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Modification and Functionalization of the Guanidine Group by Tailor-made Precursors
Published on: April 27, 2017
A synthetic method to access symmetric and non-symmetric 2-(N,N'-disubstituted)guanidinebenzothiazoles
Alejandro Cruz1, Itzia I Padilla-Martínez, Efrén V García-Báez
1Departamento de Ciencias Básicas de la Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología del IPN, Av. Acueducto s/n, Barrio la Laguna Ticomán, México, D.F. 07340, Mexico. alecruz@ipn.mx
Abstract:
Symmetric and non-symmetric 2-(N-H, N-methyl, N-ethylenyl and N-aryl)guanidinebenzothiazoles were synthesized from the reaction of ammonia, methylamine, pyrrolidine and aniline with dimethyl benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl-carbonodithioimidate as intermediate. The products were characterized by ¹H-, ¹³C-NMR spectroscopy and three of them by X-ray diffraction analysis. HN-phenyl protons formed intramolecular hydrogen bonds that assist the stereochemistry of the second substituent, whereas the HN-alkyl protons were involved in intermolecular hydrogen bonding.
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