Methanol → Methyl 2-chloro-4-thiazolecarboxylate

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Thionyl chloride (4.4 mL, 61 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of 2-chlorothiazole-4-carboxylic acid (2.00 g, 12.2 mmol) in MeOH (40 mL) at 0° C., and the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to rt. After stirring overnight, the reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting solid was recrystallized from EtOH/H2O (1:1), yielding 1.40 g (65%) of the title compound as an orange solid. LC-MS: RT=6.17 min, [M+H]+=178.1.

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