Hydrochloric Acid → (2E)-3-(2-anilinothiazol-4-yl)acrylaldehyde

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2.6 g of the crude alcohol thus obtained were dissolved in 20 ml of dimethyl sulfoxide, and 3.4 g of triethylamine were added to the resulting solution. Next, a solution of 5.3 g of a sulfur trioxide pyridine complex in dimethyl sulfoxide (10 ml) was added dropwise to the reaction mixture at room temperature, and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was then poured into water, acidified with 3N hydrochloric acid, and extracted with ethyl acetate. After the extract was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, the solvent was evaporated off under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography, using as eluent a 10:1 mixture of benzene and ethyl acetate, giving the desired compound as pale yellow crystals.

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