N-bromobutanimide → Ethyl 5-amino-2-bromothiazole-4-carboxylate

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N-Bromosuccinimide (0.54 g, 3.03 mmol) was added to a solution of 5-aminothiazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (0.44 g, 2.53 mmol) [prepared according to the procedure described by Golankiewicz et al. (Tetrahedron, 41 (24), 5989-5994 (1985))] in acetonitrile (10 mL), and the mixture was stirred for 30 min. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc (50 mL) and washed with 5% K2CO3 aq. solution (25 mL) followed by brine (25mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography eluted with 15% EtOAc in hexane to give 0.37 g (58% yield) of the titled compound.

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