Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 2-formyl-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxylate

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2-(Diethoxymethyl)-4-thiazolecarboxylic acid ethyl ester (2.90 g, 11.8 mmol) synthesized according to Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 58, 352 (1985), which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, was dissolved in acetone (37.3 mL), 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution (3.73 mL) was added, and the mixture was stirred with heating at 60° C. for 4 hours. After evaporation of the solvent, the mixture was worked up according to a conventional method to give the title compound as a crude product (2.13 g).

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