GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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Abstract
A new synthetic method for the synthesis of benzothiazoles via PCl3 and DBU promoted cleavage/acylation/cyclization tandem reaction of disulfides and aromatic carboxylic acids has been developed. PCl3 acted as both an acylating reagent and a disulfide cleaving reagent, which promoted disulfides of 2-aminobenzenethiol to react with aromatic carboxylic acid to produce benzothiazole derivatives.