A group of 3, 4-diphenyl-1, 2, 5-oxadiazole-2-oxides (3, 4-diphenylfuroxans) and the corresponding N-desoxy 3, 4-diphenyl-1, 2, 5-oxadiazoles (3, 4-diphenylfurazans) analogs, were synthesized for in vitro evaluation as hybrid cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitor/nitric oxide donor agents. Reaction of 1-[4-(methylsulfonyl) phenyl]-2-phenylethene with an aqueous sodium nitrite solution in acetic acid afforded a mixture (3: 1 ratio) of the ...
[Hosokawa, Takahiro; Ohta, Toshiyuki; Okamoto, Yoshihiro; Murahashi, Shun-Ichi Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1985 , vol. 58, # 1 p. 194 - 200]