Journal of Chemical Research

Organic reactions in ionic liquids: a novel method for the synthesis of 2-arylthiobenzothiazoles by the S-arylation of benzolthiazole-2-thiol with diaryliodonium salts

FY Wang, ZC Chen, QG Zheng

Index: Wang, Feng-Yan; Chen, Zhen-Chu; Zheng, Qin-Guo Journal of Chemical Research, 2004 , # 2 p. 127 - 128

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Abstract

2-Arylthiobenzothiazoles were readily prepared in good yields by the S-arylation of benzothiazole-2-thiol with diaryliodonium salts at room-temperature in the ionic liquid, 1- butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([bmim] BF4). The ionic liquid can be recycled and reused.