A Facile Synthesis of 2-Aminobenzoxazoles and 2-Aminobenzimidazoles Using N-Cyano-N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamide (NCTS) as an Efficient Electrophilic Cyanating Agent

Mahesh Kasthuri; H. Sharath Babu; K. Shiva Kumar; Ch. Sudhakar; P. V. Nagendra Kumar

doi:10.1055/s-0034-1380166

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Synlett 2015; 26(07): 897-900
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1380166

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A Facile Synthesis of 2-Aminobenzoxazoles and 2-Aminobenzimidazoles Using N-Cyano-N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamide (NCTS) as an Efficient Electrophilic Cyanating Agent

Mahesh Kasthuri*

Department of Chemistry, GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus, Rudraram Village, Patancheru Mandal, Medak Dist., Telangana State, 502 329, India Email: mahesh.kasthuri@gmail.com Email: mahesh.kasthuri@gitam.in

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H. Sharath Babu

Department of Chemistry, GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus, Rudraram Village, Patancheru Mandal, Medak Dist., Telangana State, 502 329, India Email: mahesh.kasthuri@gmail.com Email: mahesh.kasthuri@gitam.in

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K. Shiva Kumar

Department of Chemistry, GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus, Rudraram Village, Patancheru Mandal, Medak Dist., Telangana State, 502 329, India Email: mahesh.kasthuri@gmail.com Email: mahesh.kasthuri@gitam.in

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Ch. Sudhakar

Department of Chemistry, GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus, Rudraram Village, Patancheru Mandal, Medak Dist., Telangana State, 502 329, India Email: mahesh.kasthuri@gmail.com Email: mahesh.kasthuri@gitam.in

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P. V. Nagendra Kumar

Department of Chemistry, GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus, Rudraram Village, Patancheru Mandal, Medak Dist., Telangana State, 502 329, India Email: mahesh.kasthuri@gmail.com Email: mahesh.kasthuri@gitam.in

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A facile synthesis of 2-aminobenzoxazole and 2-aminobenzimidazole derivatives employing a nonhazardous electrophilic cyanating agent: N-cyano-N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamide (NCTS) with various substituted 2-aminophenols and benzene-1,2-diamine derivatives in the presence of lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LiHMDS) is described. This novel protocol boasts operational simplicity, shorter reaction time, and simple workup.

Key words

2-aminobenzoxazoles - 2-aminobenzimidazoles - electrophilic cynating agent - nonhazardous - N-cyano-N-phenyl-p-toluenesulfonamide

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21 Spectral Data for 1f (Table 2, Entry 6) Mp 136–138 °C; R_f = 0.28 (40% EtOAc–cyclohexane). ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d ₆): δ = 6.96 (d, J = 7.65 Hz, 1 H), 7.09 (s, 1 H), 7.12 (m, 2 H), 7.19 (d, J = 7.28 Hz, 1 H), 7.30 (m, 2 H), 7.32 (m, 1 H), 7.36 (s, 2 H, NH₂). ¹³C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d ₆): δ = 118.2, 121.1, 124.6, 126.5, 128.2, 132.4, 138.2, 142.8, 144.6, 152.1, 168. ESI-MS: m/z = 211.19 [M + H]⁺. Spectral Data for 1g (Table 2, Entry 7) Mp 168–170 °C; R_f = 0.32 (40% EtOAc–cyclohexane). ¹H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d ₆): δ = 7.22 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1 H), 6.90 (d, J = 2.4 Hz, 1 H), 6.76 (s, 1 H), 5.24 (br s, 2 H, NH₂), 3.82 (s, 3 H). ¹³C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-d ₆): δ = 55.6, 96.8, 115.1, 135.8, 150.8, 158.1, 166.2. ESI-MS: m/z = 165.2 [M + H]⁺.

The same procedure was applied for the synthesis of 2-aminobenzimidazole derivatives (Table 2, entries 8–14). The spectral data were in accordance with those reported in the literature:

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