Process for preparing oximes, hydrazones and semicarbazones of unreactive carbonyl compounds

Claim 1

THE PROCESS COMPRISING REACTING A COMPOUND SELECTED FROMTHE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES CONTAINING AN UNREACTIVE CARBONYL GROUP, WHICH COMPOUND DEMONSTRATES AN ABSENCE OF COLOR CHANGE WHEN A SMALL PORITON OF SAID COMPOUND IS TREATED WITH 1 ML. OF A TEST SOLUTION OF 3 MLS. OF A BOGEN UNIVERSAL INDICATOR IN A SOLUTION OF 5 GMS. OF HYDROXYLAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN 1 ML. OF 95% ETHANOL, WHICH TEST SOLUTION HAS PRIOR TO THE TREATMENT OF SAID COMPOUND HAD ITS PH ADJUSTED TO BETWEEN 3.7-3.9 (BRIGHT ORANGE SHADE) BY ADDING 5% ETHANOLIC SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION THERETO, WITH AN AMINE COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROXYLAMINE, SEMICARBAZIDE, PHENYLHYDRAZINE, AND NITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE AT A PRESSURE INTHE RANGE OF 50,000 P.S.I. TO 150,000 P.S.I. AND AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF ROOM TEMPERATURE TO ABOUT 250*C. TO OBTAIN THE CORRESPONDING REACTION PRODUCT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF OXIMES, SEICARBAZONES, AND HYDRAZONES, DEPENDING ON THE AMINE COMPOUND EMPLOYED IN THE REACTION.