Methanol → 5-(2,2-Dimethoxy-ethyl)-2-methyl-thiazole-4-carbonitrile

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2-Methyl-5-trimethylsilanylethynyl-thiazole-4-carbonitrile (4.56 g, 20.7 mmol) was dissolved in 45 ml methanol and sodium methoxide (5.4N in methanol, 11.5 ml, 62 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hrs at reflux and extracted two times with ethyl acetate and saturated NaHCO3-solution. The organic extracts were dried with sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. The crude product (4.5 g, >100%) was used without any further purification for the next step.

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