Water → Methyl 4-(hydroxyiminomethyl)benzoate

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A suspension of methyl 4-formylbenzoate (4.92 g), hydroxylamine hydrochloride (5.21 g) and sodium acetate (6.15 g) in ethanol (50 ml) was refluxed for 2 hours. The mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate and the separated organic layer was washed with brine and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvents were removed under reduced pressure to give 4-methoxycarbonyl-benzaldehyde oxime (5.28 g).

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