Acetic Anhydride → HCID 21914847, compound

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4-(Methylsulfanyl)benzaldehyde (31.8 g), (acetylamino)acetic acid (24.5 g) and acetic anhydride (35 ml) were combined, and then sodium acetate (8.57 g) was added to the suspension at room temperature under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was refluxed for 3.5 hours. After cooled to room temperature, the mixture was poured into ice-water and ethyl acetate with stirring, and filtered in vacuo. The filtrate was separated. The organic layer was washed with saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue and the previously obtained solid were combined, and the mixture was purified by flash column chromatography over silica gel with chloroform/ethyl acetate (30:1) as an eluent, and triturated with isopropyl ether to give (4Z)-2-methyl-4-(4-(methylsulfanyl)benzylidene)-1,3-oxazol-5(4H)-one (17.8 g) as a brown solid.

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