Water → 1-Amino-2-(benzyloxy)-4-methylpyridinium 2,4,6-trimethylbenzenesulphonate

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A mixture of 18.0 ml of trifluoroacetic acid (233 mmol, 10 eq.) and 2.66 ml of water was cooled to −5° C. At this temperature, 9.99 g (35.0 mmol, 1.5 eq.) of ethyl (1E)-N-[(mesitylsulphonyl)oxy]ethanimidoate [CAS No: 38202-27-6] were added in portions. After 1.5 h, 150 ml of ice-water were added, and the mixture was stirred briefly and extracted with 100 ml of dichloromethane. The organic phase was dried with magnesium sulphate and filtered, and the resulting solution of O-(2-mesitylenesulphonyl)hydroxylamine (MSH) was added dropwise directly to a solution, cooled to 0° C., of 4.65 g (23.3 mmol, 1.0 eq.) of 2-(benzyloxy)-4-methylpyridine from Example 5A in 50 ml of dichloromethane. The mixture was stirred at RT for 2 h. Subsequently, 1 l of diethyl ether was added dropwise, and precipitated solids were filtered off, washed with 250 ml of diethyl ether and dried. 4.6 g of the title compound were isolated (48% of theory).

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