4-Methoxy-benzofuran-3-one oxime → 4-Methoxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-3-amine

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A mixture of the above described 4-methoxy-benzofuran-3-one oxime (27.7 g, 155 mmol; HPLC 1.448 min) and Raney-Nickel (13.85 g) in tetrahydrofuran (700 mL) and methanol (700 mL) was hydrogenated at 100 bar hydrogen-pressure at 100° C. for 22 h. Filtered the catalyst off, washed with methanol and tetrahydrofuran, all volatiles very removed in vacuum to give the title compound as a brown oil (24.7 g, 98%, HPLC 0.4 min), MS (ISP) m/e=166.2 [(M+H)+].

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