ADAMANTANE-BASED NITRILE SULFIDES - THE GENERATION OF THE SYNTHETIC EQUIVALENT OF THE FIRST BIS(NITRILE SULFIDE)

The reaction of 1,3-adamantanedicarbonamide with chlorocarbonylsulfenyl chloride in hot toluene gives two new oxathiazolone derivatives that have had their structures confirmed crystallographically: 1,3-bis(1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-on-5-yl)-adamantane and 1-cyano-3-(1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-on-5-yl)-adamantane. (Crystal data: C10H14(COC(O)SN)(2): P2(1)/m, a = 10.447(2), b = 7.119(3), c = 10.684(2) Angstrom, beta = 112.98(1)degrees, V = 731.5(3) Angstrom 3, z = 2, D-c = 1.536 g cm(-3), R = 0.034, R(w) = 0.029; (NC)C10H14(COC(O)SN): P2(1)/c, a = 9.153(2), b = 19.134(2), c = 7.130(3) Angstrom, beta = 105.38(2)degrees, V = 1204(1) Angstrom 3, z = 4, D-c = 1.447 g cm(-3), R = 0.038, R(w) = 0.035.) The reaction of the precursor with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) in refluxing chlorobenzene gave a mixture that was resolved into pure compounds by Kugelrohr sublimation; these were shown to be sulfur, tetramethyl thiophenetetracarboxylate, 1,3-adamantanedinitrile, 1,3-bis(4,5-bis(methoxycarbonyl)-isothiazol-3-yl)-adamantane, and 1-cyano-3-(4,5-bis(methoxycarbonyl)-isothiazol-3-yl)-adamantane. The structures of the two new isothiazole derivatives were confirmed crystallographically. (Crystal data: C10H14(CNS . DMAD)(2): Pca2(1), a = 15.857(4), b = 11.562(4), c = 13.602(4) Angstrom, V = 2494(2) Angstrom 3, z = 4, D-c = 1.424 g cm(-3), R = 0.057, R(w) = 0.038; C10H14(CN)(CNS . DMAD): P2(1)/c, a = 19.683(2), b = 11.566(3), c = 7.727 (3) Angstrom, beta = 93.30(2)degrees, V = 1756(1) Angstrom 3, z = 4, D-c = 1.363 g cm(-3), R = 0.079, R(w) = 0.076.) The pattern of reactivity indicates that the synthetic equivalent of the bis(nitrile sulfide) may be present in solution but has a very short lifetime and failed to react at all with 1,3-adamantanedinitrile.