Fused-Ring Thiadiazines: Preparation and Crystallographic Characterization of 3-Phenyl Derivative of Benzo-, Pyridio[2,3-e]-, Pyrazino[2,3-e]-, and Tetrafluorobenzo-[1,2,4]thiadiazines

Four bicyclic 4H-[1,2,4]thiadiazines 1a-d were prepared in 74-88% yields in two steps from the corresponding amidines 2. Three of them, 1a, 1b, and 1d, were obtained by thermal elimination of propene from the intermediate S-propylsulfilimines 12. The pyrazino derivative 1c was formed upon thermolysis of sulfoxide 14c obtained from 2c. The E_i mechanism was investigated using DFT methods. The elimination in the sulfilimine appears to be more favorable by about 2 kcal/mol than in the analogous sulfoxide. Crystal and molecular structures of three out of the four thiadiazines were established by single-crystal X-ray analysis. All thiadiazines were found as the 4H tautomers with the heterocyclic ring puckered along the S(1)⋯N(4) line. The benzo derivative 1a forms a unidimensional N(4)-H⋯N(2) chain, the pyrazino derivative 1c forms dimeric pairs with two synergistic hydrogen bonds, and the crystal structure of 1d is characterized by strong C₆F ₄⋯C₆H₅ quadrupolar interactions.