Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 58356418, compound

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To a solution of ethyl 5-acetyl-2-methyl-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxylate (75 mg) (available from Butt Park Ltd.) in methanol (5 ml) was added 2M sodium hydroxide (5 ml) and the mixture stirred at 20° C. for 18 h. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the mixture taken up in water (5 ml) and acidified to pH=2 using 2M hydrochloric acid then extracted with ethyl acetate (20 ml), dried over sodium sulphate and the mixture evaporated to give the title compound (22 mg) as a yellow solid.

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