Simultaneous Reduction of Nitro Group and S-S Bond in Nitrodisulfides by Samarium Diiodide:A New Approach to Benzothiazolines

• Xiao Yuan CHEN ^a,b, ,
• Wei Hui ZHONG ^a, ,
• Yong Min ZHANG ^a,

• a Department of Chemistry Zhejiang University at Xixi Campus, Hangzhou 310028;

• b Department of Chemistry, Hunan Jishou University, Jishou 416000

• Received Date: 21 January 2000
  
• Fund Project:

  We thank the National Natural Science Foundation Laboratory of China (Project No.29872010) and the Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistr, Chinese Academy of Sciences for financial support.