Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 4-(1,3-oxazol-5-yl)benzoate

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Methyl 4-formylbenzoate (Aldrich Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.) (5.0 g, 30.5 mmol), anhydrous potassium carbonate (4.55 g, 33 mmol) and p-toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide (TOSMIC, Aldrich Chemical Co.) (6.83 g, 30.5 mmol) were refluxed in methanol (100 ml) for 3.5 hours. The mixture was then concentrated to dryness in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate, washed twice with water, dried and concentrated in vacuo to give methyl 4-(1,3-oxazol-5-yl)benzoate as a beige solid (4.95 g).

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