Chlorosuccinimide → N-Hydroxy-2-methylbenzene-1-carboximidoyl chloride

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N-Chlorosuccinimide (2.22 g, 16.6 mmol, 1.0 equiv) was added to a stirred solution of 2-methyl-benzaldehyde oxime (2.25 g, 16.6 mmol, 1.0 equiv) in N,N-dimethylformamide (30 mL) at ambient temperature. Stirring was continued for 2 hours and the reaction quenched (ice-water). The resultant mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were washed sequentially with water (6×) and saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution (2×). The organic was then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under vacuum to give 2.07 g (74%) of N-hydroxy-2-methylbenzenecarboximidoyl chloride as a green oil. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 8.14 (s, 1H), 7.48-7.44 (m, 1H), 7.37-7.20 (m, 3H), 2.43 (s, 3H).

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