Synthesis and Carbodemetalation Reactions of 4-Methyl- and 5-Aryl-2-(trimethylsilyl)oxazoles. C-C Bond Formation at C2 of the Oxazole Ring

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00391a046

The title compounds 6a-d have been prepared by sequential lithiation and silylation of the corresponding 2-H oxazoles and isomerization of the resulting α-isocyano silyl enol ethers.Silyloxazoles 6a-d behave as stable 2-oxazolyl anion equivalents toward v