Hydrochloric Acid → 4-[(Aminooxy)methyl]benzonitrile hydrochloride

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Reaction Steps

N-Hydroxyphthalimide (3.30 g, 20.2 mmol) was dissolved in NMP (50 ml) and 4-cyanobenzyl bromide (4.35 g, 22.2 mmol) was added followed by drop-wise addition of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5,4,0]-undec-7-ene (DBU) (3.0 ml, 20.1 mmol). After complete addition of DBU (ca. 15 min.) the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 65 min. The mixture was poured into ice cooled 1M aqueous hydrochloric acid (500 ml) and the precipitated material was collected by filtration and washed with water and dried under high vacuum. This phthalimide derivative (5.31 g, 19.1 mmol) was suspended in ethanol (40 ml) and a solution of hydrazine monohydrate (0.93 ml, 19.1 mmol) in ethanol (10 ml) was added drop wise. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux and stirred for 2.5 hours. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and the solid material removed by filtration and washed with ethanol. The combined filtrates were evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was resuspended in EtOAc and the undissolved material was removed by filtration. The EtOAc filtrate washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3, and water, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was suspended in diethyl ether (150 ml) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (50 ml) was added and the resulting slurry was stirred at room temperature for 30 min. The precipitated product was isolated by filtration, washed with diethyl ether and dried in vacuo, affording the title compound (2.24 g) as a white powder. 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 11.26 (bs, 3H), 7.90 (d, 2H), 7.63 (d, 2H), 5.17 (s, 2H).

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