Potassium Carbonate → 5-(5-Bromopyridin-2-yl)-4-ethyloxazole

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A mixture of 1-(1-isocyanopropylsulfonyl)-4-methylbenzene (1.98 g, 8.87 mmol), 5-bromopicolinaldehyde (1.65 g, 8.87 mmol), and K2CO3 (1.47 g, 10.6 mmol) in MeOH (45 mL) was heated at reflux overnight. The reaction was cooled to ambient temperature and concentrated in vacuo. Water was added to the residue and the product was extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic extract was washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was chromatographed on silica gel (Analogix® 25×60 column, 10%-50% EtOAc/hexanes) to yield 1.97 g (88%) of the title compound. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.68 (dd, J=2.4, 0.5, 1H), 7.89-7.82 (m, 2H), 7.55-7.49 (m, 1H), 3.06 (q, J=7.5, 2H), 1.29 (t, J=7.5, 3H). MS (DCI+) m/z 253/255 (M+H).

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