“…As 2-aminobenzothiazoles, 2-mercaptobenzothiazoles attract the interest of researchers due to their various biological activities viz. antimicrobial [ 18 , 19 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 ], anti-inflammatory and antioxidant [ 69 , 70 , 71 ], antitumor [ 72 , 73 , 74 ]. Agrochemicals with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole moiety in the molecule are used as fungicides of a wide spectrum [ 75 , 76 , 77 ], herbicides [ 78 ], insecticides [ 39 , 78 , 79 ].…”