A Large-Scale Low-Cost Preparation
of N-Benzylhydroxylamine Hydrochloride

Thanh Binh Nguyen; Arnaud Martel; Robert Dhal; Gilles Dujardin

doi:10.1055/s-0029-1216932

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A Large-Scale Low-Cost Preparation of N-Benzylhydroxylamine Hydrochloride

Thanh Binh Nguyen, Arnaud Martel, Robert Dhal, Gilles Dujardin*
Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, UCO2M, UMR 6011 CNRS, Université du Maine, 72085 Le Mans, France
e-Mail: gilles.dujardin@univ-lemans.fr ;

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Abstract

A high-yielding, practical two-step procedure for the preparation of N-benzylhydroxylamine starting from dibenzylamine is described. As specified in the detailed protocol, the reaction can be conveniently carried out on a > 0.5 mol laboratory scale.

Key words

N-benzylhydroxylamine - N-benzylnitrones - 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition - secondary amine oxidation - nitrone hydrolysis

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