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Lossen rearrangement

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The Lossen rearrangement involves the generation of an isocyanate via thermal or base-mediated rearrangement of an activated hydroxamate which can be generated from the corresponding hydroxamic acid

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Li, J.J. (2014). Lossen rearrangement. In: Name Reactions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03979-4_158

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