Benzyl Bromide → Ethyl 2-(3-benzyl-2-oxoimidazolidin-1-yl)-4-methylthiazole-5-carboxylate

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To a suspension of ethyl 4-methyl-2-(2-oxoimidazolidin-1-yl)thiazole-5-carboxylate (0.51 g, 2.00 mmol) and potassium carbonate (0.49 g, 3.54 mmol) in acetone (30 mL) was added benzyl bromide (0.30 mL, 0.25 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 16 hours. The solvent was removed in vacuo, and the residue was washed with water (100 mL) and hexanes (30 mL) to afford the title compound in 93% yield (0.65 g): mp 122-124° C.; 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.35-7.26 (m, 5H), 4.40 (s, 2H), 4.19 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 3.97 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 3.42 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.48 (s, 3H), 1.23 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 3H); MS (ES+) m/z 346.0 (M+1).

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