“…Surprisingly, in contrast to its analogs, tert-butyl carbazate produced a minor amount of the expected desired product, 2-(tert-butoxy)-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole, when it was reacted with benzaldehyde (1) under standard conditions; instead, 5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-one (10a) was obtained as the major product. In view of the important pharmacological activity of 5-substituted-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] and their utility as building blocks for 3,5-disubstituted 1,3,4-oxadiazole-2(3H)-one derivatives, we then investigated the scope of tert-butyl carbazate to form various 5-substituted 1,3,4oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones, as illustrated in Table 4. Various aromatic aldehydes were employed starting with arylaldehydes with para substituents (Me, OMe, CN, CF 3 , Cl, Br) on the benzene ring.…”