Water → 2-(4-Benzylamino-3-nitrophenyl)benzoxazole

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To a suspension of 2-(4-fluoro-3-nitrophenyl)benzoxazole (see Working Example 15-2) (300 mg, 1.19 mmol) in ethanol (5 mL) was added sodium hydrogen carbonate (195 mg, 2.32 mmol) and benzylamine (311 mg, 2.90 mmol), and this was heated to reflux with stirring for 4 hours. After the reaction was complete, it was cooled to room temperature and water was added. The precipitated crystals were filtered off, and after washing with water and ethanol the crystals were dried to yield the title compound (347 mg, 84% yield) as orange crystals.

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