Ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate → Ethyl 2-(2-cyclopropyloxazol-4-yl)acetate

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Ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate (20.0 g, 122.0 mmol) was added to cyclopropanecarboxamide (3.52 g, 41.5 mmol) in toluene (100 mL) and 1,4-dioxane (100 mL). The mixture was refluxed at 120° C. for 17 hours then evaporated in vacuo. The crude solid was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (80:20 petroleum ether: EtOAc) to afford the title compound as a white solid in 50% yield, 4.00 g.

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