Synthesis of 3-(6-R-Benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-methyl-1,2,5-oxadiazoles

The nitrosation of N-aryl-3-oxobutanethioamides afforded 1-(6-R-benzothiasol-2-yl)-1-hydroxyimino-2-propanones that at oximation with hydroxylamine were converted into 1-(6-R-benzothiazol-2-yl)-1,2-dihydroxyiminopropanes. The latter were dehydrated by heating with succinic anhydride at 140°C yielding therewith 3-(6-R-benzothiazol-2-yl)-4-methyl-1,2,5-oxadiazoles.__________Translated from Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, Vol. 41, No. 5, 2005, pp. 759–761.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Britsun, Borisevich, Samoilenko, Lozinskii.