Vera S. Berseneva, Alexey V. Tkachev, Yury Yu. Morzherin, Wim Dehaen, Ingrid Luyten, Suzanne Toppet and Vasiliy A. Bakulev
Novel 2,5-dimethylenethiazolidin-4-one derivatives have been prepared by reaction of malonthioamide derivatives with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. These compounds exist as separate (E,Z)- and (Z,Z
)-isomers or as a mixture. The (E,Z
)-isomer is formed as the initial product which transforms to the (Z,Z
)-isomer under mild conditions. The structures of the obtained compounds have been confirmed by IR and NMR spectroscopy.