mercurial results in a simple chlorine exchange to afford the 1,3-dithietane <(CF3)2NO>2cyclo2S>.The low temperature reaction of thiophosgene with (CF3)2NO gives a thermally unstable product believed to be (CF3)2NOCCl2S(O)ON(CF3)2, while the similar reaction with thiobenzophenone appears to give (CF3)2NOCPh2SON(CF3)2, which decomposes above 0 deg C.