Kj. Doyle et Cj. Moody, THE RHODIUM CARBENOID ROUTE TO OXAZOLES - SYNTHESIS OF 4-FUNCTIONALIZED OXAZOLES - 3-STEP PREPARATION OF A BIS-OXAZOLE, Tetrahedron, 50(12), 1994, pp. 3761-3772
Oxazole-4-sulfones, -phosphonates, and -nitriles are prepared by rhodi
um(II) catalysed addition of nitriles to the corresponding diazo compo
und, The effect of the ligand on rhodium was briefly investigated, wit
h rhodium(II) trifluoroacetamide generally proving the most effective
catalyst. The 4-cyanooxazole 9 is readily converted into the bis-oxazo
les 10-12.