A new versatile one-pot synthesis of functionalized thioamides from Grignards, carbon disulfide and amines

The one-pot successive reactions of Grignard reagents with carbon disulfide and amines mediated by 1-trifluoromethylsulfonylbenzotriazole or triflic anhydride, provide an attractive and general route to thioamides. A wide variety of amines (primary alkyl, arylalkyl, secondary alkyl, cyclic amines, aniline, N-substituted anilines, heterocyclic amidines, amino alcohols, amino ethers, amino acetals, amino ketones, amino esters, amino amides (peptides), aminoalkenes, and diamines) and Grignards (primary alkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, secondary alkyl and tertiary alkyl) can be used, and thioamides are generally formed in good to moderate yields.