Chemical Properties
Thiosalicylic acid, (o-mercapto benzoic acid), a sulfur-yellow solid that softens at 158 °C (316 °F), has a melting point of 164 °C (327 °F). It sublimes, is slightly soluble in hot water but freely soluble in glacial acetic acid and alcohol, and yields dithiosalicylic acid, upon exposure to air.
Chemical Properties
white to light yellow crystal powder
Uses
A trapping agent used in the desulfenylation of 3-indolyl sulfides
Uses
Thiosalicylic acid can be used as trapping agent in the desulfenylation of 3-indolyl sulfides and used to condense with diamines to form macrocyclic diamides.
Uses
Trapping agent used in the desulfenylation of 3-indolyl sulfides.1 Condenses with diamines to form macrocyclic diamides.2
Application
thiosalicylic acid can be used as:
A nucleophilic trapping agent for the desulfenylation of 3-indolyl sulfides to obtain 3-unsubstituted indoles.
A starting material to prepare 2′-mercaptoacetophenone, which is used in the synthesis of thioflavanone by reacting with lithium diisopropylamide and benzaldehyde.
A stabilizing agent in the synthesis of metal nanoparticles.
It can also be used to prepare 2-thioxanthone-thioacetic acid bimolecular system, which is used as a photoinitiator for free radical polymerization.
Definition
ChEBI: A sulfanylbenzoic acid that is the 2-sulfanyl derivative of benzoic acid.
Preparation
Thiosalicylic acid can be prepared from anthranilic acid via diazotization followed by the addition of sodium sulfide and then reduction with zinc. It can also prepared by heating o-halogenated benzoic acids with alkaline hydrosulfide in presence of copper.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the thio acid from hot EtOH (4mL/g), after adding hot distilled water (8mL/g) and boiling with charcoal. The hot solution is filtered, cooled, the solid is collected and dried in vacuo (P2O5). Crystallise it from AcOH and sublime in vacuo.[Beilstein 10 IV 272.]
