Allyl Alcohol → [3-(5-Bromothien-2-yl)-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-5-yl]methanol

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5-Bromo-thiophene-2-carbaldehyde oxime (40.2 g, 195.2 mmol) and allyl alcohol (32.4 ml) were added to tetrahydrofuran (200 ml) and then bleach (1318 ml) was added. The reaction was stirred for four hours followed by extraction with tetrahydrofuran (2×200 ml). The organic layers were combined, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo to give the desired product (19 g).

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