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Boris V Rudakov1, Adam I Stash2, Gennady I Makarov1
1Faculty of Chemistry, South Ural State University, Lenin Prospect 76, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russian Federation.
Abstract:
The crystal structures of 1,2-dihydro-1,1'-bi[thiazolo[3,2-a]quinoline]-10a,10a'-diium diiodide hemihydrate, C22H16N2S22+·2I-·0.5H2O, and 1,2-dihydro-1,1'-bi[thiazolo[3,2-a]quinoline]-10a,10a'-diium iodide triiodide, C22H16N2S22+·I-·I3-, obtained during the reaction of 1,4-bis(quinolin-2-ylsulfanyl)but-2-yne (2TQB) with iodine, have been determined at 120 K. The crystalline products contain the dication as a result of the reaction proceeding along the iodocyclization pathway. This is fundamentally different from the previously observed reaction of 1,4-bis(quinolin-8-ylsulfanyl)but-2-yne (8TQB) with iodine under similar conditions. A comparative analysis of the possible conformational states indicates differences in the relative stabilities and free rotation for the 2- and 8-thioquinoline derivatives which lead to a disparity in the convergence of the potential reaction centres for 2TQB and 8TQB.
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