Abstract
An efficient route to synthesize a variety of 2-aminobenzoazoles has been discovered. It involves the reaction of ortho-aminobenzenethiols with isothiocyanates via iron-catalyzed tandem addition-annulations process under ligand and solvent free conditions on silica gel surface.
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Acknowledgments
Financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Educational Committee (GJJ10387), Jiangxi Province of China (2009GQH0054), Startup Foundation for Doctors of Jiangxi Normal University (200900266), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (20962010) is gratefully acknowledged.