Ethanol → 5-(Hydroxyimino-methyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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A mixture of 5-formyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (as prepared in the previous step, 300 mg, 1.80 mmol), hydroxylamine hydrochloride (560 mg, 8.10 mmol), ethanol (10 mL), sodium acetate (1.10 g, 13.4 mmol) and water (10 mL) was stirred at 90° C. for 30 min. The solvents were removed in vacuo and the solid was collected on a Buchner funnel and washed with water (10 mL) to yield 226 mg (69%) of the title compound as a white solid: LC-MS (ESI, m/z): Calcd. for C8H11N2O3, 183.1 (M+H); found: 183.0.

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