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anoelement-substituted nitrones h
ave been synthesized for the first time through the re
action ofthe
ages/gifch
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ated cyclic
aldonitrones of 3-imid
azoline 3-oxide, pyrroline 1-oxide, 2
H-imid
azole 1-oxide,
and 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline 2-oxide series with electrophilic re
agents such
as HgCl
2, (CH
3)
3SiCl, (C
2H
5)
3GeCl, (
n-C
4H
9)
3SnBr, Ph
2P(O)Cl, Ph
2PCl, PhSSPh, PhSeSePh, TsCl,
and TsF. Aldonitrones of the3-imid
azoline 3-oxide
and pyrroline 1-oxide series were shown to re
adily
afford the products of thelithi
ation-electrophilic substitution re
action. In contr
ast,
aldonitrones of the 2
H-imid
azole 1-oxide
and3,4-dihydroisoquinoline 2-oxide series re
act smoothly only with h
alogen-free electrophiles. It w
as foundth
at
an
aldonitrone group could be lithi
ated
and selectively re
acted with electrophiles even when kinetic
allymore
acidic methylene
and
amino groups
are present in the molecule. Ch
ar
acteristic fe
atures of IR
and
13C NMR spectr
a of the compounds synthesized
are discussed. Selected
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anoelement nitrones
arech
ar
acterized by
an X-r
ay diffr
action study.