Chloroacetic Acid → 2-(Chloromethyl)benzothiazole

HRID 7086

Reaction equation

HRID 7086 reaction equation
[NH2:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][C:3]=1[SH:8].[Cl:9][CH2:10][C:11](O)=[O:12].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>O>[Cl:9][CH2:10][C:11]1[O:12][C:3]2[CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][C:2]=2[N:1]=1.[Cl:9][CH2:10][C:11]1[S:8][C:3]2[CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][C:2]=2[N:1]=1

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 300Chloroacetic AcidHCID 87132-AminothiophenolHCID 11430Potassium Carbonate

Product 2

HCID 3049782-(Chloromethyl)benzothiazoleHCID 20619892-(Chloromethyl)-1,3-benzoxazole

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
120 °C

Procedure

Using literature procedures (Addison, A. W.; Nageswara Rao, T.; Wahlgren, C. G. J. Heterocyclic Chem. 1983, 20, 1481–1484) a substituted 2-aminophenol (or a 2-aminothiophenol (5 mmol)) was mixed with chloroacetic acid (940 mg, 10 mmol) in polyphosphoric acid (5 mL), and the viscous mixture was then heated to 120° C. for 3 hours. The reaction was then cooled, and diluted with water (˜20 mL) and then neutralized with potassium carbonate to pH˜7. The mixture was then extracted with ethyl acetate, and the combined organic fractions were then dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. The residue was then purified by column chromatography on silica gel (50% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to afford the desired 2-chloromethylbenzoxazole (or 2-chloromethylbenzothiazole).

Workup

  1. temperatureThe reaction was then cooled
  2. extractionThe mixture was then extracted with ethyl acetate
  3. dry with materialthe combined organic fractions were then dried over MgSO4
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. customThe residue was then purified by column chromatography on silica gel (50% ethyl acetate in hexanes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-1b495aa703b04744bb5cf439eed00b5d
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_08
Patent number
US07084155B2

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