Isopropylamine → 2-Chloro-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid isopropylamide

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To a stirred solution of isopropylamine (123 mg, 2.08 mmol) in dioxane (5 mL) under argon and at room temperature was added trimethylaluminium (1.04 mL of a 2M solution in toluene, 2.08 mmol). After 1 h, a solution of 2-chloro-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (100 mg, 0.522 mmol) in dioxane (5 mL) was added and the reaction mixture warmed to 90° C. After 6 h, the reaction mixture was cooled, quenched with Seignettes's salt solution and water, then extracted with dichloromethane. The combined organic extracts were dried, filtered and concentrated. Purification by chromatography (silica, 0 to 30% ethyl acetate in heptane) gave the title compound (100 mg, 94%) as a white solid. MS: m/e=203.4 [M+H]+.

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