2-Amino-l-tetralone, hydrochloride

A soln. of 3-carbethoxy-4-methyl-l-tetralone, hydroxylamine hydrochloride, Na-acetate, and 80%-ethanol refluxed 1 hr., the resulting crude oxime (Y ca. 100%) and tosyl chloride dissolved in dry dimethoxyethane, treated with NaH-mineral oil dispersion, stirred 17 hrs. under Ng, cooled to 0°, treated with ethanolic Na-ethoxide, and stirred 2 hrs. at 0° under Ng ethyl 4-amino-l-methyl-2-naph-thoate. Y 72%. F. e. s. M. E. Garst et al., J. Org. Chem. 40, 1169 (1975). 

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