Acetic Acid → tert-Butyl 2-(5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)propan-2-ylcarbamate

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To a solution of acetic acid (1.8 g) in DMF (50 mL) was added N,N′-carbonyldiimidazole (CAN 530-62-1, 4.865 g, mmol). The solution was stirred at ambient temperature for 0.5 h. (Z)-tert-butyl 1-amino-1-(hydroxyimino)-2-methylpropan-2-ylcarbamate (6.07 g) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at 120° C. for 10 h. Removal of the solvent under reduced pressure left a yellow oil which was purified by column chromatography (silica gel 120 g, eluting with 30% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether) to give the title compound (5.38 g, 80%) as colorless oil; MS: m/e=264.1 [M+Na]+.

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