Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Methoxy-7-morpholin-4-yl-benzothiazole-2-carboxylic acid

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A solution of 10.5 g (35.4 mmol) (2-methoxy-5-morpholin-4-yl-phenylamino)-thioxo-acetic acid in 248 ml (248 mmol) 1N NaOH was added dropwise to a solution of 40.1 g(119 mmol) potassium ferricyanide in 119 ml water at a rate that the temperature did not exceed 10° C. The mixture was stirred for 3 hours at 10° C. and concentrated hydrochloric acid was added until pH 1 was reached. Filtration of the precipitate and drying yielded 8.80 g (84%) 4-methoxy-7-morpholin-4-yl-benzothiazole-2-carboxylic acid as yellow crystals with M.p.: 99–100° C., MS m/e (%): 295 (M+H+, 100).

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