H. Ucar et al., SYNTHESIS OF 6-BENZOYL-2(3H)-BENZOXAZOLONE AND 6-BENZOYL-2(3H)-BENZOTHIAZOLONE, Bulletin des Societes chimiques belges, 105(12), 1996, pp. 773-776
This paper reports and compares different methods to synthesize 6-benz
oyl-2(3H)-benzoxazolone and 6-benzoyl-2(3H)-benzothiazolone by Fridel-
Crafts acylation of 2(3H)-benzoxazolone and 2(3H)-benzothiazolone. The
best method found consisted of the transposition of the N-benzoyl der
ivative fa the target compound, a process taking place at 160 degrees
C and catalyzed by AlCl3. In these conditions, 6-benzoyl-2(3H)-benzoxa
zolone and 6-benzoyl-2(3H)-benzothiazolone were obtained in 80 and 85
% yield, respectively.