Lv. Manuilova et al., SYNTHESIS OF 4-METHYLTHIAZOLE IN THE PRESENCE OF ACID-BASE CATALYSTS, Reaction kinetics and catalysis letters, 58(1), 1996, pp. 155-160
The formation of 4-methylthiazole from methylisopropylidenimine and SO
2 on acid-base catalysts has been studied. The most active catalysts a
re those containing an acid-base pair: a weak Lewis site and a strong
basic site. The catalysts containing only proton-donating sites are lo
w-active.