Several 2, 5-disubstituted oxazole-4-carboxylates were prepared in high yields from the methyl esters of N-acyl-β-halodehydroaminobutyric acid derivatives by treatment with a 2% solution of DBU in acetonitrile. The scope of this reaction was investigated and it was found that dehydrodipeptides having a β-bromodehydroaminobutyric acid residue gave the corresponding oxazoles in good yields. The photophysical properties of some of the ...
[Shi, Baolu; Blake, Alexander J.; Lewis, William; Campbell, Ian B.; Judkins, Brian D.; Moody, Christopher J. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 75, # 1 p. 152 - 161]