p-Cyanobenzyl alcohol → N-Hydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)benzimidamide

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Reaction Steps

A solution of hydroxylamine hydrochloride (5.2 g), 4-(hydroxymethyl)benzonitrile (5.0 g), and sodium hydrogen carbonate (12.6 g) in methanol (50 mL) was heated to reflux for 20 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered through Celite (trade name). Thus, the filtrate was concentrated to thereby give the title compound having the following physical properties. The product was used for next reaction without further purification.

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