Triphenylphosphine → N-{4-[(Z)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethenyl]thiazol-2-yl}acetamide

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1-(Bromomethyl)-4-nitrobenzene (1.9 g), triphenylphosphine (2.31 g) and N,N-dimethylformamide (20 ml) were combined under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2.5 hours. Then potassium tert-butoxide (1.19 g) and N-(4-formyl-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)acetamide (1.5 g) were added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 14 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into ice-water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with 1N-hydrochloric acid, water and saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography over silica gel with n-hexane/ethyl acetate (1:1)→(1:2) as an eluent, and triturated with ethyl ether to give N-{4-[(Z)-2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethenyl]-1,3-thiazol-2-yl}acetamide (1.59 g) as a yellow solid.

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