(300 mg, 1.40 mmol) and 20 equiv of thionyl chloride (2.0 mL, 28 mmol)
was stirred at 80 °C for 2.5 h. The mixture was evaporated to
dryness and used immediately in the next step. A mixture of 2-(4-ethylphenyl)-1,3-benzoxazol-5-amine
(156 mg, 657 μmol), 1.05 equiv of 2-chloro-5-(methylcarbamoyl)benzoyl
chloride (160 mg, 689 μmol), and 3.0 equiv of TEA (270 μL,
2.0 mmol) in 4.0 mL of THF was stirred at r.t. for 12 h and evaporated
to dryness. The crude material was taken up in DCM, and the mixture
was stirred at r.t., filtered, and evaporated to dryness again to
give 150 mg (52% yield, 98% purity) of the title compound
UPLC-MS (Agilent, acidic conditions): tR = 1.29 min. MS (ESI+): m/z = 434.1 [M + H]+.
1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 10.87 (s, 1 H), 8.82 (br d, J = 4.82
Hz, 1 H), 8.27 (d, J = 1.77 Hz, 1 H), 8.09–8.16
(m, 3 H), 7.99 (dd, J = 8.36, 2.28 Hz, 1 H), 7.75–7.80
(m, 1 H), 7.66–7.74 (m, 2 H), 7.47 (d, J =
8.36 Hz, 2 H), 2.79 (d, J = 4.56 Hz, 3 H), 2.72 (d, J = 7.60 Hz, 2 H), 1.23 (t, J = 7.60 Hz,
3 H).