Ethyl formate → 2-(N-Formylaminomethyl)benzoxazole

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A mixture of 4.29 g (28.9 mmol) of 2-(aminomethyl)benzoxazole (PREPARATION 6) and 20 ml of ethyl formate is heated at 80° for 2 hr, after which the excess ethyl formate is removed under reduced pressure. The residue is chromatographed on silica gel (350 ml) eluting with methanol/dichloromethane (2/98), the appropriate fractions are pooled and concentrated to give the product, which is crystallized from dichloromethane/hexane to give the title compound, mp 98°-99°; MS (m/z) at 176; IR 1655, 1621, 1519, 1241, 750 cm-1 ; NMR (CDCl3) 4.81, 6.45, 7.36, 7.53, 7.70, 8.39 δ.

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