Thiobenzoyl azolides synthesis

Contrary to carboxylic acids which, under normal conditions, only give salts with amines, dithiocarboxylic acids, RCS2H, are quite reactive in nucleophilic displacement reactions. However, the compounds are unpleasant to handle and, due to their limited stability, often give only low yields of thioamides in the reaction with amines.The approach was successfully employed in the synthesis of thiobenzoyl azolides, e. g. in the formation of (7) according to equation (4). °... 

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