Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5220419 | Tetrahedron | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Certain 2-phenylbenzothiazoles containing substituents on the benzothiazole ring possess important biological properties, yet the majority of synthetic methods to 2-phenylbenzothiazoles described to date focus on their unsubstituted ring counterparts. Here we describe a new concise and efficient synthetic route to biologically relevant 2-phenylbenzothiazoles in high yield from the reaction of substituted 2-aminothiophenol disulfides and benzaldehydes, promoted by the inexpensive and non-toxic inorganic oxidant sodium metabisulfite in DMSO at 120 °C. Our new method is tolerant of a range of substituents on both the benzothiazole and phenyl ring, and affords efficient access to substituted 2-phenylbenzothiazoles without the need for column chromatography.
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