β-Benzoylacrylic acids, maleamic acids, maleanilic acids, and maleic acid monophenylhydrazides condense with p-H2NC6H4SH (I) to form 6-membered heterocyclic rings in a manner analogous to maleic acid.The appropriate β-benzoylacrylic acid derivative in boiling PhMe treated with an equivalent amount I, the mixture heated 1 h. with the azeotropic removal of H2O, cooled, filtered, and the crystalline deposit recrystallized gave the corresponding 3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2-aracyl-2H-1,4-benzothiazine derivative (Ar of the 2-ArCOCH2 group, % yield, and corrected m.p. given): Ph (II), 80, 173-5° (PhMe); p-MeC6H4, 78, 205-6° (aqueous AcOH); p-iso-PrC6H4, 39, 157-60° (aqueous MeOH); p-BuC6H4, 60, 131-2° (absolute EtOH); p-C8H17C6H4, 83, 117-19° (absolute EtOH); p-C12H25C6H4, 85, 118-20° (absolute EtOH); p-AcNHC6H4 (III), 64, 236-8° (Me2CO); p-FC6H4 (IV), 62, 171-3° (PhMe) [from p-FC6H4COCH:CHCO2H, m. 132-8° (uncorrected) (C6H6)]; p-Cl, 77, 193-5° (aqueous dioxane); 3,4-Cl2C6H3, 56, 192-4° (aqueous dioxane); 2,4-Cl2C6H3, 70, 186-90° (PhMe); 2,4-(HO)2C6H3, 39, 253° (decomposition) (aqueous Me2CO); p-MeOC6H4, 71, 194-6° (dioxane); p-MeSC6H4, 73, 191-5° (xylene).II was also prepared from I and BzCH:CHCO2H (V) in Et2O containing 1 drop piperidine at room temperature, and also by allowing a mixture of BzCH2CHClCO2H and I in absolute EtOH to stand 1 wk under N.II refluxed 0.5 h. with Ac2O was recovered unchanged.II (14 g.), 5.0 g. NH2OH.HCl, and 11.0 g. NaOAc.3H2O in 400 cc. absolute EtOH heated 1 h. on the steam bath, filtered hot, diluted with 100 cc. H2O, and cooled gave 11 g. oxime of II, m. 196-201°.The oxime treated with PhSO2Cl by the method of Roberts and Chambers (C.A. 46, 3506b) gave a poor yield of 3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine-2-acetanilide, m. 267-9° (uncorrected).III (16.5 g.) in 500 cc. absolute EtOH and 100 cc. concentrated HCl refluxed 2 h., kept overnight, and filtered yielded 6.7 g. 2-(p-aminophenacyl)-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine (VII), m. 194-6°.VII with (PrCO)2O gave 83% p-PrCONH analog of VII, m. 218-20° (aqueous Me2CO).VII with (AmCO)2CO gave 82% p-AmCONH analog of VII, m. 175-85° (Me2CO-95% EtOH-Skellysolve C).Crude 4,2-Cl(O2N)C6H3NHNH2 (13 g.) and 12 g. BzCH:CHCO2H in 100 cc. glacial AcOH containing 1 cc. piperidine heated about 15 min. on the steam bath, treated with 30 g. Zn dust, heated until the mixture turned pale green, diluted with 200 cc. glacial AcOH, filtered hot, cooled, and refiltered yielded 6 g. 6-chloro-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2-phenacyl-2H-1,4-benzothiazine (VIII), m. 215-19° (PhMe).Similarly was prepared the p-FC6H4CH2CO analog of VIII, m. 243-5°, 54%.By standard methods were prepared the following cis-HO2CCH:CHCONHR (R, % yield, and corrected m.p. given): C8H17, 96, 80-2° (C6H6-Skellysolve C); C6H11, 60, 150-3° (CHCl3-Et2O); p-FC6H4, 95, 204-6° (absolute EtOH); 2,3-Cl2C6H3, 54, 138-9° (MeOH-C6H6); 3,4-Cl2C6H3, 81, 211-12° (MeOH-absolute EtOH); 2,4-Cl2C6H3, 95, 175-7° (CHCl3-MeOH); 2,5-Cl2C6H3, 92, 144-6° (CHCl3); 3,4-ClMeC6H3, 100, 196-7° (decomposition) (Et2O); p-BrC6H4, 75, 197-9° (Et2O); p-MeSC6H4, 98, 175-8° (Et2O); p-EtOCOC6H4, 50, 191-2° (decomposition).Also prepared was cis-HO2CCH:CHCONMePh, 78, 88-92° (Et2O).By standard methods were prepared the following cis-HO2CCH:CHCONHNHAr (Ar, % yield, and corrected m.p. given): p-FC6H4, 42, 155-6° (absoluteEtOH-C6H6); p-ClC6H4, 55, 162-5° (MeOH-C6H6); 2,3-Cl2C6H3, 79, 189-90° (MeOH-C6H6); 3,4-Cl2C6H3 (IX), 75, 175-7° (MeOH-C6H6); 2,4-Cl2C6H3, 54, 166-7° (decomposition) (MeOH-C6H6); 2,5-Cl2C6H3, 80, 153-6° (decomposition) (absolute EtOH-C6H6); 2,4,6-Cl3C6H2, 65, 159-61° (MeOH); p-BrC6H4, 65, 165° (decomposition) (MeOH); 2,4,6-Br3C6H2, 82, 169-71° (MeOH). m-ClC6H4NH2 (13 g.) in 50 cc. C5H5N treated with 10 g. powd. maleic anhydride with cooling, warmed to room temperature, treated after 5 min. with 12.5 g. I, heated 1 h. on the steam bath, diluted with 150 cc. C6H6, boiled to remove H2O, diluted further with C6H6, and filtered yielded 8 g. 3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine-2-(m-chloroacetanilide), m. 229-30° (absolute EtOH) (method A).IX (18.5 g.) in 15 cc. C5H5N treated with 8.4 g. I, warmed shortly on the steam bath, refluxed azeotropically with 200 cc. C6H6 to remove the H2O, cooled, and filtered yielded 12 g. 3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine-2-aceto-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)hydrazide, m. 260-2° (aqueous C5H5N) (method B).3,4-Dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine-2-acetic acid (X) (22.3 g.) and 10 g. Et3N in 800 cc. dry Me2CO treated with 13.6 g. iso-BuOCOCl in Me2CO and then with 12.7 g. p-ClC6H4NH2 in Me2CO, and the mixture worked up in the usual manner yielded 4 g. 3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine-2-(p-chloroacetanilide), m. 275-8° (uncorrected) (method C), also obtained in 36% yield from p-chloromaleanilic acid by method B.X (4.4 g.) in 15 cc. C5H5N treated with 1.7 g. PhSO2Cl, kept several min. at room temperature, treated with 1 g. PhNHNH2, warmed briefly on a steam bath, cooled, diluted with 50 cc. 5% aqueous NaOH containing a small amount of NaHSO3, diluted further with H2O, and filtered yielded 1.3 g. 3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine-2-acetophenylhydrazide, m. 224-5° (uncorrected) (aqueous C5H5N) (method D), also obtained in 24% yield by method B.By these methods were prepared the following 3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine-2-acetic acid monosubstituted amides (substituent, method, % yield, and corrected m.p. given): H, B, 30, 223-5° (absoluteEtOH); Ph, B, 37 (D, 62), 265-70° (aqueous C5H5N); C8H17, B, 26, 188-91° (MeOH); C6H11, A, 8, 250-2° (MeOH-dioxane); p-FC6H4, B, 25, 267-70° (C5H5N-C6H6-Skellysolve C); ο-ClC6H4, A, 13.5, 232-7° (C5H5N-EtOH-H2O); 2,3-Cl2C6H3, B, 45, 270-2° (aqueous C5H5N); 3,4-Cl2C6H3, B, 34, 242-4° (aqueous C5H5N); 2,4-Cl2C6H3, A, 23, 241-2° (C5H5N-C6H6-Skellysolve C); 2,5-Cl2C6H3, B, 41.5, 261-5° (C5H5N-C6H6-Skellysolve C); 3,4-ClMeC6H3, B, 40, 240-2° (aqueous C5H5N); p-BrC6H4, B, 42, 284° (decomposition) (aqueous C5H5N); p-EtOC6H4, A, 23 (D, 29), 267-9° (C5H5N-C6H6); p-MeSC6H4, B, 42, 263-5° (MeOH); p-EtOCOC6H4 (XI), A, 22, 205-6° (MeOH); p-EtSC6H4, D, 58, 235-7° (aqueous C5H5N);p-MeSO2C6H4, D, 52, 234-6° (aqueous C5H5N); p-H2NSO2C6H4, D, 69, 280-3° (aqueous C5H5N).Also prepared were the di-Et amide of X, B, 35, 156-8° (MeOH); the methylphenylamide of X, B, 40, 172-3° (absolute EtOH-C6H6-Skellysolve C).By the same methods were prepared the following 3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine-2-acetoarylhydrazines (aryl group, method, % yield, and corrected m.p. given): p-FC6H4, B, 39, 225-7° (aqueous C5H5N); p-ClC6H4, B, 43, 235-7° (aqueous C5H5N); 2,3-Cl2C6H3, B, 58, 264-6° (aqueous C5H5N); 2,4-Cl2C6H3, B, 27, 262-3° (C5H5N-C6H6); 2,5-Cl2C6H3, A, 28, 266-7° (aqueous dioxane); 2,4,6-Cl3C6H2, A, 24, 248-51° (C5H5N-EtOH-H2O); p-BrC6H4, B, 42, 230.2° (aqueous C5H5N); 2,4,6-Br3C6H2, B, 38, 253-5° (aqueous C5H5N).XI (15 g.) in 350 cc. hot absolute EtOH treated with 30 cc. 85% N2H4.H2O in 20 cc. absolute EtOH, refluxed gently 5 h., evaporated slowly during 1 mo at room temperature, the residual pasty mass suspended in 300 cc. hot absolute EtOH, filtered, and the filter cake suspended in hot C5H5N, filtered, and washed with H2O, EtOH, and dry Et2O yielded 7.5 g. 3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine-2-(p-carbohydrazido)acetanilide, m. 261-3°.I and maleic acid (equivalent amounts) mixed gave X, m. 196-9° (aqueous EtOH).Di-Et maleate (51 g.) at 190° treated dropwise with 37.5 g. I under N, the mixture heated slowly to 215° with the removal of EtOH, cooled, dissolved in the min. volume of hot absolute EtOH, diluted with 2 volumes Skellysolve C, and cooled gave 64 g. Et ester (XII) of X, m. 127-8°.X (4.5 g.) in 50 cc. absolute EtOH (saturated with dry HCl at 0°) warmed on the steam bath to solution, cooled after 1 h., and filtered yielded 5.0 g. XII. α-Bromo-γ-butyrolactone (16.5 g.) in 25 cc. absolute EtOH treated with 12.5 g. I, heated 15 min. on the steam bath, neutralized with NaHCO3, diluted with H2O, the precipitated oil kept several days at room temperature, and the solid recrystallized from absolute EtOH-Skellysolve C gave 9.0 g. 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine (XIII), m. 105-7° (absolute EtOH-Skellysolve C).XII (25 g.) added in portions to 6.5 g. LiAlH4 in 600 cc. dry Et2O, refluxed 3 h., and worked up in the usual manner, and the solution of the product in Et2O treated with HCl in Et2O gave 12 g. 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzothiazine-HCl (XIV), m. 145-8° (absolute EtOH-Et2O).XIII (4 g.) in 200 cc. dry Et2O added to 1 g. LiAlH4 in Et2O and the mixture worked up in the usual manner gave 1.25 g. XIV.3,4-Dihydro-3-oxo-2H-1,4-benzothiazine reduced in the usual manner with LiAlH4 gave nearly 100% 3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzothiazine, m. 36-7°; 4-phenylthiocarbamyl derivative, m. 128-9°.