The novel 1,2-dithianenucleoside was designed as a hybrid type of modification between 4'-thioribonucleoside and altritol nucleoside. The desired compound, i.e., 1-[(3R,4R,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-1,2-dithianyl]uracil (20), was prepared via the Pummerer-like reaction, followed by Vorbruggen glycosylation between an appropriately protected 1,2-dithiane derivative and silylated uracil.

A novel random copolyester Poly(1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol Succinate – Co 1,2-ethane diol Succinate) PDES containing sulphur atom was synthesised by direct melt polycondensation method using 1,4- dithiane-2,5-diol as a special monomer, succinic acid, and 1,3 ethane with Titanium tetra isopropoxide catalyst. The wide range of application the monomer especially biocontrol material food additive led us...

The synthesis of thiazoles and thiophenes starting from nitriles, via a modified Gewald reaction has been studied for a number of different substrates. 1,4-Dithiane-2,5-diol was used as the aldehyde precursor to give either 2-substituted thiazoles or 2-substituted aminothiophenes depending on the substitution of the α-carbon to the cyano group.

Conditional photofragmentation is achieved with binary systems incorporating the isophthaloyl bis-aminopyridine barbiturate recognition motif and dithiane- or trithiane-based photolabile modules, which cleave only in the presence of an external sensitizer. The components of the host-guest molecular recognition pair were each outfitted with either the sensitizer or the photocleavable module. In ...

An efficient synthetic approach to the core structure of the manzamine alkaloids is reported, particularly in relation to incorporating a one-carbon unit in ring B from which the aldehyde in ircinal A or the beta-carboline unit in manzamine A could potentially be generated. The key steps involve a Johnson-Claisen rearrangement, enolate alkylation, dithiane alkylation and a stereoselective intra...

Externally sensitized photoinduced fragmentation in dithiane adducts of carbonyl compounds requires the presence of an electron-transfer sensitizer, and therefore can be made contingent on a molecular recognition event. This event “arms” the binary photoactive system by bringing the adduct and the sensitizer into the immediate proximity of each other. Such conditional photorelease of dithianes,...