ANODIC BEHAVIOR OF AROMATIC OXIMES - AN ELECTROCHEMICAL DEOXIMATION REACTION

Acetophenone oximes can be converted in high yield into the correspond ing ketones by controlled potential oxidation in wet acetonitrile. Whe reas, on the contrary, oxidation of benzaldoximes is not selective and leads to mixtures of aldehydes and benzoic acids, together with subst ituted 1,2,4-oxadiazoles. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.