Diethylamine → Ethyl 2-(diethylamino)-4-trifluoromethyl-5-oxazolecarboxylate

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To a reaction vessel containing a stirred mixture of 3.15 g (13 mmol) of ethyl 2-chloro-4-trifluoromethyl-5-oxazolecarboxylate in 25 ml of toluene, there was added 3 ml (29 mmol) of diethylamine. The reactionmixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 4 hours and then suction filtered. The filtrate was washed with 5% hydrochloric acid, then with saturated brine, then dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield 3.3 g of a pale yellow oil. This oil was subjected to Kugelrohr distillation (60° C. @ 3 mm Hg) to remove trace amounts of starting material. Further Kugelrohr distillation provided 2.9 g of colorless oil (b.p. 110° C. @ 3 mm Hg) identified in Table I.

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