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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mariano Meneghin, Revine-Lago, IT;
Assignee:
Zambon Group S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
544 35 ;
Abstract
A process for the direct and regioselective functionalization of phenothiazine which allows one to introduce an SH group in position 2 is described. The thus-obtained 2-mercapto-phenothiazine is easily transformed into 2-methylthio-phenothiazine, an important intermediate for the preparation of pharmacological active compounds. One of the reaction routes (described in detail in the specification) involves the production of an N-aryl-phenothiazine-2-sulfinic acid [compound (III)] which can be isolated as a salt (e.g., an alkaline salt) by treatment with an aqueous alkaline solution. Thus compound (III-A) is produced.