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Process for the manufacture of 2-hydroxybenzothiazoles
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, (2008/06/13)
A process for the manufacture of a 2-hydroxybenzothiazole compound which comprises treating a 2-aminobenzothiazole compound with an alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide in a solvent or diluent stable to alkalis, in the absence of water or with substantial exclusion of water and cyclizing the alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of the ortho-mercapto-N-phenylurea compound so obtained, optionally without intermediate isolation, by treatment with an acid to give the 2-hydroxybenzothiazole compound. The process furnishes the final products with high yield and purity; waste water problems are excluded by this process.
