Sulfur Oxidation Increases the Rate of HIRE-Type [1.4]Thiazepinone Ring Expansion and Influences the Conformation of a Medium-Sized Heterocyclic Scaffold

• The hydrated imidazoline ring expansion (HIRE-type) reaction was investigated for a series of di(hetero)arene-fused [1.4]thiazepinones in comparison with their sulfone counterparts. The sulfones were found to undergo ring expansion at a much higher rate compared to the thioethers, much in line with the current mechanistic understanding of the process. Moreover, the amide bond cis- and trans-isomers of the ring-expanded products were found, in the case of sulfones, to be stabilized through an intramolecular hydrogen bond. The latter phenomenon was studied in detail by NMR experiments and corroborated by X-ray crystallographic information.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Organisk kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Organic Chemistry (hsv//eng)

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Chemistry with specialization in Organic Chemistry

Kemi med inriktning mot organisk kemi

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