Unequivocal synthetic routes towards 5- and 6-acyl-2(3H)-benzoxazolones are described. Comparison of the physicochemical properties of the compounds obtained by direct acylation under various Friedel-Crafts reaction conditions always leads to the conclusion that 6-acyl derivatives are the only isolated products. This observation contradicts previously published results.
Aichaoui, H., Poupaert, J., Lesieur, D., & Hénichart, J.-P. (1991). Regioselectivity in the C-acylation of 2(3h)-benzoxazolones. Tetrahedron, 47(33), 6649-6654. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)82317-6 (Original work published 1991)