Abstract Highly regioselective oxygen transfer from nitro groups to C≡ C bonds has been achieved by employment of iodine monochloride or molecular iodine. The precursors are heterocyclic, aromatic or acyclic compounds, each bearing a nitro group ortho to an internal alkyne. The developed methodology is general for the preparation of a wide range of fused isoxazoles, each bearing a carbonyl function in the fifth position in the isoxazole ring. It is ...
