“…Trialkylamine oxides may be pyrolyzed to yield an alkene plus an N,N-dialkylhydroxylamine (Cope elimination). [332][333][334][335][336][337][338][339][340][341][342][343] It should be emphasized that this method is only useful for the synthesis of N-(lower alkyl)-N-methylhydroxylamines and N,N-dialkylhydroxylamines with identical alkyl residues, e.g. 255, because otherwise mixtures of hydroxylamines are obtained.…”