Water → 2-(5-Methyl-3-phenyl-isoxazol-4-ylmethoxy)-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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To a stirred suspension of sodium hydride (304 mg, 6.98 mmol, 60% dispersion in mineral oil) in tetrahydrofuran (30 mL) at 0° C. under argon was added (5-methyl-3-phenyl-isoxazol-4-yl)-methanol (1.0 g, 5.28 mmol) The mixture was warmed to room temperature and after 1 h the reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. then a solution of 2-chloro-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (1.01 g, 5.28 mmol) in THF (15 mL) added. The reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and after 15 h, water (20 mL) was added and the resulting mixture extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were dried, filtered and concentrated. Purification by chromatography (silica, 20% ethyl acetate in heptane) gave the title compound (940 mg, 52% yield) as an off-white solid. MS: m/e=345.0 [M+H]+.

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