Oximes (1) are important synthetic intermediates in organic synthesis that have also found application in a medicinal chemistry setting. As a synthetically useful functionality, oximes can be used to protect carbonyl groups, reduced to an amine or, in the case of oximes derived from aldehydes, undergo dehydration to a nitrile [1]. During the course of our survey of small molecule inhibitors of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fusion, we were interested ...
