A new selective synthesis of 1,2-benzisothiazol-3-one-1-oxide nitro derivatives by reaction of 2-benzylthio-4-nitro- and 2-benzylthio-4,6-dinitrobenzamides with gaseous chlorine in wet CH2Cl2 has been developed. Reactions of N-unsubstituted 2-benzylthio-4-nitro- and 2-benzylthio-4,6-dinitrobenzamides with gaseous chlorine in 60% AcOH give, instead of the S-oxides, the appropriate 1,2-benzisothiazol-3-one-1,1-dioxide nitro derivatives.
polynitrobenzamides - chlorine - 1,2-benzisothiazole-3-one-1-oxides - 1,2-benzisothiazole-3-one-1,1-dioxides