8327. Salicylaldoxime

Nomenclature

CAS number: 94-67-7; 21013-96-7 ((E)-form)
2-Hydroxybenzaldehyde oxime; Saldox.
C7H7NO2; mol wt 137.14.
C 61.31%, H 5.14%, N 10.21%, O 23.33%.
Chemical structure

Properties

Prisms, mp 57°. Slightly sol in cold water; more sol in hot water; freely sol in alcohol, ether, benzene, dil HCl. Insol in petr ether. On heating it dec into salicylaldehyde and hydroxylamine.

Use

As a reagent for copper and nickel.