Phenacyl bromide → 2-Amino-4-phenylthiazole

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2-Bromo-1-phenyl-ethanone (19.9 g, 0.100 mol) and thiourea (7.9 g, 0.10 mol) were mixed in a 150 mL of methanol. The reaction mixture was warmed to dissolve the reagents and then allowed to stir overnight at room temperature. The methanol was evaporated to dryness and the crude product was dissolved in a minimum of ethyl acetate. 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 pure product (16.8 g, 0.0953 mol, 95.3%) of product. ESI-MS m/z calc. 176.0, found 177.2 (M+1)+ Retention time 1.41 minutes. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD3CN) δ 5.73 (s, 2H), 6.87 (s, 1H), 7.28-7.34 (m, 1H), 7.36-7.43 (m, 2H), 7.79-7.85 (m, 2H).

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