The efficient synthesis of new amidino, N-isopropylamidino, 2-imidazolinyl substituted benzothiazoles and 2-aminothiophenoles by the Pinner reaction is described. The novel ring opening of benzothiazole with ammonia and ethylenediamine was found, and a plausible reaction mechanism proposed. The ring opening with ethylenediamine is selective and applicable to compounds bearing hydrolytically and amonolytically unstable ...
