Sodium methanethiolate

Abstract: The action of sodium methanethiolate (in boiling DMF) towards haloazines (i.e. chloro- or bromo-pyridines and quinolines) (1) (with halogen substituent in non-aza-activated position) causes sequentially halogen ipso-substitution to methylthioazines (2) and then S-demethylation to azinethiolates (3A), which were: i) subjected to S-methylation, ii) oxidized to diazinyl disulfides (4) and iii) oxidatively chlorinated to azinesulfonyl chlorides (5). α- and γ-pyridine- and quinolinesulfonyl chlorides (5a, 5c, 5d and 5f) were prepared by oxidative chlorination of respective disulfides (4) performed in conc. hydrochloric acid and characterized by 1 H and 13 C NMR spectra. All azinesulfonyl chlorides (5) were effectively converted to corresponding azinesulfonamides (6).

Abstract: 1,4-Bis(diphenylphosphanylmethyl)benzene (1) was converted into its bis[chlorogold(I)] complex [1 · (AuCl)2] upon treatment with two equivalents of chloro(dimethyl sulfide)-gold(I). The reaction of 1 · (AuCl)2 with one equivalent of silver tetrafluoroborate afforded a cyclic di[gold(I)]chloronium tetrafluoroborate [1 · Au2Cl+BF-4]. Substitution of chloride in 1 · (AuCl)2 by sodium methanethiolate in wet chloroform, gave the bis[methylthiogold(I)] complex 1 · (AuSMe)2], while with sodium sulfide a cyclic complex 1 · Au2S was obtained. Reaction of 1 · (AuCl)2 with two equivalents of AgBF4 followed by treatment with diphenyldisulfide or sodium methanethiolate yielded the cyclic methyl/phenylsulfonium tetrafluoroborates 1 · Au2SPh+ BF-4 and 1 · Au2SMe+BF-4, respectively. All compounds were identified on the basis of their analytical and spectroscopic data. The crystal structures of 1 · (AuCl)2, 1 · (AuSMe)2, and 1 · Au2S have been determined. The Au2S complex has a cyclic structure with a narrow Au-S-Au angle of 86.7(1)° indicating a significant intraannular Au…Au interaction.