Hydroxyamine hydrochloride → (6E)-8a-butyl-6-hydroxyimino-5-methyl-8,9-dihydro-7H-fluoren-2-ol

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A solution of 9a-butyl-7-hydroxy-4-methyl-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydro-3H-fluoren-3-one (60 mg, 0.22 mmol) and hydroxyl amine hydrochloride (77 mg, 1.11 mmol) in anhydrous pyridine (0.5 mL) was stirred under a nitrogen atmosphere at room temperature for 4.3 hours and then heated in an oil bath at 60° C. for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was evaporated under vacuum to an oil which was taken up in EtOAc (10 mL), washed with 1N HCl (2×6 ml), water (6 mL) and brine (6 ml), dried over MgSO4, filtered, and evaporated under vacuum. The residue was lyophilized from benzene (3 mL) to afford (3E)-9a-butyl-7-hydroxy-4-methyl-1,2,9,9a-tetrahydro-3H-fluoren-3-one oxime as an amorphous solid.

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