Lossen rearrangement

Definition: The derivatisation (for example with tosyl chloride) and subsequent rearrangement of a hydroxamic acid to give an isocyanate.

ID: RXNO:0000156

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Articles referencing this term

Base-mediated rearrangement of free aromatic hydroxamic acids (ArCO–NHOH) to anilines
Yujiro Hoshino, Moriaki Okuno, Eri Kawamura, Kiyoshi Honda and Seiichi Inoue, Chem. Commun., 2009 , 2281
DOI: 10.1039/b822806j

Visual and fluorogenic detection of a nerve agent simulant via a Lossen rearrangement of rhodamine–hydroxamate
Shoufa Han, Zhongwei Xue, Zhen Wang and Ting Bin Wen, Chem. Commun., 2010 , 46 , 8413
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02881a