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mixture was stirred at 0 °C (ice bath) for 30 min, and then at stirred at room temperature for 24 h, diluted with water (1 L)
room temperature for 18 h. The solution was poured onto ice and unreacted iron was removed by filtration through celite.
and the formed precipitate collected by filtration. The collected The aqueous solution was extracted with EtOAc (4 × 500 mL).
solid was rinsed with ice cold water until acid free, and then The combined organic layers were washed with brine (2 ×
dried under reduced pressure. The crude product was further 300 mL), dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated in vacuo. The crude
purified by recrystallisation from MeCN (≈ 100 mL) or EtOH product was loaded onto a short plug of silica gel, flushed
(≈ 425 mL) to yield 6 as fine off-white needles. Yield from through with CHCl3 (ca. 1 L) and concentrated in vacuo to give
EtOH (10.37 g, 48.34 mmol, 82%), from MeCN (9.21 g, 42.89 8 as yellow microcrystals (3.02 g, 17.24 mmol, 71%). A sam-
mmol, 73%). Mp 193–194 °C (EtOH); 1H NMR (500 MHz, ple of 13 was crystallised from EtOH for melting point analysis.
CDCl3) δ 8.75 (d, J = 2.3 Hz, 1H, CH-7), 8.38 (dd, J = 9.0, 2.3 Rf 0.2 (SiO2, DCM); mp 219–220 °C (EtOH); 1H NMR
Hz, 1H, CH-5), 8.07 (d, J = 9.0 Hz, 1H, CH-4); 13C NMR (125 (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.95 (d, J = 8.9 Hz, 1H, CH-4), 7.08 (d, J
MHz, CDCl3) δ 158.9 (C-2), 154.9 (C-6), 145.6 (C-7a), 136.6 = 2.2 Hz, 1H, CH-7), 6.95 (dd, J = 8.8, 2.2 Hz, 1H, CH-5), 4.14
(C-3a), 123.5 (CH-4), 122.4 (CH-5), 117.8 (CH-7).
(s, 2H, NH2); 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 147.8 (C-6),
145.7 (C-7a), 138.3 (C-3a), 131.2(C-2), 126.1 (CH-4), 117.8
(CH-5), 113.7 (C≡N), 104.0 (CH-7).
6-Nitro-1,3-benzothiazole-2-carbonitrile (13) [19]
Supporting Information
Supporting Information File 1
Copies of 1H and 13C NMR spectra, details of calorimetry
experiments and comparison of routes to ACBT 8.
A solution of NaCN (2.40 g, 48.97 mmol) in H2O (100 mL)
was added slowly to a stirred solution of 2-chloro-6-nitro-1,3-
benzothiazole (6, 10.0 g, 46.59 mmol) and DABCO (748 mg,
6.99 mmol) in MeCN (1000 mL). The reaction mixture was
stirred at room temperature for 24 h. Excess cyanide was
quenched by the addition of an aqueous FeCl3 solution (0.3 M,
30 mL). The reaction mixture was diluted with H2O (470 mL)
and extracted with EtOAc (3 × 400 mL). The organic layers
were combined, washed with brine (100 mL), dried with
Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to give a yellow
solid. The crude product was loaded onto a short plug of silica
gel, flushed through with CHCl3 (ca. 1 L) and concentrated in
vacuo to give 13 as a white solid (7.89 g, 38.44 mmol, 83%). A
sample of 13 was crystallised from MeOH for melting point
analysis. Rf 0.37 (SiO2, CHCl3); mp 164–165 °C (MeOH); 1H
NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.96 (d, J = 2.1 Hz, 1H, CH-7), 8.52
(dd, J = 9.1, 2.1 Hz, 1H, CH-5), 8.38 (d, J = 9.1 Hz, 1H, CH-4);
13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 155.5 (C-6), 147.4 (C-7a),
141.9 (C-2), 135.7 (C-3a), 126.2 (CH-4), 123.2 (CH-5), 118.7
(CH-7), 112.1 (C≡N).
Acknowledgements
We thank EPSRC for funding (DTA studentship to HAB), Prof.
John Blacker for help with interpretation of calorimetry results
and Dr Martin Fisher and Dr James Murray for initial ACBT
scale up studies.
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