A Facile Preparation of 4-Arylidene-4,5-dihydrooxazol-5-ones using Zeolite as a Cyclodehydrating Agent

Abstract

An efficient new method for the azlactonisation of acylamino acids using zeolite under mild conditions is described; the method is fairly general as well as providing high yields.

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