Fischer oxazole synthesis
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The Fischer oxazole synthesis is a chemical synthesis of the aromatic heterocycle oxazole from cyanohydrins and aldehydes in the presence of anhydrous hydrochloric acid. This method was discovered by Hermann Emil Fischer in 1896.
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- Fischer, E. Ber. 1896, 29, 205.
- Wiley, R. H. Chem. Rev. 1945, 37, 401.