Synlett 2018; 29(02): 219-224
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1589112
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Elemental Sulfur-Mediated Decarboxylative Redox Cyclization ­Reaction: Copper-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2-Substituted Benzo­thiazoles

Authors

  • Xin Wang

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. of China   eMail: hanshiqing@njtech.edu.cn
  • Xiaotong Li

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. of China   eMail: hanshiqing@njtech.edu.cn
  • Renhe Hu

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. of China   eMail: hanshiqing@njtech.edu.cn
  • Zhao Yang

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. of China   eMail: hanshiqing@njtech.edu.cn
  • Ren Gu

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. of China   eMail: hanshiqing@njtech.edu.cn
  • Sai Ding

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. of China   eMail: hanshiqing@njtech.edu.cn
  • Pengyi Li

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. of China   eMail: hanshiqing@njtech.edu.cn
  • Shiqing Han*

    a   College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P. R. of China   eMail: hanshiqing@njtech.edu.cn
    b   Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry of Natural Substances, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, P. R. of China

We thank the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program 2014AA022100), Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province (No. 2015-SWYY-016) and Graduate Student Innovation Project in Jiangsu Province (Grant No. SJCX17_0287) for supporting this research.
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Received: 30. Juli 2017

Accepted after revision: 03. September 2017

Publikationsdatum:
27. September 2017 (online)


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Abstract

A S8-mediated directed decarboxylative redox-cyclization strategy for the synthesis of 2-substituted benzothiazoles from o-iodoanilines, arylacetic acids, and elemental sulfur catalyzed by cheap copper metal has been developed. This reaction is operationally simple, ligand-free, compatible with a wide range of functional groups, and provides the desired products in good to excellent yields. In addition, a gram-scale experiment was carried out to furnish PMX 610, an antitumor drug.

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