Reactions of chloromethoxy-substituted 3-(2-acetoxyethyl)-1-hydroxytriaz-1-ene 2-oxides with 1-alkoxy-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)triaz-1-ene 2-oxide alkali salts

Reactions of 1-alkoxy-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)triaz-1-ene 2-oxides and 1-chloromethoxytriaz1-ene 2-oxides with chloromethoxy derivatives of 3-alkyl-3-(2-acetoxyethyl)- and 3,3-bis(2-acetoxyethyl)-1-hydroxytriaz-1-ene 2-oxides result in very complex product mixtures with the major product comprising the starting salt fragments linked by a methylene bridge. In these products, the central methylene group bridges either two oxygen atoms or two nitrogen atoms, or one oxygen and one nitrogen atom. The synthesized compounds contain from two to four 2-hydroxyethyl moieties.