Isatines react with 3,4 dihydro 2H [1,3]thiazolo[3,2 a] [1,3,5]triazin 6(7H) ones to give their isatinylidene derivatives, which add azomethinylide, generated in situ from paraform aldehide and sarcosine, to yield bis spirocoupled derivatives of pyrrolidine. The [3+2] dipolar cycloaddition reactions studied proceed absolutely diastereoselectively.It is known 1-3 that pseudothiohidantoin 1 reacts with primary aliphatic and aromatic amines in the presence of formaldehyde to form 3,4 dihydro 2H [1,3]thiazolo [3,2 a][1,3,5]triazin 6(7H) ones 2, which, possessing an active methylene group, readily form with aromatic alde hydes arylidene derivatives 3 (Scheme 1).
Scheme 1 R = Alk, ArWe have studied reactions of 3 aryl 3,4 dihydro 2H [1,3]thiazolo[3,2 a][1,3,5]triazin 6(7H) ones 2 with N methylisatine derivatives 4a-c (Scheme 2). The con densation was carried out in methanol in the presence of 40% aqueous KOH in catalytic amounts to give (7Z) 3 aryl 7 (2 oxo 1,2 dihydro 3H indol 3 ylidene) 3,4 di hydro 2H [1,3]thiazolo[3,2 a][1,3,5]triazin 6(7H) ones 5a-d in good yields.
Scheme 22: R 2 = 3 BrC 6 H 4 (a), 3,4 (OMe) 2 C 6 H 3 (b), 4 F C 6 H 4 (c), 3,5 (Me) 2 C 6 H 3 (d); 4: R 1 = Me (a), H (b), Br (c); 5: R 1 = Me, R 2 = 3 BrC 6 H 4 (a); R 1 = H, R 2 = 3,4 (OMe) 2 C 6 H 3 (b), 4 F C 6 H 4 (c); R 1 = Br, R 2 = 3,5 (Me) 2 C 6 H 3 (d).The study of compounds obtained by 1 H NMR spec troscopy showed that the reactions result in the exclusive formation of Z isomers, that is confirmed, first, by the absence of signals for possible E isomers in the 1 H NMR spectra and, second, by the presence of significantly down field shift for the proton H(4´) found in the region δ 8.7-9.0, which is due to the influence of the carbonyl group C(6)O of the [1,3]thiazolo[3,2 a][1,3,5]triazin 6(7H) one fragment (usually, chemical shifts of the sig nals for the proton H(4) in isatines are found in the region δ 7.5-7.6). 4The thus formed carbon carbon double bond, bound to the electron withdrawing groups, is a good dipolaro