Water → Methyl 4-(2-aminothiazol-4-yl)benzoate

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At room temperature, methyl 4-bromoacetylbenzoate (1.00 g) and thiourea (296 mg) were dissolved in isopropanol (100 ml), followed by heating under reflux for 15 minutes. Under stirring at the same temperature, anhydrous sodium carbonate (206 mg) was added to the reaction mixture. The resulting mixture was heated under reflux for 20 minutes. After completion of the reaction, water (50 ml) was added under ice cooling and the solid so precipitated was collected by filtration. The solid was dissolved in water and dichloromethane. The organic layer so separated was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was then distilled off. The pale yellow solid so precipitated was washed with ether, whereby the title compound (634 mg, 70%) was obtained.

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