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Synthesis of 2-aryl-and 2-hetaryloxazoles from the oxazolines and oxazolidines

Journal Article · · Chem. Heterocycl. Compd. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00575249· OSTI ID:6772412

Treatment of 2-phenyl-, 2-(2-furyl)-, and 2-(2-thienyl) oxazolines with nickel peroxide has been found to give, in addition to the dehydrogenation products (2-substituted oxazoles), the fragmentation products (amides of benzoic, furan-2-carboxylic, and thiophen-2-carboxylic acids). This fragmentation appears to give initially the nitriles, which are then converted into the amides by the nickel peroxide. Catalytic dehydrogenation of 2-phenyloxazoline gives low yields of 2-phenyloxazole, the principal product being benzonitrile. Treatment of the Schiff's bases obtained from ethanolamine and aldehydes (benzaldehyde, furfural, and thiophen-2-aldehyde) with nickel peroxide gives trace amounts of the oxazoles, the principal products being the aldehydes, with smaller amounts of the nitriles.

Research Organization:
Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
OSTI ID:
6772412
Journal Information:
Chem. Heterocycl. Compd. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Chem. Heterocycl. Compd. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 22:6; ISSN CHCCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English