Novel synthesis of 2-arylbenzothiazoles mediated by ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN): a rebuttal.
[reaction: see text] The reported synthesis of 2-arylbenzothiazoles mediated by ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) is irreproducible; the only products formed in this reaction are bis-(p-tolyl) disulfide and p-tolyl p-toluenethiosulfonate.
Nair
Vijay
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Organic Chemistry Division, Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Trivandrum, India. gvn@csrrltrd.ren.nic.in
Augustine
Anu
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