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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Mar 16;18(8):2610–2614. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.03.037

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Aminothiazole N-acylation problem. Conditions used: 1. Et3N (1.2eq), C6H5COCl, DCM, 0 °C to rt, overnight; 5 is recovered. 2. ibid 1, except 5 was pre-washed with 10% aq. NaOH; results in complex mixture. 3. Et3N (1.2eq), C6H5COCl, toluene, reflux, overnight; 5 is recovered + trace of 6. 4. i-Pr2NEt (15eq), C6H5COCl (10eq), DCM, rt, overnight; 5 is consumed; mono-and bis-benzoylation products.