Abstract

After completing thio-substitution with the Lawesson’s reagent, ethanol was found to be able to efficiently decompose the inherent stoichiometric six-membered-ring by-product from the Lawesson’s reagent to a highly polarized diethyl thiophosphate. This treatment could significantly simplify the following column purification of the desired thioamide in a small scale preparation. As scaling up the preparation of two pincer-type thioamides, we have successfully developed a convenient process with ethylene glycol to replace ethanol during the workup, including traditional phase-cut, extraction, and re-crystallization. The newly developed column-free procedure did not generate P-contained aqueous waste, and only organic effluents were discharged. It was believed that the optimized procedure can greatly provide opportunity of the application of the Lawesson’s reagent for various thio-substituted reacions in scaling up preparation.

Keywords: Lawesson’s reagent; Column-free; Thionation; Thioamide; Scale-up

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Wu, K.; Ling, Y.; Ding, A.; Jin, L.; Sun, N.; Hu, B.; Shen, Z.; Hu, X. Beilstein Arch. 2020, 2020126. doi:10.3762/bxiv.2020.126.v1

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