E. Crowe et al., 2-METALATED OXAZOLES - PKA DEPENDENT DEUTERATIONS, NMR-STUDIES AND PALLADIUM-CATALYZED COUPLINGS, Tetrahedron, 51(32), 1995, pp. 8889-8900
Deuteration experiments on 2-lithiated oxazoles show a pKa dependent r
egioselectivity suggesting that the ring cleaved tautomer dominates th
e equilibrium. Transmetallation to the zinc derivative gives a species
which behaves as a C2 ring closed nucleophile as judged by deuteratio
n and palladium catalysed coupling experiments. These conclusions are
supported by nmr spectroscopy studies of the metallated species.