Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing chiral mercapto amino acids of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 can represent hydrogen, C6-C12 aryl, C1-C6-alkyl-C6-C12-aryl, C6-C12-aryl-C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C18-alkyl or C2-C18-alkenyl, R2 and R3 forming a saturated or unsaturated ring.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for producing 2,2-dichloro or dibromo-phenyl alkyl acetates of formula (1), in which X represents Cl or Br, n represents a whole number from 1 to 5, R represents hydrogen, C1-C8 alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, C1-C8 alkoxy, aryloxy or halogen and R1 represents C1-C8 alkyl. According to said method, a 2,2-dichloro- or dibromo-phenylacetonitrile of formula (II) is reacted in 0.8 to 2 mol water per mol nitrile of formula (II), 1 to 8 mol alcohol of formula R1OH (III) per mol nitrile of formula (II) and in the presence of 1 to 3 mol HCl or HBr per mol nitrile of formula (II), optionally in the presence of a solvent that is inert in the reaction conditions, to form the corresponding 2,2-dichloro- or dibromo-phenyl alkyl acetates of formula (I), whereby the reaction temperature in the first phase lies between 30 and 60° C. and in the second phase between 60 and 100° C. Once the reaction has taken place, the reaction mixture is cooled to between 20 and 40° C.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of substituted thiazolines of the formula (I) in which Ar is a phenyl, naphthyl, thienyl, pyridyl or quinolinyl radical which can optionally be substituted by one or more substituents from the group consisting of halogen, OH, benzyloxy, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, COOR1 where R1 is H or C1-C4-alkyl, by coupling of (S)-?-methylcysteine hydrochloride of the formula (II) with a nitrile of the formula (III) Ar—CN in which Ar is as defined above, or a corresponding C1-C4-alkyl imidate, in which (S)-?-methylcysteine hydrochloride of the formula (II) is reacted in a suitable solvent with a nitrile of the formula (III) or a corresponding C1-C4-alkyl imidate in the presence of a tertiary base at a pH of 6.5 to 10 at 50° C. up to the reflux temperature to give the corresponding thiazoline of the formula (I), and processes for the preparation of (S)-?-methylcysteine hydrochloride and its use for the preparation of thiazolines of the formula (I).

Abstract: Process for the preparation of substituted thiazolines of the formula (I) in which Ar is a phenyl, naphthyl, thienyl, pyridyl or quinolinyl radical which can optionally be substituted by one or more substituents from the group consisting of halogen, OH, benzyloxy, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, COOR1 where R1 is H or C1-C4-alkyl, by coupling of (S)-?-methylcysteine hydrochloride of the formula (II) with a nitrile of the formula (III) Ar—CN in which Ar is as defined above, or a corresponding C1-C4-alkyl imidate, in which (S)-?-methylcysteine hydrochloride of the formula (II) is reacted in a suitable solvent with a nitrile of the formula (III) or a corresponding C1-C4-alkyl imidate in the presence of a tertiary base at a pH of 6.5 to 10 at 50° C. up to the reflux temperature to give the corresponding thiazoline of the formula (I), and processes for the preparation of (S)-?-methylcysteine hydrochloride and its use for the preparation of thiazolines of the formula (I).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-1,3-thiazol from compounds of formula (I), wherein X means Cl, —OR, —SR or NR2, R being H or a suitable protective group; Y means H or Cl and Z means Cl or O, the compounds of formula (I) having at most one double bond between C* and C″ or between C″ and Z, on the condition that the bond between C″ and Z is a double bond when Z is the same as O and a single bond when Z is the same as Cl; with the following intermediate stage: A1) reacting 2,3-dichloropropanal with rhodanide and acetalising to 3-chloro-1,1-dialkoxy-2-isothiocyanato-propane or a2) reacting 2,3-dichloropropanal with thiourea to form a mixture of the hydrochlorides of the compounds N-[[5-(2-aminothiazol)yl]methyl]thiourea and [5-(2-aminothiazol)yl]methylthioformamidine and splitting to obtain the corresponding thiol or amine or b) reacting a compound of formula (I) wherein X means OR, SR or NR2, Y means clorine and Z

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-1,3-thiazole, in which allyl isothiocyanate of formula CH2═CH—CH2—NCS is reacted at from −40° C. to +30° C., in a solvent that is inert under the reaction conditions, with from 1 to 2 mol of a chlorinating agent per mol of allyl isothiocyanate; to the reaction mixture so obtained there is added, at a reaction temperature of from 0° C. to the boiling temperature of the solvent used, from 1 to 5 mol of oxidising agent per mol of allyl isothiocyanate, and then 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-1,3-thiazole is isolated from the reaction mixture and is optionally converted by crystallisation into high-purity 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-1,3-thiazole.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-1,3-thiazole, in which allyl isothiocyanate of formula CH2═CH—CH2-NCS is reacted at from −40° C. to +30° C., in a solvent that is inert under the reaction conditions, with from 1 to 2 mol of a chlorinating agent per mol of allyl isothiocyanate; to the reaction mixture so obtained there is added, at a reaction temperature of from 0° C. to the boiling temperature of the solvent used, from 1 to 5 mol of oxidising agent per mol of allyl isothiocyanate, and then 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-1,3-thiazole is isolated from the reaction mixture and is optionally converted by crystallisation into high-purity 2-chloro-5-chloromethyl-1,3-thiazole.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of substituted thiazolines of the formula (I) 1