Potassium Hydroxide → O-(2,4,6-trimethylbenzyl)hydroxylamine

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200 ml of an aqueous solution of 45 g (0.8 mole) of potassium hydroxide was added to 47.5 g (0.2 mole) of the N-carboethoxy-O-(2,4,6-trimethylbenzyl)hydroxylamine prepared as described in Reference Example 1, and the mixture was heated under refluxing for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was allowed to stand for 12 hours, the precipitated crystals were collected by filtration and washed with water to obtain 23.6 g (70.6% yield) of O-(2,4,6-trimethylbenzyl)hydroxylamine. Recrystallization from diethyl ether-petroleum ether (1:3 by volume) yielded a product having a melting point of 54 - 55° C which was subjected to elementary analysis.

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