Phenyl 2-pyridyl ketoxime

Slightly pinl crystalline powder

Phenyl 2-pyridyl ketoxime was used in preparation of inverse-9-metallacrown-3, trinuclear clusters.

The complexation reaction of phenyl 2-pyridyl ketoxime with some transition and heavy metal ions Co²⁺, Ni²⁺, Zn²⁺, Pb²⁺, Fe²⁺, Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺ and La²⁺ has been studied potentiometrically. The reactions of phenyl(2-pyridyl)ketone oxime, with nickel(II) sulfate hexahydrate, in the absence of an external base, have been investigated.

The E-isomer crystallises from EtOH (charcoal). It isomerizes to the Z-isomer on melting or in boiling o-xylene, and crystallises from EtOH or cyclohexanol with m 166-168o. [Beilstein 21 H 330, 21 III/IV 4120, 21/8 V 568.]