Water → 5-Isoxazolecarboxylic acid, 4,5-dihydro-3-phenyl-, methyl ester

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A solution of N-hydroxybenzimidoyl chloride (0.500 g; 3.21 mmol) in ethyl acetate (4 mL) was added dropwise to the mixture of methyl acrylate (0.58 mL; 6.43 mmol), sodium bicarbonate (0.818 g; 9.64 mmol), water 0.1 mL and ethyl acetate (16 mL) at room temperature and the resulting mixture was stirred for 22 hours. The solid was eliminated by filtration and washed with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was evaporated and the residue purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (eluent: 15 to 100% dichloromethane in heptane) to afford 0.482 g (73%) of methyl 3-phenyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazole-5-carboxylate as a white solid.

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