Benzoyl chloride → 7-Benzoylimidazo[5,1-b]thiazole

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Aluminum chloride (5.33 g) was added to a solution of 4.64 ml of benzoyl chloride in 50 ml of carbon disulfide. A solution of 1.24 g of imidazo[5,1-b]thiazole in 50 ml of dichloromethane was added dropwise thereto. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hr. The reaction solution was poured into 50 g of ice. Dichloromethane (100 ml) was added thereto. Sodium carbonate (16.7 g) and 16.7 g of sodium sulfate were added in that order to the mixture with stirring. The insolubles were removed by filtration through Celite, and then washed with dichloromethane. Filtrate was concentrated under the reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (hexane:ethyl acetate=5:1 to dichloromethane:ethyl acetate=2:1) to give 1.39 g of 7-benzoylimidazo[5,1-b]thiazole.

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