(2) DL Trepanier, V. Sprancmania. and KG Wiggs, J. Org. Chem., 39, 668 (1964). tain 2-(/3- hydroxyalkyl) acid hydrazides, all with benzyl type hydroxyl and a variety of different types of acyl moiety, were treated with concentrated sulfuric acid. The acyl types selected were aromatic (IIIa), heterocyclic (IIIb), bulky aliphatic (IIIc), simple aliphatic (IVa), aralkyl (IVb), and aryloxyalkyl (IVc). When the acyl group is aromatic (benzoyl or substituted benzoyl), ...