Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 721 302, INDIA ... In continuation of our studies directed toward polycyclic heterocycles,' we now report a simple synthesis for the preparation of several polycyclic isoxazoles from the chloroaldehydes yh the azidoaldehydes. Chloroaldehydes 1 and 4 were obtained in good yields from the corresponding ketones by the Vilsmeier-Haack reaction? Sodium azide in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) ...