Nitrogen → Ethyl 2-acetyloxazole-4-carboxylate

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In a flame dried round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar and under inert atmosphere (N2), a solution of NalO4 (23 g, 108 mmol) in water (150) mL was slowly added to a vigorously stirred suspension of silica gel (110 g) in acetone (500 mL). The mixture was then concentrated under reduced pressure and the lumpy solid slurried in CH2Cl2 and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. CH2Cl2 (500 mL) was added and the reaction mixture was treated at rt with (E)-ethyl 2-(1-phenylprop-1-en-2-yl)oxazole-4-carboxylate (8.3 g, 32.5 mmol) and RuC1-3 hydrate (550 mg, 1.0 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt in the dark for 60 min, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification of the residue by FC (1:0→1:5 petroleum ether: Et2O) gave the title compound as a yellow solid. TLC:rf (1:1 EA-Hept)=0.52.

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