Homolytic aromatic ipso substitutions in benzothiazoles by the nucleophilic 1-adamantyl radical

Abstract

1-Adamantyl radicals react with several 2-substituted benzothiazoles to afford 2-(1-adamantyl)-benzothiazole as a result of a homolytic substitution occurring at the ipso position; the yields are greater when the groups to be displaced are electron-withdrawing.