Lithium hydroxide, monohydrate → 4-(4-Nitrophenyl)thiazole-2-carboxylic acid

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To ethyl 4-(4-nitrophenyl)thiazole-2-carboxylate (Intermediate 3, step A, 7.0 g) in THF (70 ml) was added (1 ml) 1N lithium hydroxide monohydrate solution and reaction mixture was stirred for 4 hours at RT. Organic solvent was concentrated, water was added, and the reaction mixture was made acidic by dilute HCl solution. This resulted in precipitation of white solid, which was filtered and washed with water. The solid was dried to obtain the title compound. Yield: 6.2 gm (98%). 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz): δ 8.78 (s, 1H), 8.32 (d, 4H).

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