Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 67132157, compound

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To a stirred solution of 2,6-dimethyl-4-fluorobenzyl bromide (4.89 g, 22.5 mmol) in DMF (100 ml) was added N-hydroxyphthalimide (3.67 g, 22.5 mmol) followed by drop-wise addition of triethylamine (3.5 ml, 25.1 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The mixture was poured into 1M HClaq. and the resulting white precipitate was isolated by filtration, washed with water and dried in vacuo. This phthalimide intermediate (6.51 g, 21.9 mmol) was treated with hydrazine monohydrate (1.06 ml, 21.8 mmol) in ethanol (60 ml) at reflux for 3 hours. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and ether was added. The precipitated material was removed by filtration, and the filtrate was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was suspended in EtOAc and filtrated. 4M HCl in dioxane (22 mmol) was added to the filtrate and the resulting precipitate was isolated by filtration and dried under vacuum, and gave the title compound (3.92 g) as a white powder. 13C-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 161.9, 141.8, 126.5, 114.3, 69.3, 19.2. Alternatively, the phthalimide intermediate can be treated with hydrazine monohydrate (1 eq.) in dichloromethane at room temperature for 20 to 24 hours, remove the formed solids by filtration and evaporate the filtrate to obtain the free hydroxylamine.

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