ChemInform Abstract: Reactions of 9H-Fluorene-9-thione with (Trimethylsilyl)diazomethane

The [3+2]-cycloaddition of (trimethylsilyl)diazomethane (7) with 9H-fluorene-9-thione (1) at –60°C yields the spirocyclic 2,5-dihydro-5-trimethylsilyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole 10, which eliminates nitrogen at room temperature to give the 1,4-dithiane derivative 13 by dimerization of the intermediate fluorenethione (trimethylsilyl)methanide (11). This thiocarbonyl ylide can be trapped by 1 to give the 2-trimethylsilyl-1,3-dithiolane 14 via [3+2]-cycloaddition. Furthermore, the 1,3-dipole 11 undergoes successfully [3+2]-cycloadditions with the C=S group of the phosphonyldithioformate 15 as well as with the C=C dipolarophiles maleic anhydride (18a) and N-(cyclohexyl)maleimide (18b). The structures of 13 and 14 have been established by X-ray crystallography.