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Experimental for chapter 3.1<br />

Synthesis of (4S,5S)-4-methyl-2,5-diphenyloxazoline (110)<br />

HO<br />

O<br />

Ph<br />

NH<br />

Me<br />

DIC, Cu(OTf) 2<br />

Ph<br />

O<br />

Me<br />

N<br />

Δ<br />

General procedure 3 was used with benzamide (200 mg, 0.78 mmol), DIC (0.12 cm 3 ,<br />

0.78 mmol), Cu(OTf) 2 (18 mg, 0.05 mmol), THF (3 cm 3 ) and heated under microwave<br />

irradiation for 5 min at 150 °C. Flash chroma<strong>to</strong>graphy (4:1 petrol:EtOAc) yielded an<br />

inseparable mixture of oxazoline 110 and its diastereomer (195 mg, 65%, 95:5) as<br />

colourless needles.<br />

R f : 0.59 (2:1 petrol:EtOAc); MS m/z (CI+): 238 (100%, MH + ), 239 (18%, (M+1)H + ),<br />

131 (51%, [M-PhCHO] + ); HRMS (ESI+) m/z found 238.1224 (MH calcd. 238.1226);<br />

IR ν max (film)/cm -1 : 2926 (C-H), 1648 (C=N), 1450, 1269; 1 H-NMR data for major<br />

compound (CDCl 3 , 300 MHz) δ 8.07-8.00 (m, 2H, ortho-Ph), 7.54-7.25 (m, 8H, Ph),<br />

5.11 (d, 1H, J 8.0, CHPh), 4.22 (quin, 1H, J 7.0, CHMe), 1.50 (d, 3H, J 6.5, Me); 13 C-<br />

NMR (75 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 164.2 (C=N), 140.2 (ipso-Ph), 131.7, 128.9, 128.8, 128.6,<br />

128.4, 127.7 (Ph) 127.4 (ipso-Ph), 126.7, 125.7 (Ph), 86.2 (CHOPh), 63.3 (CHNMe),<br />

22.7 (Me).<br />

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