Potassium Carbonate → 2-Bromo-4-{[(2,4-dimethoxy-benzyl)-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-amino]-methyl}-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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2-Bromo-4-bromomethyl-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (22.1 g, 67.3 mmol) was dissolved in 169 mL of dry N,N-dimethylformamide. N-(2,4-dimethoxy-benzyl)glycine ethyl ester (17.1 g, 67.3 mmol) and potassium carbonate (10.2 g, 74.0 mmol) were added and the reaction was stirred at room temperature for 18 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with water and brine. The organic fraction was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography eluting from silica gel with a gradient of 0-70% ethyl acetate in hexanes to produce 19.5 g of a light yellow solid. MS: (+) m/z 501.1 (M+1).

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