5-Methyl-2-phenyloxazole-4-carboxylic Acid Methyl Ester is an intermediate used to prepare 2-Phenyl-5-methyloxazole-4-carboxylic Acid (P336070) which is a building block used to prepare oxazole transthyretin amyloidogenesis inhibitors. 2-Phenyl-5-methyloxazole-4-carboxylic Acid is also used to synthesize inhibitors of HldE kinase as Gram-negative antivirulence drugs.