Investigations on the Chemistry of 3‐Chloromethyl‐3‐methyl‐2,3‐dihydro‐1,4‐benzoxathiines
A series of 3‐chloromethyl‐2,3‐dihydro‐1,4‐benzoxathiines 3 were prepared by the reaction of several β‐methallylphenylethers 1 with sulfur dichloride. In some cases intermediate sulfenyl chlorides 2 were isolated and characterized as substituted thiazolidin‐2‐ones. The thermal regioisomerization of selected sulfenyl chlorides and one of the thiazolidinone products was achieved. Starting from 3‐chloromethyl‐2,3‐dihydro‐1,4‐benzoxathiine 3o several derivatives were obtained by nucleophilic displacement at the 3‐chloromethyl position, activated by S‐3‐neighboring group partizipation. The structure of the 3‐acetoxymethyl derivative was determined by x‐ray crystal structure analysis. Further special derivation with selected chiral reagents led to diastereomeric compounds. The separation of the diastereomers by crystallization and chromatography was attempted. HPLC‐separation was achieved in one case.