Oxazoles are an important class of heterocycles, due to their ubiquity as both secondary metabolites and pharmacologically active agents. [1] We recently required a method for preparing 2-(acetamidomethyl)-4-aryl-oxazoles such as 2 (Figure [1] ). Preparation of 2-alkyl-substituted oxazoles from primary amides and α-bromoketones is known, [2] suggesting that direct access to oxazole 2 could be realized from bis-amide 1 and the appropriate bromoketone. While ...