Trimethylaluminum → HCID 68518935, compound

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A solution of 5.6 ml (11.2 mmol) 2N AlMe3 in toluene was added to a dry ice-acetone bath of 1.14 g (5.2 mol) of methyl 4-acetyl-2-chloro-1,3-thiazole-5-carboxylate (Intermediate 212) in 20 ml dry CH2Cl2. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature slowly before being quenched with MeOH. After stirring at room temperature overnight, the mixture was diluted with 1N HCl and stirred 15 min before being diluted with water and extracted twice with EtOAc. The EtOAc was washed with brine, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated to give an oil that was purified by chromatography (50% hexanes in CH2Cl2 with gradient elution to 100% CH2Cl2) affording 720 mg of product as an oil. NMR (CDCl3): 1.5 (s, 6H), 3.8 (s, 3H), 5.7 (s, broad, 1H).

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