Dimethylformamide → (S)-4-Benzyl-2-oxazolidinone

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Oxalyl chloride was slowly added at room temperature to a mixture of (2E)-3-(3-cyanophenyl)acrylic acid, DMF and dichloromethane and stirred for 30 minutes. The reaction solution was concentrated under a reduced pressure, and the thus obtained residue was dissolved in THF and again concentrated under a reduced pressure. By repeating this operation, excess hydrogen chloride and oxalyl chloride were removed and crude (2E)-3-(3-cyanophenyl)acrylic acid chloride was obtained. The thus obtained crude product and (S)-4-benzyl-2-oxazolidinone were subjected to condensation reaction in the same manner as in Reference Example 1 to obtain 3-{(1E)-3-[(4S)-4-benzyl-2-oxo-1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl]-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl}benzonitrile. FP: 333, NMR 1: 3.02 (1H, dd, J=7.0, 13.5 Hz), 3.10 (1H, dd, J=3.5, 13.5 Hz), 4.25 (1H, dd, J=3.0, 8.5 Hz), 4.41 (1H, t, J=8.5 Hz), 4.75-4.85 (1H, m), 7.20-7.37 (5H, m), 7.68 (1H, t, J=8.0 Hz), 7.85 (2H, br.s), 7.90-7.95 (1H, m), 8.01-8.06 (1H, m), 8.20 (1H, br.s).

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