Hydrazine hydrate (1:1) → 2-Amino-5-nitrobenzenethiol

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A solution of 6-nitrobenzothiazole (5 g, 27.7 mmol) in ethanol (50 mL) was treated with mono hydrazine hydrate (19 g, 388 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 3 h at 25° C. and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting red oil was taken up in ethyl acetate, carefully acidified with 0.1 M aqueous hydrochloric acid solution until the solution turned light yellow. The reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting orange solid was triturated with diethyl ether and dried in vacuo to afford the desired product, 2-amino-5-nitro-benzenethiol (4.1 g, 23.9 mmol, 86% yield) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, Acetone-d6) δ 6.43 (bs, 2H), 6.82 (d, 1H, J=8.7 Hz), 7.65 (d, 1H, J=2.2 Hz), 7.88 (dd, 1H, J1=8.9 Hz, J2=2.7 Hz). LC-MS (ESI) calcd for C6H6N2O2S [M+H+] 171.01, found 193.20 [M+Na+].

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