Syntheses of heterocyclic compounds. Part XIV. Oxazoles from the pyrolysis of aryl azides in a mixture of a carboxylic and polyphosphoric acid
Abstract
Aromatic azides with a para-substituent decompose thermally in a mixture of polyphosphoric and a carboxylic acid to give oxazoles, or in some case NO-diacyl o-aminophenols, in good yield. Various aspects of this nitrene mechanism are discussed.