Simple and efficient synthesis of novel N-dichloroacetyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzoxazines

Abstract An easy synthetic route to N -dichloroacetyl-3,4-dihydro-2 H -1,4-benzoxazine derivatives 3 involves cyclization of 2-aminophenols 1 with 1,2-dibromoethane and subsequent acylation of the resultant 3,4-dihydro-2 H -1,4-benzoxazine derivatives 2 with dichloroacetyl chloride. All compounds were characterized by IR, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR, ESI-MS and elemental analysis. The structure of 3a was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis.