New Cycloadditon Reaction of 2-Chloroprop-2-enethioamides with Dialkyl Acetylenedicarboxylates: Synthesis of Dialkyl 2-[4,5-bis(alkoxycarbonyl)-2-(aryl{alkyl}imino)-3(2)-thienylidene]-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dicarboxylates.

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of 1,2-dithiole-3-thiones with alkynes to form 1,3-dithioles is one of the most studied reactions in this class of polysulfur-containing heterocycles. Nucleophilic substitution of chlorine atoms in dimethyl 2-(1,2-dichloro-2-thioxoethylidene)-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dicarboxylate, which was obtained by addition one molecules of DMAD to 4,5-dichloro-3-1,2-dithiole-3-thione, led to a series of 2-chloro-2-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)ethanethioamides. Cycloaddition reaction of 2-chloro-2-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)ethanethioamides with activated alkynes led to the unexpected formation of 2-(thiophen-3(2)-ylidene)-1,3-dithioles via new intermediate, 1-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)--phenylethan-1-yliumimidothioate.

Synthesis of thienothiopyranthiones by a new molecular rearrangement.

On heating with alkynes, the readily prepared 1,3-dithioles 3 undergo a new cycloaddition reaction and an unprecedented molecular rearrangement with loss of chlorine to give the first 7H-thieno[2,3-c]thiopyran-7-thiones 4 and 4H-thieno[3,2-c]thiopyran-4-thiones 5 whose structures were confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Unexpectedly, the different alkynes used to form 3 and to convert it into 4 and 5 were incorporated regiospecifically into the thiophene and thiopyran rings, respectively. [reaction: see text]