Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Methyl-1,3-benzoxazole-4-carboxylic acid

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At 0° C. an aq. KOH solution (1.0M, 2.40 mL) is added to a solution of 2-methyl-benzooxazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (0.98 mmol) in MeOH (5.0 mL) and stirred for 30 min. The mixture is allowed to reach rt, stirred for additional 60 min and made acidic by addition of aq. hydrochloric acid (2.0 M). After removal of MeOH under reduced pressure the obtained precipitate is filtered off to give the desired product which is dried in vacuo. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6): δ=2.64 (s, 3H); 7.41 (t, J=8.0 Hz, 1H); 7.83 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H); 7.88 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H); 12.8 (bs, 1H).

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