O-Methylhydroxylamine hydrochloride → 3-(4-Fluorophenyl)-propionaldehyde o-methyloxime

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Reaction of 3-(4-fluorophenyl)-propionaldehyde (Dickinson, R. P.; Dack, K. N.; Steele, J.; Tute, M. S. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 6, 14, 1996, 1691-1696) with methoxylamine hydrochloride as described in the preparation of compound 1-A gave the title oxime ether as a clear oil (97% yield), bp 65-75° C./1.5 torr (bulb to bulb distillation, air bath temperature). 1HNMR indicated a 6:4 mixture of E- and Z-isomers. 1HNMR 400 MHz (CDCl3) δ (ppm): 2.51 and 2.65 (2H, 2 m, CH2), 2.8 (2H, m, CH2), 3.84 and 3.88 (3H, 2 s, OCH3), 6.67 (t, J=5.5 Hz, CH), 7.0 (2H, m, aromatics), 7.16 (2H, m, aromatics), 7.40 (t, J=4.2 Hz, CH).

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