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Tandem regioselective synthesis of tetrazoles and related heterocycles using iodine
Yella, Ramesh,Khatun, Nilufa,Rout, Saroj Kumar,Patel, Bhisma K.
, p. 3235 - 3245 (2011/06/20)
A one-pot, tandem process has been developed for the synthesis of a library of tetrazoles from aryl isothiocyanates. Condensation of aryl isothiocyanates with ammonia, and aryl amines (R-NH2) provided mono, 1,3-disubstituted symmetrical and unsymmetrical thioureas, which on desulfurization with molecular iodine (I2) led to formation of the corresponding heterocumulene (cyanamides or carbodiimides). The in situ generated heterocumulene on subsequent treatment with sodium azide at room temperature gave corresponding tetrazoles. The product regioselectivity for unsymmetrical 1,3-disubstituted thioureas was found to be correlated with the basicities (pKa's) of the parent amines attached to the thiourea. Aryl-sec-alkyl unsymmetrical thioureas gave thioamido guanidino products rather than the 5-aminotetrazoles produced by HgCl2 mediation of the reaction. Bis-thioureas derived from aryl isothiocyanates and hydrazine gave thiadiazoles exclusively.
Arylthioureas with bromine or its equivalents gives no 'Hugerschoff' reaction product
Yella, Ramesh,Murru, Siva,Ali, Abdur Rezzak,Patel, Bhisma K.
experimental part, p. 3389 - 3393 (2010/08/22)
The in situ generated aryl-alkyl unsymmetrical thiourea obtained by the reaction of an aryl isothiocyanate with an aliphatic secondary amine on treatment with bromine or its equivalent gave exclusively a product having a thioamido guanidino moiety and not the expected Hugerschoff product 2-aminobenzothiazole. A plausible reaction mechanism has been proposed for this unprecedented transformation and the scope has been extended to various substrates. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2010.
