Previous investigations in our laboratories with derivatives of hydroxylamine, including the cyclic hydroxamic acids, led to a number of potent antibacterial and antifungal agents.2 To continue our study of the structure-activity relationships in this series we had prepared hydroxyurea3 and related compounds.
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