Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Oximino-1-indanone

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Isoamyl nitrite (15 ml, 108 mmol) was added to a solution of indan-1,2-dione (12 g, 90 mmol) in MeOH (380 ml) at 45° C. followed by concentrated HCl (12 ml) dropwise over 5 minutes. The reaction mixture was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature. Excess isoaamyl nitrite (1 ml) and concentrated HCl (1 ml) was added and the suspension stirred for a further 15 minutes. On cooling to room temperature a white precipitate formed. The precipitate was filtered off and washed with cold MeOH (40 ml) followed by Et2O (40 ml) to afford indan-1,2-dione-2-oxime (6.2 g, 43%) as a white solid.

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