Acetamide → 6-Nitro-1,2,3-benzothiadiazole

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of 2-Amino-5-nitrobenzenethiol (5b) (6.0 g, 35.3 mmol) in n-BuOH (30 mL), cooled to 0° C., a solution of Isoamyl nitrite (5.0 mL, 37.1 mmol) in n-BuOH (30 mL) was added followed by conc. HCl (5.0 ml). The reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred for 5 h. To the resulting reaction mixture Acetamide (0.4 ml) was added and stirred for another 30 min at room temperature. After completion of reaction (by TLC), the reaction mixture was diluted with H2O (80 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×150 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine solution (100 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain the crude material which was purified by column chromatography to afford 6-Nitrobenzo[d][1,2,3]thiadiazole (5c) (3.5 g, 54%) as a yellow solid.

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