10-hydroxyimino-5-methylene-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene → HCID 12533738, compound

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A mixture of 15.3 of oxime from Step D, 500 ml of methanol, 12 g of sodium cyanoborohydride in 450 ml of methanol was treated dropwise with a solution of 12 ml of 12N hydrochloric in 50 ml of methanol over 5 hours, and then stirred overnight at room temperature. The solvent was evaporated, the residue was stirred with 200 ml of 1N aqueous hydrochloric acid, made alkaline with concentrated ammonium hydroxide and extracted with 3×175 ml of ether. The combined extracts were dried (Na2SO4), filtered and evaporated. The crystalline residue was washed with methanol to give 9.6 g of 10-hydroxamino-5-methylene-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten, m.p. 145°-147° C.

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