Sulfuric Acid → 2-Hydroxyimino-2-(1-naphthyl)acetonitrile

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2-(1-naphthyl)acetonitrile (16.7 g.) was added to a solution of sodium hydroxide (4.2 g.) in methanol (80 ml.). Gaseous methyl nitrite, which was prepared by adding a solution of concentrated sulfuric acid (5 ml.) in water (10 ml.) to a solution of sodium nitrite (8.3 g.) in a mixture of methanol (5.5 ml.) and water, was introduced, under ice-cooling, The mixture was stirred for 4 hours at the same temperature and the reaction mixture was treated by a conventional method to give 2-hydroxyimino-2-(1-naphthyl)acetonitrile (7.1 g.), oil.

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