Ethylene Oxide → 2,3-Benzofurandione, 2-[O-(2-hydroxyethyl)oxime] 3-(O-methyloxime)

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264.3 g (6.0 mol) of ethylene oxide are passed into a solution of 192.2 g (1.0 mol) of benzofuran-2,3-dione 3-(O-methyl oxime) 2-oxime in 2 l of water at 20° C. in the course of 85 minutes. The solution is cooled to 5° C. and 70 g (1.06 mol) of potassium hydroxide lozenges are added, the temperature rising to 10° C. The mixture is stirred for a further 165 minutes without further cooling and the precipitate formed is filtered off with suction, washed with 500 ml of ice-water in portions and dried in a vacuum drying cabinet at 40° C. 143.0 g (61% of theory) of benzofuran-2,3-dione 2-[O-(2hydroxy-ethyl) oxime]-3-(O-methyl oxime) are obtained as a mixture of two stereoisomers.

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