Sodium Hydroxide → Benzothiazol-5-amine

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 3.46 g of 5-nitrobenzothiazole and 15.7 g of stannous chloride dihydrate in 55 mL of 2-propanol is heated to reflux for 3 hours. The cooled reaction mixture is poured into 150 mL of ice/water and neutralized to pH 7 using solid sodium hydroxide. The mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate (3×50 mL). The combined organic layers are dried over sodium sulfate, filtered through a short pad of silica gel, and rotary evaporated to provide 2.45 g of 5-aminobenzothiazole as a yellow-brown solid.

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