Hydrochloric Acid → [2,3-Dichloro-4-(6-ethyl-3-(hydroxyimino)-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)phenoxy]acetic acid

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A mixture of [2,3-dichloro-4-(6-ethyl-3-oxo-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)phenoxy]acetic acid (3.4 g, 0.01 mole), hydroxylamine hydrochloride (2.1 g, 0.03 mole) and pyridine (40 ml) were heated at 95° C. for 40 hours, poured into ice-water and hydrochloric acid, extracted with ether, washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo. After recrystallization from toluene (120 ml) the [2,3-dichloro-4-(6-ethyl-3-(hydroxyimino)-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-phenoxy]acetic acid hemitoluene solvate melted at 88°-90° C.

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