Chloroacetaldehyde → 2-Bromoimidazo[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazole

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20 g of 5-bromo-[1,3,4]thiadiazol-2-ylamine were dissolved in 60 ml of n-butanol. 15 ml of chloroacetaldehyde (55% in water) were added to the solution. The mixture was heated for 3 h at 120° C. After cooling the reaction mixture was poured into a NaHCO3 solution. The mixture was extracted three times with ethylacetate and the organic phase dried with sodium sulphate and evaporated. The resulting material was purified via silica-gel column chromatography using a petroleum ether-ethylacetate gradient. 2.9 g yellow crystals of the desired product were obtained.

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