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DOI: 10.1055/a-2463-4827
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Emerging Trends in Organic Chemistry: A Focus on India

A Resilient and Reusable Ion-Tagged Cu(II) Catalyst for the Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of 2-(N-Arylamino)benzothiazoles

Md Gulzar Ahmad
a   Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 632014, India
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M M Balamurali
b   Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai Campus, Chennai, 600127, India
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c   Department of Chemistry, Rabindranath Tagore University, Hojai, 782435, India
› Author Affiliations
The authors wish to thank the management of the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) for providing seed money as a research grant.


Abstract

A simple, quick, and cost-effective protocol is presented herein for the sustainable synthesis of 2-(N-arylamino)benzothiazoles from 2-haloanilines and arylisothiocyanates by using an ionic liquid supported heterogeneous Cu(II) catalyst derived from N-methylimidazole. Compared to the use of homogeneous catalysts and additives, which require long reaction times and high reaction temperatures, this methodology has a broad substrate scope and proceeds in short reaction times to afford compounds in excellent yields under microwave irradiation. In addition, the catalyst can be extracted easily and is recyclable up to five times with no significant loss in catalytic activity.

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Publication History

Received: 25 September 2024

Accepted after revision: 07 November 2024

Accepted Manuscript online:
07 November 2024

Article published online:
02 December 2024

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