Utilization of cyanothioformamides in the syntheses of various types of imidazole derivatives

Abstract

When, cyanothioformamide derivatives are reacted with certain electrophiles, they produce imidazole, oxazole, thiazole, 2,5-thiadiazole, bis-imidazole and bis-oxazole derivatives; while the reaction with certain nucleophiles furnish benzoxazole, quinaolinone, triazole, bis-triazole, benzoxazinethione and 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives. Imidazolidineiminothione derivatives were obtained by ring closure reaction of cyanothioformamide derivatives with isocyanates. These reactions give rise to imidazole derivatives that contain adjacent thione and imino functional groups in the positions 4 and 5 which are reactive in numbers of subsequent ring closure reactions. These compounds find applications as medicinal and pharmacological agents.