N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine

N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine is used in Amide coupling reactions to form Weinreb Amides for use in the Weinreb ketone synthesis.

It was identified as a microbial degradation product of the herbicide linuron formed in the presence of extracts of Bacillus Sphaericus ATCC 12123 by characterization of its dinitrophenyl derivative. [http://aem.asm.org/cgi/reprint/23/3/664.pdf Applied Microbiology, Mar. 1972 Copyright © 1972 American Society for Microbiology]

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