An efficient procedure for traceless solid-phase synthesis of N,N'-substituted thioureas by thermolytic cleavage of resin-bound dithiocarbamates

A novel and efficient procedure which is compatible with high-throughput process for the traceless solid-phase synthesis of thioureas is described. In the presence of carbon disulfide, Merrifield resin reacts with an amine to give a resin-bound dithiocarbamate moiety. Heating this supported dithiocarbamate in the presence of a second amine at 60 degrees C for 12 h led to the formation of the thiourea with the release of benzylthiol bound to the resin. This process allows the preparation of N,N'-di- and trisubstituted thioureas in good yields and with satisfactory purity. Furthermore, the mild reaction conditions involved are compatible with many functional groups.     

Reductive alkylation of thioureas: a highly practical synthesis of unsymmetrical N,N′-disubstituted thioureas

A highly practical synthesis of unsymmetrical N,N′-disubstituted thioureas by the reductive alkylation of N-monosubstituted thioureas with aldehydes is described. N-Monosubstituted thioureas can in turn be synthesized by the reductive amination of thiourea with an appropriate aldehyde. This reductive alkylation methodology was also extended to carbamates.     

Determination of mixtures containing amines and thioureas

A convenient and accurate method has been described for the analysis, on the same sample solution, of mixture of amines and thioureas. The mixture solution is first analyzed for amines by an acidimetric titration. The titrated solution is acidified with more aqueous acid and then analyzed for thioureas by an oxidimetric titration. The method has been successfully applied to the analysis, also on the same sample solution, of mixtures containing isocyanates and thioureas. A known excess of standard n-butylamine added to the mixture solution in diemthylformamide converts the isocyanates to the corresponding disubstituted ureas. Acidimetric titration of the excess of amine followed by iodatometric titration of thiourea present enable the mixture to be analyzed for both the components. The methods described are reliable and have wide applications.     

Synthesis of some pyridyl substituted ureas and thioureas

Thirty five pyridyl-substituted ureas and thioureas were synthesized in order to study the relationship between chemical structure and biological activity. These compounds were obtained by the reaction of pyridylamines with isocyanates and isothiocyanates, as well as by the desulfurization of the corresponding thioureas. When tested, all these compounds exhibited weak physiological activity.     

Multicenter ligand transformations of thioureas on ruthenium clusters

The reaction of trirutheniumdodecacarbonyl with various thioureas was found to give, depending upon the substituents and the reaction conditions, a large variety of tri-, tetra-, penta-, and hexanuclear ruthenium clusters. The ligand systems observed in the products are derived from the thioureas employed; the fragmentation of the thiourea molecules involve N-H, C-S, C-H, and C-N activation processes.     

New tetrasubstituted thioureas containing the 1-iminoethyl moiety

The reactions of 1,1,3-trisubstituted thioureas with acetonitrile afforded the corresponding tetrasubstituted thioureas containing the N-(1-iminoethyl) moiety.     

A convenient method for the synthesis of substituted thioureas

A convenient method for the synthesis of substituted thioureas by the reaction of primary amines with molybdenum dialkyl dithiocarbamates has been developed. Primary amines on reaction with 0.5 equiv of molybdenum xanthate produce the corresponding thioureas in moderate to good yields in short times. Similar reactions with propargylamine or 2-aminoethanol produce cyclic thiaoxazolidine and oxazolidine derivatives, respectively.     

Preparation of carbodiimides by the reaction of thioureas with diethyl azodicarboxylate

A new synthesis of disubstituted carbodiimides from N.N′-disubstituted thioureas, diethyl azodicarboxylate and triphenyl phosphine has been achieved. The intermediates of the reaction have been isolated and found to be 1:1 adducts of the thioureas and diethyl azodicarboxylate, N¹,N²-disubstituted—S—(N³,N⁴-biscarboethoxy)hydrazinoisothioureas which, on treatment with triphenyl phosphine at room temperature, afford the corresponding carbodiimides. Alternatively, the intermediates on heating under reflux in benzene or toluene, decompose to the carbodiimides, diethyl hydrazodicarboxylate and sulphur.     

Complexes of N-benzothiazolyl-N′-alkyl thioureas

N′-substituted N-benzothiazolyl thioureas are of great biological and chemical interest [1–3]. Investigations on transition metal complexes have be     

Non-aqueous cerimetric determination of thioureas

Ammonium hexanitratocerate (in acetonitrile) solution has been used as an oxidimetric reagent for the visual and potentiometric determination of thiourea and its alkyl derivatives in acetonitrile medium. The thioureas are oxidized to their corresponding disulphides. The method is simple, accurate, reliable and widely applicable.     

Solid-phase synthesis of 2-imidazolidinethiones via Mitsunobu reaction of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)thioureas

This letter reports the solid-phase synthesis of 2-imidazolidinethiones via the N-cyclization of N-(2-hydroxyethyl)thioureas using the Mitsunobu reaction in good yield and purity. This process employed the reductive amination of an ArgoGel-MB-CHO resin to anchor the aminoalcohols, followed by a reaction with isothiocyanates to give the resin-attached N-(2-hydroxyethyl)thioureas. Cleavage of the 2-imidazolidinethiones was performed with trifluoroacetic acid.     

A facile synthesis of cyanoguanidines from thioureas

A facile synthesis of cyanoguanidines from corresponding thioureas is reported using 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (water soluble carbodiimide).     

Facile synthesis of aliphatic isothiocyanates and thioureas on solid phase using peptide coupling reagents

Peptide coupling reagents can be used as versatile reagents for the formation of aliphatic isothiocyanates and thioureas on solid phase from the corresponding solid-phase anchored aliphatic primary amines. The formation of the thioureas is fast and highly chemoselective, and proceeds via formation of the intermediate isothiocyanate. The isothiocyanate and subsequent thiourea formation take place under standard peptide coupling conditions using carbon disulfide as the ‘amino acid’. The thioureas are released from the resin and isolated in moderate to high yields.     

Pyridyl thioureas as switchable anion receptors

The binding selectivity of simple pyridyl thioureas in acetonitrile can be completely switched by protonation; hence the neutral thiourea binds acetate, but not chloride or bromide, whereas the protonated thiourea binds strongly to chloride or bromide, but is deprotonated by acetate.     

First iodocyclization reaction of allene–thioureas: an efficient approach to bicyclic β-lactams

The regioselective iodocyclization reaction of allene–thioureas is described, for the first time, for the synthesis of bicyclic β-lactams. The substitution at the allenyl part heavily influenced the iodocyclization reaction. The iodocyclization reaction of the unsubstituted allene–thioureas afforded six-membered 3-thia-1-dethiacephems whereas, the substituted allene–thiourea afforded seven-membered thiazepines along with five-membered isopenams.     

Indicators in non-aqueous cerimetric titrations of thioureas and xanthates

The use of some chemical indicators in the non-aqueous cerimetric determination of thioureas and xanthates in acetonitrile medium is described.     

Synthesis of highly substituted ureas and thioureas through 1,3-diaza-Claisen rearrangements

Isocyanates and isothiocyanates that are not activated by an electron withdrawing group react with azanorbornenes in benzene at reflux to afford ureas and thioureas through the corresponding 1,3-diaza-Claisen rearrangements. At higher temperatures, a triazinone byproduct is observed. Isocyanates and isothiocyanates that are activated by an electron-withdrawing group react at room temperature to give the corresponding ureas and thioureas. The reactions of the activated isocyanates and isothiocyanates are also accompanied by the formation of isoureas and isothioureas. Interestingly, while benzoyl isocyanate reacts with N-benzyl azanorbornene at room temperature to give a 2:1 mixture of urea to isourea, in benzene at reflux the only product observed is the urea. A crossover experiment rules out the possibility that the products are formed through a retro-Diels-Alder, [4+2] cycloaddition sequence instead of a 1,3-diaza-Claisen rearrangement. Competition experiments between isocyanates and isothiocyanates with limiting azanorbornene indicate that isothiocyanates react faster to give the rearrangement product. Since isocyanates are shown to be more electrophilic, these data are consistent with a fast addition step and a rate-determining rearrangement step.     

Hindered rotation in thioureas: Steric effects and conformations

The temperature dependent spectra of several mono-, di- and trialkylthioureas have been recorded. Free energy barriers to internal rotation about the C? N bonds have been calculated. In thioureas that were unsymmetrically substituted, free energy barriers were found to be different for each C? N bond with the more substituted amino group exhibiting the higher barrier. The monosubstituted thioureas showed different rotational barriers for the NH₂ groups of the cis and trans isomers, respectively. The free energy barriers for the trans isomers were found to be substituent dependent and substantiate the reassignment of the high and low field substituent signals to the trans and cis isomers, respectively. The spectrum of 1-methyl-3-t-butylthiourea indicates restricted rotation of the t-butyl group at temperatures below 200 K.     

Lewis base-catalyzed double nucleophilic substitution reaction of N-tosylaziridinofullerene with thioureas or guanidines

Lewis base-catalyzed double nucleophilic substitution reaction of N-tosylaziridinofullerene with thioureas or guanidines affords the fullerothiazolidin-2-imine or fulleroimidazolidin-2-imine derivatives, respectively. In the case of unsymmetrical thioureas connecting an alkyl and an aryl group on each of the nitrogen atom, the transformation exhibits excellent chemoselectivity with only the aryl substituted nitrogen atom bonding to C₆₀. The generated tri-4-methoxyphenyl substituted fulleroimidazolidin-2-imine reacts with CS₂ smoothly to generate di-4-methoxyphenyl fulleroimidazolidin-2-thione.     

Preparation of imidazolinium salts by the Pd-catalyzed reduction of thioureas with triethylsilane and trialkylsilyl triflate

A Pd-catalyzed method for the preparation of imidazolinium salts from the corresponding thioureas that could then be used for the synthesis of imidazolium and amidinium salts is described. This method has great potential because all the required reagents are readily available and thioureas are safely converted to their corresponding precursors of NHCs under mild conditions.