Structure of Alkali Metal Hydroxamates and their Lossen Rearrangement

Abstract

Neutral alkali metal salts of benzhydroxamic acids described in the literature are in fact acid salts; neutral salts rearrange to N,N′-diarylureas under mild conditions.

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