Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 2-chlorooxazole-4-carboxylate

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Reaction Steps

To a mixture of tert-butyl nitrate (2.86 mL), copper(II) chloride (3.23 g) and acetonitrile (64 mL) was added ethyl 2-amino-1,3-oxazole-4-carboxylate obtained in Step A (2.50 g) at 60° C. The reaction mixture was heated at 80° C. for 3 hr, and cooled to room temperature. The reaction mixture was poured into 1 M hydrochloric acid, and the mixture was extracted with dichloromethane. The extract was washed with saturated brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane) to give the title compound (1.90 g).

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