1-Propanol → 2-(2,5-dimethylphenoxymethyl)phenyl 3-methylisoxazol-5-yl ketone O-methyloxime

Participants

Reaction Steps

n-Propanol (2 ml) and methoxyamine hydrochloride (0.25 g, 3 mmol) were added to 2-(2,5-dimethylphenoxymethyl)-phenyl 3-methylisoxazol-5-yl ketone (0.33 g, 1 mmol), and the mixture was stirred under reflux for 15 hours. After completion of the reaction, water (200 ml) was added, the mixture was extracted with dichloromethane. The dichloromethane layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (ethyl acetate/n-hexane) to give isomer A (0.18 g, 51.4%, as colorless crystals) and isomer B (0.15 g, 42.8%, as colorless crystals) of 2-(2,5-dimethylphenoxymethyl)phenyl 3-methylisoxazol-5-yl ketone O-methyloxime. One of the isomers A and B is the E-isomer and the other is Z-isomer.

Provenance & Evidence