Abstract:
A METHOD FOR CONVERTING A KETOXIME TO AN N-SUBSTITUTED AMIDE BY REACTING A KETOXIME WITH A COMPLEX OF AN NSUBSTITUTED CARBOXYLIC ACID AMIDE AND SULFUR TRIOXIDE TO FORM A NOVEL COMPOUND OF THE KETOXIME, CARBOXYLIC ACID AMIDE AND SULFUR TRIOXIDE AND DECOMPOSING THIS COMPOUND TO PRODUCE AN N-SUBSTITUTED AMIDE CORRESPONDING TO THE KETOXIME. CYCLOHEXANONE OXIME IS CONVERTED TO CAPROLACTAM.