Tetrahedron letters

The synthesis of oxazoles by thermolysis or photolysis of 2-acylisoxazol-5-ones

KH Ang, RH Prager, JA Smith, B Weber, CM Williams

Index: Ang, Kiah H.; Prager, Rolf H.; Smith, Jason A.; Weber, Ben; Williams, Craig M. Tetrahedron Letters, 1996 , vol. 37, # 5 p. 675 - 678

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 31

Abstract

Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... N-acylisoxazol-5-ones are converted into the corresponding 2-substituted oxazoles by photolysis at 300 or 254nm, or by flash vacuum pyrolysis. The former procedure is favoured for isoxazolones with electron withdrawing groups at C-4, and pyrolysis for all others.