Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Chloro-4-bromoacetyl-thiazole

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7.6 g (6.0344 mol) of 2-Amino-4-bromoacetyl-thiazole are dissolved in 20 ml of water and 50 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid. Now, at 0° C. and with stirring, a solution of 3.44 g (0.0499 mol) of sodium nitrite in 15 ml of water is added dropwise. The resulting diazonium salt solution is then introduced in portions into a vigorously stirred cold solution of 4.93 g (0.0449 mol) of copper(I) chloride in 15 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid, and the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 20 hours. It is then diluted with 100 ml of water and extracted with ether. The ether extract is dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated. For purification, the crude product is purified on a silica gel column using methylene chloride as the eluant.

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