Ethyl bromopyruvate → Ethyl 2-cyclobutylthiazole-4-carboxylate

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A mixture composed of 9.7 g of cyclobutancarbothioamide, 16.5 g of ethyl bromopyruvate and 200 ml of ethyl alcohol was heated to reflux for 1 hr. The reaction mixture was partially condensed in vacuo and the residual materials were diluted with ice water and and excess of saturated sodium bicarbonate solution. The solids were collected to yield 7.0 g of 2-cyclobutyl-4-thiazolecarboxylic acid ethyl ester; m.p. 48°-50° C. after recrystallization from pentane.

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