Described herein is a green one-step protocol for the preparation of substituted 2-acetylbenzo[b]thiophenes from commercially available aromatic halides. This efficient method has
the advantage of using water as the reaction medium, resulting in a high yield of
pure cyclized products. Two scaffold types have been prepared using this general procedure:
2-acetylbenzo[b]thiophenes and 2-acetyl-3-aminobenzo[b]thiophenes, both crystallized directly from the reaction mixture, due to their low
solubility with water, and without the need for an additional purification step.
Key words
heterocycles - benzo[
b]thiophene - nucleophilic aromatic substitution - thiol - cyclization