
%0 Journal Article
%A Buccigross, JM 
%A Glover, SA 
%A Rowbottom, CA 
%T Decomposition of N,N'-Diacyl-N,N'-dialkoxyhydrazines Revisited
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1995/02/01
%V 48
%N 2
%P 353-361
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9950353
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9950353 
%X N,N&#8242;-Diacyl-N,N&#8242;-dialkoxyhydrazines have been shown to decompose thermally to esters and nitrogen. An intramolecular crossover experiment has shown that the formation of esters is consistent with a three- centred rearrangement process which is characteristic of N-alkoxy N-amino amides. The four-centred mechanism previously proposed by earlier workers is less favourable energetically. AM1 molecular orbital calculations support these experimental findings. 
