Potassium Hydroxide → 5-Bromosalicylhydroxamic acid

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A methanol solution of 127 g of KOH was gradually added to a methanol solution of 210 g of phenyl 5-bromosalicylate prepared as in (2-1) above and 105 g of hydroxylamine hydrochloride. After stirring for 4 hours, the precipitate formed was collected by filtration. The precipitation was then suspended in water, and 60 ml of conc. hydrochloric acid (35%) was added thereto, followed by stirring for two hours to collect the precipitate by filtration followed by drying. Yield: 136 g.

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