| Abstract: | The reaction of 3-(dimethylamino)-2,2-dimethyl-2H-azirine ( 1a ) with 4,5-dihydro-7,8-dimethoxy-1,2-benzothiazepin-3-one 1,1-dioxide ( 4 ) in dioxane at room temperature gave the correspondingly substituted 4H-1,2,5-benzothiadiazecin-6-one 1,1-dioxide 5a in 64% yield (Scheme 2). The structure of this novel ten-membered ring-enlargement product was established by X-ray crystallography (Fig.). Under more vigorous conditions (refluxing dichloroethane), 5a was formed together with the isomeric 6a , both in low yield. The 3-(dimethylamino)-2H-azirines 1b and 1c reacted sluggishly to give the two isomeric ring-enlargement products of type 5 and 6 in yields of 24–29% and 2–4%, respectively (Table 1). Even less reactive is 2,2-dimethyl-3-(N-methyl-N-phenylamino)-2H-azirine ( 1d ), which reacted with 4 in MeCN only at 65°. Under these conditions, besides numerous decomposition products, only traces of 5d and 6d were formed. No ring enlargement was observed with the sterically crowded 1e , which bears an isopropyl group at C(2). |
