Glyconothio-O-lactones. Part III. Thermolysis of a 4,5-Dihydro-1,2,3- and a 2,5-Dihydro-1,3,4-thiadiazole

Addition of CH₂N₂ to 2,3:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-1-thio-mannono-1,4-lactone ( 1 ) gave the 2,5-dihydro-1,3,4-thiadiazole 2 and the 4,5-dihydro-1,2,3-thiadiazole 3 . First-order kinetics were observed for the thermolysis of 3 (Scheme 3) at 80–110° in C₆D₅Cl solution and of 2 (Scheme 3) at 20–35° in CDC1₃, respectively. The 1,2,3-thiadiazole 3 led to mixtures of the thiirane 9 , the starting thionolactone 1 , the thiono-1,5-lactone 8 , and the enol ether 7 , while the isomeric 1,3,4-thiadiazole 2 led to mixtures of the anomeric thiiranes 9 and 12 , the O-hydrogen S,O,O-ortholactone α-D - 14 , the S-methyl thioester 15 , the S,S,O-ortholactone 13 , and the 2,3:5,6-di-Oisopropylidene-mannono-1,4-iactone ( 16 ). Pure products of the thermolysis were isolated by semipreparative supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), whereas preparative HPLC led to partial or complete decomposition. Thus, the β-D -mannofuranosyl β-D -mannofuranoside 10 , contaminated by an unknown S species, was isolated by preparative HPLC of the crude product of thermolysis of 3 at 115–120° and partially transformed in CD₃OD solution into the symmetric di(α-D -mannofuranosyl) tetrasulfide 11 . Its structure was evidenced by X-ray analysis. Similarly, HPLC of the thermolysis product of 2 gave the enethiol 17 , the sulfide 19 , and the mercapto alcohol 18 as secondary products. Thermolysis of the thiirane 9 at 110–120° (Scheme 4) led to the anomeric thiirane 12 which was transformed into mixtures of the enethiol 17 and the enol ether 7. Addition of H₂O to 17 and 7 gave the corresponding hemiacetals 18 and 20. The mechanism of the thermolysis of the dihydrothiadiazoles 2 and 3 , and the thiiranes 9 and 12 is discussed.