Abstract
An efficient synthesis of 1,3-diaryl-2,3-dihydro-1,5-benzothiazepines has been developed by the reaction of various 1,3-diaryl-2-propenones with 2-aminothiophenol under thermal solvent-free conditions in the presence of a sub-stoichiometric amount of cyanuric chloride.
Acknowledgements
We are pleased to acknowledge the financial support from Xinxiang Medical University.