Reactions of (Z ) 5 benzylidene 2 thiohydantoin with formaldehyde and primary aro matic amines afforded novel derivatives of imidazo[2,1 b] [1,3,5]thiadiazine in 50-69% yields.The Mannich reaction is known to be one of the most important synthetic methods in organic chemistry. 1 At present, the great potentialities of this reaction are far from being exhausted and are still of interest for chemists. For instance, a number of recent studies are devoted to the "nonclassical" Mannich synthesis using new substrates under modified aminomethylation conditions. 2 The in tramolecular Mannich reactions 3 are of particular atten tion since they are very promising for design of novel carbo and heterocyclic systems. With the present work, we open up a series of publications concerned with the study of the structures, methods for the synthesis, and chemical transformations of nitrogen and sulfur con taining heterocyclic compounds obtained by the Mannich reaction.1,3,5 Thiadiazine derivatives belong to a promising class of heterocyclic compounds 4 with a broad spectrum of biological activities. In particular, some functionalized thiadiazines have been found to exhibit fungicidal, herbi cidal, 5,6 acaricidal, insecticidal, 7 and antibacterial prop erties. 8,9 Fused derivatives of 1,3,5 thiadiazine are most suitably synthesized by the "double" Mannich condensa tion of mercaptoazoles and mercaptoazines with forma lin and primary amines. 9-14 Earlier, we have demon strated that pyrido[2,1 b][1,3,5]thiadiazine derivatives can be obtained under the conditions of this reaction. 15 Proceeding further in those investigations, we studied condensation of easily accessible (Z ) 5 benzylidene 2 thiohydantoin (1) with formaldehyde and primary amines and found that this reaction readily occurs in boiling DMF without any catalyst to give novel imid azo[2,1 b] [1,3,5]thiadiazine derivatives (2) (Scheme 1).
Scheme 1Ar = Ph (a); 4 FC 6 H 4 (b); 2 MeC 6 H 4 (c)It should be noted that the aminomethylation of thiohydantoin 1 and some of its structural analogs has been repeatedly studied earlier; 1b,16 however, we were the first to obtain imidazothiadiazine derivatives in such a way. It has been shown with a number of examples that the aminomethylation of 5,5 disubstituted 2 thiohydantoins exclusively involves the N(3) atom. 1b,16 Based on this, we assumed that the reaction intermediate is aminomethyl thiohydantoin 3, whose structure permits subsequent cyclocondensation with formaldehyde along the only possible pathway leading to imidazo[2,1 b][1,3,5]thia diazines 2. It is worth noting that documented examples * Dedicated to Academician N. S. Zefirov on the occasion of his 70th birthday.