Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid → HCID 22144541, compound

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A solution of 7-bromo-5-methoxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-benzoxazole (200 mg, 0.60 mmol), in anhydrous N,N dimethylformamide (1.5 mL) was stirred and heated to reflux under dry nitrogen with copper(I) cyanide (80 mg, 0.90 mmol) for 4 h. The mixture was cooled and poured into an excess of aqueous ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Isolation of the crude product gave the nitrile (164 mg, 98% yield) as tan needles from (30% EtOAc/petroleum ether); m.p. 180-183° C.; MS m/e 281 (M+H)+.

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