Thionyl Chloride → 5-Benzyl-4-chloromethyloxazole

HRID 1605366Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1605366 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C:8]1[O:12][CH:11]=[N:10][C:9]=1[C:13](O)=O)[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.C(C1OC=NC=1CO)C1C=CC=CC=1.S(Cl)([Cl:32])=O>>[CH2:1]([C:8]1[O:12][CH:11]=[N:10][C:9]=1[CH2:13][Cl:32])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1

Participants

4

Procedure

5-Benzyl-4-oxazolecarboxylic acid is converted to 5-benzyl-4-hydroxymethyloxazole by the procedure of Example 135. Treating this hydroxymethyl compound with thionyl chloride gives 5-benzyl-4-chloromethyloxazole.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-9009674ba93a439b8e4b002b84ba17e5
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1976_04
Patent number
US03950333

Reaction notes

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