Ethyl isocyanate → 1-Ethyl-3-(6-methoxy-1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)urea

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6-Methoxy-1,3-benzothiazol-2-amine (5.00 g, 27.74 mmol) was dissolved in anhydrous DMSO (20 mL) and triethylamine (15.50 mL, 110.97 mmol) followed by ethyl isocyanate (4.39 mL, 55.49 mmol). The mixture was stirred at rt under N2 for 4 h then quenched with water (˜200 mL) and stirred for 1 h. A white solid formed, was collected by filtration, rinsed with water then washed with acetone (100 mL) and the filtrate collected separately to the aqueous filtrate. The solid was partially soluble in acetone so the filtrate was concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure and combined with the solid collected by filtration to obtain the desired compound as a white solid, 6.27 g (90%). m/z: 251.96 [M+H]+.

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