Potassium Carbonate → 7-Nitro-1,3-benzothiazol-2-amine

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To 0.60 g (3.0 mmol) of (3-nitrophenyl)thiourea in 25 mL of carbon tetrachloride was added 0.17 mL (3.4 mmol) of bromine in 10 mL of carbon tetrachloride dropwise over 1 h. The mixture was heated to reflux for 18 h, cooled to room temperature and the precipitate that formed was collected by filtration. The precipitate was slurried in glacial acetic acid and the solids were collected by filtration. The solids thus obtained were slurried in water and saturated potassium carbonate was added until the pH was about 9. The free base was collected by filtration to give 0.30 g (51%) of the title compound as a light orange solid.

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