REACTION OF para-SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC ACIDS WITH METHYL THIOCYANATE IN TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00869524

We have investigated the reactions of aromatic carboxylic acids (p-XC6H4COOH, in which X = F, Cl, Br, I, NO2, CH3, H, OCH3) with methyl thiocyanate in trifluoroacetic acid.It was shown that the starting acids are converted to S-methyl benzothioates and the nitrile of the acid .In addition to starting acid, in the reaction mixtures products of the reaction of CF3COOH with methyl thiocyanate were identified. Keywords: methyl thiocyanate, trifluoroacetic acid, S-methyl benzothioates, methyl mercaptan.