{{Short description|1=Organic compounds of the form –C(=O)N(OH)–}} thumb|right|150px|The general structure of a hydroxamic acid

In organic chemistry, '''hydroxamic acids''' are a class of organic compounds having a general formula {{chem2|R\sC(\dO)\sN(\sOH)\sR'}} bearing the functional group {{chem2|\sC(\dO)\sN(\sOH)\s|auto=1}}, where R and R' are typically organyl groups (e.g., alkyl or aryl) or hydrogen. They are amides ({{chem2|R\sC(\dO)\sNH\sR'}}) wherein the nitrogen atom has a hydroxyl ({{chem2|\sOH}}) substituent. They are often used as metal chelators.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1002/9780470772508.ch15|chapter=Hydroxamic acids |series=PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups |year=1992 |last1=Munson |first1=James W. |pages=849–873 |isbn=9780470772508|editor=S. Patai|title=Acid Derivatives (1992), Volume 2}}</ref>

Common example of hydroxamic acid is aceto-''N''-methylhydroxamic acid ({{chem2|H3C\sC(\dO)\sN(\sOH)\sCH3}}). Some uncommon examples of hydroxamic acids are formo-''N''-chlorohydroxamic acid ({{chem2|H\sC(\dO)\sN(\sOH)\sCl}}) and chloroformo-''N''-methylhydroxamic acid ({{chem2|Cl\sC(\dO)\sN(\sOH)\sCH3}}).

==Synthesis and reactions== Hydroxamic acids are usually prepared from either esters or acid chlorides by a reaction with hydroxylamine salts. For the synthesis of benzohydroxamic acid ({{chem2|C6H5\sC(\dO)\sNH\sOH}} or {{chem2|Ph\sC(\dO)\sNH\sOH}}, where Ph is phenyl group), the overall equation is:<ref>{{cite journal|author1=C. R. Hauser |author2=W. B. Renfrow Jr |title=Benzohydroxamic Acid|journal=Org. Synth.|year=1939|volume=19|page=15|doi=10.15227/orgsyn.019.0015}}</ref> :{{chem2|C6H5\sC(\dO)\sO\sCH3 + NH2OH → C6H5\sC(\dO)\sNH\sOH + CH3OH}}

Hydroxamic acids can also be synthesized from aldehydes and ''N''-sulfonylhydroxylamine via the Angeli-Rimini reaction,<ref name="Li-2003">{{cite book |last1=Li |first1=Jie Jack |title=Name Reactions: A Collection of Detailed Reaction Mechanisms |date=2003 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin, Heidelberg, New York |isbn=978-3-662-05338-6 |page=9 |edition=2nd}}</ref> Alternatively, ferric ions convert aldehydic nitrones (or their hydroxylamine precursors) to hydroxamic acids, although care must be taken not to over-oxidize via a hydroxyimide intermediate to nitrous oxide and the corresponding deaminated diacid.<ref>{{Cite thesis|url=https://open.uct.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/8572acbb-760b-413f-a3eb-50669a33c5c0/content|pp=54&ndash;60|title=Cyclic Nitrones: Oxidation studies and the synthesis of a heterocyclic nitrone|first=J. F.|last=Elsworth|type=PhD|institution=University of Cape Town|date=September 1967}}</ref>

Much like the conversion of ketones to acyloins, molybdenum oxide diperoxide oxidizes trimethylsilated amides to hydroxamic acids, although yields are only about 50%.<ref>{{cite journal|year=1979|pages=2481–2487|title=The oxidation of trimethylsilylated amides to hydroxamic acids|first1=Stephen&nbsp;A.|last1=Matlin|first2=Peter&nbsp;G.|last2=Sammes|first3=Roger&nbsp;M.|last3=Upton|journal=Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions|doi=10.1039/p19790002481 }}</ref>

In a variation on the Nef reaction, primary nitro compounds kept in an acidic solution (to minimize the nitronate tautomer) hydrolyze to a hydroxamic acid.<ref>Smith (2020), ''March's Organic Chemistry'', rxn.&nbsp;16-3.</ref> In base, the reaction requires photoexcitation to the triplet state, and for secondary nitro compounds, the photoreaction proceeds with a Beckmann-like ring expansion.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1021/cr00004a002|pp=478&ndash;479|journal=Chemical Reviews|year=1991|volume=91|title=Photochemistry of hydroxamic acids and derivatives|first=Ewa|last=Lipzcynska-Kochany|orig-date=March 22, 1991}}</ref>

A well-known reaction of hydroxamic acid esters is the Lossen rearrangement.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wang |first1=Zerong |title=Comprehensive organic name reactions and reagents |date=2010 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |isbn=9780471704508 |pages=1772–1776}}</ref>

==Coordination chemistry and biochemistry== <gallery caption="Sample gallery" widths="200px" heights="120px" perrow="4"> File:Ferrichrome.svg| Ferrichrome File:Deferoxamine-2D-skeletal.png |Deferoxamine File:Rhodotorulic acid.svg|Rhodotorulic acid File:Fe(hydroxamate)3.svg|Fe(III) complex of triacetylfusarinine<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hossain|first1=M. B.|last2=Eng-Wilmot|first2=D. L.|last3=Loghry|first3=R. A.|last4=an der Helm|first4=D.|title=Circular Dichroism, Crystal Structure, and Absolute Configuration of the Siderophore Ferric N,N',N"-Triacetylfusarinine, FeC<sub>39</sub>H<sub>57</sub>N<sub>6</sub>O<sub>15</sub>|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|year=1980|volume=102|issue=18|pages=5766–5773|doi=10.1021/ja00538a012}}</ref> </gallery> The conjugate base of hydroxamic acids forms is called a '''hydroxamate'''. Deprotonation occurs at the {{chem2|\sN(\sOH)\s}} group, with the hydrogen atom being removed, resulting in a hydroxamate anion {{chem2|R\sC(\dO)\sN(\sO−)\sR'}}. The resulting conjugate base presents the metal with an anionic, conjugated ''O'',''O'' chelating ligand. Many hydroxamic acids and many iron hydroxamates have been isolated from natural sources.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Natural and Biomimetic Hydroxamic Acid based Siderophores|author=Abraham Shanzer, Clifford E. Felder, Yaniv Barda| editor = Zvi Rappoport, Joel F. Liebman|year= 2008|doi=10.1002/9780470741962.ch16|series=PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups|title=The Chemistry of Hydroxylamines, Oximes and Hydroxamic Acids|pages=751–815 |isbn=9780470512616}}</ref>

They function as ligands, usually for iron.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1070/RC1979v048n10ABEH002422 | issue = 10 | pages = 948–963 | last = Agrawal | first = Y K | title = Hydroxamic Acids and Their Metal Complexes | journal = Russian Chemical Reviews | year = 1979 | volume = 48 | bibcode = 1979RuCRv..48..948A | s2cid = 250857281 }}</ref> Nature has evolved families of hydroxamic acids to function as iron-binding compounds (siderophores) in bacteria. They extract iron(III) from otherwise insoluble sources (rust, minerals, etc.). The resulting complexes are transported into the cell, where the iron is extracted and utilized metabolically.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Miller |first=Marvin J. |title=Syntheses and Therapeutic Potential of Hydroxamic Acid Based Siderophores and Analogues |journal=Chemical Reviews |date=November 1989 |volume=89 |issue=7 |pages=1563–1579 |doi=10.1021/cr00097a011}}</ref>

Ligands derived from hydroxamic acid and thiohydroxamic acid (a hydroxamic acid where one or both oxygens in the {{chem2|\sC(\dO)\sN(\sOH)\s}} functional group are replaced by sulfur) also form strong complexes with lead(II).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Farkas|first1= Etelka|last2=Buglyó|first2=Péter|chapter= Chapter 8. Lead(II) Complexes of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Other Related Ligands of Biological Interest|pages= 201–240 |publisher= de Gruyter|date= 2017|series= Metal Ions in Life Sciences|volume=17|title=Lead: Its Effects on Environment and Health|editor1-last=Astrid|editor1-first= S.|editor2-last=Helmut|editor2-first=S.|editor3-last=Sigel |editor3-first= R. K. O.|doi=10.1515/9783110434330-008|pmid= 28731301|isbn= 9783110434330}}</ref>

==Other uses and occurrences== Hydroxamic acids are used extensively in flotation of rare earth minerals during the concentration and extraction of ores to be subjected to further processing.<ref name="Waters-2017">{{cite journal |last1=Marion |first1=Christopher |last2=Jordens |first2=Adam |last3=Li |first3=Ronghao |last4=Rudolph |first4=Martin |last5=Waters |first5=Kristian E. |title=An evaluation of hydroxamate collectors for malachite flotation |journal=Separation and Purification Technology |date=August 2017 |volume=183 |pages=258–269 |doi=10.1016/j.seppur.2017.02.056}}</ref><ref name="Waters-2013">{{cite journal |last1=Jordens |first1=Adam |last2=Cheng |first2=Ying Ping |last3=Waters |first3=Kristian E. |title=A review of the beneficiation of rare earth element bearing minerals |journal=Minerals Engineering |date=February 2013 |volume=41 |pages=97–114 |doi=10.1016/j.mineng.2012.10.017|bibcode=2013MiEng..41...97J}}</ref>

Some hydroxamic acids (e.g. vorinostat, belinostat, panobinostat, and trichostatin A) are HDAC inhibitors with anti-cancer properties. The hydroxamic acid functionality has been proposed to directly bind a zinc atom in the acetyl lysine binding pocket. Fosmidomycin is a natural hydroxamic acid inhibitor of 1-deoxy-<small>D</small>-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXP reductoisomerase). Hydroxamic acids have also been investigated for reprocessing of irradiated fuel.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

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