Thiourea → 5-Phenyl-thiazol-2-ylamine

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A mixture of bromo-phenyl-acetaldehyde (1 g, 5 mmol), thiourea (0.64 g, 10 mmol) and ethanol (3.5 mL) was heated to reflux overnight. The mixture was then cooled to rt and the resulting yellow precipitate filtered. The precipitate was then washed with aqueous NaHCO3 solution (10 mL) and dried. Recrystallization from 30% methanol gave 5-phenylthiazol-2-amine (500 mg, 2.84 mmol, 56.5%) as a yellow solid. Anal. Calcd. for C9H8N2S m/z 176.2, found: 177.2 (M+H)+; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 7.41 (m, 3H), 7.33 (m, 2H), 7.18 (m, 1H), 7.13 (m, 2H).

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