Sodium Carbonate → 4-Thiazolecarboxylic acid, 5-phenyl-2-(trifluoromethyl)-, ethyl ester

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A solution of ethyl 3-chloro-2-oxo-3-phenylpropanoate and trifluorothioacetamide in MeCN was heated under reflux. To the reaction mixture was added an aqueous Na2CO3 solution, followed by extraction with EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with water and brine in this order, dried, and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by medium-pressure preparative liquid chromatography (silica gel, YAMAZEN YFLC WPrep2XY, hexane: EtOAc) to obtain ethyl 5-phenyl-2-(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-thiazole-4-carboxylate as a white solid.

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