Anisole → HCID 136133815, compound

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Reaction Steps

Aluminium chloride (0.27 g, 2 mmol) was added to a mixture of 5-chloro-2-(4-chlorobenzyloxy)phenyl 5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl ketone O-methyloxime (0.39 g, 1 mmol) and anisole (3 ml) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour. After completion of the reaction, aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (100 ml) was added, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (ethyl acetate/n-hexane) to give 5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl 5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl ketone O-methyloxime (0.22 g, 82.2%) as colorless crystals. A part of the crystals was recrystallized from ether/n-hexane to give crystals (mp. 92-93.5° C.).

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