ABSTRACT: A series of substituted N-methyl-N-nitrosobenzenesulfonamides [2, 4, 6-(CH3) 3, 4-CH3O, 4-CH3, 4-Cl and 4-NO2] were synthesized. All of them transfer their nitroso group to N-methylaniline in a quantitative manner, the more reactive being those substituted with electron-withdrawing groups, thus resembling some of the known alkyl nitrites. Studies of their acid denitrosation and base-catalysed hydrolysis demonstrated that the ...
