Abstract
The condensation of organic salt adducts generated by cyclic thioureas
and 2-di(methylsulfanyl)methylenemalononitrile with dialkyl
acetylenedicarboxylates selectively leads to either tetrasubstituted
thiophenes (2 examples) or hitherto unreported bicyclic guanidine (13
examples) derivatives, with controlling factors being ring size, the
substituent on the S- methylisothioureaand the bulk of the substituent
on the dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates. Green solvents, short reaction
time; easy purification, high yield and selectivity, are key feature of
this protocol in the condensation step. The performances of the
reactions in the presence of free-base and a catalyst at room
temperature is unprecedented in the synthesis of thiophene frameworks
and functionalized bicyclic guanidine scaffolds. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
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