Potassium Hydroxide → N-hydroxy-2-methoxy-5-nitrobenzamide

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Methyl 2-methoxy-5-nitrobenzoate (10 g, 47.39 mmol) and hydroxylamine hydrochloride (13.17 g, 189.56 mmol) were taken up in MeOH (100 ml) and a solution of KOH (13.27 g, 236.95 mmol) in MeOH (55 ml) was added carefully. Note—an exothermic reaction was observed; solids initially dissolved, then a solid precipitated out of solution. TLC (run in EtOAc) of an acid washed aliquot showed a trace of the starting benzoate and a new product. H2O (100 ml) was added and any undissolved solid collected by filtration off, washed with isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and dried in vacuo to give 10.23 g (>100%) of N-hydroxy-2-methoxy-5-nitrobenzamide as a white solid.

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