A highly efficient synthesis for possessing 7‐membered rings with two heteroatoms is described, using efficient microwave‐assisted one‐pot method to synthesize (substituted) dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepines [1] and dibenzo[b,f][1,4]oxazepines [2] in high yields (up to 99%) by cyclocondensations of o‐aminothiophenol or o‐aminophenol with o‐halobenzaldehydes, o‐fluoroacetophenone, and o‐fluorobenzophenone. In the absence of base, o‐aminothiophenol reacted with o‐halobenzaldehydes to afford benzothiazoles.
Title thiazepine and oxazepine derivatives are efficiently synthesized using a one‐pot procedure, whereas the analogous reaction of o‐aminothiophenol or o‐phenylenediamine in the absence of base leads to benzothiazoles and benzimidazoles, respectively.
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