Unsaturated sulfur compounds from reactions of lithiated methylazines with carbon disulfide and electrophiles

摘要

2-Methylpyridine (1a), 2,6-dimethylpyridine (1b), 2-methylpyrazine (1c) and 2-methylquinoline (1d) were treated with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) in THF at low temperature followed by carbon disulfide to give the dianion (5). Reactions of dianion (5) with iodomethane, 1,2-dibromoethane, ethyl chloroacetate, alpha-chloroacetonitrile or phenacyl bromide gave 6a-c, 6e, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, respectively. Reactions of dianion (5) with 1,2-dibromoethene gave the dithiocarboxylic acids (14a-c) rather than a dithiolene, and reaction of dianion (5a) with aqueous ammonium persulfate gave 15. Treatment of 2-methylpyridine (1a) with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) and 2-bromopyridine afforded tetra-2-pyridylmethane (18) as the main product.