Well I was kinda wondering if drying the stuff by boiling off the water would be a problem (i.e. would it decompose to NH3 & CO2?). The 1st few pages of the FSE revealed:
Some info on Ammonium Acetate Preparation __>
Post 331788 (missing)
(hookedonhydro: "hrm", Methods Discourse)
Post 308912 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=9832.msg30891200#msg30891200)
(Rhodium: "ammonium acetate and ammonia", Methods Discourse)
Beaker's claim that the stuff doesn't have to be perfectly dry anyway (I would trust him/her) __> Post 342749 (missing)
(Beaker: "Henry Condensation Questions", Newbee Forum)
But most important, what may render this entire thread irrelevant is this post that I bookmarked long ago __> Post 320904 (https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=8824.msg32090400#msg32090400)
(Rhodium: "2,5-Dimethoxynitrostyrene w/ NaOH catalyst", Methods Discourse)
[Frankly I should have just said UTFSE on this one, but this way we both learnt something. Also, I suffer from southern (hemisphere) hospitality :) ]