2-Methylbenzoxazole → 2-Methyl-1,3-benzoxazole-6-sulfonyl chloride

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Chlorosulfonic acid (12.5 ml, 187.8 mmol) was cooled in an ice bath and 2-methylbenzoxazole (5.0 g, 37.5 mmol) was carefully added drop wise over a period of 15 min. The combined mixture was heated at 115-120° C. for 16 hours. After cooling, the mixture was added very slowly to ca. 100 ml ice/water mix. The white solid that separated was collected by filtration, washed with water until washings were neutral and dried to yield 5.2 g (59%) of Compound 8, whose structure is given below:

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