2-Benzyl-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxylic acid → (2-Benzylthiazol-4-yl)methanol

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2-Benzyl-4-thiazolecarboxylic acid is converted to the methyl ester and the ester is reduced with lithium aluminium hydride in tetrahydrofurann to give 2-benzyl-4-hydroxymethylthiazole. Using this compound as the starting material in the procedure of Example 1 gives N-methyl-N'-[2-((2-benzyl-4-thiazolyl)methylthio)ethyl]-thiourea.

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