Sodium Hydroxide → 2-Tert-butyl-5-methyl-4-oxazoleacetic acid

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13.19 g of the above prepared (2-tert-butyl-5-methyl-oxazol-4-yl)-acetonitrile (74.0 mmol) was dissolved in 170 ml EtOH/water=1/1 and treated with 5 eq. of NaOH-pellets (14.8 g). Hydrolysis was allowed to proceed over night at 65° C. Pouring onto crashed ice/HCl, twofold extraction with AcOEt, washing with water, drying over sodium sulfate, followed by evaporation of the solvents, yielded 13.77 g of the title acid as waxy solid.

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