4-Hydroxybenzyl Alcohol → 4-(5-Methyl-2-phenyl-4-oxazolylmethoxy)benzyl alcohol

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4-(Chloromethyl)-5-methyl-2-phenyl-1,3-oxazole (5.00 g), parahydroxybenzyl alcohol (3.29 g) and potassium carbonate (6.66 g) were suspended in dimethylformamide (25 ml) and the suspension was stirred at 50° C. for 3.5 hr. The reaction mixture was cooled and water (25 ml) was added at not higher than 15° C. The mixture was stirred for about 5 min and at about 5° C. for 1 hr under ice-cooling. The crystals were collected by filtration, washed twice with water (15 ml) and dried under reduced pressure at 50° C. to give the objective product (6.85 g) in a yield of 96%.

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