Mode of action of carcinogenic amines. Part I. Oxidation of N-arylhydroxamic acids
Abstract
Oxidation of N-arylhydroxamic acids in benzene with silver oxide gave the corresponding aryl nitroso-compounds, NO-diacylarylhydroxylamines, aryl nitro-compounds, and amides. The first two types of product are considered to arise by an intermolecular electrophilic acylation reaction and the other two by a homolytic oxygen-transfer process.