O-(3-Methylsulfanyl-propyl)-hydroxylamine → 3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodoanilino)-N-(2-hydroxyethoxy)-5-[(E)-3-methylsulfanylpropoxyiminomethyl]benzamide

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The title compound was obtained by a procedure similar to that in Step B of Example 9 using 3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-5-formyl-N-(2-hydroxy-ethoxy)-benzamide obtained in Step F of Example 1 as a starting material and O-(3-methylsulfanyl-propyl)-hydroxylamine obtained in Step B as a reagent. Namely, 3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-5-formyl-N-(2-hydroxy-ethoxy)-benzamide (76 mg, 0.158 mmol) was dissolved in a mixed solvent of methylene chloride (5 mL) and methanol (1 mL). O-(3-Methylsulfanyl-propyl)-hydroxylamine (100 μL) was added thereto, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. After completion of the reaction, the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give a pale yellow crude product. The residue was triturated with a proper amount of ethyl acetate:hexane (1:9) to give (E)-3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-N-(2-hydroxy-ethoxy)-5-[(3-methylsulfanyl-propoxyimino)-methyl]-benzamide (88.8 mg, 96%) as a white solid.

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