Hydrochloric Acid → 5-(1-Methoxy-2-methylpropan-2-yl)-1,2-oxazol-3-amine

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To a stirred solution of 1.68 g (10.8 mmol) of 5-methoxy-4,4-dimethyl-3-oxo-pentanenitrile and 0.49 g (11.9 mmol) of sodium hydroxide in water (13 mL) is added a solution of 0.98 g (5.9 mmol) of hydroxyamine sulfate in water (4 mL). The reaction mixture is heated to 100° C. for 1.5 h. After this time, the reaction mixture is cooled to room temperature and 0.8 mL (9.7 mmol) of 37% aqueous HCl solution is added. The reaction is heated to 100° C. for 0.5 h. After cooling, the pH of the reaction mixture is adjusted to pH ˜12 by addition of 1M aqueous NaOH solution and extracted with DCM (3×20 mL). The organic layers are combined and washed with brine (20 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and filtered. The filtrate is concentrated under reduced pressure. The residual brown oil is purified by column chromatography (Biotage, eluent DCM, MeOH) to yield 0.94 g of 5-(2-methoxy-1,1-dimethyl-ethyl)-isoxazol-3-ylamine as a yellow oil. Yield 51%; m/z 171 [M+H]; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 1.17 (6H, s), 3.22 (3H, s), 3.26 (2H, s), 5.40 (2H, m) 5.53 (1H, s).

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