Water → 4-(Chloro(hydroxyimino)methyl)-2-trifluoromethyl-benzoic acid methyl ester

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To a solution of 4-(hydroxyimino-methyl)-2-trifluoromethyl-benzoic acid methyl ester (Example I11) (3.90 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (20 ml) was added N-chlorosuccinimide (“NCS”) (2.318 g). The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 45 minutes. The reaction mixture was poured into water (400 ml). The solids were isolated by filtration and dried to give 4-(chloro(hydroxyimino)methyl)-2-trifluoromethyl-benzoic acid methyl ester (4.21 g) as an off-white powder. 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): 9.00 (s, 1H), 8.24-8.04 (m, 3H), 3.96 (s, 3H).

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