Bromomethyl 3-methoxyphenyl ketone → 4-(3-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-thiazol-2-amine

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2-Bromo-1-(3-methoxy-phenyl)-ethanone (0.7291 g, 3.183 mmol) and thiourea (0.2665 g, 3.501 mmol) were dissolved in a 20 mL of ethanol. The reaction mixture was allowed to stir overnight at room temperature. The ethanol was evaporated to dryness and the crude product was dissolved in a minimum of dichloromethane. The crude product was then extracted twice with 1M sodium hydroxide and once with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride. The organic layer was then dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated to dryness to yield the product (0.619 g, 3.00 mmol, 94.3%). ESI-MS m/z calc. 206.3, found 207.0 (M+1)+ Retention time 1.86 minutes. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD3CN) δ 3.84 (s, 3H), 5.67 (s, 2H), 6.85-6.91 (m, 2H), 7.31 (t, J=7.9 Hz, 1H), 7.36-7.43 (m, 2H).

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