Nitrile Oxide 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition by Dehydration of Nitromethane Derivatives Under Continuous Flow Conditions

Malte Brasholz, Simon Saubern^*, G. Paul Savage

• CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Victoria, Australia.

Aliphatic nitrile oxides were generated in situ, by dehydration of terminal nitro compounds, and reacted with dipolarophiles using continuous flow techniques to afford substituted isoxazolines. The yields of cycloadducts were comparable with traditional flask-based reactions but reaction times were much shorter. In-line scavenger cartridges conveniently removed by-products and unreacted reagents to give almost pure crude products. The process was demonstrated up to gram scale.

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