Abstract
This study presents a novel and rare demethylation of 4-benzylidene-2-phenyloxazolones under NaOH/EtOH/H2O conditions. The potential mechanism underlying the phenomenon was evaluated through control reactions.
Authors’ contributions
All of the authors made contributions to the writing of the manuscript, and they all approved of its final version. JMK and WYK contributed equally to this work.
Disclosure statement
The authors declare no conflict of interest.