Using the new compound N-Fmoc-hydroxylamine 1 we have generated a facile route to a high loading, acid labile solid-phase resin bearing a hydroxylamine linker. The novel N-Fmoc-aminooxy-2-chlorotrityl polystyrene 2 showed generic utility for the construction of hydroxamic acids, including peptidyl hydroxamic acids. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.