Nitrogen → Ethyl 4-(chloromethyl)-1,3-thiazole-2-carboxylate

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In a flame dried round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar and under inert atmosphere (N2), a mixture of amino-thioxo-acetic acid ethyl ester (2.50 g, 18.77 mmol) and 1,3-dichloro-propan-2-one (2.88 g, 21.59 mmol) in toluene (20.0 mL) was stirred for 2 h at reflux. EtOAc (20 mL) was added at rt and the mixture was washed with sat. aq. NaHCO3 (10 mL) followed by brine (20 mL). The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered, and the solvent removed under reduced pressure. Purification of the residue by FC (4:1 hept-EA) gave the title compound as a light yellow oil. TLC: rf (4:1 hept-EA)=0.26. LC-MS-conditions 02: tR=0.89 min, [M+H]+=206.40.

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