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HRID 1848948Generated: October 30, 2026

Dimethylformamide → Benzoxazole, 2-phenyl-

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDimethylformamideHCID 6228—
ReactantBenzoxazoleHCID 9228—
ReactantIodobenzeneHCID 11575—
ReactantPotassium tert-butoxideHCID 23665647—
CatalystCopper(1+) iodide; Copper(I) iodide; Cuprous iodide; Cuprous iodide (CuI)HCID 24350—
SolventEthyl AcetateHCID 8857—
ProductBenzoxazole, 2-phenyl-HCID 7003061%

Reaction Steps

Copper(I) iodide (19.1 mg, 0.1 mmol), benzoxazole (119 mg, 1.0 mmol), iodobenzene (612 mg, 3.0 mmol), t-BuOK (224 mg, 2.0 mmol), and DMF (1.0 mL). After column chromatography (hexanes, then 10% ethyl acetate in hexanes) and preparative HPLC (5% ethyl acetate in hexanes) 119 mg (61%) of 2-phenylbenzoxazole is obtained. Table I, entry 3.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08952207B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_02
ORD IDord-6fc1eeed214a4a1388fa5462eb04ddd6
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_02