Giacomelli Giampaolo, Porcheddu Andrea, Salaris Margherita
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, via Vienna 2, I-07100 Sassari, Italy.
Org Lett. 2003 Jul 24;5(15):2715-7. doi: 10.1021/ol034903j.
[reaction: see text] A one-step conversion of carboxylic acids to hydroxamic acids under very mild conditions is described. This simple and efficient method has been applied for the synthesis of enantiopure hydroxamate of alpha-amino acids and peptides.