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COURSE OF BROMINATION OF THIAZOLE AND 2-METHYLTHIAZOLE
Gol'dfarb, Ya. L.,Gromova, G. P.,Belen'kii, L. I.
, p. 663 - 666 (1986)
Bromination of thiazole by bromine in the presence of aluminium chloride in neutral solvent or without solvent takes place at the 2-position.Such an orientation contradicts the traditional addition-cleavage mechanism, and agrees with the ylid mechanism of electrophilic substitution. 2-Methylthiazole brominates at the 5-position, and the reaction is impeded in the presence of aluminium chloride; this is due to heterocycle deactivation by complexation with the Lewis acid at the nitrogen atom.