Hindered rotation in N-acyloxy-4-methylthiazole-2(3H)-thiones

Experimentally determined barriers to O-acyl group topomerization in mixed anhydrides composed of β-disubstituted carboxylic acids and cyclic thiohydroxamic acid N-hydroxy-4-methylthiazole-2(3H)-thione were located in the range of ΔG‡320=68±8 kJ mol−1 (DNMR). According to modeling studies, the underlying exchange process is proposed to occur via rotation about the N,O bond for torsional movement of the O-acyl group past the heterocyclic 4-methyl substituent. The energetically lowest pathway for passing the O  -acyl entity by the thione sulfur, is predicted to occur via sequential rocking about the Csp2Csp2,O single bond in combination with an interlaced twist about the N,O axis.

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