Giuseppe Bruno, Alba Chimirri, Rosaria Gitto, Silvana Grasso, Francesco Nicolò, Rosario Scopelliti and Maria Zappalà
The 5H-thiazolo[2,3-d][1,5]benzothiazepines
13–16 have been synthesized by condensation of the
1,5-benzothiazepine-2-thiones 5–8 and
α-bromoacetaldehyde diethyl acetal followed by treatment
with alkali. The structure and stereochemistry of the adducts obtained
has been established on the basis of spectroscopic data. For compounds
15 and 16 the presence in solution of two conformers has been
postulated. An X-ray crystallographic structural study of
thiazolobenzothiazepine 15 reveals that only one conformer is present in
the solid state, stabilized by the presence of a short
S · · ·
O contact (2.59 Å).