Microwave‐assisted synthesis of some 2,4‐thiazolidinedione derivatives

The condensation of 5‐[4′‐(2″‐halo‐ethoxy)benzylidenyl]‐2,4‐thiazolidinediones 2 when separately carried with different 2‐amino thiazoles 3 and different sulphanilamides 4 in DMF, using potassium hydroxide in the presence of a catalytic amount of a phase transfer catalyst, gave new 5‐[4′‐(4″‐aryl‐thiazol‐2″‐yl‐aminoethoxy)‐3′/5′‐substituted benzylidenyl]‐2,4‐thiazolidinediones 5 and 5‐[4′‐(2″/4″‐sulphonamidophenyl aminoethoxy)‐3′/5′‐substituted benzylidenyl]‐2,4‐thiazolidinediones 6 derivatives in good yields, respectively. The structures of all new compounds were established from analytical and spectral data. All the reaction sequences were carried under microwave irradiation, as an efficient tool. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 20:151–156, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/hc.20528