Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 53846384, compound

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To a solution of trifluoroacetamide (13.7 g, 121.2 mmol) in toluene (30 mL) was added solid P4S10 (5.4 g, 12.1 mmol) and the mixture refluxed for 60 hours. The resulting orange "coarse" suspension was cooled to room temperature and the solid pulverized to form a fine suspension. One fourth of this toluene suspension (7.5 mL, ca. 30 mmol of theory) was transferred to a 25 mL round bottom flask and 2-bromo-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(4-methylthiophenyl)ethanone (1.24 g, 3.66 mmol) (Example 20, Step 2) added in one portion. This suspension was heated to reflux for 1.5 hours, cooled to 50° C., and 1.0 N HCl solution (1 mL) added carefully and reflux continued for 1 hour more. This reaction was cooled to room temperature and let stand overnight. To this solution was added 2 N NaOH solution until the exotherm subsided and the reaction was stirred for 1 hour longer. The resulting black suspension was diluted with methylene chloride and washed with NaHCO3 saturated solution, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo yielding a brown semi-solid. This crude thiazole was flash chromatographed (9:1 hexane:methylene chloride) yielding 5-(4-fluorophenyl)-4-(4-methylthiophenyl)-2-trifluoromethylthiazole (0.28 g, 23%) as yellow oil which slowly solidified mp: 59°-60° C.; 1HNMR (CDCl3) 300 mHz 7.43 (d, J=8.48, 2 H), 7.40-7.32 (m, 2 H), 7.17 (d, J=8.48 Hz, 2 H), 7.08 (t, J=8.48, 2 H) 2.46 (s, 3 H); MS (EI) m/z 369 (M+H). HRMS Δ=-3.17 mmu.

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