Hydroxamic Acids as Chemoselective (ortho‐Amino)arylation Reagents via Sigmatropic Rearrangement

The use of readily available hydroxamic acids as reagents for the chemoselective (ortho-amino)arylation of amides is described. This reaction proceeds under metal-free, mild conditions, displays a very broad scope, and constitutes a direct approach for the metal-free attachment of aniline residues to carbonyl derivatives.