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Dimethylglyoxime to Glyoxime
Can I make just plain Glyoxime from Dimethylglyoxime?
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Short answer: No.
Long answer: if you were planning on forming the furazan, you might be able to oxidize the two methyl groups to carboxyl groups, and then
decarboxylate the compound during nitration.
Catalytic vapor phase oxidation of acetone to acetaldehyde is possible (with copper foil),
http://lecturedemos.chem.umass.edu/chemReactions5_4.html
so I would think the same might be possible with diacetyl (butane-2,3-dione) to get glyoxal, though I suspect the yields might not be very good.
I do not think this topic belongs in Energetic Materials. Moderators, please move it to beginnings, or Organic
Chemistry.
[Edited on 21-3-2013 by AndersHoveland]
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Quote: Originally posted by AndersHoveland  | Short answer: No.
Long answer: if you were planning on forming the furazan, you might be able to oxidize the two methyl groups to carboxyl groups, and then
decarboxylate the compound during nitration.
Catalytic vapor phase oxidation of acetone to acetaldehyde is possible (with copper foil),
http://lecturedemos.chem.umass.edu/chemReactions5_4.html
so I would think the same might be possible with diacetyl (butane-2,3-dione) to get glyoxal, though I suspect the yields might not be very good.
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Good luck oxidizing methyls without affecting the oxime.
Vapor phase oxidation of diacetyl is a great idea if the plan is to make tar, while filling the air with the fragrance of cancer and butter. You can
just buy glyoxal.
http://www.basf.de/basf2/img/produkte/intermed/produkte/glyo...
| Quote: | Glyoxal has very good temperature stability; there is no decomposition
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You need to spend a lot more time in the lab before posing as some kind of authority on chemistry. Hazard to other members, indeed. 
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