Abstract β-Aryl-β-methoxyvinyl trihalomethyl ketones 1a-g, 2a-g [aryl= p-YC 6 H 4 where Y= H, Me, OMe, F, Cl, Br, NO 2] are cyclocondensed with hydroxylamine hydrochloride to afford the 3-aryl-5-hydroxy-5-trihalomethyl-4, 5-dihydroisoxazoles 3a-g, 4a-f in good yield. The dehydratation of compounds 3a-g with concentrated sulfuric acid, led the corresponding 3- aryl-5-trichloromethylisoxazoles 5a-g. An alternative one-pot procedure yields 3-aryl-5- ...
[Peat, Andrew J.; Townsend, Claire; McKay, M. Craig; Garrido, Dulce; Terry, Christopher M.; Wilson, Jayme L. R.; Thomson, Stephen A. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2004 , vol. 14, # 3 p. 813 - 816]