1. Preparation of Substituted Methyl o-Nitrophenyl Sulfides
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Petr Simunek, Vladimir Machacek, Frantisek Castek, and Katerina Dudova
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Nucleophilic aromatic substitution ,sulfur nucleophiles ,ring closure ,Organic chemistry ,QD241-441 - Abstract
The nucleophilic substitution of substituted o-nitrochlorobenzenes with substituted methanethiolates, catalysed with triethylamine or pyridine, has been used to prepare a series of appropriately substituted methyl-o-nitrophenylsulfides. The prepared compounds were identified by their 1H- and 13C-NMR spectra. The base catalysed ring closure of methyl 2-(methoxycarbonylmethylsulfanyl)-3,5-dinitrobenzenecarboxylate only results in an attack of carbanion on the ester group, not on a nitro group as with the other compounds prepared. The cyclisation product is methyl 3-hydroxy-5,7-dinitrobenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate (11).
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- 2002
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