Donald F. Page

An efficient and novel synthesis of fused thiazol-2(3H)-ones

Reaction of o-bromo aromatic amines (2, 4, 7, 10, 15) with ethyl potassium xanthate gave the corresponding fused thiazol-2(3H)-thiones (16, 19, 22) which in turn were first alkylated with methyl iodide and then treated with sodium methoxide to produce fused thiazol-2(3H)-ones (18, 21, 24). Treatment of 4-(4-pyridinyl)-benzenamine dihydrobromide (1) with DMSO gave 2-bromo-4-(4-pyridinyl)benzenamine (2). Reduction of 4-(4-bromo-3-nitrophenyl)-pyridine (3) with stannous chloride gave 2-bromo-5-(4-pyridinyl)-benzenamine (4)