title: Generation and Trapping of 4-Methylene-5-(bromomethylene)-4,5-dihydrothiazole with Dienophiles.
abstract: 4-(Bromomethyl)-5-(dibromomethyl)thiazole (1) was prepared in good yields by bromination of 4,5-dimethylthiazole with 3.3 equiv of NBS in the presence of AIBN. Treatment of 1 with sodium iodide led to a thiazole o-quinodimethane 2 which was trapped in situ with dienophiles such as N-phenylmaleimide, DMAD, or acrylate derivatives. From the latter, 6-substituted-4,5-dihydrobenzothiazoles 7 are selectively formed. Anthra[2,3-b]thiazole-4,5-diones 13-15 were obtained from naphthoquinones. With 2- or 3-bromonaphthoquinones (11 or 12), the cycloadditions were found highly regioselective. Structural assignment of the regioisomers was made by a 2D (1)H-(13)C HMBC technique performed on the aromatized cycloadduct 15b. Calculations of HOMO and LUMO frontier orbital coefficients by the semiempirical PM3 method show that the regiochemistry observed in the cycloadditions of 2 toward acrylate dienophiles or naphthoquinones 11 and 12 did not agree with the corresponding values.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique and Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique II, Institut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 8, Avenue Rockefeller F-69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France, and Centre de RMN, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Mouaffak
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al Hariri
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jouve
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pautet
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Domard
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fenet
authors.forename: Houda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fillion