were obtained from the reaction of primary nitro compounds [methyl nitroacetate, 2-nitro-1-phenylethanone, (nitromethyl)benzene, 1-nitropropane, and (phenylsulfonyl)nitromethane] with dipolarophiles in refluxing mesitylene in the presence of a small amount of p-toluenesulfonic acid. The formation of these products can be explained in terms of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrileoxide generated by a
A thermal decomposition of dimethyl nitromalonate to bis(carbomethoxy)furoxan was observed at about 170 °C. In the presence of dipolarophiles, an intermediate, methyl carbonocyanidate N-oxide MeOCOC≡N→O, could be trapped as cycloadducts in good yields by the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. Treatment of dimethyl nitromalonate in mesitylene at the refluxing temperature resulted in a formation of methyl 2-(hydroxyimino)-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)acetate.