| Abstract: | Reaction of 1-substituted aziridines with thioamides in the presence of perchloric acid has provided a facile route to 2-thiazolinium salts. Thioformamide was used in this reaction to give the 2-unsubstituted 2-thiazolinium salts 3-[4-(2,6-xylyloxy)butyl]-2-thiazolinium perchlorate (11a) and 3-(2-cyelohexylbutyl)-2-thiazolinium perchlorate (IIc). A study of the rates of hydro-lytic breakdown of IIc and 3-(2-cyelohexylbutyl)-2-methyl-2-thiazolinium perchlorate (IId) showed that the 2-unsubstituted compound (IIc) was considerably less stable than the 2-methyl analog (IId) over the entire pH range. Use of 1-substituted aziridines in ring-opening reactions, previously applied only to 1-unsubstituted aziridines, has given expected products when thio-cyanate ion or thiourea was the nucleophile. |
