Reactions of azirines with sulfur nucleophiles. 4. Treatment of 2H-azirine with mercaptosubstituted acids. reactions of aziridinyl alkyl sulfides with carboxylic acids and acyl chloride derivatives

Treatment of 2H-azirines with mercaptosubstituted acids and their derivatives leads to -ketoamides and 2-aziridinyl alkyl sulfides, respectively. 2-Aziridinyl alkyl sulfides, in turn, react with carboxylic acids to give -ketoamides and substituted ethanethiol derivatives. Acylation of 2-aziridinyl alkyl sulfides with acyl halides generates a variety of products, depending on the reaction conditions; either products derived from cleavage and isomerization of the aziridinyl ring or (1-acylaziridinyl-2) alkyl sulfides are obtained.For communication 3, see 1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 206–211, February, 1986.