The parent carbonyl compound may be regenerated from an oxime by treatment of the latter in aqueous solution with sodium bisulphite, levulinic or pyruvic acids,* or formaldehyde and concentrated hydrochloric acid. 3 However, there may be instances when it is desirable to effect this transformation under anhydrous conditions. We have found that treatment of an oxime with an equimolar quantity of iron pentacarbonyl and a catalytic amount of boron ...
