Triphenylphosphine → 3-(5-Methyl-3-pyridin-2-yl-isoxazol-4-ylmethoxy)-isoxazole-5-carboxylic acid methyl ester

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To a solution of (5-methyl-3-pyridin-2-yl-isoxazol-4-yl)-methanol (465 mg, 2.44 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was added 3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-isoxazole-5-carboxylic acid methyl ester (350 mg, 2.45 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (769 mg, 2.93 mmol) at 0° C. under an argon atmosphere. Then diethyl azodicarboxylate (˜40% in toluene, 1.23 mL, 2.68 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h at 0° C. and then overnight at room temperature. Concentration and purification by chromatography (silica, heptane:ethyl acetate=4:1 to 1:4) afforded the title compound (443 mg, 57%) as a white solid. MS: m/e=316.2 [M+H]+.

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