Selective Thiocyanation and Aromatic Amination To Achieve Organized Annulation of Enaminone with Thiocyanate

Org Lett. 2021 Nov 5;23(21):8396-8401. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03129. Epub 2021 Oct 25.

Abstract

A tandem insertion of thiocyanate to enamine was performed for the regioselective synthesis of multisubstituted benzoimidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles. This method was shown to be effective in addressing the issue of isomerization encountered in common strategies. With a change made to the leading group on the aniline fragment of enamine, the reaction achieved different transformations, thus enabling multisubstituted benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles and thiazoles in satisfactory yields.