Synlett 2012; 23(9): 1361-1363
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1290939
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Oxazole Synthesis from Isocyanides

Laurent El Kaïm*
Laboratoire DCSO ENSTA-Polytechnique-CNRS, UMR 7652, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées, 32 Bd Victor, 75739 Paris, Cedex 15, France, Fax: +33(1)45528322   Email: laurent.elkaim@ensta.fr   Email: grimaud@dcso.polytechnique.fr
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Laurence Grimaud*
Laboratoire DCSO ENSTA-Polytechnique-CNRS, UMR 7652, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées, 32 Bd Victor, 75739 Paris, Cedex 15, France, Fax: +33(1)45528322   Email: laurent.elkaim@ensta.fr   Email: grimaud@dcso.polytechnique.fr
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Pravin Patil
Laboratoire DCSO ENSTA-Polytechnique-CNRS, UMR 7652, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées, 32 Bd Victor, 75739 Paris, Cedex 15, France, Fax: +33(1)45528322   Email: laurent.elkaim@ensta.fr   Email: grimaud@dcso.polytechnique.fr
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Publication History

Received: 16 February 2012

Accepted after revision: 15 March 2012

Publication Date:
14 May 2012 (online)


Abstract

A new synthetic path toward oxazoles starting from isocyanides is presented. This two-step oxazole preparation involves a bromination–cyclization followed by a Suzuki cross-coupling.