Methyl phosphoric dichloride

The rearrangement is dependent on the substituents of the phosphorous dihalide methyl phosphorous dichloride gives the expected 3-phospholene system. 

Two isomeric acetylenic benzothiazole monomers, 2-(3-ethynyl-phenyl)-5-ethynylbenzothiazole (3) and 2-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6-ethynyl-benzothiazole (4) were prepared according to the general reaction scheme shown below. The synthesis of the benzothiazole heterocyclic structure was carried out by the condensation of m-bromobenzoic acid with isomeric bromo-substituted o-aminomercaptobenzenes in poly-phosphoric acid (PPA). The bis-bromobenzothiazoles were converted to the acetylene systems by the reaction with 2-methyl-3-but3m-2-ol and subsequent displacement of acetone with base. The bromo displacement reaction utilized a catalyst composed of triphenylphosphine, (bis-triphenylphosphine)palladium dichloride and cuprous iodide. 

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