| Abstract: | In the presence of pyridine, 3-aryl-4-formylsydnone (II) reacts with hydroxyl-amine hydrochloride to produce 3-aryl-4-formylsydnone oxime (III). This reaction was performed in ethanol solution with reflux or at room temperature; the latter procedure gave an excellent yield (74-98%) and high purity. (III) reacts in acetic anhydride at room temperature to give 3-aryl-4-formylsydnone oxime O-acetate (IV). A convenient method for the synthesis of 3-aryl-4-cyanosydnone (V) is to dehydrate (III) with acetic anhydride at reflux. When (IV) was refluxed with acetic anhydride, (V) was similarly obtained. Another convenient method to prepare (V) from (III), dehydration with thionyl chloride at room temperature, was also investigated. |
