A Facile Synthesis of 6-Methoxy-2-oxo-2,3-dihydrobenzoxazole
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Synthesis
- Vol. 1989 (11) , 875-876
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-1989-27420
Abstract
A new two-step synthesis of 6-methoxybenzoxazolin-2(3H)-one, a bioactive natural product from Gramineae, is described. The new procedure avoids disadvantages of hitherto existing methods and affords the title compound in 75% overall yield from 5-methoxy-2-nitrophenol.Keywords
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