MIGRATION OF THE HYDROXYL GROUP OF N-HYDROXY-N-PHENYLAMIDES TO THE PHENYL GROUP WITH TERTIARY PHOSPHINES AND TETRACHLOROMETHANE - A NOVEL TRANSHYDROXYLATION REACTION
Y. Kikugawa et K. Mitsui, MIGRATION OF THE HYDROXYL GROUP OF N-HYDROXY-N-PHENYLAMIDES TO THE PHENYL GROUP WITH TERTIARY PHOSPHINES AND TETRACHLOROMETHANE - A NOVEL TRANSHYDROXYLATION REACTION, Chemistry Letters, (8), 1993, pp. 1369-1372
The hydroxyl group of N-hydroxy-N-phenylamides rearranges mainly to th
e ortho position of the N-phenyl ring by the system (n-Bu)3P-CCl4-CH3C
N; use of less than a stoichiometric amount of (n-Bu)3P is effective f
or this reaction.