Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Aminothiazole-4-carboxylic acid

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To a solution of ethyl 2-amino-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxylate (150 mg) (for example available, from Maybridge Chemical Company) in 1,4-dioxane (3 ml) was added 2M hydrochloric acid (2 ml) and the mixture heated at reflux under nitrogen for 70 h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and the solvent removed in vacuo. Toluene (15 ml) was added and the solvent removed in vacuo to give a solid that was dried in an vacuum oven overnight to give the title compound (150 mg) as a brown solid.

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