Stereoselective synthesis and structure of 3,4-trans-6-amino-4-aryl-3-carbamoyl-5-cyano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridin-2(1H)-thiones

Condensation of thiocarbamoylacetamide with arylidenemalononitrile or the three-component condensation of thiocarbamoylacetamide with aldehydes and malononitrile in the presence of triethylamine occurred regioselectively to give triethylammonium-6-amino-4-aryl-3-carbamoyl-5-cyano-1,4-dihydropyridine-2-thiolates. Protonation of the latter occurred stereoselectively to give 3,4-trans-6-aryl-3-carbamoyl-5-cyano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridin-2(1H)-thiones. The¹H NMR spectrum and single x-ray crystallography indicate that the dihydropyridine ring has he sofa conformation with trans-pseudodiaxial orientation of the Ar and CONH₂ groups and trans-pseudoequatorial orientation of atoms 3-H and 4-H.N. D. Zelinskii Organic Chemistry Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117913. A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Elementoorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117813. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1376–1382, Octoberm 1996. Original article submitted June 10, 1996.