Ammonia → 2(1-Iminoethyl)-4-nitrophenol

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A mixture of 2-hydroxy-5-nitroacetophenone (2.96 g, 16.34 mmol) and ammonia in MeOH (11.67 mL, 82 mmol) was stirred for 1 hr at rt. The reaction mixture was concentrated to afford the crude title product (2.94 g, 16.32 mmol, 100% yield) as a yellow solid. tR: 0.53 min (LC-MS 2); ESI-MS: 181 [M+H]+ (LC-MS 2).

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