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Nathan Broudic1, Alexandra Pacheco-Benichou1, Corinne Fruit1
1Univ Rouen Normandie, INSA Rouen, CNRS, COBRA UMR 6014, 76000 Rouen, France.
Abstract:
We report herein on a catalytic system involving palladium and copper to achieve the cyclization of N-arylcyanothioformamides and the synthesis of 2-cyanobenzothiazoles. The C-H functionalization/intramolecular C-S bond formation reaction was achieved in the presence of air, using 2.0 equiv of an inorganic additive (KI). In many cases, the reaction led to a sole product regioselectively obtained in good yields, allowing the synthesis of a wide range of substituted 2-cyanobenzothiazole derivatives, providing valuable building blocks for the design of more complex heterocyclic or molecular labeling systems.
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