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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Sep 7;56(42):13006–13010. doi: 10.1002/anie.201707274

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

Preparation of N-arylsydnone precursors. Reagents and conditions: (a) ethyl bromoacetate, NaOAc, EtOH, reflux; LiOH, H2O:THF (1:1), 0 °C; (b) NaOAc, AcOH, glyoxylic acid monohydrate, NaBH3CN, MeOH, RT; (c) tButyl nitrite, THF, trifluoroacetic anhydride, RT. THF = tetrahydrofuran.