Isothiazoles from olefins

Simple isothiazole-4-carboxylic acids have been made from the corresponding nitriles, which are available in turn from the halogeno derivatives, or directly by the olefin route.5-Aminoiso-thiazole-4-esters and -nitriles are readily obtained by the thioamide route. The 4-acids behave normally and form acid chlorides, esters, amides, and hydrazides. In contrast to the 5-series... 

The tetrahydro- and perhydropyrrolo[l,2- ]isothiazoles 367 and 368 were synthesized as sulfone derivatives from an olefin metathesis of the diene 366 with the first-generation Grubbs catalyst followed by hydrogenation under palladium on charcoal (Scheme 54) <2003T7047>. 

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