Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Aminothiazole-4-carboxylic acid

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Reaction Steps

To 40 ml of an aqueous solution of 4.00 g (23.2 mmol) of ethyl 2-aminothiazole-4-carboxylate was added 1.86 g (46.5 mmol) of sodium hydroxide, followed by stirring at room temperature for 5 hours. The reaction liquid was adjusted to pH 1 by the addition of concentrated hydrochloric acid, and the precipitated crystals were collected by filtration to prepare 2.84 g (yield 85%) of a target compound.

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