Direct and practical synthesis of 2-arylbenzoxazoles promoted by activated carbon

Yuka Kawashita; Natsuki Nakamichi; Hirotoshi Kawabata; Masahiko Hayashi

doi:10.1021/ol035393w

Direct and practical synthesis of 2-arylbenzoxazoles promoted by activated carbon

Org Lett. 2003 Oct 2;5(20):3713-5. doi: 10.1021/ol035393w.

Authors

Yuka Kawashita¹, Natsuki Nakamichi, Hirotoshi Kawabata, Masahiko Hayashi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.

PMID: 14507212
DOI: 10.1021/ol035393w

Abstract

[reaction: see text] 2-Arylbenzoxazoles were directly synthesized from substituted 2-aminophenols and aldehydes in the presence of activated carbon (Darco KB) in xylene under an oxygen atmosphere.