Ethyl bromopyruvate → Ethyl 2-isopropylthiazole-4-carboxylate

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A solution containing the product from Example 56A (8.6 g, 83.5 mmol) in ethanol (250 mL) was treated with ethyl bromopyruvate (12.6 mL, 100 mmol), and the mixture was heated at 70° C. for 3 hours, cooled to 25° C., concentrated, and partitioned between dichloromethane and saturated NaHCO3. The organic phase was washed with brine and dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to give the title compound (18 g, 57% yield), which was used without further purification.

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