Department of Organic Chemistry & FDW, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, India
Abstract:
An efficient PTSA catalyzed synthesis of 2-(N-acyl)aminobenzimidazoles and 2-(N-acyl)aminobenzothiazoles has been described using S-ethylated-N-acylthioureas as substrates and polyethylene glycol as solvent.