Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Rate maxima seen in the acid-hydrolysis of 2,2-dimethyl- and phenylacetohydroxamic acids are discussed in terms of acid-base equilibria, transition state formation and the different acidity functions that control these steps. ... The protonation equilibrium and mechanism of the ...