Triethylamine → Ethyl 5-(4-chlorophenyl)oxazole-4-carboxylate

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Triethylamine (20 mL, 144 mmol) was added to a solution of 4-chlorobenzoyl chloride (8.4 g, 48 mmol) in THF (100 mL) at 0° C. Ethyl 2-isocyanoacetate (6.0 g, 53 mmol) was added dropwise and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 1 h. The reaction mixture was partitioned between EtOAc and water. The organic phase was washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica column with ethyl acetate and hexanes as eluents to give the desired compound. MS (m/z) 252.1 [M+H]+.

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