N1‐(4‐tert‐Butyl­phenyl)‐N2‐hydroxy‐α‐oxo‐α‐phenyl­acet­amidine and N2‐hydroxy‐N1‐(4‐nitro­phenyl)‐α‐oxo‐α‐phenyl­acet­amidine hemihydrate

In the title compounds, C₁₈H₂₀N₂O₂, (I), and C₁₄H₁₁N₃O₄·0.5H₂O, (II), respectively, the oxime groups have an E configuration. In (I), the mol­ecules exist as polymers bound by intermolecular C—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds around inversion centres. In (II), intermolecular OW—H⋯N, OW—H⋯O and O—H⋯OW interactions stabilize the molecular packing.