Ammonium Hydroxide → 1-(2-Amino-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)ethan-1-one

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1-(2-Amino-thiazol-4-yl)-ethanone hydrochloride (5.6 g 29.1 mmol) was dissolved in water (15 mL) and cooled in an ice bath. To this was added dropwise 17 N ammonium hydroxide (15 mL, 105 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred for 15 minutes than filtered and washed with cold water (3×), cold methanol (3×50 mL), ethyl ether (3×10 mL). The precipitate was dried first by passing air through the material and then in vacuo to give 1-(2-amino-thiazol-4-yl)-ethanone as a pale yellow solid (2.6 g, 57%).

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