Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 14369793, compound

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Potasium hydroxide (1 g) was added to a stirred solution of methyl 4-methyl-5-(4-pyridinyl)-thiazole-2-carboxylate (2 g) in methanol (50 ml) at room temperature and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1.5 hours, diluted with water (150 ml), and washed with chloroform. Then the solution was adjusted to pH 3 to 4 by addition of 2N hydrochloric acid aqueous solution. The resulting precipitate was collected by filtration, and air-dried to give 4-methyl-5-(4-pyridinyl)-thiazole-2-carboxylic acid (1.8 g, 96%) as colorless powder.

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