Oxazolylethanol (I) was coupled to N-Boc-L-tyrosine methyl ester (II) using Mitsunobu conditions in the presence of PPh3 and DEAD to give ether (III). Subsequent deprotection of the Boc group of (III) with trifluoroacetic acid afforded amine (IV), which was then condensed with methyl cyclohexanone-2-carboxylate (V) in boiling toluene to yield enamine (VI). Further heating of (VI) at 190 C in anisole in the presence of Pd/C resulted in aromatization of the cyclohexene ring to produce the anthranilate derivative (VII). Finally, selective hydrolysis of the aliphatic ester with LiOH under careful conditions provided the target monoester.