2-pyridin-4-yl-1-[4-(quinolin-2-ylmethoxy)-phenyl]-ethanone (200 mg, 0.56 mmole) was heated at reflux in dimethoxymethyl-dimethyl amine (1 ml) for 1 h and concentrated. The crude product was dissolved in methanol/water (3:1, 4 ml) and hydroxyl amine hydrochloride (43 mg, 1.1 eq.) was added. After 1 h, acetic acid was added (0.016 ml) and the reaction was heated at reflux for 1h. Cooled to ambient temperature poured into saturated sodium bicarbonate, extracted with methylene chloride, dried magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. Biotage MPLC was run on a 25S column elution with 3% methanol/1% ammonium hydroxide/ethyl acetate 50% in hexanes to provide the title compound as a tan solid (94 mg, 45%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.59(dd, J=6.2, 1.7 Hz, 2 H), 8.36 (s, 1H), 8.20 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 8.07 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1 H), 7.82 (d, J=9.1 Hz, 1H), 7.73 (dt, J=7.1, 1.7 Hz, 1H), 7.64 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.54 (m, 3H), 7.28 (d, J=4.2 Hz, 2H) 7.05 (d, J=9.1, 2H), 5.40 (s, 2H); MS: (M+H m/z=380.2).
