Ethyl bromopyruvate → Ethyl 2-pyridin-2-yl-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxylate

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16.3 ml of ethyl bromopyruvate were added dropwise to 15.9 g of the product of Stage B in 250 ml of ethanol and the mixture was refluxed for 5 hours. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was chromatographed on silica (eluant: hexane-AcOEt 1-1) to obtain 10.2 g of the expected product melting at 69.1° C.

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