%0 Journal Article %T The Preparation and Intramolecular Radical Cyclisation Reactions of Chiral Oxime Ethers %A Booth %A Susan E. %A Jenkins %A Paul R. %A Swain %A Christopher J. %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 1998 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨Şmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50531998000400012 %X chiral oxime ether 2 and oxime ester 4 have been prepared by alkylation and esterification of the oxime 1. racemic hydroxylamine 6 and chiral hydroxylamine 10 have been synthesised from n-hydroxysuccinimide and the corresponding alcohol in the presence of diethylazodicarboxylate, the two products were converted into the oxime ethers 7 and 11 respectively. the intramolecular radical cyclisation reactions of these oxime ethers and esters has been studied, successful reaction was observed to produce alkyl hydroxylamines 3, 8 and 12. %K racemic hydroxylamines %K oxime ester %K intramolecular reactions %K radical cyclizations %K chiral oxime ether. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50531998000400012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en