Newman–Kwart rearrangement

Newman–Kwart rearrangement

The Newman–Kwart rearrangement is a type of rearrangement reaction in which the aryl group of an O-aryl thiocarbamate, ArOC(=S)NMe2, migrates from the oxygen atom to the sulfur atom, forming an S-aryl thiocarbamate, ArSC(=O)NMe2.[1][2][3] The reaction is named after its discoverers, Melvin Spencer Newman[4] and Harold Kwart.[5]

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The Newman–Kwart rearrangement is one the most important ways of synthesising thiophenols. A phenol (1) is deprotonated with a base such as DABCO or NaH and reacted with a thiocarbamoyl chloride (2) to form an O-aryl thiocarbamate (3). Heating 3 to around 250 °C causes it undergo Newman–Kwart rearrangement to an S-aryl thiocarbamate (4). Alkaline hydrolysis or similar cleavage a thiophenol (5).[6]

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Mechanism

The Newman–Kwart rearrangement is intramolecular; it proceeds via a four-membered cyclic transition state.[3][6]

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See also

References

  1. ^ Zonta, C.; De Lucchi, O.; Volpicelli, R.; Cotarca, L. (2007). Thione–Thiol Rearrangement: Miyazaki–Newman–Kwart Rearrangement and Others. Topics in Current Chemistry. 275. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. pp. 131–161. doi:10.1007/128_065. ISBN 978-3-540-68099-4. ISSN 0340-1022. 
  2. ^ Harvey, J. N.; Jover, J.; Lloyd-Jones, G. C.; Moseley, J. D.; Murray, P. M.; Renny, J. S. (2009). "The Newman–Kwart Rearrangement of O-Aryl Thiocarbamates: Substantial Reduction in Reaction Temperatures through Palladium Catalysis". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 48: 7612–7615. doi:10.1002/anie.200903908. PMID 19746383. 
  3. ^ a b Lloyd-Jones, G. C.; Moseley, J. D.; Renny, J. S. (2008). "Mechanism and Application of the Newman-Kwart O→S Rearrangement of O-Aryl Thiocarbamates". Synthesis 2008 (5): 661–689. doi:10.1055/s-2008-1032179. 
  4. ^ Newman, M. S.; Karnes, H. A. (1966). "The Conversion of Phenols to Thiophenols via Dialkylthiocarbamates". J. Org. Chem. 31 (12): 3980–3984. doi:10.1021/jo01350a023. 
  5. ^ Kwart, H.; Evans, E. R. (1966). "The Vapor Phase Rearrangement of Thioncarbonates and Thioncarbamates". J. Org. Chem. 31 (2): 410–413. doi:10.1021/jo01340a015. 
  6. ^ a b Burns, Matthew; Lloyd-Jones, G. C.; Moseley, J. D.; Renny, J. S. (2010). "The Molecularity of the Newman−Kwart Rearrangement". J. Org. Chem. 75 (19): 6347– 6353. doi:10.1021/jo1014382. 


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