Hydrochloric Acid → 5-Nitrobenzo[D]Oxazole-2-Thiol

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Reaction Steps

Combine 2-amino-4-nitrophenol (15.8 g, 102 mmol) and potassium ethyl xanthate (18.3 g, 114 mmol) in pyridine (200 mL). Heat the reaction at reflux for 1 h. Allow the reaction to cool to room temperature and pour into concentrated HCl (100 mL) and ice. Filter and wash the solids with 1N HCl to remove excess pyridine. Dry the solids under house vacuum at 50° C. for 2 days to obtain the title compound (15.85 g, 79%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 8.18 (dd, 1H, J=8.8, 2.2 Hz), 7.93 (d, 1H, J=2.2 Hz), 7.73 (d, 1H, J=8.8 Hz).

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