Wm. Dai et al., HIGHLY CHEMOSELECTIVE ACYLATION OF SUBSTITUTED AMINOPHENOLS WITH 3-(TRIMETHYLACETYL)-1,3-THIAZOLIDINE-2-THIONE, Tetrahedron, 51(45), 1995, pp. 12263-12276
A general procedure for chemoselective acylation of substituted aminop
henols has been developed. The N-acylated products 7 and 10a-h were pr
epared by treating me aminophenols with 3-(trimethylacetyl)-1,3-thiazo
lidine-2-thione (1) in refluxing THF in 70-100% yield. The eaters 8 an
d 13d,bj of 3- and 4-amino phenols could be obtained in 70-94% yield b
y treating with NaH and 1.