Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Methoxyimino-3-oxobutyric acid

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A 200 ml portion of the above 4N hydrogen chloride solution in 1,4-dioxane was added to 35.0 g of tert-butyl 2-methoxyimino-3-oxobutyrate and the thus-obtained solution was stirred at 23° to 25° C. for 13 hours. The supernatant was concentrated, 200 ml of methylene chloride was added to the residue for dissolution of the latter, 30 ml of 20% aqueous sodium chloride was added to the thus-obtained supernatant, the mixture was shaken, and the organic layer was separated, dried over 12 g of anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure to give 21.8 g of 2-methoxyimino-3-oxobutyric acid.

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