“…The synthesis of compounds 6a-f started from the treatment of 2-chloro-5-nitroaniline 1 with sodium sulfide and sulfur gave sodium-2-amino-4-nitrobenzenethiol 2, which was cyclised with β-heloesters in ethanolic solution [10] to yield 2H-benzo[b] [1,4]thiazin-3(4H)-one derivatives 3a-b. Compounds 4a-b were synthesized by methylation of compounds 3a-b by methyl iodide in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)/ethanol [11], which was refluxed with some nitrogen containing nucleophilic hydrazines in methanol [12] to yield 1-(4-methyl-6-nitro-2H-benzo[b] [1,4]thiazine-3-yl)hydrazines 5a-f. The further step, that is, the oxidation of the sulfur, was usually performed with 30% hydrogen peroxide in glacial acetic acid [13] to produce their sulfones 6a-f.…”