Nitrogen → Ethyl 2-formyl-1,3-oxazole-4-carboxylate

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In a flame dried round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar and under inert atmosphere (N2), a solution of NaIO4 (3.21 g, 15.00 mmol) in water (26.0) mL was slowly added to a vigorously stirred suspension of silica gel (15.0 g) in acetone (60.0 mL). The mixture was then concentrated under reduced pressure and the lumpy solid slurried in CH2Cl2 and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. CH2Cl2 (40.0 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was treated at rt with (E)-2-styryl-oxazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (1.22 g, 5.00 mmol) and RuCl3 hydrate (82 mg, 0.15 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt in the dark for 30 min, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification of the residue by FC (1:9 to 1:2 EA-Hept) gave the title compound as a yellow solid. TLC:rf (3:2 EA-Hept)=0.21. LC-MS-conditions 02: tR=0.51 min; [M+H2O+H]+=188.50.

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