Diethyl Ether → 2-[(1,1-dimethylethyl)amino]-N-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)-5-oxazolecarboxamide

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A reaction vessel fitted with a calcium sulfate drying tube was charged with 4.9 g (55 mmol) of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol and 50 ml of anhydrous ethyl ether. With this mixture stirred at 0°-5° C., there was added dropwise over a period of 45 minutes a solution of 50 ml anhydrous ethyl ether containing 6.5 g (25 mmol) of 2-(tert-butylamino)-4-trifluoromethyl-5-oxazolecarbonyl chloride. The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 11/2 hours, then filtered to remove the HCl salt of 2-amino-2-methyl1-propanol. The ether filtrate was washed successively with one molar oxalic acid and saturated brine, then dried under magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield 8.2 g of a colorless, viscous oil. This oil was mixed with hexane and heated to reflux to yield a white solid material. The material was cooled and filtered to yield 7.7 g of a white crystalline product (m.p.=140°-144° C.) identified in Table I.

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