Abstract: | The Stephens-Castro reaction of copper(I) salts of 1-aryl(hetaryl)alkynes with 2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-4-2-(4-iodophenyl)-vinyl]imidazoline-3-oxide-1-ol proved to be a general method for the preparation of 2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-4-2-(p-aryl(hetaryl)ethynylphenyl)]vinyl-3-imidazoline-3-oxide-1-oxyles. |