| abstract |
A method for the preparation of fatty hydroxamates wherein an agitated anhydrous slurry of hydroxylamine sulfate and a lower alkanol solution of a lower ester of a C 6 -C 22 fatty acid is reacted with dimethylamine to provide the corresponding hydroxamic acid which is subsequently neutralized with dimethylamine or an alkali metal base to yield, respectively, the ammonium or alkali metal salt thereof. |