The first generation of a new sulfur-functionalized nitrile oxide 1, 3-dipole,(phenylthio) acetonitrile oxide, is presented. Its cycloadditions to a variety of olefins and acetylenes lead to 3-(phenylthiomethyl)-2-isoxazolines and-oxazoles, the formers being selectively deprotonated at the carbon substituted by the sulfur moiety. The resulting sulfur-stabilized carbanions react with aldehydes, esteric Michael acceptors, and alkyl halides to enable ...