文摘
Carbanions of phenylacetonitriles, benzyl sulfones, and dialkyl benzylphosphonates add nitroarenes at the ortho-position to the nitro group to form \(\sigma ^\mathrm{H}\)-adducts that, upon treatment with trialkylchlorosilane and additional base (t-BuOK or DBU), transform into 3-aryl-2,1-benzisoxazoles in moderate-to-good yields. Keywords Carbanions Heterocycles Nucleophilic substitution Aromatic substitution Nucleophilic addition Elimination Cyanides Nitroarenes