Triphenylphosphine → 4-{2-[5-Methyl-2-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-oxazol-4-yl]-ethoxy}-naphthalene-1-carbaldehyde

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2.00 g of 2-[5-Methyl-2-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-oxazol-4-yl]-ethanol (7.37 mmol) was dissolved in 37 ml of toluene and treated successively at 0° C. with 1.27 g of 4-hydroxy-naphthalene-1-carbaldehyde (7.37 mmol), 1.93 g of triphenylphosphine (7.37 mmol), and 1.49 g (7.37 mmol) of DIAD. The cooling bath was then removed and stirring continued for 2 h. The reaction mixture was then evaporated to dryness in vacuo. Flash chromatography (SiO2, hexane/AcOEt=75/25), followed by boiling up in ether, delivered 1.28 g of the title compound as off-white crystals.

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