Acetic Anhydride → 2-(2-Formamidothiazol-4-yl)-2-butoxyiminoacetic acid

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Formic acid (18.95 g.) was added dropwise to acetic anhydride (42.0 g.) under stirring at room temperature over 5 minutes, and stirred at 50° C. for an hour. 2-(2-Aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-n-butoxyiminoacetic acid (syn isomer, 25 g.) was added to the solution under ice cooling, and stirred at room temperature for 3 hours and additionally at 30° C. for an hour. After concentrating the resultant solution in vacuo, the residue was dissolved in diethyl ether. The solution was washed with water and a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride in turn, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The obtained oil was triturated with a solution of n-hexane (1 part) and diisopropyl ether (1 part), and collected by filtration to give 2-(2-formamidothiazol-4-yl)-2-n-butoxyiminoacetic acid (syn isomer, 20.1 g.).

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