Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Benzothiazol-2-yl-3-furan-2-yl-3-hydroxyacrylonitrile

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A mixture of furan-2-carboxylic acid 2-benzothiazol-2-yl-2-cyano-1-furan-2-yl-vinyl ester (660 mg, 1.82 mmol) and KOH (108 mg, 1.93 mmol) in ethanol (20 mL) was stirred first at room temperature overnight and then at 50° C. for 2 hours. The resulting suspension was poured into water (200 mL), and the solution was adjusted to pH 7 using 5% HCl solution. The solids were isolated by filtration, washed with water, and air-dried to yield 474 mg (97%) of crude 2-benzothiazol-2-yl-3-furan-2-yl-3-hydroxy acrylonitrile which was used in the next step without further purification. MS (m/z, ES+): 268.98 (M+1, 100%).

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