2 H-1, 4-Benzothiazine hydroxamic acids of type V (see Table I) are readily prepared by reducing suitably substituted (o-nitrophenylthio) acetates (II, R'= Me or Et) by means of sodium borohydride and palladium-charcoal. The ester precursors can be prepared by the interaction of o-nitrothiophenols and α-bromoesters, but such a method is limited in scope. Diethyl bromomalonate, for example, reacts atypically with o-nitrothiophenol. The ester ...