P. Molina et al., IMINOPHOSPHORANE-MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF OXAZOLE ALKALOIDS - ONE-STEP PREPARATION OF O-METHYLHALFORDINOL AND ANNULOLINE, Heterocycles, 36(10), 1993, pp. 2255-2258
The three-component reaction between triphenylphosphine, 4-methoxyphen
acyl azide and nicotinoyl chloride or 3,4-dimethoxycinnamoyl chloride
leads directly in good yields to O-methylhalfordinol or annuloline res
pectively.