A general and practical route to 4,5-disubstituted oxazoles using acid chlorides and isocyanides†
Abstract
An efficient and mild method for the synthesis of 4,5-disubstituted oxazoles has been developed. A series of 4,5-disubstituted oxazoles were prepared via [3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of various isocyanides and acid chlorides in the presence of base. This method serves as an efficient preparation of 5-formyloxazole which might prove to be a synthetically useful intermediate.