I will try this with 1-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-nitroethane and 1-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-propanone oxime.
Barium, did you ever give these compounds a go w/the activated Zn/Formate reduction? SWIM is considering trying it on 1-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-nitroethane shortly and was wondering if it worked well.
-SpicyBrown
https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/znhg.alhg.reductions.txt (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/znhg.alhg.reductions.txt)
https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/tmp2np-red.html (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/tmp2np-red.html)
Post 245040 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=11784.msg24504000#msg24504000)
(Rhodium: "O Leminger's Phenethylamines - posted by Karel", Novel Discourse) ?