Hydroxylamine → 5-fluoro-N'-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzenecarboximidamide

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Hydroxylamine (4.97 ml; 82.7 mmol; 5 eq.) was added to a suspension of 5-fluoro-2-methoxybenzonitrile (Aldrich 527734; 2.5 g; 16.5 mmol; 1 eq.) in EtOH (30 mL) and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 days then to dryness to afford the title compound (3.04 g, 100%) as a white solid.

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