Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 22009618, compound

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Reaction Steps

Methanol (1.5 ml) in tetrahydrofuran (2 ml) was added dropwise to a stirred and refluxed mixture of ethyl 4-(2-thienyl)-2-thiazolecarboxylate (1.36 g), sodium borohydride (0.35 g) and tetrahydrofuran (15 ml). After refluxing for 1 h, the reaction mixture was poured into water, acidified with 1N HCl and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with water, dried (MgSO4), and concentrated to give 4-(2-thienyl)-2-thiazolylmethanol (0.92 g, 82%). Recrystallization from ethyl acetate-hexane gave colorless prisms, mp 113-114° C.

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