Methanesulfonyl chloride → Ethyl 4-methyl-2-[(methylsulfonyl)amino]-1,3-thiazole-5-carboxylate

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A stirred solution of ethyl-2-amino-4-methyl-thiazole-5-carboxylate (558 mg, 3 mmol) in dichloromethane (15 mL) and pyridine (5 mL) was treated with methanesulfonyl chloride (687 mg, 6 mmol) at rt overnight. The solution was diluted with dichloromethane (50 mL) and washed with 2N aq. HCl solution (15 mL, 3×), dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated. The crude residue was diluted with ether (25 mL) and the solid was filtered, washed with 1:1 ether:hexane mixture (10 mL, 3×), and dried in vacuo to obtain the title compound (687 mg, 87%) as an off-white solid.

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