Ethyl bromopyruvate → Ethyl 2-(3-nitrophenyl)-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxylate

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A solution of ethyl bromopyruvate (2.14 g) in ethanol (5 ml) was added to a suspension of 3-nitrobenzenecarbothioamide (2.00 g) in ethanol (15 ml) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 2 hours and ten minutes. The solvent was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure. To the residue was added a saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate (50 ml) and ethyl acetate (100 ml). The precipitates were collected by filtration and recrystallized from a mixture of chloroform and n-hexane to give ethyl 2-(3-nitrophenyl)-4-thiazolecarboxylate (1.59 g).

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