Liquid-phase parallel synthesis of di(aryloxyacetyl)thiosemicarbazides on poly(ethylene glycol)

An efficient poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-supported liquid-phase parallel approach to di(aryloxyacetyl)thiosemicarbazides is described. PEG-bound phenol reacted with chloroacetic acid to afford PEG-bound phenyloxyacetic acid, which was readily converted into corresponding phenyloxyacetyl chloride. Subsequent nucleophilic substitution with ammonium thiocyanate followed by addition of aryloxyacetic acid hydrazides gave PEG-bound di(aryloxyacetyl)thiosemi-carbazides, which were easily cleaved to give the resulting library of 1-aryloxyacetyl-4-(4′-methoxylcarbonylphenyloxyacetyl)thiosemicarbazides in good to high yield and high purity.