Cuminaldehyde → 4-[2-(4-Isopropyl-phenyl)-5-methyl-oxazol-4-ylmethoxy]-2-methyl-benzaldehyde

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In analogy to the procedure described in example 120 f], 4-hydroxy-2-methyl-benzaldehyde (for the preparation of 4-hydroxy-2-methyl-benzaldehyde see: H. H. Hodgson, T. A. Jenkinson, J. Chem. Soc. 1929, 469, 1639-1641) was reacted with 4-chloromethyl-2-(4-isopropyl-phenyl)-5-methyl-oxazole (prepared from 4-isopropyl-benzaldehyde and diacetyl monoxyme followed by treatment with POCl3 in analogy to the procedures described in examples 21 a] and b]) in the presence of potassium carbonate to yield 4-[2-(4-isopropyl-phenyl)-5-methyl-oxazol-4-ylmethoxy]-2-methyl-benzaldehyde. 4-[2-(4-Isopropyl-phenyl)-5-methyl-oxazol-4-ylmethoxy]-2-methyl-benzaldehyde was reacted with (ethoxy-ethoxy-carbonyl-methyl)-triphenyl-phosphonium chloride [for the preparation of (ethoxy-ethoxycarbonyl-methyl)-triphenyl-phosphonium chloride see: K. K. Bach, H. R. El-Seedi, H. M. Jensen, H. B. Nielsen, I. Thomson, K. B. G. Torssell, Tetrahedron 1994, 50, 7543-7556] in the presence of DBU in analogy to the procedure described in example 120 c] to give 2Z-ethoxy-3-{4-[2-(4-isopropyl-phenyl)-5-methyl-oxazol-4-ylmethoxy]-2-methyl-phenyl}-acrylic acid ethyl ester, which was further saponified in analogy to the procedure described in example 120 f] to yield 2Z-ethoxy-3-{4-[2-(4-isopropyl-phenyl)-5-methyl-oxazol-4-ylmethoxy]-2-methyl-phenyl}-acrylic acid as light green solid.

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