Ammonium Hydroxide → 2-p-Tolylbenzo[d]oxazole-4-carboxamide

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Oxalyl chloride (0.04 g, 0.3 mmol) was slowly added to a solution of 2-p-tolylbenzo[d]oxazole-4-carboxylic acid (0.064 g, 0.25 mmol) in dichloromethane (10 mL) with stirring. The reaction mixture was warmed to 50° C. for 4 h and then cooled to 25° C. The solution was condensed in vacuum and then slowly added to 28% NH4OH (10 mL) and a solids precipitated out immediately. The mixture was warmed to 50° C. and stirred for another 2 h. Water (20 mL) was added to the reaction mixture and the slurry was cooled to 25° C. The product was filtered and the cake was washed with water, dried to afford 0.44 g 2-p-tolylbenzo[d]oxazole-4-carboxamide solid (Yield: 69.8%). 1H-NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): 2.46 (s, 3H), 6.01 (s, 1H), 7.34-1.36 (d, J=5.7 Hz, 2H), 7.43-7.47 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 1H), 7.71-7.73 (d, J=6.0 Hz, 1H), 8.15-8.18 (m, 3H), 9.02 (s, 1H). MS (ESI) m/e 253 [M+H]+.

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