Ethyl bromopyruvate → Ethyl 2-ethyl-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxylate

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Ethyl 3-bromo-2-oxopropanoate (4.10 mL, 32.67 mmol) was added dropwise over 10 min to a stirred solution of propanethioamide (3 g, 33.65 mmol) in ethanol (40 mL) cooled in an ice bath. After 16 h the reaction mixture was evaporated in vacuo. Purification was by silica gel chromatography eluting with EtOAc:iso-hexanes, 1:3 to give the sub-title compound as a yellow oil. Yield: 2.78 g

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