Hydrochloric Acid → 2-hydroxyimino-N-(4-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)acetamide

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Chloral hydrate (11.5 g, 70 mmol) and anhydrous sodium sulfate (60 g, 422 mmol) were added to vigorously stirred water (300 mL). A slurry prepared by mixing hydroxylamine hydrochloride (23.0 g, 331 mmol) and 4-methoxy-3-methylphenylamine (10.0 g, 73 mmol) with aqueous hydrochloric acid (2.4 M, 250 mL) was added to the above mixture. The resulting mixture was refluxed for 20 min and then allowed to stand at room temperature for 16 h. A precipitate formed and was collected by filtration. The solid was washed with water and dried to yield 2-hydroxyimino-N-(4-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)acetamide (6.7 g, 32 mmol, 44%)

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