Carbon Dioxide → Lithium 5-methyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothiazolo[5,4-c]pyridine-2-carboxylate

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5-Methyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothiazolo[5,4-c]pyridine (6.43 g) was dissolved in absolute tetrahydrofuran (200 ml), to the solution n-butyllithium (1.47N hexane solution, 34.0 ml) was added dropwise at −78° C., and the resultant mixture was stirred for 40 minutes. After carbon dioxide gas was blown into the reaction mixture at −78° C. for 1 hour, the reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and then concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound (9.42 g) as pale brown foamy solids.

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