Sodium hydride → (2R)-2-methyl-6-nitro-2-[[4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenoxy]methyl]-3H-imidazo[2,1-b]oxazole

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4-Trifluoromethoxyphenol (1.1 g, 6.17 mmol) was dissolved in DMF (20 ml). To the solution, sodium hydride (260 mg, 6.45 mmol) was added at room temperature, and the solution was stirred for 15 minutes at 80° C. To the solution, (R)-2-chloro-1-(2-methyloxiran-2-ylmethyl)-4-nitroimidazole prepared in Example 12 (1.22 g, 5.61 mmol) was added with cooling on ice-bath, and the solution was stirred for further 2 hours at 80° C. The reaction mixture was poured into ice-water, and the solution was stirred vigorously. The precipitates were filtered off, washed with water and dissolved in methylene chloride. The solution was washed with a saturated saline solution, dried over magnesium sulfate and then filtered. The resulting filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (methylene chloride/ethyl acetate=10/1) and and then crystallized from methylene chloride-diisopropyl ether to afford (R)-2-methyl-6-nitro-2-(4-trifluoromethoxyphenoxymethyl)-2,3-dihydroimidazo[2,1-b]oxazole (1.03 g, yield 51%) as a white powder.

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