Sulfuric Acid → HCID 20154278, compound

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To a suspension of 38.2 g of 2-amino-4-(5-acetylaminomethyl-2-thienyl)thiazole hydrochloride in 400 ml of water is added 56 g of concentrated sulfuric acid, and the mixture is stirred for 12 hours on a boiling water bath. The resulting mixture is cooled and the precipitated crystals are collected by filtration. A suspension of the crystals in 1 liter of water is made alkaline with potassium hydroxide and precipitated crystals are collected by filtration to give 28 g of crude crystals. The crude crystals are recrystallized from methanol to give 2-amino-4-(5-aminomethyl-2-thienyl)thiazole, melting at 189° C. with decomposition.

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