Synlett 2013; 24(8): 977-980
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1316897
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Synthesis of α-Ketothioamides via Willgerodt–Kindler Reaction of Arylglyoxals with Amines and Sulfur under Solvent-Free Conditions

Bagher Eftekhari-Sis*
a   Department of Chemistry, University of Maragheh, Golshar, P. O. Box. 55181-83111, Maragheh, Iran   Fax: +98(421)2276066   Email: eftekharisis@maragheh.ac.ir   Email: eftekhari.sis@gmail.com
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Saleh Vahdati Khajeh
a   Department of Chemistry, University of Maragheh, Golshar, P. O. Box. 55181-83111, Maragheh, Iran   Fax: +98(421)2276066   Email: eftekharisis@maragheh.ac.ir   Email: eftekhari.sis@gmail.com
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Orhan Büyükgüngör
b   Ondokuz Mayis University, Department of Physics, 55139, Samsun, Turkey
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Publication History

Received: 22 January 2013

Accepted after revision: 17 March 2013

Publication Date:
05 April 2013 (online)


Abstract

Willgerodt–Kindler reaction of arylglyoxal hydrates with secondary amines and elemental sulfur under solvent-free conditions at 80 °C is developed, in which α-ketothioamides are obtained in 70–90% yield in 0.6–1 hour. The X-ray crystal-structure analysis for one compound was obtained.

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