title: Oxidative cyclization of D-fructose thiosemicarbazones to 2-amino-5-(D-arabino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroxybut-1-yl)-1,3,4-thiadiazoles through carbon-carbon bond cleavage of the sugar chain.
abstract: Condensation of D-fructose (1) with thiosemicarbazide or 4-phenylthiosemicarbazide gave the corresponding D-fructose thiosemicarbazones (3a and 3b). The latter compounds underwent oxidative cyclization with 10% ethanolic ferric chloride to give mixtures of 2-amino-5-(D-arabino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroxybut-1-yl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole (6a) and 2-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole (5a) from 3a and the corresponding 2-phenylamino compounds 6b and 5b from 3b. These products were formed as a result of cyclization of the thiosemicarbazone entity accompanied by C-1-C-2 or C-2-C-3 bond cleavage of the sugar chain. Structures of the 1,3,4-thiadiazole acyclo C-nucleosides 6a and 5b were confirmed by comparison with the unequivocally prepared compounds obtained by the dehydrogenative cyclization of D-arabinose thiosemicarbazones 11a and 11b with ethanolic ferric chloride. Structures of the 5-hydroxymethyl-1,3,4-thiadiazoles 5a and 5b were also confirmed by comparison with 5a and 5b unequivocally prepared by periodate cleavage of the alditolyl chain of 6a and 6b followed by reduction of the resulting aldehydes 8a and 8b with sodium borohydride. Compounds 6a and 6b were further characterized as their acetates 7a and 7b and were found to exist in the extended planar zizag conformation 13. Condensative cyclization of the D-arabinose thiosemicarbazones 11a and 11b by boiling with acetic anhydride afforded the 1,3,4-thiadiazoline acyclo C-nucleoside acetates 9a and 9b which exist in the sickle (bent) conformation 14. De-N- and de-O-acetylation with concomitant aromatization of 9a and 9b with 10% ethanolic FeCl3 gave the 1,3,4-thiadiazole acyclo C-nucleosides 6a and 6b. The assigned structures were corroborated by 2D 1H-1H HOMCOR and 2D 1H-13C HETCOR NMR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. mae_shaban@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M A E
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shaban
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mostafa
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Nasr
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D003500:Cyclization; D005632:Fructose / Q000737:chemistry*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D013882:Thiosemicarbazones / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009005:Monosaccharides; D013844:Thiazoles; D013882:Thiosemicarbazones; D005632:Fructose