438553-16-3Relevant articles and documents
Metalation of 4-oxazolinyloxazole derivatives. A convenient route to 2,4-bifunctionalized oxazoles.
Couture, Axel,Grandclaudon, Pierre,Hoarau, Christophe,Cornet, Josephine,Henichart, Jean-Pierre,Houssin, Raymond
, p. 3601 - 3606 (2007/10/03)
The synthesis of an array of 5-phenyloxazole derivatives bearing a variety of hydroxyalkyl groups at the C-2 position of the heterocyclic nucleus and possessing a formyl or a carboxyl function at C-4 is reported. These bifunctionalized compounds have been efficiently prepared by addition of carbonylated electrophiles to the 2-lithio derivative of 5-phenyloxazole preliminarily equipped with an oxazoline unit at the 4-position of the oxazole nucleus. It is demonstrated that this protocol offers a double advantage since it suppresses the troublesome electrocyclic ring-opening reaction and allows access to the target compounds by simple chemical transformation of the oxazoline ring system.