Overview: The video describes generating free hydroxylamine from hydroxylamine hydrochloride and sodium hydroxide, and using it to convert cyclohexanone into cyclohexanone oxime. The product is isolated as a white crystalline solid in quantitative yield and can form a bisulfite adduct. The next step is to reduce the oxime to cyclohexylamine. A trial reduction using amalgamated aluminum foil in methanol–water did not produce the amine after several hours; alternative reducing methods and references are being sought before attempting another approach.
