Acetic Anhydride → [(E)-1-(2-hydroxy-3-methylphenyl)ethylideneamino] acetate

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(E)-1-(2-hydroxy-3-methylphenyl)ethanone oxime (Step 46.2) (5.5 g, 30 mmol) was added into Ac2O (48.1 mL, 509 mmol) under argon and the resulting mixture was stirred at RT for 1.5 hr. The reaction was concentrated to 10 mL volume under reduced pressure; the resulting suspension was diluted with cold water and stirred at RT until a fine precipitate occurred. The resulting solid was filtrated off, washed with water and dried to afford the title product (6.03 g, 28.8 mmol, 96% yield) as colorless solid. tR: 1.08 min (LC-MS 2); ESI-MS: 208 [M+H]+; Rf=0.60 (hexane/EtOAc 1:1).

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