title: Electrolytic partial fluorination of organic compounds. 64.(1) Anodic mono- and difluorination of thiazolyl sulfides.
abstract: The anodic fluorination of 2-thiazolyl methyl sulfide, 2-thiazolyl propargyl sulfide, and 2-thiazolyl acetonyl sulfide was successfully carried out to provide the corresponding 5-fluorothiazole and 2,5,5-trifluorothiazoline derivatives. The latter products were readily hydrolyzed to give isolable 5,5-difluoro-2-hydroxythiazoline derivatives. On the other hand, anodic fluorination of 2-thiazolyl cyanomethyl sulfide afforded 5-fluorothiazole and alpha-fluorinated thiazole derivatives. Thus, the product selectivity was found to be greatly changed by the electron-withdrawing ability of substituents at the side chain of the thiazole ring. This is the first report of a successful anodic fluorination of a thiazole ring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Sayed M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Riyadh
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fuchigami