Isothiazoles, acetyl formyl

Friedel-Crafts acylation usually fails (72AHC(14)43), but 3-substituted l-methyl-2,1-benzisothiazole 2,2-dioxides can be acetylated at the 5-position (73JHC249). l-Methyl-2,1-benzisothiazol-3-one can be chlorsulfonated at the 5-position (78JHC529). Vilsmeier-Haack formylation causes cleavage of the isothiazole ring (80JCR(S)197). 

Formyl- and 4-bromo-3-formyl-isothiazole have been prepared in good yield from the dibromomethyl compounds obtained by side-chain halogenation of the appropriate 3-methylisothiazole with N-bromosuccinimide. 3-Acetyl- and 3-acetyl-4-bromo-isothiazole have been prepared from the 3-cyanoisothiazoles and methyl magnesium iodide. ... 

Thiosemicarbazones of 5-formyl- and 5-acetyl-isothiazoles are riBported to have high activity against the pox group of viruses. ... 

Acetyl- and 5-formylisothiazoles are readily available from 5-lithioisothiazoles.71,102 However, 3-methyl-4-nitroisothiazole does not form a lithium derivative,72 and 4-formyl-3-methyl-4-nitro-isothiazole was prepared by reduction of the appropriate acid chloride with lithium tri-Lbutoxyaluminum hydride.140 A 5-formyl-4-hydroxy-isothiazole has been prepared by direct ring synthesis [Eq. (12)].29... 

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