their cycloadditions with norbornadienes. The nitrile oxide was subjected to the cycloaddition with 2,3-disubstituted norbornadienes to evaluate the effect of the substituents on the exo/endo stereoselectivity. The electron-withdrawing substituents tend to favor the formation of the exo-adducts.
Trifluoroacetohydroximoyl bromide etherate (1) reacted with an excess of malononitrile in the presence of sodium methoxide, giving a fused isoxazolopyridine 3, participated by two molecules of malononitrile, along with the conventional isoxazole 2. Similar concomitant formation of 7 and the fused pyrazolopyridines 8 was also recognized from the hydrazonoyl bromides 6 and their product ratio was found to depend on the reaction conditions, particularly on the concentration of malononitrile used.
Trifluoroacetonitrile oxide reacted with conjugated olefins such as styrenes, indenes, and acyclic conjugated dienes to give not only the cycloadduct but also its linear isomeric oxime. Methyl or phenyl group attached to the unsaturated carbon of the dipolarophiles was found to favor the formation of oxime. Such a concomitant reaction was interpreted in terms of a competition between a concerted cycloaddition