Water → 2-Chloro-4-methoxyphenoxy-1,3-thiazole

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A mixture of 2-chloro-4-methoxy-phenol (7.93 g, 0.05 mol), 2-bromothiazole (9.0 g, 0.055 mol) and potassium carbonate (7.6 g, 0.055 mol) in dimethyl sulfoxide was heated at 160° C. under nitrogen for 4 hours. The solution was cooled and treated with water, and the aqueous phase was extracted with dichloromethane. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried and concentrated to give 30 g of the crude material, which was purified on a silica gel (ethyl acetate/hexane 5-35%) to afford 10.62 g of the product as a light yellow oil (88% yield), 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 3.81 (s, 3H) 6.80 (d, J=4.04 Hz, 1H) 6.85 (dd, J=9.19, 2.94 Hz, 1H) 7.01 (d, J=2.94 Hz, 1H) 7.19 (d, J=3.68 Hz, 1H) 7.27 (d, J=8.82 Hz, 1H). MS (ESI), m/z 241.9 (M+H)+.

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