Abstract
The reactions of thiocarbonyl compounds with cis-2,3-dimethyloxirane (1a) in CH2Cl2 in the presence of BF3.Et2O or SnCl4 led to trans-4,5-dimethyl-1,3-oxathiolanes, whereas with trans-2,3-dimethyloxirane (1b) cis-4,5-dimethyl-1,3-oxathiolanes were formed. With the stronger Lewis acid SnCl4 , the formation of side-products was also observed. In the case of 1,3-thiazole-5(4H)-thione 2, these side-products are the corresponding 1,3- thiazol-5(4H)-one 5 and the 1:2 adduct 8 (Schemes 2-4). Their formation can be rationalized by the decomposition of the initially formed spirocyclic 1,3-oxathiolane and by a second addition onto the C=N bond of the 1 : 1 adduct, respectively. The secondary epimerization by inversion of the configuration of the spiro-C-atom (Schemes 5 - 7) can be explained by a Lewis-acid-catalyzed ring opening of the 1,3-oxathiolane ring and subsequent ring closure to the thermodynamically more stable isomer (Scheme 12). In the case of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-3-thioxocyclobutanone (20), apart from the expected spirocyclic 1,3-oxathiolanes 21 and 23, dispirocyclic 1 : 2 adducts were formed by a secondary addition onto the C=O group of the four-membered ring (Schemes 9 and 10).
Blagoev, Milen