4′,7-Dihydroxyisoflavone (31.3 mg, 0.123 mmol), 2-[5-fluoro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-4-(3-iodopropyl)-1,3-oxazole (48.9 mg, 0.123 mmol, 1.0 equiv.) and cesium carbonate (40.0 mg, 0.123 mmol, 1.0 equiv) were placed in a 25 mL flask. To the flask was added dimethylsulfoxide (3 mL) at room temperature to dissolve the starting materials, and the reaction mixture stirred room temperature for 15 hours. To the mixture were added water (30 mL) and the whole was extracted with ethyl acetate (30 mL×3). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (30 mL) and dried with sodium sulfate to give a crude mixture as colorless oil (64.2 mg). The crude mixture was purified by column-chromatography (SiO2=80 g, hexane/EtOAc=2:1 to 1:1) to give 7-(2-{2-[3-fluoro-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl](1,3-oxazol-5-yl)}ethoxy)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one (49.1 mg, 0.0934 mmol, 76%) as colorless crystals. Similarly prepared was 7-(3-{2-[3-fluoro-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl](1,3-oxazol-4-yl)}propoxy)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one.
