Ethanol → N-[(2R,6S)-2,6-Dimethylcyclohexylidene]hydroxylamine

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5 g of 2,6-dimethylcyclohexanone and 5.51 g of hydroxylamine hydrochloride were suspended to 80 ml of ethanol, then 9.4 g of pyridine was dropped at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours, then the reaction mixture was concentrated. Water was added to the residue and extracted with ethyl acetate three times. The organic layers were joined, washed with saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated. The residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography to obtain 3.1 g of cis-2,6-dimethylcyclohexanoneoxime and 1.3 g of trans-2,6-dimethylcyclohexanoneoxime.

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