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Mechanism of dehydration of 2-CH2R-and 2-CHR2-4- hydroxy-Δ2-thiazolines as intermediates in the Hantzsch thiazole synthesis and factors impeding the synthesis of 2-Me-, 2-Ar-, and 2-Het-substituted thiazoles and thiazolo[5,4-b]indoles

Based on the results of studies of the deuterium exchange and dehydration of 4-hydroxy-Δ2-thiazolines and 2-R-4-acetyl-8b-hydroxy-3a,8b- dihydro-4H-thiazolo[5,4-b]indoles containing the α-methylene (methine) unit at the C(2) atom, the mechanism of dehydration of these compounds generated as intermediates in the Hantzsch synthesis of thiazoles and 2-R-4-acetyl-4H-thiazolo[5,4-b]indoles was proposed. This mechanism includes an additional step of the formation of the corresponding Δ3- thiazolines. According to the results of quantum chemical calculations, this is energetically more favorable than the dehydration in terms of the commonly accepted mechanism. In some cases, an acidic medium impedes the dehydration of 4-hydroxy-Δ2-thiazolines or their cyclic analogs. The proposed mechanism provides an explanation for the empirical data on the differences in the reactivities of both thioamides and α-haloketones, which have remained unexplained in terms of the commonly accepted mechanism. The spontaneous thiazole synthesis is virtually impossible starting from thioamides of aromatic or heteroaromatic acids and α-haloketones bearing electron-withdrawing α substituents or cyclic bromoindoxyl-type haloketones. In the thiazole synthesis from these starting components, it is expedient to perform dehydration under basic catalysis.

Influence of the structures of α-halo ketones and thioamides on the Hantzsch synthesis of thiazoles and thiazolo[5,4-b]indoles. A new approach to 4-acetyl-2-methyl-4H-thiazolo[5,4-b]indole

In reactions with some α-halo ketones (3-bromo-1,1,1-trifluoropropan- 2-one, 1-acetyl-2-bromoindolin-3-one, and α-bromoacetophenone), thioacetamide and a series of thioamides of aromatic and heteroaromatic acids are transformed into 4-hydroxy-Δ2-thiazolines rather than into thiazoles (the expected Hantzsch reaction products). To the contrary, thiazoles are produced in the reactions of the same α-halo ketones with thioamides of phenylacetic, diphenylacetic, 3-indolylacetic, or cyanoacetic acids. The abnormal course of the Hantzsch reaction in the former case results from the fact that 4-hydroxy-Δ2-thiazolines, which are intermediates in the thiazole synthesis, undergo virtually no dehydration under the Hantzsch reaction conditions. The ease of dehydration of hydroxythiazolines under the conditions of the thiazole synthesis and the possibility of the spontaneous thiazole synthesis depend on the nature of the substituent at position 2 and, consequently, on the structure of the starting thioamide. The Me, Ar, and Het substituents impede dehydration, whereas substituents containing the α-methylene (methine) unit at the C(2) atom of the thiazoline moiety substantially facilitate this reaction. The conditions for the dehydration of 4-acetyl-2-methyl-8b-hydroxy-3a,8b-dihydro-4H-thiazolo[5,4-b]indole under basic catalysis were found, and a new procedure was developed for the preparation of thiazoles and 2-R-thiazolo[5,4-b]indoles, whose synthesis presents difficulties or is impossible under standard conditions.